02x22 - A Journey Begins in Flames

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Gu:

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G: What's going on with this armor?

G: The moment I put it on, all the pain went away.

G: Rather,

G: I don't care about pain anymore.

G: What's more important than pain

G: is this impulse that's rising within me.

G: I feel something violent, boiling up from within.

Apostle,Darkness: Let go...

G: I see.

G: This...

Apostle,Darkness: Let go of everything.

G: This is my...

Apostle,Darkness: Let go.

Apostle,Darkness: Let go of everything.

Apostle,Darkness: Let go!

P: The armor's changing!

Title,: A Journey Begins in Flames

Gu: Interesting...

Gu: So that is your true power!

Gu: That's what makes you worth destroying!

Gu: He knocked my huge body away?

Gu: What strength!

Gu: Is this strike coming from the same person as before?

Gu: My shield can deflect a cannonball, and he shattered it?

Gu: No man in such heavy armor, with that huge sword...

Gu: No, no human

Gu: can move like that!

Gu: He has a cannon in his false hand?

P: He's always as strong as a monster,

P: but today, he seems even stronger than usual.

Gu: That false hand was a cannon?

Gu: Scary...

S: This will be dangerous if he continues to fight like that.

P: What are you talking about?

S: Guts's wounds haven't healed.

S: He simply cannot feel the pain.

P: The pain?

S: That relic was forged by dwarfs,

S: the Berserker Armor.

P: The Berserker...

P: ...Armor...

S: He who wears that armor

: and synchronizes himself with the terrible flow of od within

: becomes unstoppable.

S: The passions within him are so strong, he ceases to feel pain or fear.

S: Humans unconsciously limit

S: their own strength to protect themselves.

S: Pain is a warning to keep the body from destroying itself.

S: Without pain, humans become incredibly strong and agile.

S: They surpass the body's limits, endangering their lives.

P: What's happening to Guts?

S: No...

S: I'm not strong enough to overcome that

S: powerful flow of od and communicate with him.

Gu: Impressive, Black Swordsman,

Gu: our enemy.

Gu: Then take my strongest blow!

Gu: What?

Gu: He won!

S: But...

Gu: Splendid.

Gu: You have won our duel.

Apostle,Gu: The rumors were true.

Apostle,Gu: No, you are magnificent, even stronger than rumored!

Apostle,Gu: However,

Apostle,Gu: this is my great task.

Apostle,Gu: For my master...

Apostle,Gu: As an Apostle of the Hawk of Light,

Apostle,Gu: I will end you!

I: A dragon?!

Apostle,Gu: With the power granted to me as an Apostle,

Apostle,Gu: I will bury the Black Swordsman!

S: He blocked it?

S: Oh, sh*t...

Apostle,Gu: I-Impossible.

Apostle,Gu: He stopped it?

Apostle,Gu: A human stopped an Apostle's att*ck?

Apostle,Gu: I refuse to accept it!

Apostle,Gu: My corundum skin is harder than steel,

Apostle,Gu: and you cracked it?

Apostle,Gu: That isn't possible...

P: Hey, weren't his limbs pointing in directions they shouldn't?

S: It's the power of the armor.

S: The armor is supporting his broken limbs.

S: It's pierced his flesh, digging into his bones.

S: The last bearer of that armor let its steel teeth dig into his body.

S: He fought until he d*ed,

: his bones all broken, and his blood all drained from his body.

P: Why use such a dangerous thing on Guts if he's almost dead already?

I: I-It's a noble sacrifice to save his companions!

S: What should I do?

S: It's my fault, once again...

S: Mistress, why?

S: Why that?

S: What do I do?

F: You must handle it.

F: Only you, a witch, can do it.

S: Mistress!

S: But I am so inexperienced.

S: My heart's in such chaos, I cannot use magic.

F: Only now that you know

F: your inexperience and how easy it is to drown in your power,

F: can you do it.

F: You must show the path to the swordsman inside

: those swirling currents of power.

P: H-Hey, what are you gonna do?

S: Bring Guts back.

S: Take care of my body.

S: I'll do it, Mistress.

P: Take care of it?

P: Hey!

S: I will save him.

Apostle,Gu: I can't believe it.

Apostle,Gu: You've endured two of my att*cks in this form.

Apostle,Gu: And even injured me?

Apostle,Gu: What are you?

Apostle,Gu: Fire Dragon, sir...

Apostle,Gu: Let us join in, too!

Apostle,Gu: We didn't get to k*ll the witch,

Apostle,Gu: and now we don't have anything to do.

Apostle,Gu: Looks like you're having a hard time...

Apostle,Gu: You...

Apostle,Gu: Come on...

Apostle,Gu: If it's a fight as an Apostle, not a duel, isn't it all—

Apostle,Gu: No fair! He was in the middle of transforming!

Apostle,Gu: You bastard!

Apostle,Gu: This feeling...

Apostle,Gu: I broke four or five ribs, huh?

P: His fighting style's getting less and less human.

P: Human...

P: No, it's almost as if...

Apostle,Gu: I see something yummy over here.

Gu: If we must, we take Schierke and run!

Gu: Right!

Gi: Schierke...

S: These...

S: These are the currents of hatred within the armor.

S: Will I make it in time?

S: Any normal person

: swallowed by this would have their ego torn apart.

S: This is...

S: Guts's hatred, given form by the armor's od?

S: Guts is inside?

S: Can I do this?

S: Can I save him from these terrible currents?

S: One mistake, and I'll be dragged along.

S: This isn't the time to hesitate!

S: Bubbles of light?

S: Fragments of Guts's memories?

S: They are like torchlights...

S: The darkness is heaving?

S: No!

S: What? I'm scared.

S: It's sucking me in...

S: Mistress!

: That is...

: my mistress's...

S: I see.

S: This is Guts's ego.

S: The talisman my mistress made held it together.

S: No! Don't let the flow take you!

G: Take... me?

S: Yes, you will cease to be yourself.

S: This place will absorb you!

S: Remember who you are!

G: It doesn't... matter.

Apostle,G: k*ll. Destroy. Ruin.

Apostle,G: Slash. Fight. Enemy.

Apostle,G: Apostle. Enemy. Friend.

G: Griffith...

S: It's so hot.

S: It does matter!

S: Remember the reason you travel.

S: The reason you're fighting right now!

S: A human soul wouldn't let itself

: be so badly hurt for something that doesn't matter!

G: Travel...

G: Fight...

G: Reason.

G: What is... this?

G: Who is this?

G: I know her.

G: Stop... Don't touch her.

S: Remember her! Her name is Casca!

G: Casca...

G: Your name is Guts!

G: The branded swordsman, Guts!

G: Protector of the branded woman, Casca!

Apostle,Gu: Taste my burning heat!

Apostle,Gu: What?

Apostle,Gu: Inhuman!

Gu: Guts!

Gi: No, Casca!

C: Who are you?

C: Guts...

C: How awful.

Apostle,Gu: I won't let you get away!

F: It's all right.

Gi: That's...

Gi: Mistress!

Gi: She's huge.

Gi: And young.

F: You did well, Schierke.

F: Go.

F: This forest will not last long.

F: When the spirit tree falls,

F: this domain will close.

S: No... No, I don't...

F: This is an interstice, where time drifts and flickers for old things.

F: Both this tree and I have lived a little too long.

F: No matter how enjoyable the sunlight,

F: young things must not stay here forever.

F: It's time to leave the nest.

F: Leave this place and find your own path, my disciple

F: I did not stay with you for many days.

F: But in my long life, they were the most peaceful.

F: Thank you.

S: Mistress!

P: Hey, you idiot!

G: Let's go.

Apostle,Gu: Wait... Black Swordsman!

Apostle,Gu: What is this flame?

Apostle,Gu: That even I, a fire dragon, cannot dispel?

F: Life simply changes form.

F: We will see each other again in your dreams.

F: It's up to you whether you grab the fate in front of you.

F: Blessings upon your new journey, beloved child.

S: Farewell, my sunlight.

Gu: That's it.

Gu: Are you with the resistance?

Gu: Indeed.

Gu: A pleasure to meet you.

Gu: I am Laban, of Midland's Arklaw Knights.

Gu: Sir Laban,

Gu: you came to see us yourself?

Gu: As a m*llitary man, I admire

Gu: what you have accomplished so far.

Gu: No, "the resistance" is only a name.

Gu: All we can do is crawl beneath the earth, like moles.

Gu: Windham has become

: a city of demons, as if it were not a part of this world.

Gu: All who resisted were k*lled.

Gu: And all who were arrested, regardless of class,

: were sent to the b*ttlefield as w*r slaves.

Gu: The women were sent to the castle,

Gu: where they are evidently being used in strange Kushan rituals.

Gu: We know not if they live.

Gu: The only ones left are helpless children and elderly.

Gu: How terrible...

Gu: But there is one piece of good news.

Gu: Princess Charlotte is alive.

Gu: We are told she is locked up,

Gu: on the Tower of Rebirth's highest floor.

Gu: Is that true?

Gu: It is certain.

Gu: We lost many comrades to obtain this information.

Gu: If the princess is safe...

Gu: If the royal bloodline flows, there is still hope!

Gu: Sir Laban, we are isolated here, in the capital,

Gu: knowing very little of what is happening on the outside.

Gu: So I wished to ask about a certain rumor.

Gu: Where is the hawk?

Gu: What?

Gu: No... It's them.

Gu: Th-This is...

Gu: Sir Laban, this way!

Gu: What is that monster?

Gu: Kushan magic.

Gu: The Kushans use magic to command half-man, half-beast creatures!

Gu: It's impossible to believe,

Gu: even though I just saw it with my own eyes.

Gu: We feel the same.

Gu: At some point, fog covered the city.

Gu: And the monsters came, as if drawn by it.

Gu: The citizens fear them,

Gu: and hide themselves in their homes.

Gu: W-We're trapped!

Gu: Arrows? From where?

Gu: That's...

Gu: People of Windham,

Gu: for now, hide and wait.

Gu: A strong wind will come to blow away the miasma over the city.

Gu: Who are you?

Gu: I am on a mission now, and I must go.

Gu: Hide and prepare,

Gu: for the storm the hawk will bring.

: So huge!

Gu: He appears to be having fun.

Gu: You're such a kid.

Gu: This is just a puddle.

Gu: Right, Schierke?

S: Thanks.

S: Guts...

: Um, are you all right?

G: My body isn't that fragile.

G: Don't worry.

S: But I still think you should remove that armor

: and rest at least four or five days.

G: I've been recovering for almost a month.

G: We have no more time to waste.

G: The pain doesn't lessen as much as when I'm fighting.

G: But even so, I can travel just fine, thanks to this.

S: You shouldn't lower your guard.

S: That armor is cursed.

S: If you get into a fight, you might lose control again.

G: If that happens, I have a witch I can rely on, right?

S: You really are reckless.

S: If that happens again...

S: No, even now, there's no guarantee he'll survive.

G: This is nice.

G: I thought I'd never see it again...

G: See the sun set so peacefully.

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