>>5314531>>5314538>>5314598>>5314664"So... Finally gotten rid of the beast, eh? If that's really you, Guts I hope you can follow my instructions now. I'm not exactly in peak condition, so I'd appreciate some help if you carried me to Anette. After I give her the serum, I'll try to store as much as I can for repeated dosages. Only then the heart can be killed." You try to ignore his mistakes and get straight to the point, as Guts is prone to do.
"Is... Is she really safe?" Guts is still fixated on Casca, so you reassure him of her safety:
"I don't know when she'll be fully healed yet, but it will take time for her to stand up again. Her mind show progress, but this is not exactly a quick fix. After that, we'll take the girls to safety and get together with Puck and Bolzack."
"..." Guts stares in silence, pondering if that was the right thing to do, but after realizing how much trouble he made, he would try his best to write his wrongs.
"I'll talk to you when we are done."
"I can only hope you stick with me for the following days. I get the feeling this is only the start of our truce." Guts takes Casca on his shoulder and helps you stand up, before looking around at the Mandragora.
"...Where is this Anette girl? Shouldn't she be inside the bulb?" Your heart races after Hyde points out her absence. Where could she be-
A familiar tearing at your soul bubbles inside of you as you notice a vortex sending the baroness into the God Hand's dimension. Something happened with Bolzack, someone had a Behelit with them, and thinking it was just Guts with his, you paid no mind to the surrounding energy to not abuse your spiritual self.
"NO!" You hurt your fist on the nearest wall, knowing that could only mean Bolzack was about to sacrifice his wife because of whatever happened with him fighting the invading Mandragorans.
Lacking any hosts, the tree heart started leaking it's juices as it died off, with you desperately injecting the syringe and looking for any nearby containers to save it from being put to waste.
"Seems like he didn't trust us after all... Since I'm the only one here in fighting condition, I'll head over there and see they're up to."
"You're not going to relish in darkness like you did just now, are you?"
"No. I promise. Let me do one thing right today, call it a first step to pay my debts to you... Thank you, Vlad." Guts takes his sword in hand, but throws you a bag with elf powder on you before leaving.
