""Guts!"" ""The prince of our world!" "The unforgivable traitor..." "Fear and trepidation, praying for an audience ..."" ""Soon we will meet in our realm." "You are of our blood and we have been waiting for you."" ""I have heard that official in Wyndham also witnessed a strange phenomenon..." "Some beast." "What..." "These occurrences are no coincidences." "These are omens of the end..." "His Holiness has sent a mission to find these phenomena and identify them." "Even the King's men are dispatched."" "The Golden Age Arc III THE ADVENT" ""Don't be stubborn." "You're our commander and you're tired..."" ""I understand."" ""Rickert has returned." "Griffith's location has been revealed."" ""Where..." "Where!" "?"" ""Be calm."" ""But..." "We have to save him." "He was captured a year ago." "Everyone is tired but we're almost free..."" ""We will do what we can, when we can..." "You should rest now."" ""Thank you." "Enemies are attacking!"" ""Rickert was followed!"" ""..." "You dodged." "The rumors are true, the Band of the Hawk has a skilled female commander." "No matter, all I need is your head and the battle's over."" ""What!" "?" "What are you!" "?"" ""They're dangerous!"" ""Casca!"" ""The outcome has been decided." "Order your dogs to surrender." "If you choose not to, I take your head." "I'll count to three, so choose quickly." "One..." "Two..." "Three!"" ""Four." ""Dealing with this clown was exhausting to you?" "C'mon, give me a big cheer." "I'm back."" ""Guts!"" ""What?" "!"" ""The captain's back!"" ""Go on, you need a break." "Leave 'em to me." "You do your own thing, right?" "Go."" ""Do not expect me to back down so easily." "Allow me to handle this man on my own." "Behold the power of 'Ten Knives Dance'!" "Damn!"" ""FIRE!"" ""Pull back."" ""Casca!"" ""What!" "?" "Griffith is..."" ""The day after you left, it happened." ""The man who was once celebrated as the savior of Midland.." "Became a fugitive overnight" "Nothing but a futile dream of nobility." "Might not mean anything to you," "But I cannot accept it." "In the most trying times, I would not leave the bastard." "We're still his companions."" ""Be afraid."" ""Wait a minute!" "That swing had the intent to kill..." "Hey!" "Casca!"" ""Do not look down on my ability!"" ""..." "You haven't changed a bit this past year, have you?" "Explain yourself!"" ""It's... all your fault..." "You destroyed us all..." "It's all your fault!" "Griffith and the Band of the Hawk!" "You destroyed us all!"" ""Me?" "How?" ""You should not have left his side." "Griffith wanted only you " "Only you are on his level." "You made him weak!" "Griffith..." "Griffith, he..." "Without you, he became depressed!"" ""Impossible..." "Griffith wasn't my fault." "He actually..."" ""You're bleeding!"" ""I..." "Just wanted to be free like you."" ""Let go!" "I cannot become Griffith's sword, nor his woman" "In fact, I knew a year ago..." "That once he saw you, there was no more room for me in his life" "Marriage for the throne, I've no place in his heart." "If he cannot love anyone, or himself, I'll just disappear..."" ""Casca..."" ""My dreams don't matter anymore." "I'm... so tired..." "I leave the rest up to you."" ""What the fuck are you thinking?" "Listen here - you're going to have to explain this to me." "I'm always picking you up, I'm almost too tired to stand now." "He took everything from me..." "I wanted to kill him..."" ""Idiot."" ""What..."" ""You're always hurt, and it's my fault..." "Are you always bleeding?" "Idiot."" "*♥ღ*" ""Ah?"" ""I wonder if you will help us save Griffith."" ""I'll save him but" "Afterwards, I will leave..." ""Hey!"" ""I forge my own dreams and my own path." "Although I do not know where I'll go..." "But!" "We can leave together if you aren't too much trouble."" ""Idiot."" ""From now on I want to hold you hundreds of thousands of times..." "That's what I think, anyways."" ""Idiot..."" ""Don't call me an idiot, I have feelings you know..." "Hey Casca!" "Get up Casca!"" ""I knew someone like you would appear eventually."" ""Where is that sound coming from?" "The hell do you want?"" ""Remember your greatest struggle, for it has yet to come..." "The gears have been set in motion!" "It is absolutely impossible to redeem ankind after the storm of death appears." "Your friends are doomed..." "Struggling to change their fate!" "Against death, the only sword that wills you is your struggle to survive." "Do not forget that."" ""Hey!" "What do you mean?" "Stop!" "How did you find this shortcut?"" ""We have an inside source."" ""Griffith is lost without us."" ""What does that make me?"" ""Are you the Band of the Hawk?" ""I've been waiting..." "You really came." ""Princess?" "So..." "Griffith is inside."" ""Yes."" ""How deep is this damned hole?"" ""It dates back thousands of years..." "A long time ago." "There was a pagan war." "It was chaos until one figure came along in order to stop it." "Emperor Gaiseric." "He alone ended the war with his speed and strength and established his own empire." "Although his personal life is full of mysteries, he was fierce and brave." "Legend has it that while on the battlefield, he wore a skull shaped helmet."" ""I've heard stories of the legendary Skeleton King." "He was too drunk on power, so Five Angels were sent to deal with him." "This led to the elimination of his army and the empire he'd built."" ""What'd he do wrong?"" ""What the hell do these fairy tales have to do with the damned hole?"" ""This is not a fairy tale!" "This is history!" "The bottom of this hellish pit is all that remains of that empire..."" ""Griffith?"" ""Griffith!"" ""Who's there!" "?" "Grif..." "Griff... ith?" "Griffith!" "His tendons have been severed..." "His tongue gone..." "Casca!" "Keys!" "Casca!" "NO!" "Stay back!" "This is... impossible." "This cannot be Griffith..."" ""G... uts..."" ""You're trapped in here!" "You're locked in!" "Hee hee heee..."" ""Are you the one?" "Who did this to Griffith?"" ""Doesn't matter what the people look like when I start." "Once I'm dedicated, no beauty shall withstand." "First off, to stop him from escaping, I cut the tendons in his hands and feet." "Then, in addition, I peeled his skin back and removed his nails." "I branded him, then splashed cold water on the wounds" "It's only been a year, but I love him like he's my wife!" "This is my greatest trophy!" "Come closer!" "This is my talisman..." "This is the man's tongue!" "My teeth!"" ""You're going to die soon anyway."" ""Stop!" "Let me live!"" ""You fucking imp bastard, go to hell."" ""Please!" "Save... save me!"" ""Could you repeat that?" "I didn't hear it quite right..."" ""Freeze!" "Drop your weapons and surrender!"" ""We're in trouble..."" ""Kill... kill him!" ""Do each other a favor and fire!"" ""Don't leave him alone!" ""Griffith was rescued?" "Do not let go!" "They absolutely cannot let them escape!"" ""The enemy is only a few people!"" ""Casca!" "Come here!"" ""Sorry for the trouble."" ""Hey, if it helps the country, it's my duty." ""Close the gates!" "Hurry, Hurry!" "Don't let the rebels through!" "Get the horses!" "They're unstoppable." "What the hell are you doing, stupid?"" ""Hurry, hurry!" "Whew."" ""Griffith..." "We'll meet again, right?"" ""Come on, Princess."" ""It's Midland army!" "50... no, 100 men!"" ""Huh..." "They're lagging behind..."" ""It's an ambush!"" ""Damn!"" ""They're catching up now!"" ""Get to the front." "Guts, Pippin I'll leave the rear to you."" ""They're enemies of the King!" "Kill them!"" ""Ignore it!" "The horse will be fine!"" ""It's never-ending..."" ""We're getting closer!"" ""Hurry up!" "Corkus!"" ""I've always wanted to do this..." "Listen up, soldiers!" "Charge..." "NOW!" "Wait..." "Hold up!" "Cheers!" "As long as we have Griffith back-"" ""The Band of the Hawk will live!"" ""Once again, we will earn victory after victory!"" ""Every time, we'll send our enemies packing!" "Let them drown their sorrows at the bars!"" ""That's pretty good!"" ""Sorry that I came here while on duty."" ""Don't worry, our commander needs her rest." "You're always working hard."" ""Don't worry about it, I'm feeling as good as you are." "How is Griffith's situation?" ""I'm not the doctor, but the details are not very clear..."" ""Tell me."" ""Griffith," "Don't worry that we're taking care of you." "It doesn't bother any of us." "Want to wear it?" "I really like your style." "After a year, nothing has changed." "Ah, here we are." "Warriors again." "How can a warrior not wear armor and fight?"" ""The tendons in his hands and feet have been severed." "Standing and walking are no longer possible."" ""Is this true?" "Judeau was talking..."" ""Yes?"" ""Is it true?" "That Griffith..." "I understand that I'm asking you very directly..."" ""Stop." "Griffith has not spoken."" ""Really?" "..." "Are you kidding?" "Griffith..." "This is how it really is?"" "AHHH!" "What the hell is this?" "!" "In the end, it's just futile " "Griffith came back, but the good old days are still nowhere in sight!" "I don't understand why we're fugitives!" "We fled like ants, one year ago, and many of us were killed!" "Even so, we believed..." "Griffith would come back!" "But like this?" "!" "And now, we don't know what to do..."" ""What do we do?"" ""Commander Casca!" "The Band of the Hawk has not been completely destroyed, Casca can still keep us together!"" ""Give me some time to think, before the next wave of pursuers arrives." "I need more time to think."" ""Hey, wait a minute." "I know you're down about Griffith."" ""Yes." "I am, and I'm more frustrated at Midland for branding us as criminals." ""Yeah, it looks like we've got a war on our hands here." ""It's scary, because we don't have Griffith to really lead us anymore." "Problem is, we cannot ignore them." "They'll hunt us." "I'm scared without Griffith." "We're so fragile, we're just living in the hands of dreams and aspirations." "In the hands of the dreams that keep defeated dreamers alive." "What can I do for our soldiers?" "Offer kind words?" "A pep-talk?" "Just being around them?" "It's so hard to keep the people around you that you care about happy..." "In the end, how do we go about this?" "I don't know what to do..."" ""I don't know."" ""I'll take a look at Griffith." "Time to change your bandages, Griffith." ""How are you going to make it alone again?"" ""Judeau..."" ""Yeah, I've been thinking about what to say" "To invite the rest of the Band of the Hawk to come with me." "In the case of one or more wanting to stay with Griffith, that's no problem."" ""What should I..."" ""You don't need to stick around, just go and be happy with Casca." "That's what he would say..." "Take her..."" ""You and him."" ""Captain!" "Captain!" "Captain!" "Captain!"" ""You're ready to do the same as before?" "Just suddenly leave?" "Then please, take us with you!"" ""This is the unanimous decision of all of the soldiers." "We can fight!"" ""Whether we're mercenaries or thieves-"" ""As long as the captain is in our group, we'll fight!" "Please, captain!" "Captain!" "Together, we're unstoppable!" "Whenever we're together, we all fight for the each other and the good of the group." "As long as we're with you, we'll overcome any difficulties."" ""C'mon, please!"" ""Captain!" "Captain!" "Captain!" "..." "Please!" "Captain!"" ""Rickert ventured into a route across the border" "He said that there are people willing to help us into the mountains." "Hey... hey?" "It's strange, how I dress wounds..." "I should be very good at it, but" "I'm really bad..." "Hold still" "I'll get you a blanket" "Griffith!" "Gri..." "Griffith, Stop it!"" ""Casca."" ""Guts."" ""How's Griffith?"" ""He's asleep now."" ""What happened to you?"" ""What... what indeed?"" ""Hey, what happened?"" ""It's nothing."" ""If it's nothing, then you wouldn't be crying!" "What happened with Griffith?"" ""Stop!" "You're wrong!" "I'm sorry!" "I can't go!" ""Hey?"" ""I..." "Cannot go with you." "Griffith become so emaciated..." "So light and so trembling..." "I will take care of Griffith..." "I cannot run away from him..." "I'm sorry..." "I cannot leave him..."" ""Then I have to go." "I have to stay in the Band of the Hawk."" ""Do you remember what happened in the Rose Ballroom?"" ""Yeah, I do."" ""Do not leave him." ""If you are Griffith's friend, you're precious to him."" ""What are you afraid of, in this place?" "You have not played enough!" "The sun still has not set..."" ""Griffith!"" ""Did the horse get out of control?"" ""I think Griffith heard our conversation!" ""How could he escape?" "He's so weak, he can barely crawl..." "Go and tell Judeau!"" ""I know!"" ""Let me borrow this!" "Damnit..." "Damnit!" "GODDAMNIT!"" "'I have rested far too long..." "I almost can't continue..." "But I must, because this play is far from over." "That stone paved road leads to my dream!" "'" "*~Grating laughter~* "Ah Ha...*gasp* Ha *gasp* Ha..."~" ""Huh!" "?"" ""Hey... that's..."" ""Griffith!" "Griffith!"" ""Stay back!" "*faint hoarse yelling*" "Stay back!"" ""The fuck?" "'If you touch me now..." "I'll never again forgive..." "Never again...'" ""The fuck?" "!"" ""What happened!" "?"" ""How can this be!" "?"" ""This is where the end is!"" ""What is this?" "Where'd it come from?" "We were just riding on the prairie, right?"" ""Look at the ground!"" ""This is impossible!" "This has to be some horrible dream!"" ""Calm down!" "We don't understand a thing!" "But never mind that!" "Go, go, go!" "Circular defensive formation, now!" "Now we're ready for any attacks!" "Judeau!" "Corkus!" "Gaston!" "Pippin!"" ""Wow, she's great"" ""Hurry up and ready your crossbows!" "Hurry!"" ""Let's stand up, Griffith" "Behelit..." "You alright, Griffith?"" "It's time..." "It's time..." "It's time..." "The glorious night of the festival!" "Once every 216 years!" "ECLIPSE!"" ""Eclipse?" "!"" ""W-what are they!" "?"" "Came out of thin air?" "!"" ""Arise!" "Arise!" "Finally, they will arise!" "The giants will arise!" "Arise!" "Arise!" "Come to us, kings of the supernatural!" "FOUR GUARDIAN ANGELS RISE UP!"" ""What the hell...?"" ""What the..."" ""Agh..."" ""God...?"" ""Devil...?"" ""I bid thee all welcome" "Many mortals gathered to sacrifice themselves, veritable lambs of God" "On this night of the holy festival!" "Please, enjoy our presence" "The Hawk has been chosen as our dark messiah." "You have been selected." "At this moment, this land is our domain." "The God Hand have descended." "Now, we wait for the blood of sacrifice!"" ""Blood?" "How would..." "They said Griffith has been selected...?" "And those guys, like...?"" ""Don't fuck with me." "Don't fuck with me!"" ""Guts."" ""The Son of God?" "Blood?" "Shut the fuck up about this nonsense!" "This guy's my friend, he hasn't been selected for anything!" "He's staying with us!"" "~*Laughing*~" ""You two have such a strong friendship" "You would make a fantastic sacrifice."" ""Sacrifice?"" ""Give yourself to him, and let yourself be a stepping stone to his glory!"" ""He is the one with the Crimson Behelit" "He is eligible to become a demon or an angel." "Heh Heh Heh..."" ""The Behelit is simply our messenger." "Griffith, guardian of the egg, you may become one of the God Hand." "You are all important as a sacrifice, for his descent."" ""Ho Ho Ho Ho~"" ""This is really all a dream, right?" "!"" ""These monsters want Griffith to become like them?" "!" "But..." "They'll have to sacrifice us?"" ""It's different..." "He is the one who makes the call, not us." "If you are to be sacrificed, he will decide."" ""This can't be possible." "How could this..."" ""The flow of casualty takes everything within it."" "Your fates will now be decided...-"" ""Rise to the altar-Son of God!"" ""Guts!" "GRIFFITH!"" ""Your emotions are fierce, for somebody who will soon feel nothing." "Do you fear us as horrible entities?" "Or do you fear your future as one?"" ""Before going towards your future, you must witness your past to know what kind of person... you are."" ""You're really so surprised about this?" "What are you shouting about?"" ""But, old lady, all these people are dead!"" ""You're the one who killed them!" "If you don't want to kill anymore, you'll never reach the castle of your dreams." "You killed your men, too!"" ""They're my friends, they just followed me!"" ""Just shut up!" "You knew!" "You knew what kind of place you've come to..."" ""I knew what kind of..."" ""The only way to reach that castle is by paving a road of corpses" "Otherwise, you will become a corpse yourself for someone else's dream!"" ""I'm..." "I'm..." "I'm..." "I'm..."" ""What a silly, silly child." "Now you regret what you once thought was a good idea." "Just looking at the castle from the alleyway couldn't satisfy you, could it?"" ""Yes..." "I understand quite well, now." "But..." "I cannot apologize-I will not apologize." "If I feel regret" "Everything will be over." "I'll never have my dream come true..."" ""Yes, that is your mind."" "'Was that just an illusion?" "'" ""It was no illusion..." "That is your consciousness."" ""With those beliefs, you must continue" "To pile the dead so your dreams become your reality" "That is you."" ""And now" "All other paths are severed" "But, look!" "The Band of the Hawk is still yours" "Use their blood to pave your road to victory!" "Everyone will forgive you..." "You will still be able to recruit more!" "Bury your friends in the ruins of your dreams!"" "'The ruins of my dreams...'" ""All of your dreams converge upon our minds."" "And in order to reach that castle, all you must say is..." "'I sacrifice.'" "You will truly become powerful if you do this" "Your power will take off into the sky, on dark wings!"" ""Griffith!" "'We were partners, against thousands of enemies..." "You're the only one..." "Who made me forget my dream...'" ""I sacrifice!"" ""Griffith!"" ""He is bound now, by the threads of casualty..." "Now, he will undergo metamorphosis" "The sacrifice is now underway!"" ""Now engraved upon your bodies" "Is the Brand of the Sacrifice!" "The imprint is engraved for all eternity" "Until that last drop of your blood is spilt," "Dying with the last vestiges of your grievances" "Your death has become food for the new child of darkness!"" ""Pippin!"" ""GO!" "Move now!" "Try to escape!" "You must survive!"" ""What are you saying...?" "What are you doing?" "!" "Judeau!" "Let me go!" "Pippin, he...!"" "*~ "RRROAHHHAA!" ~*" ""Pippin!" ""Judeau, go back!" "Do you want to just leave them?"" ""No!" "You're our commander, you must survive!" "You have to live..." "As long as the commander's alive, The Band of the Hawk will not end!" "We won't die so easily!" "We will fight to the end!"" ""Here was the meeting point..."" ""You finally showed yourself." "For thousands of years, we've been rivals." "I was thinking, 'How could you miss this great opportunity?" "'"" ""You are just a puppet to them." "I take no interest in your mindless shouting." "You know who my enemies are."" ""It's a dream, just a dream..." "This is just one hell of a nightmare." "I'm just blackout drunk in a bar I frequented..." "Somebody ought to hurry up and wake me." "Judeau, Pippin, Gaston..." "Are you all right?" "Hey, come on!" "Well, I'm never one to turn down a woman in need!" "Please," "Don't wake me now!" "Fuck it."" ""Wait for me, Griffith." "I'll break you out!" "Do not hinder me!"" ""Why do you keep on saying that you're rescuing him?" "When he made his decision?"" ""You heard it." "This was his intent all along."" ""Shut the fuck up!" "It shouldn't be like this..." "He couldn't have said those words!" "Griffith is mine..." "MINE!"" ""Judeau!" "Judeau!" "Get out of the way, idiot!" "You'll die!"" "~* "AGH!" *~" ""Why..."" ""Casca..."" "~* "AHHHHHH!" *~" ""Was it a good shot?"" ""Yeah." "You nailed him."" ""Get out of here, fast..."" ""What are you saying!" "?" "You told me that we'd fight till the end!" "Say it to yourself, then get up!" "Get up!"" ""You still treat Guts and I very differently..."" ""Shut up!"" ""All I can do is talk."" ""Really, do not speak-Really..."" ""I thought I was more useful than this..."" ""You are, we just haven't had a chance..."" ""Judeau, don't leave me alone..."" ""Where am I?" "..." "Everyone's death passes through me... and I feel nothing." "My thoughts are my reality." "Why remain human..." "When I can be a god..."" ""Nobody's alive..." "They're all dead!" "Casca?" "!" "Judeau!" "Pippin!" "Corkus?" "!" "Soldiers?" "!" "Answer me!" ""Gaston!" "Pippin!" "Pippin?" "!" "You're still alive!" "Pippin!" "Bastards..." "You Bastards!"" ""His Birth!"" ""The Fifth God Hand..."" ""A new blessed King..."" ""We bestow unto thee, a new name fit for a demon king!" "The Dark-Winged Femto!"" ""Griff..." "Why are you?" "!" "..." "What are you doing you asshole!" "Gri... ffith?"" ""How foolish..." "What could a mere mortal possibly do?" "Griffith's power is incomprehensible to them."" ""N-No"..." ""The way he squeezes her breasts..." "Love, hate..." "Pain, pleasure, life, and death ...it's so beautiful!" "And all of it is right there." "It is so human, and yet so demonic!"" ""How interesting!" "This is a surprise beyond our expectations!" ""Our foresight does not see all things..." "After all, we are not god himself." "We can only see so far into the hands of fate."" ""Casca!" "?" "Guts!" "?"" ""Even if a fish jumps, that cannot change the flow of the river..." "The fifth angel has been born, and that flow has begun." ""We bring now times of great darkness." "All the darkness shall cover the light, as the moon shadows the sunlight." "So that future generations will call this era" "The Age of Darkness."" ""Where are you all going?" "Judeau!" "Hey stop!" "Don't go!" "Corkus!" "Pippin!" "Stop!" "Come back!" "DON'T GO!"" ""Guts!" "You finally woke up."" ""Rickert...?"" ""I knew you were too strong to not make it." "Four whole days have passed since we brought you here."" ""Where are we...?"" ""Welcome home!"" ""Guts, what happened in those tornadoes?"" ""Tornadoes..."" ""Did Griffith do something?" "Why are you so hurt?" "Where is everyone?" "Answer me!" "Exactly what happened?"" ""Casca!" "Where's Casca!" ""Casca she... um-"" ""Casca Onee-chan is over there-"" ""Casca!" "It's me." "Guts!" "Hey, stop joking around..." "It's all over, Casca!" "We came back from there alive!" "Casca?" ""Oh, there-there..." "What a scary Nii-sama, right?" "That's no good, Guts." "You shouldn't bully Casca."" ""She doesn't remember." "She doesn't remember me nor Guts..." "She's been like this since she woke up."" ""Alright, there-there, you're alright..." "That's right, there-there."" ""Does it look weird?" "You bastards!" "It's all your fault." "Give me a sword!" "Idiot."" ""What the..." "My neck..."" ""Sacrifice..." "Sacrifice..."" ""Get back!" "Stop!"" ""Don't Give in!" "Otherwise you will be possessed." "That brand will always attract dark minions to try to kill you." "Your body, down to the last drop of blood" "Is a sacrifice to dark minions." "This is the fate of people receiving that brand." "Because of that, you are the one who must struggle."" ""In short, this is a battle" "It is no different from any other battle." "It is no different!" ""You don't need to stick around, just go and be happy with Casca."" ""Ha!" "You finally emerged, fool!" "You're going to die!"" ""If you are Griffith's friend, you're precious to him."" "Do not leave him."" ""Who..." "Who is crying...?" "Tears?" "Crying..." "The last drop...""