In the "front of the level" where the eternal wind howls, veteran Henryk and his comrade Logan are like two stubborn rocks eroded by the wind, guarding the crumbling edge of the storm's power. He held a letter home from his wife Martha in his arms, and he was thinking about his son Thomas, who had just become a new soldier, and the golden four-leaf clover amulet sewn by Martha herself, which contained a wish for peace.
However, the cruelty of the borderland never restrains its minions because of the slightest hope. The news of Thomas's death was like the first thunder, splitting cracks in Henrik's world. What followed was the tragic news that his brother-in-law, Finley, was missing, and finally, the devastating disaster brought about by the Faded Ones that burned his hometown and his love to ashes.
After losing all his close relatives one after another, Henrik's soul was completely swallowed up by endless grief and hatred. He abandoned the loyalty and order of the past, embraced the tempting "promised blood" from White Mask Van Lei, and grasped the dangerous and strange "reverse stab blood blade" given by the wandering swordsman Yura. He transformed into an evil ghost who existed only for revenge, and embarked on a scarlet road with no way back.
He pursues the faded black-haired man who stole his son's talisman and is suspected of being the murderer, and vows to use his blood to honor all his deceased relatives. But under the ruthless mockery of fate, what was ultimately burned by the flames of revenge was his own remaining soul.
