Strange partnership between an elf, Puck, and the swordsman, Guts.

Guts is still coming to terms with his fateful encounter with the monk and his daughter when he is confronted by the Holy Iron Chain Knights.

Guts and Puck are taken aback by Farnese's inability to see the elf.

Guts returns to a place he'd left two years ago to reconnect with old friends, but finds that someone he holds most dear has vanished.

Intent on finding Casca, Guts continues his journey toward the Tower of Conviction.

As Mozgus and his men continue their witchhunt for heretics, Farnese feels a twinge of doubt.