Mike returned to Shrine Hills by the way he came.
It took him a much shorter time to go back, but as he approached Shrine Hills, he encountered a strange incident.
It was getting dark. Mike took a bath under a waterfall in a valley and caught a trout. Just as he was about to start a fire to cook it, a person named Charles suddenly came to the valley.
He was staggering and his clothes were in tatters. His limbs were locked with black shackles, making him look like a prisoner.
He was wobbling as he moved, clearly, he was weak and exhausted.
Mike knitted his eyebrows slightly and slowly got up. He put his right hand on the throwing knife at his waist, staring at the stranger in front of him warily.
Charles' hair was disheveled and his body was caked in dirt. It seemed tha
