First volume: is no longer the same teenager whom fate once carried far from his native land. He does not yet qualify for the proud title of a hero, but a year in the mines and weeks of endless travel in dungeons have noticeably strengthened his body and spirit. Until recently, he could not have imagined that balancing on the brink of life and death would become so familiar to him. But his native empire greets him extremely unfriendly. And now, given a choice between “dangerous” and “very dangerous,” he has to choose the second option. After all, after so many troubles, why should he worry about dangers?