Sergei thinks they should return from the field with this information, believing the journal has the key to ending the plague of monsters. However, the beasts could not be controlled, slaughtering the black magic practicioners and Grishin. They sacrificed a woman to summon the monsters. The Cheka officer, Major Grishin was an occultist sent by the Soviets to conduct black magic with the Koryaks. Inside the plane, Zakharov and Sergei discuss the journal they discovered. Zakharov and Okchen see in the valley below that another team is engaging the monsters and losing but decide they can't help them. Zakharov takes the dead officer's journal and the team takes shelter for the night in a crashed warplane. It belonged to a Soviet Cheka officer who died some time ago. As day rises and soldiers tend to wounded and burn the bodies, Okchen discovers a frozen body near the cliff face. The monsters circle the team and kill several soldiers but the team comes out victorious. When Sergei asks about air support, he replies that their air force is committed to the defense of Stalingrad.ДЄt night, Okchen takes the first shot at one of the monsters and eventually a firefight starts. The lieutenant reveals he also asked that but that the Major wanted to cover more ground and thought each team could handle on its own. After firing a green flare into the air, Zakharov's friend and subordinate, Sergei, questions why the teams are spread so far apart. Presuming they were returning to their barrow, the soldiers pursue the monsters. After calling in their horses and gathering any useful supplies, their scout Okhchen determines the way the monsters went after attacking the village. As the soldiers enter the cabins, they see the remains of the massacred villagers. In the forests of Siberia, a Soviet soldier, Lieutenant Zakharov, is monitoring a village in the distance that has had a disturbance, he beckons his men to approach. Elite units of the Red Army fight an unholy evil deep in the ancient forests of Siberia.

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