Translated from Japanese to English by Namirrha on 13 May 2001.

Story ark and part translations courtesy of Olivier Hagué.

Though every effort has been made to provide an accurate English translation, mistakes may none the less have been made. All such mistakes are, of course, purely unintentional.

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Sounds within speech bubbles are generally just converted from kana into romanji. All such sounds are in Italics.

Rhetorical questions are punctuated with full stops rather than question marks.

Material in [ ] is either for informative purposes or additional/alternative text.

Soldier: No way…!!

Soldier: By only one man [alt: At the hands of only one man.]

Soldier: A mercenary corps of 300 men…!!

Soldier: I I I I don't believe it!! [alt: U u u unbelievable!!]

Soldier: I knew it!!

Soldier: I knew we shouldn't have challenged him.

Soldier: Boss, you can't go!! Don't be driven to the same end by a thing like ambition……!! [Guess alert.]

Soldier: The legend was true.

Soldier: That man is the battlefield god…

Soldier: I…Immortal…Zo

Pages 132-140 of this volume has been translated by Olivier Hagué and is available, in the form of 'fan-subbed' scans, at http://www.skullknight.net/ .

Puck: It's no use, this village is the same as the others.

Puck: Irrespective of the house, it'll be completely empty.

Puck: As for food, nothing remains.

Puck: The church's interior is a mountain of corpses.

Guts: It's a problem that seems to be common everywhere now-a-days, thanks to the plague. [alt: …thanks to infectious disease.]]

Guts: Everywhere is crowded with nightmares and spirits of the dead. [nightmare = evil dream spirit]

Guts: Because of them, I can't sleep peacefully even during the day.

Puck: You should take a rest on that hill now. [alt: You should take a rest on that hill without a momments delay.]

Puck: You haven't slept in over two days.

Puck: That place was dedicated by the men of antiquity to the fairy folk, therefore nightmares hate and will not approach it. Probably.

Guts: That's…?

Guts: Stop…

Guts: Stop it!!

Guts: Stop!!!

Guts: Stoppp..

Guts: Ha---. Ha---.

Guts: Did a nightmare also do that? [alt: Was that also the act of a nightmare?]

Guts: It was you,

Guts: just now.

Demon Babe: Dan…

Demon Babe: ger…

Demon Babe: …ous…

Guts: You-

Guts: What is this!! [alt: What are you doing!!]

Demon Babe: Dan…

Demon Babe: ger…

Demon Babe: Hurry…

Demon Babe: A pillar of fire stands…

Demon Babe: Blind sheep…

Demon Babe: Gather.

Demon Babe: Sacred ground……

Demon Babe: The heavens…

Demon Babe: Time (that) they fall…

Demon Babe: Make haste…

Demon Babe: Quickly.

Guts: …Danger……?

Guts: …No,

Guts: It can't be!!

Guts: Has something happened to Casca…!!?

CHAPTER 7 END