Berserk: The Prophet

"...Minecraft?"

Green's mind was in chaos, the line between illusion and reality blurred. Which world's version of himself was the real him? Where did he truly belong?

...But in any world, it seems that being an orphan is an established fact.

No one ever told him who he was or where he was from. Like a traveler, he spent one cold night after another in a world devoid of love, with only survival, survival, and more survival to live!

Perhaps for him, being alive was a blessing.

But he always yearned for that warmth... a warmth that even if offered with both hands, he couldn't grasp.

"...You summoned me here, is there some unfulfilled wish?"

This is not only my wish, but also yours. Those you cherish on this land are enduring a calamity of fate. Now, the millennium has passed, and the souls of the past have been reincarnated here; history is repeating itself. If you are truly the being prophesied to be, then only you can save them!

Through Cypher Milerdo's gaze, Grimm saw Grunberdo desperately shielding Benedict with his body, and the completely fallen Dragon's Nest.

〖Grunberdo... Sister Heike... and Edward... the Dragon's Nest is already...〗

Green looked worried, and then, at the highest point of the city wall... he saw Kadi's figure.

...That guy!!

Time waits for no one, Grin. I sense the "Path of the Dragon" is about to open, and I need to draw upon the power within you. However, as compensation, I will rewrite my curse and bestow upon you this land, no longer subject to the laws of causality.

However, remember this well, O prophetic child of Holy Pendor, this otherworldly land is fraught with danger. Demons lurk before sunset, and there is no divine protection here, only angels ultimately corrupted by desire.

You must live on, carrying my share, until the day your power is fully awakened!!

[...His power has fully awakened...?]

Before Green could even ponder its meaning, he felt a powerful force strike his chest.

At this moment, the scorching magma in the sea of ​​consciousness seemed to take shape. A huge four-legged fire dragon broke free from the restraints of countless threads, transformed into a streak of fiery red light, and flapped its wings to rush towards Green's chest.

Green felt as if his chest was about to be torn apart by this powerful force, as if the tearing pain was about to spread throughout his body, and the scorching energy spread throughout his body.

...To be destroyed or to be saved, to live or to die...Strive to do it, use this power to save everything you cherish!

The days spent sweating it out with Bazso in the training grounds of the Dragon's Nest, General Kirsten's kind gaze, Sister Heike's encouraging smile...

I...want to save...

Green's consciousness gradually returned to his body. His broken muscles and bones healed at an astonishing speed, and his curled-up body changed at a visible rate. New wing bones grew on his back like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

At this moment, the magma is the egg liquid, and the volcano is the eggshell...

As that powerful force was injected, Green was enveloped in a layer of blazing flames, and scales rapidly grew from under his skin, covering his entire body, each scale shimmering with a metallic luster.

A pair of enormous wings slowly stretched out from behind, with a wingspan of tens of meters. The totem on its chest merged completely with its body, revealing a giant dragon with a scarlet body and golden dorsal fins and horns.

"Roar----!!"

With a deafening roar, this active volcano, which had been dormant for nearly a thousand years, began an unprecedented and terrifying eruption.

It's too late, it's soon—

Just moments before the volcano erupted completely, Gurunberudo received the blessing of the four divine hands.

By doing this, we will provide you with a brand new battlefield. You will experience battles unlike any you've ever fought before...

Upon hearing the word "fierce battle," Gurunberdo's heart began to pound.

We can immerse you in exhilarating battles...

Join the ranks of the Reincarnated Eagle; the flames of war await you. An endless war, worthy of the fire dragon, awaits you.

—Search for the Eagle of Light, and survive.

Gurenberudo recalled Benedict's words once again: Is this my destiny? ...Overcome death and continue the fight.

Returning to the embrace of solitude once more, and throwing myself into an even fiercer battle—is this the wonderful future that awaits me?

Edward was incredulous at the sight before him; his mouth gaped open, but no sound came out. An enormous, indescribable entity led the conversation between Grunberdo and a humanoid monster with its brain exposed.

As the storm of war swept through, the flames of life for Heikel and Benedict were like candles flickering in the wind, threatening to be extinguished at any moment.

In that seemingly eternal moment, Gulumberdo spoke...

"I must offer a sacrifice... I am a dragon!"

"...What?"

Before Edward could even react, he saw the dying Gurenbeldo being swallowed by a giant serpent formed from dark clouds in a ghostly space where countless giant snakes intertwined and the world remained unchanged.

Darkness swirled around him, as if heaven and earth were connected there. It was no ordinary dark cloud, but rather something man-made... One could sense some kind of ominous sign imbued with magic from it.

At the same time, a scarlet rune appeared on the enormous, slender right hand of the indescribable creature with its exposed brain, who claimed to be the Hand of God.

That thing... transformed into three streams of light, which flew towards Edward, Heckler, and Benedict respectively.

Edward felt a sharp pain at the scar where his left eye met his cheek. He reached out and touched it, and found that there was an unusual scar there.

"What is this...?" Blood dripped from the brand-like wound.

"Ugh...!" Hikel's body suddenly throbbed with pain. The brand had pierced through her armor and was deeply imprinted on her lower abdomen. Blood seeped from the brand, and the pain continued to throb.

At the same time, Benedict Cuth also had a brand on her left chest, which was also bleeding.

At that moment, the storm and the space of the Netherworld vanished as if they were illusions. In their place appeared a creature even larger than Gurenberudo.

— It has four legs and a long tail.

—Its entire body is covered with dense, hard, crystalline scales, and its dorsal fin spews out raging flames.

—It is a fire dragon.

“Gurunberdo...you…”

Edward stood there dumbfounded, speechless. "What's going on..." was the only sentence he could manage to utter.

This familiar scene... is just like the time when the three of them were in Chester's prison, and Gurenbeludo struggled to lift the warhammer and smash the Cusha Tiger flat.

However, this time it's probably him who's going to get smashed.