Berserk of Gluttony (暴食のベルセルク)

Now, draw your sword!

I challenge you to a fair duel!

Uh... Did I do something?

Please stop feigning innocence.

Fifty-six incidents of violence with other warriors.

Twenty cases of destroying property.

It's only been a month since we returned from the Great Ravine...

However did you manage all this?

Yo, I think she's trying to sound like Roxy.

And she sucks at it!

These were all cases where someone came at me.

Sucks being popular, huh?

Regardless, I can't overlook any further violent disputes.

What am I supposed to do?

Join the royal army.

Once you do, even the rowdier warriors will be reluctant to cause trouble for you.

I appreciate the concern, but I'm not much of a follower.

Gotta have our freedom, after all.

I had anticipated that kind of response.

If you intend to refuse,

then you'll need to reflect on your actions in a cell.

I'd rather not.

Leaving it in the scabbard? Don't be upset if it breaks.

It's specially made.

I have no intention of holding back!

Heavy...

Death March

I should have the edge in terms of stats, but I can't overpower her!

That's a holy knight for you.

I told you, I don't intend on holding back!

This is the kind of technical skill you get with daily training...

Lost in thought in the midst of battle?!

Aiming for the mask?!

If you won't take this seriously, I'll expose you... literally.

Hey—

Yeah, yeah, go go, Lady Roxy!

So fast!

Is that Physical Boost?!

You can't win if all you do is dodge.

If you don't want to reveal who you are, then please, take this seriously.

If that's what you want...

Then I'll have to.

That's...

That power... it's the Holy Sword Technique skill!

How can you use it without a holy sword?

I told you: This scabbard is specially made.

It's actually a weapon add-on that improves Holy Sword Techniques

made from the magic crystal I gathered at the Great Ravine.

If you have the skill to wield arts in that fashion...

Are you a former holy knight?

Nope.

I'm not the same person, anymore.

I'm just a warrior.

Lady Roxy's gonna lose!

Now I win—

That's... from the gemstone...

Hey! Fate!

You were open.

You total dumbass!

You win.

As if Lady Roxy could ever lose to that boneheaded bastard!

Why did you suddenly ease up?

I don't know what you mean.

Don't play dumb!

Give me a break. Haven't you done enough?

It's time that I—

Your swordplay...

The way you fight... did you learn that from Sir Aaron?

I was instructed by him during my journey here, so I can tell.

The way you strike and your footwork remind me of his.

Sir Aaron said...

After meeting a traveler who was headed to Galia,

I decided to take up the sword once more.

And he said that this traveler had a power that was so great as to cause him difficulty.

If that's you, I'd like to—

Even if it was me, it's my problem.

You need to focus on being able to protect yourself in Galia.

Lady Roxy... you've always been so kind, and honest.

Even with a threat to your life drawing closer...

You're still worried about me.

That was really impressive, considering you were fighting Lady Roxy.

Mugan.

No wonder you can slay a chimera.

It was being controlled by someone else.

You think so too, then?

It had the same emblem as the salamanders.

Is Eris behind it?

Afterwards, I got a good look at the chimera...

Pretty wild thinking to use a monster as the core.

I'm impressed you could figure out that much just from looking at it.

My family has studied lost Galian technology for generations.

My late father was, and my daughter is, a gifted scholar.

Great, a doting dad.

She's nothing like me! Really clever.

The chimera are artificial monsters made with Galian technology.

It might be a good idea to have your daughter examine one.

You trying to say you want me to introduce you?

No, that's not what I meant at all...

You don't get to meet Raine!

Seriously! That's not what I was trying to say!

What did you mean, then?!

It was just a suggestion!

This guy's less a doting dad and more a plain old dumbass!

Say, Raine, did you hear about Rafale?

There's something going on with the Vlerick heir?

Did Hado dying drive him nuts or something?

That might be part of it.

The rumors say he's locked himself in his room, studying the philosopher's stone.

The philosopher's stone?

He got his hands on it in Tenbern, apparently.

He went on a research trip there before Hado died.

The philosopher's stone...?

The philosopher's stone... here it is.

It can supposedly heal any wound.

That's amazing!

It can also grant its owner great strength...

Power?

But in exchange, it dominates the mind and body of the owner.

That's...

Mind-control.

What do you suppose he's planning?

No idea.

The Domain of E. That's what you should aim for.

What's the Domain of E?

It's the level of power that the Divine Dragon is at.

If you can't make it there, you won't be able to fight it.

But if you push too hard, your skill will overwhelm you, and you'll lose control.

How am I going to get that strong...?

That alarm...

Lady Roxy.

There's a massive stampede... a death march underway.

We'll move to intercept it.

We march to Galia!

Run for it!

So that's a death march.

The royal army...

You gonna play hero again?

If it's just the death march, Lady Roxy should be able to deal with it.

Going into a half-starved state, huh?

You've got a better handle on it than before.

We'll want to be ready to move at any time.

We need to figure out what's going on and end it.

What's going on, huh? Don't think we'll be waiting long, Fate.

What?

Something's approaching the royal army from the east.

I don't see anything...

Is it underground?!

It's moving through ground the way a whale swims.

Seems like a big one.

If it keeps on that path, it'll be right beneath the royal army soon!

Roxy and the others are focused on the death march.

They'll be in big trouble if they're hit with a surprise attack.

Dammit... Greed, you know what to do!

As you wish!

The same way Aaron was able to surpass his limits thanks to the Gluttony skill...

I can use Gluttony to amplify the charged shot, and give it twice as much range!

A modified art, only usable in half-starvation status,

Charged Shot Spiral!

Boosting the range and penetration, huh?

That's a good idea.

I can't always rely on the secret techniques with how pricey they are.

Here it comes!

See that?! I caught a big one!

That emblem!