"and their fame increases day by day." "and their fame increases day by day." "I'm Griffith.{repetition starts}" "What's your name?" "Guts." "Where am I?" "We're the Band of the Hawk." "I will have my own country." "Guts." "Where are they?" "They who will defeat the black devils of Tudor..." "Stop!" "He's my..." "My... death will come for you!" "A death you cannot possibly escape!" "A behelit." "Those who wear it are destined to hold the world in their grasp in return for their own flesh and blood." "Assassinate?" "Will you do it?" "Just give me an order and stop grumbling." "Like always." "birthed into the world." "I could not endure such a life." "Friends do not cling to another's dream." "They live for their own sake. then they resist them with all their heart and soul." "Even should it be me." "I believe that friends must stand on an even ground.{repetition ends}" "463)\blur2\fscx120\fscy2000\cH000001\frz90}|" "0)\blur0.6\cH173F53}The Capture of Doldrey 442)\blur0.6\cH173F53}The Capture {\alphaHFF}of Doldrey" "442)\blur0.6\cH3CB3EC}The Capture of Doldrey 442)\blur0.6\cH0E3459}The C{\cH3CB3EC}apture of Doldrey" "442)\blur0.6\cH0E3459}The Ca{\cH3067A6}pture {\cH3CB3EC}of Doldrey 442)\blur0.6\cH000000}The Ca{\cH154271}pture {\cH4090CC}of {\cH3CB3EC}Doldrey" "442)\blur0.6\cH000000}The Capture {\cH113155}of {\cH225C9D}Dol{\cH3CB3EC}drey 442)\blur0.6\cH000000}The Capture of {\cH225C9D}Dol{\cH3CB3EC}drey" "442)\blur0.6\cH269DDA}The {\cH000000}Capture of Doldrey 442)\blur0.6\cH269DDA}The Ca{\cH1D56BB}pture of{\cH000000} Doldrey" "442)\blur0.6\cH269DDA}The Ca{\cH1D56BB}pture of Doldrey 1352)\blur0.6\cH269DDA}The Capture of Doldrey" "{part a}" "birthed into the world." "I could not endure such a life." "Band of the Hawk." "They have nailed down the enemy on the right flank entirely on their own." "Griffith." "If Count Julius were alive..." "We do not even constitute a whole flank anymore." "The importance of the Band of the Hawk cannot be allowed to soar." "Not now..." "The rumors are true." "You're the one acting like a knight and commands a thousand of the Band of the Hawk's swords." "I'm sure you obtained your position by crawling into Griffith's bed!" "You bastard!" "be walked upon by a woman! commander of the Blue Whale Ultra Heavy Armored Fierce Assault Annihilation Knights." "Sister!" "Unit Commander Casca!" "No!" "Don't come!" "sucking up to a woman!" "No strength in them once they let a woman dominate them!" "There!" "What?" "Is that all?" "Look at yourself!" "To think they'd make you a commander." "How laughable!" "It seems to me the Band of the Hawk is quite shorthanded." "I wouldn't toss you out of my bed." "I'll let your disgraceful behavior slide." "Why don't you come back to Tudor with me?" "What?" "You can be a commander in my army." "I'll let you command a thousand cocks!" "You ingrate!" "So that's a no?" "Very well." "Then die." "Guts!" "eh..." "You!" "Face me." "I don't care who your are." "I'm in the mood for swordplay." "boy!" "But your luck will soon run out!" "This is the legendary 140-year old secret technique of the House of Kobritz!" "Eat this!" "Stone-splitting whirlwind!" "What the hell is that?" "What's wrong?" "That wasn't like you." "Don't lose focus." "Hey!" "Casca!" "Hey!" "Get a grip!" "Cas—" "Shi—" "Sister!" "Captain!" "Guts!" "Guts!" "Casca!" "Fuck!" "I'm never swimming in that shit again!" "She's burning up!" "Dammit." "We can't stay out here in the rain." "Is there somewhere..." "Guts and Casca fell?" "The height was perilous!" "Guts was also hit by a bolt!" "We need to mount a search party!" "Lord Griffith." "We are at war." "It would be preposterous to divert our troops to retrieve but two who are scant more than rank-and-file. they should effortlessly make it back alone." "Quite clearly." "Get her out of her wet clothes for now." "She must have been crazy to sally with a fever." "That's why I hate fighting with women." "Is she wounded?" "I see." "Sucks being a woman." "Wait!" "take that blade." "Hey." "Where are we?" "In a cave by the river." "We got lucky when we fell." "River?" "What are you doing?" "Lie down." "Your fever isn't gone." "No big surprise." "You were soaking wet and cold besides." "What are you looking at?" "Here." "Look..." "What the fuck are you doing?" "Hold on." "Get a fucki—" "Get a fucking grip!" "You crazy bitch!" "I put my life on the line to haul you out of that river!" "If you weren't a woman I'd punch your brains out!" "Woman?" "you sure act on impulse." "And this is why women don't belong on the battlefield." "Hey..." "I didn't choose to be born a woman." "This is pathetic." "You're the last one I wanted to save me!" "You were..." "You're too weak!" "huh?" "Do you remember?" "Do you remember what Griffith told you on that hill?" "Guts." "Yeah." "He never said that to anyone." "You were the only one until today." "Why?" "Why does he need you and not me?" "Why?" "I wanted to be his blade." "I see." "So that's your dream." "is it really around here?" "I'm sure." "You sure they ain't dead?" "Was a steep fall." "Lord Adon said we'd get the reward even if we just find their corpses." "Let's look around further downstream." "We've got no time to relax." "What about you?" "Why do you fight?" "Don't talk." "You need your strength." "I... young ones." "Hey there." "grandpa." "It's him." "Silence!" "Your death won't be pretty!" "The House of Kobritz has passed down the art of torture for ten generations!" "Only after a hundred years of agony and Hell will you finally perish!" "The men shall feast on the woman right here and now!" "That sounds like a bad idea to me." "This woman here is mad as a March hare." "She'll bite it right off." "Your insolence ends here!" "Attack!" "I'll take care of this." "Make a break for the forest." "Now!" "Don't just stand there!" "Bullshit!" "I'm not going to abandon you!" "Don't misunderstand me." "you're slowing me down!" "Crossbows!" "Aim for the woman!" "Fire!" "Guts!" "You fool." "That makes the second time you risk your life for her." "Why?" "Why?" "!" "right?" "Go now." "A sword must be by its master's side." "Go to Griffith." "I'll have an answer to your question when we next see each other." "Don't be afraid!" "There are only two of them!" "Encircle them and finish it!" "Go!" "Stop dawdling and go!" "I'll bring reinforcements!" "I will return!" "Until then..." "Live!" "Don't let the woman get away!" "Kill them!" "Wait until work's done before chasing skirts." "Live." "You can forget about your left hand!" "There's no way you can still swing that ridiculous sword of yours!" "Ain't this interesting?" "sweetie." "Damn it!" "Give it up." "Why must my arms be so powerless?" "all right?" "You don't want to die here." "A sword must be by its master's side." "I won't bite it off." "But..." "I'll be damned if I let you do this!" "You bitch!" "Whore!" "Casca?" "Hurry!" "Guts stayed behind surrounded by enemies to buy me time!" "follow me!" "What am I doing?" "Out here in the middle of nowhere..." "Just..." "Throwing my life away..." "It is a dream formulated and fostered for your own sake.{rep start}" "birthed into the world." "I could not endure such a life." "I believe that friends must stand on an even ground.{rep end}" "Weaklings!" "The Tudor Empire—" "I have no time to ponder questions." "Now is the time to strike and kill." "That's all that counts." "be alive!" "Here!" "Jesus." "He killed them all?" "You can't be serious." "There must be about a hundred corpses." "can you hear me?" "Guts!" "Guts!" "Commander!" "Commander Guts!" "Hey..." "Is he alive?" "Guts!" "I told you to live!" "Will you break your promise to me?" "!" "Guts!" "Quiet..." "Don't shake me." "My wounds will start bleeding again." "Guts... man." "The commander's a beast." "did you?" "Ouch." "Ouch!" "but do what you will}" "Guts the Hundred-Men-Slayer!" "Fire!" "Unbelievable." "Not a single one of them has reached the ramparts." "Doldrey's defenses are truly to be feared." "The Purple Rhino Holy Knights!" "Boscogn is coming! the hammer. including the elite White Tiger Knights." "Any more losses will be crippling." "We know that!" "Doldrey used to be a Midland stronghold in ancient times." "It will not fall easily." "Tudor is struggling with internal conflicts due to the imperial succession!" "They will not be able to divert troops to our battle forever!" "Victory will come naturally if we show patience!" "how carefree!" "Doldrey is Tudor's last bridgehead in our territory!" "There is no conceivable course of action that does not expunge them and settle the hundred years war!" "Verily." "This is a rare chance." "But—" "Something troubles me as much as Tudor..." "What are your thoughts concerning total war?" "I cannot condone it." "There would be no end to the deserters and the esprit de corps would plummet." "And that does not even take into account news of the annihilation of the White Tiger Knights." "The stragglers in our territory have not been taken care of yet!" "we would never recover!" "we will be be in urgent need of funding!" "The people are already heavily burdened by the high taxes!" "Clearly even the venerable Lord Hawk is at an impasse here." "That is undeniable!" "Not if I am ordered to." "it should not surprise any here gathered." "Even one hailed as Heaven-sent What?" "I will move on His Majesty's orders." "I need no large force." "Let me strike with the Band of the Hawk." "What are you saying?" "!" "Preposterous!" "How do you propose to capture Doldrey with the Band of the Hawk?" "Even the White Tiger Knights were annihilated!" "Have you lost your wits?" "You presume to assault a force of thirty thousand with merely five thousand mounted soldiers?" "!" "This is laughable!" "The ravings of a parvenu!" "many famed commanders have failed to capture Doldrey." "It is unthinkable that the Band of the Hawk should succeed here!" "Lord Griffith." "Are you true to your word?" "I order the Band of the Hawk to capture Doldrey." "The Band of the Hawk?" "Yes." "000 is headed in our direction." "000 against the entirety of Doldrey?" "What is his plan?" "General Boscogn." "Yes?" "The White Hawk Griffith..." "He must not be killed." "Bring him here alive." "Do you understand?" "But..." "Midland cannot be stopped." "General Boscogn!" "Do you understand?" "my lord." "I'll be damned." "Where do we attack?" "Behind it are sheer cliffs." "It has about twenty modern cannons." "rocks and oil." "A head-on attack is absolutely out of the question." "don't they?" "right?" "Guts?" "Huh?" "Yeah." "It's just big." "like always." "Right?" "What is the meaning of this?" "Their back is to the river." "Have they never heard of tactics?" "with their number it can only prolong the inevitable." "We'll conduct a frontal assault." "Yes!" "Griffith..." "We have been waiting." "General Adon." "We are relieved that you are well." "Yes." "has nothing changed in my absence?" "Shall we go?" "forward!" "To arms!" "attack!" "The enemy is charging!" "not including Griffith's retinue." "Is he dividing his forces into smaller units again?" "But how often does the commander lead the vanguard?" "Fascinating." "Let us fight them." "attack!" "Meet their first wave and annihilate them!" "Connect with the commander!" "We can't stop them!" "We must retreat!" "Are you saying the Purple Rhino Holy Knights are being pushed back?" "The enemy is too fast!" "G-General..." "The enemy is approaching our position." "Calm yourself." "It seems to have been their plan to attack one point and capitalize on the speed of the light cavalry." "The heavy knights hold the center of the formation!" "Archers to the flanks!" "Hawks?" "They got nerves." "Are they trying to divide our force?" "Boscogn?" "An arrow might hit Griffith." "pull back!" "To the main force!" "you dogs!" "What?" "They're coming back." "The enemy is taking flight." "I fail to understand." "This outcome should have obvious from the start." "Is this really the undefeated and invincible Band of the Hawk?" "The White Hawk?" "General Boscogn?" "Governor Gennon!" "The enemy is fleeing." "Will you let this chance slip by?" "But..." "I command all!" "will be granted whatever they desire!" "However!" "He must be captured unharmed." "Hear this!" "Governor!" "the men will lose all self-restraint... you have become tiresome." "I shall assume command henceforth!" "the Blue Whales and the Black Wolves and my own Spider Scorpion Storm Attack Knights will pursue the enemy and apprehend Lord Griffith without delay." "But that will leave the fortress defenseless." "General Boscogn." "Are you deaf?" "General." "We have no choice." "But make sure you kill the Hawk." "His designs must be stopped!" "Very well." "Assault the enemy!" "Are we really going to... fight them all?" "Maintain formation!" "The river is behind us!" "There is no escape!" "Throw your lives away!" "Only then may you survive!" "we will win!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "The enemy are few!" "Scatter them before they can trick us!" "Shit!" "We can't win this!" "I'd rather die in combat than drown in the river!" "Now Rickert's lost it!" "Who are you?" "Raiders Commander." "Guts." "I can't see anything." "What's going on there?" "Doesn't matter." "The outcome is obvious." "What I want to know is when we'll get some booze." "He said whoever captures their commander gets whatever they want." "Sucks to be stuck here." "What's going on?" "The... enemy." "The enemy is coming!" "I don't like this!" "Lord Adon!" "The enemy has breached the walls." "Hurry!" "All right!" "Hurry and barricade the gate!" "Don't let a messenger get through!" "have your squads follow the plan and suppress the remaining defenses!" "This is a race against time!" "It's all gone according to his plan so far." "It always has." "Sister... the foolishness of women!" "Do not think it will go so easily!" "This time there will be no mercy!" "Unit Commander Casca!" "Don't interfere." "I will kill him!" "Scream in pain!" "W-Wow..." "He's good." "what is taking you so long?" "Don't flinch!" "Repel them!" "What is this?" "Your swordsmanship is far superior now." "I would never lose against one like you." "Sis!" "This is enough!" "Carry on with the preparations!" "Understood!" "Guts!" "I smell Boscogn's doing." "Has your strength left you?" "See how you are slouching?" "Is the sword too heavy now?" "I see you choose to be respectful." "What?" "Is that the Raiders Commander?" "!" "Got'cha!" "How do you like the art of diversion the House of Kobritz has passed down for five generations?" "Now I have you!" "Sister!" "Unit Commander Casca!" "{1000men commander}" "Hold your hands!" "how long will it last?" "I'm going to get a taste of that soft skin I see!" "I'll teach you the real joys of being a woman!" "Here is your taste." "Unit Commander Casca!" "That was great!" "We've been delayed." "Hurry!" "Commander!" "Here are the reinforcements!" "We're first!" "Stop!" "He's too strong for you!" "Out of my way!" "Raiders Commander!" "General Boscogn..." "No way..." "He was Tudor's strongest knight." "That son of a bitch did it!" "B-Boscogn..." "Focus!" "We still outnumber them!" "All troops!" "Form—" "What?" "That's Midland's flag!" "Impossible!" "Has the castle... it can't have!" "idiots?" "Your general is dead and your castle has fallen." "What do you think this means?" "all of you." "Give us a cry of victory!" "Now!" "Victory is ours!" "I've been waiting just for that!" "No mercy for all who defy us!" "You curs!" "Who told you to withdraw?" "I am the supreme commander!" "Halt!" "Do you not hear my words?" "you!" "Get back here!" "Right now!" "Your Excellency." "Griffith!" "I have waited long for this moment." "let me see your face." "those are the eyes." "Your gaze has not changed at all." "Wh-What is wrong?" "Why will you say nothing?" "but I have never forgotten you." "All I longed for was your presence." "Now..." "Griffith..." "Wh-Why do you look at me so?" "Do you bear a grudge?" "Towards me?" "Your Excellency." "if anything." "Deceiving you alone has allowed me to aid hundreds of my soldiers." "And no perilous fighting was necessary to help." "You have saved our lives." "You..." "You..." "There is but one thing I may do for the soldiers who cling to my dream." "I can only continue to be victorious." "The ends justify the means." "You've fallen by the wayside of the path I walk." "One of many stones that pave it." "You—" "Lord Griffith!" "Long live the Band of the Hawk!" "Protectors of Midland!" "Thank you!" "You did so much!" "Lord Griffith!" "Lord Griffith!" "Wow." "I never knew so many people lived in Windam." "There." "Sir Corkus." "Take your turn." "Me too!" "Lady Casca!" "There's the commander of the raiders!" "There's Commander Guts!" "He's their greatest warrior!" "This is awesome." "Commander." "At least try to wave a little." "We're the heroes today." "Commander?" "What's wrong with you?" "You're spacing out." "You seem out of it." "I'm fine." "I just thought how none of us expected this three years ago." "You got that right." "I will have my own country." "He's special." "Thank you." "Oh wow!" "Do my eyes see true?" "Is this not the Band of the Hawk?" "The protectors of Midland." "I know it." "Lord Griffith." "I feared greatly for your safety." "I prayed daily for you well-being." "Will you grace one of us with a dance?" "I would like to hear tales of your exploits." "Do tales from the battlefield not bore you with their simple-minded savagery?" "Not at all!" "I find them thrilling!" "He sure is comfortable there." "He should send one of them cuties over." "Are you the commanders of the Band of the Hawk?" "We would like to hear tales of your heroic deeds." "No doubt you are a powerful fighter." "But of course." "I would much like to hear more!" "Sadly an entire night would scant do justice to my tales." "I have time aplenty." "Are you the famed Raiders Commander?" "It's said you slew a hundred of the enemy alone..." "Really?" "It was also he who bested General Boscogn." "My!" "I wonder who is the stronger between you and Griffith." "What amazing muscles." "How hard they are..." "Lovely..." "Aren't you adorable?" "Are you part of the Band of Hawk too?" "Yes!" "I'm part too!" "And then the troops commanded by General Boscogn..." "Excuse me." "Guts!" "this is hard." "I..." "Are you already promised to another?" "P-Precisely... for there is no man who could ever let a woman like you go." "Then where is he?" "if you would allow me..." "But..." "I would much like to serenade you with my songs." "But..." "The damn lords and ladies." "let's team up!" "These people are getting on my nerves." "Please!" "I'm far more at ease swinging my sword around than parading myself in there." "Same." "I just can't get used to it." "I haven't worn a skirt in ages." "My muscles are showing too." "doesn't it?" "Not at all." "Looks great on you." "Really?" "Yeah." "aren't you going to ask Griffith for a dance?" "I wouldn't want to embarrass him by stepping on his toes." "I meant to ask." "Why do you seem so different?" "You never used to show up to these formal occasions." "I thought I'd see it with my own eyes. and what he has obtained." "And also what he might be trying to obtain from now." "you..." "I'm sorry." "Looking up at him from inside his dream..." "Being played for a fool by him is unacceptable." "Are you..." "No... the trials that have haunted us for so long were arduous indeed." "Let me thank you from the bottom of my heart." "the Band of the Hawk commanded by Lord Griffith were instrumental in our victory." "cursed as impenetrable for the past hundred years." "I bestow upon Lord Griffith and the Band of the Hawk the name of the White Phoenix Knights." "I raise all their commanders to knighthood and confer on them the accompanying lands and incomes.{line split with above}" "The White Phoenix General!" "The White Phoenix Knights!" "He's insane." "This doesn't make it easier for us." "I'm not dreaming." "We're nobility!" "Praised be the Band of the Hawk!" "but we gambled and won with our lives on the line." "That hardships of the Band of the Hawk have finally born fruit." "Isn't this just the beginning?" "But you..." "This isn't up for debate." "But..." "Guts..." "Are you leaving the Band of the Hawk?" "Sorry." "That doesn't explain anything!" "Isn't the Band of the Hawk like a family for you too?" "Why would you ever want to throw that away?" "We will be royalty now." "Why would you be unhappy now that we'll live a life of comfort?" "He's old enough to decide on his own." "Let him go in peace." "But..." "But..." "Isn't this a big problem for us?" "Guts is a key element of the Band of the Hawk!" "Losing Guts won't be a big hit to our strength!" "But..." "Shut up!" "Now's the time to say it!" "Guts.}" "Did so right off the bat." "I finally know what's been pissing me off." "It's your damn face!" "You look like you think you're the only one that has to deal with serious issues." "That really pisses me off!" "we have it good." "Finally there's a reward for our labors." "Not like this idiot here would understand." "Just throw it away like dirt and walk whatever path of suffering you want." "Do whatever you want!" "but you will never be like Griffith." "Never!" "You better pay attention to your back the next time we meet on the battlefield." "this is a load off my back." "You've all been a big help." "Guts!" "I believe this is what I told you." "You are mine. then you will have to prize yourself from my grasp!" "Griffith... is it?" "You look serious." "Wait." "Are you going to fight each other?" "try talking to him!" "Casca." "Pippin?" "!" "Let go!" "There's no other way." "He'll come to his senses once he gets his arm cut off." "everyone?" "Why aren't you stopping them?" "Has the life of landed gentry blinded you already?" "What you lost by the sword is retaken by the sword." "That is what it means to be a mercenary." "But..." "But..." "then they resist them with all their heart and soul." "Even should it be me." "Do you so wish to free yourself from me?" "Never." "Never." "I will never allow it." "Griffith!" "Bye." "Griffith..." "Guts!" "Guts..." "Naturally!" "A princess cannot be seen meeting gentlemen of common birth." "Lord Griffith is now the White Phoenix General!" "He's the supreme commander of Midland's armies!" "Only after the investiture ceremony next month." "Anna." "Please act as should befit you." "He was gone a whole six months..." "At least... too." "Who is that?" "!" "Lord Griffith..." "Excuse me." "What has befallen you?" "We would be in grave trouble if you were discovered here." "My apologies." "My rude visit must distress you." "I shall leave posthaste." "I've longed for you." "I've been afraid ever since you rode out." "Afraid there would be a messenger from the battlefield bearing ill tidings." "I prayed so often for your safe return." "God saw it fit to fulfill my wish." "I'm sorry." "These are tears of relief." "No..." "Are you scared?" "Yes." "There is nothing to be afraid of." "Nothing to fear; nothing to lament." "May it all burn to ash in the scorching flames." "It's raining cats and dogs." "Have you seen Griffith?" "Nah." "Not since the thing with Guts." "I see." "Bye." "fades}" "the future White Phoenix General." "What might you be doing here?" "You must be aware of whose mansion this is." "This might even be viewed as treasonous to Midland." "Arrest him!" "Griffith must be out of his mind." "Why are we being summoned to this place?" "Isn't this a training maneuver?" "Quite a sudden one..." "But they didn't even let us get our equipment." "Maybe it's just riding exercises and some such." "There won't be a real war now that we've won against Tudor." "We shouldn't have to do this today." "He never came back yesterday." "Maybe he really was shocked..." "Griffith isn't shocked so easily." "But..." "Shut up!" "Whether he leaves or dies or whatever has nothing to do with us!" "Griffith is a hero of all." "He doesn't have time to worry about one puny subordinate." "But... but!" Shut up!" "Keep your mouth shut!" "Why are all you acting like scared hens since he's left?" "though." "The enemy is upon us!" "An ambush!" "Shit!" "Are these Tudor remnants?" "No." "No!" "That's the Midland army." "And in the end your low birth reared its ugly head!" "Your success left you conceited!" "This is the end!" "everything!" "I see..." "I found it strange." "but Princess Charlotte was never so much as rumored to be wed." "Wh-What?" "Do you want to sleep with your daughter?" "Or maybe..." "Do you want someone else to do it?" "Silence!" "Shit!" "I'll be damned if I die without knowing what's going on!" "what's going on?" "where are you?" "!" "Spread out!" "They'll aim for groups!" "Corkus!" "Don't let yourself be drawn apart!" "A single rider can't break the cordon!" "Take up formation!" "Let's not give the enemy time and break through!" "Men!" "Form a wedge!" "Attack!" "Griffith!" "Torturer!" "Yes!" "Do what you want with him." "He must atone for the crime of defiling the royal family." "A-As you wish." "He must not be killed!" "He must be taught the gravity of his crime in full command of his senses." "The Hawk's wings have been clipped." "He will never fly again!" "You're a special one... you have never screamed." "I-I am impressed." "what's that?" "Looks interesting!" "Give it!" "what a waste." "I lost it." 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