(W) Nahoko Uehashi (A) Taro Sekiguchi Van resolves to fight the Zol Empire and save his homeland, only to be captured and sent to the salt mines. Then one night, a pack of wild dogs attacks the mine, trailing a mysterious and deadly disease in their wake. Van and a young girl named Yuna are the sole survivors of the disaster. But why? And where do they go from here?

(W) Nahoko Uehashi (A) Taro Sekiguchi While Hohsalle chases after the secrets of the disease that struck the salt mine, Van races to take back the kidnapped Yuna, and he himself is pursued by a woman named Sae. As their paths converge, a revolt is brewing that will shake the Zolian Empire to its core.

(W) Nahoko Uehashi, Cathy Hirano Van, a former soldier made slave, toils away endlessly in a salt mine. An expected chance at liberation drops in his lap when a pack of infected dogs pass through, killing everyone but him and a young girl called Yuna. Van hopes to make a peaceful life for himself now that he's escaped. However, the disease that cleared out the mine is rapidly spreading, placing him and his ward at the center of a conflict greater than any the world has ever seen.