Vlad Cougar de Arnardi, the flight operator of the Corporate Convoy, never, under any circumstances, becomes slack. Because he knows the main thing about himself. And he knows for sure. He knows that no matter what planet he lands on, no matter what status fate bestows on him, no matter what happens, he is, first of all, a soldier. For ten years he pulled the burden in the active army, and no matter what his hands are now, they will always remember the weight of a loaded rifle. They say that a real soldier is never a former soldier. What they say is true. This is true. Vlad has been out of service with the Assault Division of the Expeditionary Force for a year now, but still feels like an attack fighter. That is why, when the ancient Prophecy of the Sons of Agan came true, when the Beast again began hunting for human souls, when the threat of Eternal Darkness, whose name is the Abyss, loomed over the World, Vlad, without hesitation, entered into battle.