In search of the missing Casca, Guts infiltrates the Tower of Punishments. But a monstrous creature born in the torture chamber swallows Casca and continues to spread. The troupe of Sacred Steel Chains, Mozguz and his inquisitors, along with the creature, obstruct Guts, who cannot reach Casca. It is then that the apostle, who had been hiding until now, enters the fray...