The war struck like thunder! Without political challenges, without ultimatums and notifications. One day, as if everything had been discussed long ago, each neighbor sent troops into the empire. Blood flows like a river, everyone tries to take revenge for old grievances. And in the midst of all this, the already established and understandable life of the protagonist collapses. The demon who prepared him for his deeds is dead. Everything he said was a lie. The country in which he has spent more than one year is on fire, and he is generally on the far eastern border. Seven miraculously surviving ordinary grunts, a dark apprentice of the combat faculty and complete unknowns. Author's notes: Continuation of Mack's adventures in a collapsed world.