>>5179065Now that you think about it, Jill was the only kid you saw on that village, and she seemed pretty apologetic with the way she positively thought about Guts. This is giving you very mixed signals. Is he really a child murderer or not? Did he already turn to the dark side? He did say he wanted to become an equal to Griffith all those years prior... Damn it! You can't lose another one to the God Hand, not again!
...Your worst nightmares are confirmed when you see the decapitated bodies and missing limbs as soon as you step foot outside of the village. Not just one, but several. They were half as many kids on Ilos, how did they all die in such a twisted fashion?
Worst of all, you are starting to hear their screams of agony and the afterimages of a giant sword slicing their heads open as they scream for their parents, their bones start to rattle and shake in the direction of their murderer... There's no doubt about it, The Black Swordsman did this. Your visions have never lied to you ever since you've gotten used to them, but never have they ever felt so intrusive either...
More days pass. The odd skeleton enemy hiding here and there amidst the foliage indicating that The Swordsman was right within your grasp, but why can't you find him? Sensing his Od only clouds your vision as if you suddenly closed your eyes, with a grip on your throat tightening as if you were on a chokehold until you let go of your astral radar. It's like they don't want you to find either Guts or The Chain Knights, regardless of what side you are on, they will die, and they will die a horrible death.
On a particularly terrifying night, where the voices and nightmares were just as awful as the ones you've had in the estate woke you up for the 5th time, you give up on trying to sleep and order Gunpowder to search for Guts one more time. If this is a mere teaspoon of what Guts has to go through, you're afraid you might not be the one capable of killing him, much less purifying his sacrificed soul...
