DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS OF THE SUIKODEN SERIES BUT I HAVE PLAYED THEM AND ROUGHLY KNOW TH EVENTS OF WHICH I AM WRITING ABOUT.
In the forest of Ryube Village, a distortion of the magical energies surrounding the area has created a portal where a young man emerged from.
"Huh? Where am I? What happened?" exclaims the young man.
The young man manages to find a trail.
"Hmmm… I wonder where this path leads to?" the young man muses.
"The southbound trail leads to Ryube Village while the northbound trail leads to my house." says the man who just arrived from the north.
"Who are you?" asks the young man.
"My name is Tsai, and you?" replies the man.
"My name is Lans." answers the young man.
"Well then, Lans, why don't you come with me to my house and you can tell me all about your adventure."
"Adventure?? Is that what I'm doing?" Lans mused, as he follows Tsai to his house.
At Tsai's house, Lans and Tsai are eating their supper when they hear coming footsteps.
"Hmmm, by the sound of those footsteps, I would say there are about six of them, 2 of them are probably young men like you." says Tsai.
"Huh? You can tell that just by listening?" exclaims Lans.
"Lans, when you're living in the wilds, you'll learn things you'd never dreamed of. Anyway, we should escape. Here, take this." answers Tsai.
"Thanks, I bet this sword will come in handy" replies Lans.
"Now follow me, it's a good thing I built this secret entrance." says Tsai.
Outside Tsai's house, the two of them carefully moved around the house to the front where they spied the small group. As soon as the group entered the house, the two emerged from their hiding spot.
"Lans, I need you to go to Ryube Village and stay there until I get you. I have to find out what they want." says Tsai.
"All right, take care of yourself, Tsai. See you soon." replies Lans.
Lans runs off towards the village. Just as Lans was about to reach Ryube Village, he encounters 3 spiders. Raising his sword, Lans dodged the first two spiders but was bitten by the third spider. Feeling the effects of poison entering his system, Lans quickly attacks the spider that bit him. Although still an amateur at swordplay, Lans manages to kill the spider. Turning around at the remaining two spiders, he just had enough time to bring his sword up to block the attacking spider. Swinging his sword at a wide angle, Lans manages to slice the head of one spider. Holding his sword tightly, he rushes at the remaining spider and plunges his sword into the face. Exhausted, Lans lies down. As he lay there, he finally noticed the pile of money. Just as he puts the money in his pocket, Lans hears screams coming from the nearby village and the sound of coming footsteps. Gathering his last strength, he manages to hide himself just as a small patrol of blue-clad soldiers pass him by. Exhausted and badly wounded, Lans lies down on a nearby log. Meanwhile at the forest entrance of the burning Ryube Village, Tsai wonders what happened to his young friend that he believes he sent to his death. As the group of Riou and his friends leave the burning village, their hearts set to stop the madness of Luca Blight.