A State Within a State

Life in the “Areal” costs dearly—and it’s not even clear who sets the price. The Bear detachment became the only stronghold of order in the anomalous Kingdom of Areal, but now an information war begins against it: terrible rumors are launched, and they spread the story that every member of the OSOP is a mutant more dangerous than Zombies. Soon they will be feared like fire—though terrifying events are already enough: a battalion of the Dark Lord is clearly gathering strength.

And is it just a coincidence that the paths of the major and the maimed gymnast—one of the many abducted girls from the Big Earth—cross at exactly the moment when the scientists finally get a chance to defeat the “Areal”! Who benefits from this? Probably those who will stop at nothing to increase oil добыча of Type X—the main resource of the country. The “Areal” countries…