Rogora's army is destroyed, Cogord is dead, and his heirs have crossed blades in a dispute, who can survive and lead a handful of survivors... The republic won? But everything changes overnight: a huge corps of the Zaursky Sultanate, a formidable predator of the East, invades Rogora. Mortal danger looms not only over the broken kingdom, but also over the Republic, and yesterday's enemies are forced to unite. But even together, the lechs of Bergarsky and the horns of Ajey cannot resist, now everything depends on the volatile decisions of King Yakub... But is the monarch, dependent on tycoons, able to come to the aid of vassals? And how will the fate of a warrior once abducted by nomads affect the course of the war?