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cuts his head off on the way down.
I'd considered how it would affect Elfhelm too, but I don't think merging the worlds will necessarily be a "roadblock" for anything Guts and Co. are trying to achieve. As I've reiterated already, check out the last few pages of this episode -- everyone's bathed in what looks like an astral light, and within it, they resemble the astral forms Schierke and Farnese used during astral projection. This event could result in _more_ magic in the world, not the other way around.
Another thing I was thinking of is that the worlds were already merging, or experiencing more crossover than should normally be possible. So, what if that merger was only the primer for a completely new paint job, which is currently spilling out of Ganishka all over the World? Haha, what if people are going to look like they do at the end of 305 all the time now, for example? =)
Also, for the umpteenth time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DpPicOZOig&fmt=18Yeah, we pretty much called this exactly.

Do you think the merging of the worlds will have any effect on Guts's and Casca's brands? I almost wonder if the pain would be so overwhelming that they'd be in mortal danger.
Hard to say what will happen, but I wouldn't think they'd be so incapacitated for the remainder.
Seems like Skullknight just hightailed out of there. One wonders if SK had any indication that his attack won't work and if that is the case why would he continue with it?
I think it's safe to assume Skully didn't know, after all, it wasn't that his attack hit and just failed, Femto parried it in a sense, so we don't know how effective it might have been against him otherwise.
Any speculations what might have happened to the beherit that changed Ganishka?
It was delicious!

I don't know, but if this really is world encompassing, I don't know if I'd really want to be out in the middle of the ocean in case this all precludes to some sort of crazy monster infestation. But yes, all in all, I agree that this would be a very good time to go back to Guts and company. I'm crossing my fingers!
I have to admit, if we don't see some monster or Apostle sharks at some point, the series won't be whole for me. Anyway, I'm expecting quite a spectacle in the next episode to cap this off, and with perhaps a reaction from Guts, Schierke and coompany before this event comes to a close and the focus moves back to them. It depends on if Miura wants to have several episodes of immediate aftermath or wants to leave us in suspense along with Guts' crew.