Soon they had Kentaro on his feet, and he was helped out of the dungeon.  As Shinjin chased away skeletal warriors who strove to reclaim their new recruit, Ma carried the invalid to a nearby tent.

Inside, Kentaro slowly recounted what had happened to him since he left Lin.  The same he later put into a letter sent back to Jojii's Sword:

Basho-sama,

I am writing this now - hours after the turning point of my ordeal - in order to preserve the sense I have of the situation. First let me apologize for putting members of your following at risk... They say that I wrote to you strange letters, but I do not know of such things. Regardless, I am grateful that Ma Zhirui and Shinjin Myoken came when they did, for I am sure that my crisis was soon to come to a head.

I know that I left Lin suddenly, just after meeting the members of Jojii's Sword, but please believe me that the reason was dire. Things occur in one's life that thrust fate in a direction uncontrolled...they cannot be altered. So it was that I left Lin for the deserts to the west. I came upon a beautiful oasis amidst the mountains and sands, and I was soon entranced. The town was called Uziz, and I basked in its warmth. Beautiful women, stout beer, and plenty of time to think. My mind has been full of torment...troubles that I had hoped to excise during my sabbatical... and I had a place to ponder them away.

However, things were not perfect in Uziz. Everywhere I went, a strange feeling of uneasiness touched upon the edges of my senses. Offside glances, uncomfortable laughs at times...Still, I barely noticed these things. But everything became clear when I entered the Seer's tent. An offering of a mushroom - promised to clear my mind of worry - was too tempting to pass up in my stressed state. But moments after consuming it, I passed into a state of melancholy so strong that I cared not what was done to me. Things became quite confusing, but I remember the seer taking me to a...creature... Ma Zhirui has said it was a Lich...I know only that it was skeletal, and extremely powerful.

The creature touched me...it violated my skin with a single finger, and my life seemed to cease. I cannot write into words what I saw, but I can say that I was empowered by that...thing...to be a member of the undead. The thought brings back painful feelings... I must stop now, lest I return to madness.

Kikuchi Kentaro 

Upon returning to Lin, Basho Genji declared that the evil in Uziz was stronger and had to be dealt with.  Soon the whole of Jojii's Sword had converged upon the cursed town.  But one had to leave them... that warrior known as Nio had been called to return to Ispar, and he took a moment to say farewell to the friends he had made in Dereth.

After a quiet, honorable farewell, the party went to the source of Kentaro's possession: the Grievous Vault.  Deep within was the Lich Lord...he who had touched Kentaro with but a finger and warped his very soul.

Many skeletons and minor liches stood between the warriors and that evil lord, but Jojii's Sword was aided by old and new friends such as Merlic and Talon-Loneblade.  Soon all obstacles had been crossed and only the undead master remained.  A vicious battle ensued and the Lich Lord was destroyed.  At that very moment, Kentaro's mind began to clear of its perverse thoughts.

Many thanks and praises followed, and Kentaro joined the victors in a draft of beer in Uziz.  The head of evil had vanished, it seemed.  Yet the town still seemed... wrong.  And the mark on Kentaro's forehead remains...