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|title = Revelations
 
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|ename=Epiphany"
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|jname=啓示
|episode = 4
 
 
|rname=Keiji
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|season=1
|japname = 啓示
 
 
|episode=4
|romname = Keiji
 
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|overall=4
|chapters = [[Episode 128 (Manga)|128]] - [[Episode 132 (Manga)|132]]
 
|runtime = 24:00
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|runtime=24:00
 
|airdate=July 22, 2016
|opening = [[Inferno]]
 
|ending = [[Meimoku no Kanata]]
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|arc=[[Conviction Arc]]
 
|manga=Episodes [[Episode 128 (Manga)|128]]-[[Episode 132 (Manga)|132]]
|writer = TBA
 
 
|prev="[[Episode 3 (2016 Anime)|Night of Miracles]]"
|airdate = July 22, 2016
 
|previous = [[Episode 3 (2016 Anime)|Night of Miracles]]
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|next="[[Episode 5 (2016 Anime)|Tower of Conviction]]"
|next = [[Episode 5 (2016 Anime)|Tower of Conviction]]
 
 
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"'''Epiphany'''" is the fourth episode in the ''[[Berserk (Manga)|Berserk]]'' [[Berserk (2016 Anime)|2016 anime]] adaptation. It covers the end of manga episode [[Episode 128 (Manga)|128]] through episode [[Episode 132 (Manga)|132]].
   
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== Overview ==
{{nihongo|'''Revelations'''|啓示|Keiji}} is the fourth episode in the Berserk [[Berserk (2016 Anime)|2016 anime]] adaptation. It covers the end of [[Episode 128 (Manga)|Chapter 128]] through [[Episode 132 (Manga)|Chapter 132]] of the manga.
 
 
After having a vision of [[Casca]] being burned at the stake, [[Guts]] returns to [[Godot]]'s hut to check in on her. After he arrives, he receives the terrible news of Casca's disappearance. Guts struggles with his past demons along with the growing [[Beast of Darkness|evil]] within his soul as he fears Casca is the only remainder of his sanity left. After talking with [[Rickert]] at the [[Hill of Swords]], Guts resolves himself. Godot arms Guts with new armor and a reforged [[Dragon Slayer]] to prepare him for his new journey. Meanwhile, the [[Holy Iron Chain Knights]] accompany the Grand Inquisitor's caravan as an escort. They are soon attacked by rebels who seek revenge against the [[Holy See]], but are swiftly captured by [[Mozgus' Disciples|masked inquisitors]]. The Grand Inquisitor himself, [[Mozgus]], steps outside to lecture the rebels before having the survivors executed on {{wp|breaking wheel|breaking wheels}}. Unbeknownst to everyone, Casca is cluelessly traveling with the Holy Iron Chain Knights.
   
==Overview==
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== Summary ==
After having a vision of [[Casca]] being burned at the stake, [[Guts]] returns to [[Godo]]'s hut to check in on her. After he arrives, he receives the terrible news of Casca's disappearance. Guts struggles with his past demons along with the growing [[Beast of Darkness|evil]] within his soul as he fears Casca is the only remainder of his sanity left. After talking with [[Rickert]] at the [[Hill of Swords]], Guts resolves himself. Godo arms Guts with new armor and a reforged [[Dragonslayer]] to prepare him for his new journey. Meanwhile, the [[Holy Iron Chain Knights]] accompany the Grand Inquisitor's caravan as an escort. They are soon attacked by rebels who seek revenge against the [[Holy See Religious Order|Holy See]], but are swiftly captured by [[Mozgus' Disciples|masked inquisitors]]. The Grand Inquisitor himself, [[Mozgus]], steps outside to lecture the rebels before having the survivors executed on {{W|breaking wheel|breaking wheels}}. Unbeknownst to everyone, Casca is cluelessly traveling with the Holy Iron Chain Knights.
 
 
==Summary==
 
 
[[File:Casca pyre vision.png|left|thumb|Guts having a nightmare of Casca's death.]]
 
[[File:Casca pyre vision.png|left|thumb|Guts having a nightmare of Casca's death.]]
Weeks after escaping the [[Holy Iron Chain Knights]], Midland having been consumed in a plague sweeping the land, [[Guts]] arrives to a deserted village with the bodies of the diseased dead piled up inside a church. Guts is fearful to take a brief rest out of concern that the spirits may be bold to attack him in daylight. But [[Puck]] directs Guts to a large monument composed of giant slabs of stones were made by villagers' ancestors as an elf shrine. But Guts soon finds himself having a nightmare of [[Casca]] being burned at the stake, which is decorated with the Holy See insignia, by an angry mob.
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Weeks after escaping the [[Holy Iron Chain Knights]], Midland having been consumed in a plague sweeping the land, [[Guts]] arrives to a deserted village with the bodies of the diseased dead piled up inside a church. Guts is fearful to take a brief rest out of concern that the spirits may be bold enough to attack him in daylight. However, [[Puck]] directs Guts to a large monument composed of giant slabs of stones, which was made by the villagers' ancestors as an elf shrine. Guts starts resting among the slabs of stone, but soon finds himself having a nightmare of [[Casca]] being burned at the stake by an angry mob, the stake being is decorated with the insignia of the Holy See.
   
 
[[File:Demon Child warning Guts.png|right|thumb|The Demon Child appears to issue Guts a warning about Casca.]]
 
[[File:Demon Child warning Guts.png|right|thumb|The Demon Child appears to issue Guts a warning about Casca.]]
Guts wakes from his nightmare, finding the cause to be the [[Demon Child]] that has long followed him since he began his journey to hunt down [[Griffith]]. Guts asks the Demon Child if it caused his dream, the entity answering by briefly assuming Casca's enflamed face before fading away while telling the swordsman to go to the holy city where the blind sheep gather to erect a pyre. Confused at first, Guts realized the Demon Child is warning him that something has happened to Casca.
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Guts wakes from his nightmare, finding it to be caused by the [[Demon Child]] that has followed him since he began his journey to hunt down [[Griffith]]. Guts asks the Demon Child if it caused his dream; the entity answers by briefly assuming Casca's inflamed face before fading away, while telling the swordsman to go to the holy city where the blind sheep gather to erect a pyre. Confused at first, Guts realizes that the Demon Child is warning him that something has happened to Casca.
   
 
This prompts Guts return to [[Godot]]'s hut to check in on her, coming across [[Erica]] as she was gathering wood for [[Rickert]], who has become Godot's apprentice. After the formalities, Guts is upset to learn from Rickert that Casca wandered off a month ago when Erica let her out of the ore cave for fresh air. Erica adds that Rickert made attempts to find Casca, but could not leave the mill for long as Godot has been ill. Guts climbs the stairs to see the bedridden Godot, letting the blacksmith inspect his prosthetic arm and the [[Dragon Slayer]]. After Godot realizes how worn the swordsman's gear has got since the last time they met two years ago, the blacksmith explains to Guts that he will find ruin if he refuse to let go of the past and continue his quest for revenge.
[[File:Godo inspects Guts' sword.png|left|thumb|Godo inspecting the Dragonslayer.]]
 
This prompts Guts return to [[Godo]]'s hut to check in on her, coming across [[Erica]] as she was gathering wood for [[Rickert]], who has become Godo's apprentice. After the formalities, Guts is upset to learn from Rickert that Casca wandered off a month ago when Erica let her out of the ore cave for fresh air. Erica adds that Rickert made attempts to find Casca, but could not leave the mill for long as Godo has been ill. Guts climbs the stairs to see the bedridden Godo, letting the blacksmith inspect his prosthetic arm and the [[Dragonslayer]]. After Godo finds how worn the swordsman's gear has got since the last time they met two years ago, the blacksmith explains to Guts that he will found ruin if he let go of the past and continue on his quest for revenge.
 
   
 
[[File:Beast of Darkness tempts Guts.png|right|thumb|Guts haunted by his inner darkness.]]
 
[[File:Beast of Darkness tempts Guts.png|right|thumb|Guts haunted by his inner darkness.]]
Guts is later led by Rickert to a top of a snowy hill near [[Godo]]'s house, the swordsman learning the youth has used Godo's teachings to create a [[Hill of Swords|memorial]] for their [[Band of the Hawk|fallen comrades]]. Contemplating that he and Rickert took different paths to cope with their lost, apologizing to the youth as he proceeds to make repairs on the swordsman's gear, Guts spends the night in the ore cave as the residual elvish magic keeps the spirits out. Though Guts thinks on Godo's words, but he could not let go as the horrors he saw in the [[Eclipse]] are burned in his mind. This causes a [[Beast of Darkness|festered manifestation of his inner darkness]] to manifest on the cave wall, whispering to Guts to keep killing. Spinning around to find only nothing, Guts realizes that he never had a right to avenge the Hawks as he left them and has only gave in his hate to escape his sorrow. He also realizes that his love for Casca has been the only thing that kept him from fully abandoning his humanity, resolving to save her at any cost.
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Guts is later led by Rickert to the top of a snowy hill near [[Godot]]'s house, the swordsman learning that the youth has used Godot's teachings to create a [[Hill of Swords|memorial]] for their [[Band of the Falcon|fallen comrades]]. Contemplating that he and Rickert took different paths to cope with their lost and apologizing to the youth as he proceeds to make repairs on the swordsman's gear, Guts spends the night in the ore cave as the residual elvish magic keeps the spirits out. Though Guts thinks seriously about Godot's warning, he cannot let go of his quest for revenge, as the horrors he saw during the [[Eclipse]] are burned in his mind. This causes a [[Beast of Darkness|festered manifestation of his inner darkness]] to appear on the cave wall, whispering to Guts to keep killing. Spinning around to find only nothing, Guts realizes that he never had a right to avenge his fallen comrades, as he had left them and, in the end, has only given in to his hate to escape his sorrow. He also realizes that his love for Casca has been the only thing that kept him from fully abandoning his humanity, resolving to save her at any cost.
   
 
[[File:Guts sets out to rescue Casca.png|left|thumb|Guts sets off for Albion.]]
 
[[File:Guts sets out to rescue Casca.png|left|thumb|Guts sets off for Albion.]]
As morning draws near, Rickert having worked through the night, Godo mustered the last of his strength to come down stairs and take over tempering the Dragonslayer while asking the youth to look after Erica in his stead. After sunrise, Guts equips himself with his freshly mended equipment, finding his armor now lighter in weight and receiving a new model of repeater crossbow and a new concept weapon that uses
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As morning draws near, Rickert having worked through the night, Godot musters the last of his strength to take over tempering the Dragon Slayer while asking the youth to look after Erica in his stead. After sunrise, Guts equips himself with his freshly mended equipment, finding his armor now lighter in weight and receiving a new model of repeater crossbow and a new concept weapon that uses
gunpowder. When Guts asks him if he knows and holy place to begin his search, Rickert recons a city in the north-east three days away called [[Tower of Conviction|St. Albion]] where the refugees have been amassing to escape the plague. Realizing Albion is the sight from his dream, Guts departs while Godo muses to himself that he and the swordman have met for the last time.
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gunpowder. When Guts asks him if he knows of a holy place to begin his search, Rickert recons a city in the north-east three days away called [[Tower of Conviction|Albion]] where the refugees have been amassing to escape the plague. Realizing Albion is the sight from his dream, Guts departs while Godot muses to himself that he and the swordsman have met for the last time.
   
[[File:Mozgus' caravan.png|left|thumb|the refugee cavaran to Albion.]]
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[[File:Mozgus' caravan.png|left|thumb|The refugee cavaran to Albion.]]
A few days prior to Guts reaching Godo, reeling from her supernatural ordeal and then scolded by the Holy See council over Guts's escape, [[Farnese de Vandimion|Farnese]] and the Iron Chain Knights have been given a new task to escort Grand Inquisitor [[Mozgus]] to Albion along with refugees from [[Windham]] who have escaped when their city was conquered by an army from the nation of [[Kushan]]. But as the caravan is half way there, they are ambushed by a rebel faction out for Mozgus's head. While Farnese's men keep most of them at bay, the rest of the rebels reached Mozgus's carriage before most of them were slaughtered by [[Mozgus' Disciples]].
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A few days prior to Guts reaching Godot, reeling from her supernatural ordeal and then scolded by the Holy See council over Guts' escape, [[Farnese]], along with the Iron Chain Knights, have been given a new task to escort Grand Inquisitor [[Mozgus]] to Albion along with refugees from [[Wyndham]], who have escaped when their city was conquered by an army from the nation of [[Kushan]]. But as the caravan is halfway there, they are ambushed by a rebel faction out for Mozgus' head. While Farnese's men keep most of them at bay, the rest of the rebels reach Mozgus' carriage before being slaughtered by [[Mozgus' Disciples|Mozgus' masked disciples]].
   
 
[[File:Mozgus bible thump.png|right|thumb|Mozgus killing one of the rebels.]]
 
[[File:Mozgus bible thump.png|right|thumb|Mozgus killing one of the rebels.]]
Mozgus himself steps outside, expressing relief that Farnese's men did not suffer casualties as he has the surviving rebels lined up to give them a lecture. One of the rebels yells at Mozgus that he slaughtered their families and friends because they decided to skip one tribute to the Holy See to focus on replenishing their food supply. While Mozgus counters by explaining that he only acts on Holy See's doctrine and the rebels have only themselves to blame for their "heresy", he is consumed by rage when the rebel vowed that God will punish him for his murderous act. The furious Mozgus denounces the rebel as a blasphemer and personally kills him by smashing his bible down the restrained man's skull. Mozgus regains his composure as quickly before asking Farnese the ideal death penalty for the remaining rebels.
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Mozgus himself steps outside, expressing relief that Farnese's men did not suffer casualties as he has the surviving rebels lined up to give them a lecture. One of the rebels yells at Mozgus that he slaughtered their families and friends because they decided to skip one tribute to the Holy See to focus on replenishing their food supply. While Mozgus counters by explaining that he only acts on Holy See's doctrine and that the rebels have only themselves to blame for their "heresy", he is consumed by rage when the rebel vows that God will punish him for his murderous act. The furious Mozgus denounces the rebel as a blasphemer and personally kills him by smashing his bible down the restrained man's skull. Mozgus regains his composure as quickly before asking Farnese the ideal death penalty for the remaining rebels.
   
 
[[File:Fate of the heretics.png|left|thumb|The fate of the remaining rebels who attacked Mozgus' wagon.]]
 
[[File:Fate of the heretics.png|left|thumb|The fate of the remaining rebels who attacked Mozgus' wagon.]]
Finding Farnese's choice between burning and the breaking wheel ideal, Mozgus selects the latter with his disciples breaking every limb on the remaining rebels' bodies before mounting them on wheels. Everyone besides Mozgus look on the execution with mixed expressions of horror and disgust, save a[[Casca|black-haired woman]] who one of the fleeing rebels ran into. The [[Luca|brown-haired woman]] manages to keep her slightly-off friend from being labeled a sympathizer and drags her away once the dying rebels have been mounted on poles for the crows to feed on.
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Finding Farnese's choice between burning and the breaking wheel ideal, Mozgus selects the latter; his disciples break every limb on the remaining rebels' bodies before mounting them on wheels. Everyone besides Mozgus look on the execution with mixed expressions of horror and disgust, save a [[Casca|black-haired woman]] who one of the fleeing rebels ran into. A nearby [[Luca|brown-haired woman]] manages to keep her slightly-off friend from being labeled a rebel sympathizer and drags her away once the dying rebels have been mounted on poles for the crows to feed on.
 
   
==Next Episode Preview==
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== Next Episode Preview ==
Guts walks through an abandoned village, remarking that his unexpected encounter with enemies is a chance to test his new blade. Guts then runs his prosthetic arm against [[Isidro]]'s face, who tells him he isn't a fan of being mocked. [[Luca|A brown-haired woman]] explains in a hut to an unseen person, who remarks they're afraid of everything. A group of [[Kushan|masked-warriors]] then draw blades and leap into the air, shouting that the Kushans have no mercy, not even for kids. Finally, Casca appears in a hut with a bandaged face, only saying one word--heretics.
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Guts walks through an abandoned village, remarking that his unexpected encounter with enemies is a chance to test his new blade. Guts then runs his prosthetic arm against [[Isidro]]'s face, who tells him he isn't a fan of being mocked. [[Luca|A brown-haired woman]] explains something in a hut to an unseen person, who remarks that they're afraid of everything. A group of [[Kushan|masked-warriors]] then draw blades and leap into the air, shouting that the Kushans have no mercy, not even for kids. Finally, Casca appears in a hut with a bandaged face, only saying one word: heretics.
   
==Characters in Order of Appearance==
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== Characters in Order of Appearance ==
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* [[Casca]] {{C|Reintroduction after ''[[Golden Age Arc III: Descent]]''}}
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* [[Guts]]
 
* [[Guts]]
 
* [[Demon Child]]
 
* [[Demon Child]]
 
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* [[Puck]]
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* [[Erica]] {{C|Reintroduction after ''[[Golden Age Arc III: Descent]]''}}
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* [[Rickert]] {{C|Reintroduction after ''[[Golden Age Arc III: Descent]]''}}
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* [[Godo]] {{1st}}
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* [[Judeau]] {{Flash}}
 
* [[Judeau]] {{Flash}}
 
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* [[Serpico]]
 
* [[Azan]]
 
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* [[Farnese]]
 
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==Manga/Anime Differences==
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== Manga/Anime Differences ==
 
* [[Conrad]] and most of the beginning of Chapter 128 is cut.
 
* [[Conrad]] and most of the beginning of Chapter 128 is cut.
 
* The execution scene by Mozgus' Disciples is slightly prolonged in the anime.
 
* The execution scene by Mozgus' Disciples is slightly prolonged in the anime.
   
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Revision as of 12:22, 15 May 2020

"Epiphany" is the fourth episode in the Berserk 2016 anime adaptation. It covers the end of manga episode 128 through episode 132.

Overview

After having a vision of Casca being burned at the stake, Guts returns to Godot's hut to check in on her. After he arrives, he receives the terrible news of Casca's disappearance. Guts struggles with his past demons along with the growing evil within his soul as he fears Casca is the only remainder of his sanity left. After talking with Rickert at the Hill of Swords, Guts resolves himself. Godot arms Guts with new armor and a reforged Dragon Slayer to prepare him for his new journey. Meanwhile, the Holy Iron Chain Knights accompany the Grand Inquisitor's caravan as an escort. They are soon attacked by rebels who seek revenge against the Holy See, but are swiftly captured by masked inquisitors. The Grand Inquisitor himself, Mozgus, steps outside to lecture the rebels before having the survivors executed on breaking wheels. Unbeknownst to everyone, Casca is cluelessly traveling with the Holy Iron Chain Knights.

Summary

Casca pyre vision

Guts having a nightmare of Casca's death.

Weeks after escaping the Holy Iron Chain Knights, Midland having been consumed in a plague sweeping the land, Guts arrives to a deserted village with the bodies of the diseased dead piled up inside a church. Guts is fearful to take a brief rest out of concern that the spirits may be bold enough to attack him in daylight. However, Puck directs Guts to a large monument composed of giant slabs of stones, which was made by the villagers' ancestors as an elf shrine. Guts starts resting among the slabs of stone, but soon finds himself having a nightmare of Casca being burned at the stake by an angry mob, the stake being is decorated with the insignia of the Holy See.

Demon Child warning Guts

The Demon Child appears to issue Guts a warning about Casca.

Guts wakes from his nightmare, finding it to be caused by the Demon Child that has followed him since he began his journey to hunt down Griffith. Guts asks the Demon Child if it caused his dream; the entity answers by briefly assuming Casca's inflamed face before fading away, while telling the swordsman to go to the holy city where the blind sheep gather to erect a pyre. Confused at first, Guts realizes that the Demon Child is warning him that something has happened to Casca.

This prompts Guts return to Godot's hut to check in on her, coming across Erica as she was gathering wood for Rickert, who has become Godot's apprentice. After the formalities, Guts is upset to learn from Rickert that Casca wandered off a month ago when Erica let her out of the ore cave for fresh air. Erica adds that Rickert made attempts to find Casca, but could not leave the mill for long as Godot has been ill. Guts climbs the stairs to see the bedridden Godot, letting the blacksmith inspect his prosthetic arm and the Dragon Slayer. After Godot realizes how worn the swordsman's gear has got since the last time they met two years ago, the blacksmith explains to Guts that he will find ruin if he refuse to let go of the past and continue his quest for revenge.

Beast of Darkness tempts Guts

Guts haunted by his inner darkness.

Guts is later led by Rickert to the top of a snowy hill near Godot's house, the swordsman learning that the youth has used Godot's teachings to create a memorial for their fallen comrades. Contemplating that he and Rickert took different paths to cope with their lost and apologizing to the youth as he proceeds to make repairs on the swordsman's gear, Guts spends the night in the ore cave as the residual elvish magic keeps the spirits out. Though Guts thinks seriously about Godot's warning, he cannot let go of his quest for revenge, as the horrors he saw during the Eclipse are burned in his mind. This causes a festered manifestation of his inner darkness to appear on the cave wall, whispering to Guts to keep killing. Spinning around to find only nothing, Guts realizes that he never had a right to avenge his fallen comrades, as he had left them and, in the end, has only given in to his hate to escape his sorrow. He also realizes that his love for Casca has been the only thing that kept him from fully abandoning his humanity, resolving to save her at any cost.

Guts sets out to rescue Casca

Guts sets off for Albion.

As morning draws near, Rickert having worked through the night, Godot musters the last of his strength to take over tempering the Dragon Slayer while asking the youth to look after Erica in his stead. After sunrise, Guts equips himself with his freshly mended equipment, finding his armor now lighter in weight and receiving a new model of repeater crossbow and a new concept weapon that uses gunpowder. When Guts asks him if he knows of a holy place to begin his search, Rickert recons a city in the north-east three days away called Albion where the refugees have been amassing to escape the plague. Realizing Albion is the sight from his dream, Guts departs while Godot muses to himself that he and the swordsman have met for the last time.

Mozgus' caravan

The refugee cavaran to Albion.

A few days prior to Guts reaching Godot, reeling from her supernatural ordeal and then scolded by the Holy See council over Guts' escape, Farnese, along with the Iron Chain Knights, have been given a new task to escort Grand Inquisitor Mozgus to Albion along with refugees from Wyndham, who have escaped when their city was conquered by an army from the nation of Kushan. But as the caravan is halfway there, they are ambushed by a rebel faction out for Mozgus' head. While Farnese's men keep most of them at bay, the rest of the rebels reach Mozgus' carriage before being slaughtered by Mozgus' masked disciples.

Mozgus bible thump

Mozgus killing one of the rebels.

Mozgus himself steps outside, expressing relief that Farnese's men did not suffer casualties as he has the surviving rebels lined up to give them a lecture. One of the rebels yells at Mozgus that he slaughtered their families and friends because they decided to skip one tribute to the Holy See to focus on replenishing their food supply. While Mozgus counters by explaining that he only acts on Holy See's doctrine and that the rebels have only themselves to blame for their "heresy", he is consumed by rage when the rebel vows that God will punish him for his murderous act. The furious Mozgus denounces the rebel as a blasphemer and personally kills him by smashing his bible down the restrained man's skull. Mozgus regains his composure as quickly before asking Farnese the ideal death penalty for the remaining rebels.

Fate of the heretics

The fate of the remaining rebels who attacked Mozgus' wagon.

Finding Farnese's choice between burning and the breaking wheel ideal, Mozgus selects the latter; his disciples break every limb on the remaining rebels' bodies before mounting them on wheels. Everyone besides Mozgus look on the execution with mixed expressions of horror and disgust, save a black-haired woman who one of the fleeing rebels ran into. A nearby brown-haired woman manages to keep her slightly-off friend from being labeled a rebel sympathizer and drags her away once the dying rebels have been mounted on poles for the crows to feed on.

Next Episode Preview

Guts walks through an abandoned village, remarking that his unexpected encounter with enemies is a chance to test his new blade. Guts then runs his prosthetic arm against Isidro's face, who tells him he isn't a fan of being mocked. A brown-haired woman explains something in a hut to an unseen person, who remarks that they're afraid of everything. A group of masked-warriors then draw blades and leap into the air, shouting that the Kushans have no mercy, not even for kids. Finally, Casca appears in a hut with a bandaged face, only saying one word: heretics.

Characters in Order of Appearance

Manga/Anime Differences

  • Conrad and most of the beginning of Chapter 128 is cut.
  • The execution scene by Mozgus' Disciples is slightly prolonged in the anime.