When Guts decides to take Morgan to the witch in the forest, the last thing he expects is that the witch not only knows about the brand that marks Casca and him, but has also been expecting them. Guts is keen on finally getting some answers to all of his questions, but the witch can sense Guts' inner turmoil...

The villagers take shelter in the church from the trolls. Shierke puts up a barrier around the church and that keeps the trolls out, but then an ogre and kelpie also appear in the village. Guts and Serpico go to deal with them to buy Shierke some time to deal with them. Shierke uses her magic and finds out that there used to be a shrine of a deity that protected this land...