On Elf Helm, facing Griffith, Guts succumbs to rage and brandishes his giant sword. However, his strike fails, and his enemy even takes Casca! Desperate, Guts embarks with his companions and sails away from the island, collapsing. Unbeknownst to them, their ship enters Kushan's territorial waters! Guts and his companions, captured, board a new continent... The beginning of a new arc, 'Exile in the Orient'!