A blacksmith is forging an enormous sword while a dark man with only one eye and one arm stands back and watches.

Guts and Caska try to fight their way back to the Hawks while the enemy army they were fighting from before try to stop them.

Griffith's men are sacrificed to the demon's appetites. Guts fights on, at first to save Griffith, then to save himself from the result of Griffith's ambition.