>>5350590>>5350600>>5350602"But Grunbeld! Wouldn't you rather fight your enemy at the peak of his power? Surely a champion of your size, coming from such a far away land would rather meet someone that wouldn't be lacking in their energy. As you can see, my friend here has lost his armor, all I ask is for you to wait for him to get his spare, and he will give you the fight of your dreams!"
"There are no dreams to flourish in the midst of a battle to the death. I am not a circus clown for you to entertain yourself, you self-absorbed bastard!" Guts protests to being a mere appetizer for the dragon, firmly pressing the Dragon Slayer against his shield.
Yet instead of breaking, he managed to parry a sword as big as Guts' while battering him with his battle hammer, whacking at his ribcage to successfully crack at his bones, sending the wounded swordsman plummeting towards the floor.
"I was told that the phantom impaler was sick, according to Zodd, yet that did not stop you from showing me a true display of battle prowess. A warrior such as him would not do such an amateur mistake of losing his armor before coming to a decisive duel. If he cannot adapt to his circumstances, it will be an error that he will take to his grave."
Guts attempts to shield himself of the blunt damage from Grunbeld's blows, yet fighting the trolls since early morning and going to Qlipoth in the afternoon is a drain of stamina that not even the beast of darkness inside him can refill. Guts coughs blood as his punctured chest opens from his astral wounds, revealing what could have happened if you ever overexerted yourself in such life or death scenarios.
"STOOOP! LET GO OF HIM! GUTS!" Casca still wails on the enemy as Grunbeld ignores her punches, chucking her over to the caravan as she crashed and opened the door from the impact, letting Cindy be free to ream onto the ravaged fields.
"Your sword is indeed remarkable, taking so many blows without breaking. But what of your fight? You have only struck me once, being knocked away without any resistance."
"Just you wait... YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!" Guts attempts to get up to strike Grunbeld with his cannon, yet can't even find the force to straighten his knees without falling again.
'Will see how brown woman is. If clown woman is there, will tell her to bring you fork.'
"GP! Wait!" You advise him to not blindly rush in, saving time as you commanded him to not blindly use his bashing speed, only saving it for when he's sure he can pierce through the enemy as to not repeat the previous accident.
Making a gamble to reach the spirit mansion before it starts consuming Flora and Gunbeld killed Guts. Yet as soon as you manage to heal Casca and move over to see where Cindy was... Zhafira's squaky voice is heard as the harlequin's head pops out of the caravan.
"Did somebody say circus!?"
