Chapter 376, released on April 25th, 2024, in its own right, has the audacity to bring the narrative back to Guts. In his own shattered mental state is heading into the flames. It would have been more interesting to know what happened to Guts after being consumed by the Berserker armor. The flames are engulfing his body, and he’s being “swept away” but Schierke, in her eagerness, is there, staring at him. Pulling him by the hand out of his despair. Only he’s awaken to a cell, drained, and chained up.
Rickert protests, but Silat is wearisome, cautious, and Rickert can’t say anything against it, because they are Silat’s guests at the Mountain Fortress of the Bakiraka clan. Daiba, the old man who helped Rickert escape from Griffith’s New Falconia, reveals that Schierke is passed out as her fairy exclaims, “the sun rose ages ago but she’s not waking up. It’s weird!” She’s lost in a deep trance. This is bad. Because if Schierke is out of touch, lost in a trance, she could be easily manipulated.