In the coming showdown between Meph and Arey, there shouldn’t be any surprises. Ligul has long been craving Buslaev’s head and has no intention of giving him even a single chance to win. And such a chance exists. If you gather together the sword, shield, and scabbard of the Ancient Oneir, they can multiply the power of their owner tenfold. So Darkness wants to get them by any means. But Tartarus knows about the artifacts too. The Light is also busy searching and has already found a magical shield. To obtain the scabbard, they only need to… interrogate the king of jinn languishing in a bottle for a thousand years—ready to scatter to dust anyone he sees first.
The plan will work if someone commits a small wrongdoing, and even better, betrayal.
Meph, Irka, and Bagrov don’t know what tomorrow will be like. Still, they’re certain of one thing: they decide their fate themselves. And they don’t even realize that their roles have already been written down…