>>5219103"C-Casca???"
Casca, inexplicably, safely walks forward without a care in the world, cradling a demonic infant in her chest. Did she also learn the dark arts?
"How is she walking around without a torch?"
"She's a witch! The sorcerer lead us to another of his kind, and now he will kill us all!"
"I knew it, this was all a trap! Burn them both!" The soldiers attempt to constrict the girl as the demon baby drops to the floor, going out of line to pull her hair and constrict her."
"Hey! Let go of her! She is friends with Guts!" Isidro jumps on your head as he starts striking the soldiers, until they also attempt to tie him too.
"AUGH! AAAARGH!" Despite Casca being their savior, she was misinterpreted as another Agent of Darkness. How amazingly the faithful followers of god turn their blessings into a death sentence.
Despite their attacks, Casca is saved not by the baby, or by the tides, but by a familiar greatsword who strikes at the rebellious group.
"You won't be the first group of people I kill today who have the great idea of getting in the way between me and her. How about you pick someone your size, cowards?" Guts makes his grand entrance, implied to have killed human and demonfolk alike from trying to harm Casca.
"Guts! Good to see you, bud! As you can see, I got everything under control!" Isidro gives him a thumbs up.
"Aye, not bad, kid."
"There you are, didn't I tell you to stay in the damn wards?" You thank Guts in your own way from helping you out.
"We're not that far from there, It's just that the place is a little cramped thanks to the troops you sent. If someone has to be out here in the anus of the demon world, it better be someone who's used to it." Guts speaks up, attempting to grab the demonic baby from Casca, only making her squeal and bite at his hand.
This child seems to easily control the tides of causality to protect his caretaker, being someone who was branded by the God Hand, Casca had to find a way to protect herself from demons without being able to fight... No... Could it be that...
"All of this, it's very similar to that day, all those years ago. But I didn't leave her side this time, I will make sure we're the first to see the sunlight!" Guts recalls to the tragic event of the eclipse, where he lost his friends, his limbs, and his peace, making sure to intimidate the knights into shutting themselves up.
"Th-The Black Swordsman!"
"Blah blah blah! How many excuses can you guys make in a single night to give up and die!? If you want to give up, then quit being cowards and jump into the naked people's mouths already!" Isidro chastises them for being so easily swooned by public opinion, with everyone contemplating the irony of being saved by the ones who they were trying to hunt down.
