Guts pours everything into cutting down Griffith, but his blade passes through a nearly untouchable foe. As a churning astral force threatens to swallow Schierke, the transformed Zodd descends from the World Tree to stand between the swordsman and his prey.
Guts hammers at Griffith with a relentless flurry of Dragon Slayer strikes, yet nearly every blow finds only air, since Griffith has become almost wholly intangible. The sole trace of the assault is a single thin strand of hair sliced free. Watching in her luminous form, Schierke perceives Griffith's astral presence as a colossal whirlpool dragging everything toward it, and she is nearly pulled in until Farnese, also in luminous form, catches hold of her.
Spent but undeterred, Guts throws himself at Griffith again. Far overhead, Puck notices something speeding down from the great branches of the World Tree amid the clouds.
The chapter shared its Young Animal issue with the preceding episode and appeared following the nine-month hiatus that trailed Miura's death. It belongs to the Elf Island Chapter of the Fantasia Arc.
Guts unleashes a flurry of Dragon Slayer strikes at Griffith, but because Griffith has become nearly intangible, almost every blow passes through him, leaving only a severed strand of his hair as proof of the attack.
In her luminous form, Schierke sees Griffith's astral presence as a colossal whirlpool pulling everything toward it, and she is nearly dragged in before Farnese, also in luminous form, catches hold of her.
A transformed Zodd crashes down from the World Tree and strikes at Guts, who barely dodges, then plants himself between Guts and Griffith in a tense standoff.
"Eye of the Maelstrom" belongs to the Elf Island Chapter of the Fantasia Arc.
"Eye of the Maelstrom" was published in Young Animal issue 13 on 24 June 2022, following the series' nine month hiatus after Kentarou Miura's death.
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