Conan is injured and recovering finds peace. Conan battles a wild tiger and emerges victorious but wounded and bleeding out, he collapses and is found by a kind family who take him in and nurse him back to health. Once recovered he stays with the family to help out on their farm, he even considers staying their permanently. His dreams however are troubled, visions of the priest he rescued. After leaving the family for a day or so he returns to find their dead bodies and the farm on fire. he buries them as well as his dreams of peace and returns to the life of a wanderer.