The demigods don’t vanish without a trace. They can’t leave this world without passing on immortality and a gift… A Valkyrie was dying. She was dying, wounded by a sword that strikes even the immortal. She was dying in the kitchen of the most ordinary of houses, on the floor—covered with blood. Beside her lay Irka, who had fallen from a wheelchair and— with horror and delight—was watching the words of an unexpected “guest.” From now on, Irka becomes a Valkyrie! There’s no more helpless crippled girl. She will have to fight the third rider of Darkness. And soon she will learn that this is the ghost of the former ruler of Darkness, Kvodnon, who released a messenger from behind the Terrible Gates—that is what killed the Valkyrie. Kvodnon intends to take form in Mefodiy Buslaev. And if it happens…