Alin never thought of becoming a mercenary. This is how the circumstances developed. Two petty thieves, whom he met by chance, helped him survive his difficult orphan childhood. Years passed, their close-knit company made theft their profession and the meaning of life, and the local thieves' community took them under their wing. And everything would have been fine, but one day Alin and his friends found themselves in the company of feasting mercenaries camped near the city walls. A friendly drinking session escalated into a fight with city guards and ended in murder. Friends found salvation from terrible punishment in a detachment of new friends. And soon they are already entering into battle with the elves, who broke through the line of forts in the Western District. Not only troops, but also magicians are involved in the battle. Magic brought the squad into an unknown world. And here Alina and his friends face such trials, in comparison with which torture in a city prison for the murder of a guard does not seem to them the most painful ordeal.