Vasily went into the store in the evening and found himself drawn into a survival game arranged by a mysterious creature. He survived, but instead of Earth he found himself in a completely different world, where people were gathered by someone and each of them passed the same test. Some by force, some by deception... The world of Karik, it turns out, is like a game, here you can gain levels, develop, and be resurrected in case of failures. But make a mistake, believe the wrong thing, and you can easily die for real. Will Vasily be helped to survive by the magic that he must hide, or by his patron, who, it seems, has not yet spoken a word of the truth... Who knows?