The crusade was successful—Khristopol is under the allied troops’ control. However, the barbarians are still hiding around the area.
The prince’s squad, patrolling along the fortress wall, finds a naked girl. When they approach, she falls from the wall and breaks on the stones.
For the sake of his beloved, Savva Kunitsyn goes hunting and is punished with arrest. His friend negotiates, and Savva is released on the condition that he will reveal the case of the woman on the wall. It turns out the method of murder is very strange, and there are plenty of suspects.
A new general-commander of the barbarians gathers the remnants of the forces and plans a partisan operation.