>>5445845>>5446003>>5446013>>5446143"Is it possible to speak with the Beast Of Darkness? Right now that monster is the only unknown factor keeping Guts from properly dropping his sword from the path of evil, perhaps expelling that from his body would would be a good idea, or at least finding a way to calm it down." You propose the idea to Schierke, who starts to sweat at the mere thought of speaking with that monster.
"The hound is not one that can be easily swayed, the few times I have been inside of Guts, the best I could do is pull his soul away from the beast and shout until he regained his consciousness. With each drop of blood, it will grow thirstier and larger inside him, until it is all that he is."
"Does he have any chance of being possessed while we speak to it?"
"I am not sure, I have never tried artificially waking it up, but perhaps with the right precautions, we will be able to prevent any catastrophes."
"Are you sure this is safe?" Not even Guts seemed too confident in your procedure, but trusts you, Schierke and Farnese enough to not bust a hole on the ship.
"Dang it... Ran out of salt..." Schierke frowns, prompting you to test your best attribute with the undines, precision.
Calling forth the staff, you see a large tide forming onto the boat, and slowly filter out the salt from the water as you command the undines to do your bidding.
You can only wonder what else you can do with this sort of accuracy.
Placing the salt onto Guts' brand and rubbing it to undo his protection runes, Farnese puts him to sleep so the beast can properly be awoken, with them never being fully conscious at the same time.
Delving into Guts' mind, all you hear is the rustling of chains and the low growling of a wolf.
He is listening, but what will you ask of him?
>I come in peace, hound.>Why haven't you left this body, ghoul?>Cease your rampage, or else I will expel you by force!>Write-in. 