Novosibirsk. Our days. On the heels of the young Baktiyar is something inhuman - a deadly Hunter, commanding the crimson Threads. A fragile girl in a pink BMW watches this dispassionately. However, is everything as it seems from the outside? The purebred toeh, noble jegal Kiyoshi Matsushiro from the Celestial Swimmers clan will try to cut the tight knot of intrigue and prevent a war between the demon races. To do this, he will have to leave the world of people, go through hundreds of battles, find an enemy, visit the damned Giv-Nazandar, become an outcast, sacrifice himself and look into the face of an enemy who has long been considered dead... The collapse of all four worlds of the Cross is approaching, one of the rays which is the Earth. The intrigues of the ruling houses, the revival of old legends, bloody battles and betrayals are just tools in an attempt to stop the catastrophe. Will the hero be able to win, or is freedom illusory, and neither demon nor man can escape the destined fate? From the author: The first part of the dilogy after a new edit (Kyoshi won’t let me go, what can I do...). A vivid epic fantasy with a tangible anime stamp, which I still like in many ways and obviously influenced the writing of Paths. It can also be mentioned that the setting is based on a dungeon based on the author’s world, in which I conducted many sessions in my time, and then put the developments on paper. What can the reader expect from stories about the war in the worlds of the Cross? A unique system of magic, a variety of monsters, heroes in unpleasant situations, a love line, fateful decisions, epic battles and duels, colorful images and unexpected plot twists. The novel was published digitally, including, officially, on various online resources and was stolen throughout libraries, but at the beginning of 2019 this version is the final one.