Forest of Corpses and Thorny Cedars

Working their way up the mountain, the two sorceresses cross a forest littered with bodies and bristling with needle-sharp pines. Schierke observes that any ordeal capable of burning so ghastly a scene into someone's memory could easily break their mind. Farther in, more repulsive monstrosities conjured by Casca ambush them. Drawing on golems along with the Lady of the Depths, the Rotting Root Lord, and the Wheel of Flame, the pair slip past the horde and reach the mountain's base.

They are set upon again, this time by phallus-shaped things of the dream. Reaching for her Snaking Thorns, Farnese instead pulls out another keepsake carried over from her own dream, a fetish shaped like Mozgus. Once activated, the mouthed construct clamps down and bites through the pursuers, opening an escape route.

As they ascend, both women note that the dream grows more hostile the closer they come to Casca's final fragment. Schierke suspects Casca is actively resisting their efforts, clinging to her regressed state rather than being made whole again. After a grueling climb the two finally crest the summit and come upon the last piece of Casca's fractured mind, sealed inside a casing of thorns.

Following this installment's release in June 2017, Berserk paused until winter before resuming its regular monthly schedule.