Emperor of the Sand Quarries. Volume 2

What is it like to be a water mage in a world where water costs more than gold? Unfortunately, I learned it on my own skin. For people like me, there is only one path: slavery. But pumping water for all eternity—what a so-so job, right? Yesterday, I was a mid-level manager, and my main problem was the quarterly report. And today I’m in the body of a twenty-five-year-old heir of a disgraced family, in the midst of the great Desert, where local mages consider me a walking well. I survived a massacre in an ancient labyrinth. Buried beneath the sands of Voronezh, I hoped to find answers, but I only met a mad shaman screaming that the Nine Seal would take something from me even more important than life. Still, at least I learned the desert’s first rule: don’t become a monster by hunting monsters. Turns out, I already broke it.