While Guts is suffering from his heavy injuries, the only hope to defeat his strong opponent is to equip the mysterious armor hidden in the Witch's house.
Guts is finally close to finding Casca, but Casca has caught the heretics' eye, and the Holy Iron Chain Knights are also homing in on the heretics' location...
Guts and crew venture into the Qliphoth to rescue the trapped villagers. Once inside, they're met with a parade of nightmares, and must fight for their lives against hideous creatures.