18+ The choice was small: as a baby in a quiet nook—or a weakling in a world full of dangers of the Stairway of Perfection. A place where ninety-five percent of the inhabitants are hostile and vastly stronger than you. This isn’t a place for weaklings, but Alex chose the second option without hesitation. Being weaker than everyone, covering the back, falling and getting up—he’s used to it, because the memory of past achievements is still alive. Few of the gods of the second level of the matrix, and especially their self-satisfied favorites, in the world of the Stairway of Perfection know that Primal Aiaxsala-tur left “the God of Destruction” a gift before leaving. (Final of the cycle “The Sphere”)