A foreigner's journey

Late at night, Wendam City, the capital of the Kingdom of Mitland.

The soldiers holding torches were patrolling, and suddenly they noticed something unusual in front of them, and shouted: "Who is it so late..."

Before they finished speaking, they found a beautiful black-haired woman in front of them. They couldn't help but knelt down in shock: "Princess Sharut!? Your Majesty has issued an order prohibiting you from leaving the palace."

The woman named Sharut is the only daughter of the King of the Kingdom of Mitland, and the princess who will inherit the throne in the future.

She looked sad: "After staying in the palace for so long, I'm almost suffocating. That's why I want to avoid other people's eyes and come out for some air in the dead of night. Can you please not tell others?"

"This..." The soldiers looked at each other, a little embarrassed.

"I won't make it too difficult for you. Anna, come here."

"yes."

A maid walked out from behind Princess Sharut. She took out a bulging money bag, counted out a few gold coins and handed them to the soldiers: "Although it is a little short, please accept it. Take it at such a cold night." Buy some drinks.”

The soldiers were short-handed and could not say anything else. They looked at the guards standing in the shadows behind the princess: "In this case, it is up to you to protect Her Royal Highness."

After the soldiers walked away, Princess Sharut breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well done. I thought you were an unsophisticated princess." Gus walked out of the shadows, followed by Casca, Jiedu and Bibin, the three backbones of the Eagles.

A week ago, Gus found the Eagle Group that was being hunted in a deep mountain. After repelling the pursuers, Gus reunited with everyone and learned what happened a year ago.

On the day he left, Griffith was as lost as a zombie. No one saw him throughout the night, and he did not return to the Eagle Regiment's headquarters the next morning.

Just as everyone was preparing to find Griffith, a messenger from the royal palace conveyed Griffith's order to the Eagle Regiment, requesting them to gather unarmed on the plain outside the city, saying it was about the awarding of honors. Since it was Griffith's order and his token, the Eagle Group naturally had no doubts.

As a result, what awaited them was the elite army of the Kingdom of Mitland, which was ten times the number of the Eagle Regiment. One side was well prepared and the other was unarmed. The Eagle Regiment was caught off guard and killed or injured a third of its members in an instant.

Without Griffith as their leader, the unarmed Eagle Regiment suffered successive defeats under the attack of the Royal Army of Midland. When she saw that she was about to be completely destroyed, Casca stepped forward. Even though she was wounded by five arrows, she organized all the survivors who were in chaos in the rain of arrows, and personally acted as the vanguard to lead everyone to break through the encirclement. He led the Eagles through a difficult year in constant pursuit.

During this period, they finally learned through inquiring around that Griffith was severely punished by the King of Mitlan for committing a felony the night after Gus left, and was imprisoned in the city dungeon and tortured.

After reuniting with Gus, Casca finally opened her heart to him, and the two young people who had already had feelings for each other expressed their feelings to each other.

With the addition of Gus, the Eagles regained their momentum. Gus and other four of the most skilled cadres were responsible for sneaking into the city to join the informants and waiting for an opportunity to rescue Griffith, while the Eagle Group was in ambush outside Wyndham City to pick them up.

After arriving in the city through a secret passage, Gus and others discovered that the informant was actually Her Royal Highness Sallut, the princess of Mitlan.

It turns out that the serious crime Griffith committed was his affair with Princess Salute. Princess Salute originally had a crush on the handsome Griffith. On the night when Gus left, Griffith had the audacity to sneak into the princess's boudoir. Griffith, but did not expect that a maid discovered this scene and reported it to the king.

As a result, Griffith was caught red-handed by the king. The furious king put the princess under house arrest in the palace, and sent Griffith into the dungeon to torture him day and night, completely ignoring that the other party had saved his life during the Miracle War.

Although he didn't understand why Griffith would act in such a hot-headed manner, Guts would never let Griffith continue to be locked up in the dungeon and tortured.

Everyone walked quickly through Wendam City in the night, and finally came to an ancient tower.

Jiedu looked at the tower and explained to the others:

"This is the [Tower of Rebirth]. It is the oldest tower among the few high towers in Wyndham City. Legend has it that it existed before the founding of the Kingdom of Midland. I heard about the hostage capture during the war and the era of pagan hunting. Captured heretics were imprisoned beneath this tower.”

The princess looked at the tower in front of her with some fear: "No, the underground of the tower is still used as a prison. I heard that Lord Griffith is imprisoned at the bottom of the underground prison."

After everyone discussed it, they decided to immediately enter the tower to rescue Griffith. At the princess's strong request, they had no choice but to take the princess with them, who volunteered to be a 'hostage'.

After killing the two guards at the entrance of the tower, everyone continued to move down the stairs.

The stairs at the bottom of the tower spiral downwards, and the dark abyss in the center has no end.

Legend has it that this Judgment Tower was built based on a huge cave. The depth of the cave is higher than any other mountain in Mitlan.

Perhaps because of their confidence in the strength of the prison, except for the two guards who were killed at the door, there was no jailor or guard in this underground prison tower, which made the invasion process very smooth.

The closer they get to the ground, the more excited everyone becomes. Griffith can be rescued immediately. The Eagle Group must not be without Griffith. As long as he comes back, the Eagle Group will definitely be able to make a comeback.

Finally, they reached the deepest part of the underground prison tower. The stairs only extended to the door of this cell, and beyond that there was a bottomless abyss of darkness.

Guts couldn't wait to find the key, so he swung his giant sword and smashed the cell door. As the door shattered, a damp musty smell hit his face, and there was water everywhere on the ground.

There was no one visible in the empty cell. Everyone walked in with torches and kept calling Griffith's name, but there was no response at all.

"Is it in another prison?" Jiedu was a little confused.

The princess hurriedly said: "No, it's not possible. I did get news that it is the lowest prison."

Gus narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly noticed a figure lying in the corner of the cell illuminated by the light of a torch.

He walked forward quickly and said loudly: "Griffith, is that you? Why don't you say anything..."

The words stopped suddenly, and Gus's pupils shrank sharply as he looked at the 'figure' in front of him.

"...G-Griffith?"