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This book is a fantasy novel in the combat LitRPG genre, written in 2021. The text immerses the reader in the harsh reality of Earth, surviving a cosmic cataclysm. Immortal Incarnators desperately fight legions of mutants for the survival of humanity.

Mobilization and the secrets of the past

The story begins with the arrival of the northern clan armies to aid the besieged City. An Incarnator named Gray breaks the ancient Oath. The human settlements gain complete independence. The warriors of Avalon and Arctida agree to voluntarily fight for the capital. Gray meets the family of Sven Grayholm, whose body he is now using. The hero returns their family heirlooms as a sign of respect. A local mentor explains to Gray the intricacies of raising the enormous warbirds, the Rocs. It turns out that the chicks are taught to fly by being dropped from cliffs. The Incarnator had found one such egg earlier.

In addition to the clan armies, Grey enlists the support of his former enemies. The star corvette Vengeful, led by the ghostly Zak Carrahane, arrives at the base. Those possessed by Darkness repent of their actions and renew their oath to the First Legion. Technomancer Arachne shows Grey the results of her biological research. She proves that hundreds of rescued souls are hidden within his anima — the spiritual essence of a warrior. Grey realizes he is becoming the host of multiple entities. Simultaneously, the nullified warrior Wesson escapes from his mountain prison. He hides in the wilds, where he finds a secret refuge.

To coordinate the strike, Incarnator forces the leader of the Cat Clan to share classified intelligence. Gray traps the soul of one of the merchants in a beryllium container. This gives the allies a crucial tactical advantage before the offensive.

Coastal cleanup

The clan army launches a nighttime strike on the enemy landing base. Gray and his faithful companion, Alisa, leap from their vertibirds into the thick of the battle. They are confronted by powerful fighters from the Black Brotherhood. Alisa engages in intense hand-to-hand combat with the armored Grendel. The werewolf uses all his fury to hold off the enemy. Gray takes on the cyborg Morgoth, armed with deadly mechanical tentacles and an invulnerable force shield.

Using the Summoner’s abilities, the hero draws Azure energy from Morgoth. The enemy is stripped of his defenses and weakened. Alice is gravely wounded while saving Gray from the cyborg’s energy axe. The Incarnator finishes off the enemy with solar flame. The Seventh Cohort, commanded by Stalker, arrives just in time to destroy the submariners’ gigantic submarine. The beachhead is completely under the control of the allied army.

Attack on Scylla

The besieged Legion, commanded by Castor, is struggling to hold the Siegfried Wall. Giant sea monsters known as Scyllas are methodically destroying the outer defense rings. Gray, Alice, and the Stalker soldiers are sent to intercept the monster. The marines drop steel anchors from their vertibirds. They secure strong cables to the Scylla’s chitinous segments. The monster continues to crawl, tearing out chunks of its own carapace. The monster inflicts massive wounds on itself and slows down.

Soon, the heroes are attacked by mercenaries from the Tinkers group. Gray destroys a large warrior, Hawk Moth, with a light blade. Alice and Stalker’s soldiers neutralize Cain and Scylla the Enchantress. During interrogation, Maeve’s body is torn apart by a hidden ice mine. Aeneas had set the trap in advance. This leader of the Saints wanted to conceal his plans at any cost. Legion aircraft launch a massive missile strike on the armor-less monster. Scylla is completely consumed by the heliothermic flames.

Secrets of the Orbital

Legion leader Castor delivers bad news to Grey. The coordinator of the Star space station has ordered the Stellar Core — the system’s central computing node — to be sent into orbit. Failure to comply with this directive threatens the memory wipe of all senior Incarnators. The orbital inhabitants plan to rescue the valuable artifact, abandoning the City’s defenders to die under the mutants’ attacks. Grey decides to use the extradimensional dome surrounding the Core to stealthily infiltrate the orbital. The leader of the Cat Clan employs his shadow skills, camouflaging a Taken strike force.

Arriving at the Star, the Incarnators neutralize the internal defenses. Gray meets with the station’s Grand Coordinator, who reveals the truth about the system’s origins. The alien entity Blue Bird generated the energy, and the system resurrected slain soldiers. The Grand Coordinator intends to wait for the complete extinction of Earth’s inhabitants. Then he plans to repopulate the planet with pure clones from the Project Cosmo arks.

The trader Koshka suddenly attacks the coordinator and kills him. Left without command, the station’s automation begins a countdown to total destruction. Arachne voluntarily abandons her body, implanting her soul into the orbital’s crystalline brain. The Technomancer manages to cancel the explosion, seizing control of the onboard systems. The Star is placed under Gray’s control.

Clash with the Swarm

Gray returns to the Core and encounters aggressive aliens of the Bina Shi race. The space xenos break through to the dome, sweeping away the Legionnaires. Arachne, through the station’s systems, persuades Gray to negotiate. Inside the living chitinous fortress, the Incarnator communicates with the Mediator. This creature was created by the aliens from human biomass specifically for dialogue.

The Broker explains that Bluebird was the Swarm Mother. The Core contains their ancestral memory. The aliens share a common goal with humans: the destruction of the Black Moon. This hostile object is infected by the aggressive cosmic entity Shard. Gray negotiates a temporary truce, promising to discuss the transfer of the Core in the future. The aliens withdraw, easing the pressure on the City’s forces.

Opening the Cube

On the ground, the situation rapidly deteriorates. Castor activates the Ring of Fire. The Siegfried Wall burns to the ground to stop the Saints’ invasion. Gray, Alice, and the experienced fighter Raven rush to the Legion’s aid. The merchant Cat suddenly betrays the squad, taking advantage of the confusion to infiltrate the Shadow Labyrinth. The traitor plans to open the Cube — an extradimensional prison, a vault isolated from the real world, where hundreds of dangerous souls are locked away.

Gray catches up with the fugitive in the very center of the underground sanctuary. Mora, who guarded the prison, has been killed. The path to the Cube is blocked by the ice mage Aeneas and his captive, Tyrea Moon. The saint uses ice shards, instantly freezing Alice and Raven. Aeneas’s power surpasses Gray’s, and the fanatic prepares to enslave the souls of the defeated heroes.

Tyrea Moon finds the strength to defy her master’s orders. At the critical moment, the Witch strikes Aeneas with an ice dagger, giving her life for revenge. Gray incinerates the weakened opponent with Ra’s energy. The Cube’s protective seals crumble. The freed spirits rush out in a furious whirlwind.

Government decrees

The Cat Trader stands triumphant atop the ruins of the Cube. He has found the soul of his beloved, the Weaver, and begs for their release. Gray realizes that the escaped spirits will inevitably tear the City apart. The Incarnator invokes the powers of the Grand Legate. The system receives the order to instantly disintegrate all nine hundred and seventy-five escaped entities. The Cat Trader, along with his beloved, vanishes forever.

In the finale, Grey issues government decrees. The Ancient Oath is officially annulled, and the northern clans gain full freedom. The Possessed receive unconditional amnesty for their past misdeeds. The First Legion reorganizes into a volunteer army. The final secret paragraph directs the use of the Cryocenter’s power to create new bodies. Nine hundred and seventy-five absorbed souls will become recruits for the renewed Legion, ready for the final battle with the Black Moon.