| ShortSummary
| - A year has passed and Guts is living with Godo, a swordsmith, and his granddaughter Erica. Guts learns that the Band of the Hawk are now wanted outlaws and Casca is the captain. Guts goes to them and finds them battling mercenaries.
- Griffith and Foss have double crossed the Queen and her co-conspirators. Griffith has them locked in a castle, which is set on fire, killing all. Guts decides to leave and Casca runs after him. He tells her that he does not want to be caught up in Griffith's dream anymore.
- The Hawks won the battle and the war. The King holds a ball for them, and they dress up like nobles. The Queen and Foss hatch a plan to poison Griffith, and he drinks from the cup. Earlier, Foss receives a letter from Griffith.
- A girl is being assaulted in a bar when Guts walks in. He kills all her assailants but one, making him tell his master that the Black Swordsman is coming. Guts attacks the master, kills him, and removes a Behelit from around his neck. In the end of the episode it takes back when Guts kills Bazuso and he meets Griffith.
- Griffith and Guts are injured. Griffith uses this in his political machinations; getting closer to the nobles and the King. He also flirts with the King's daughter. Guts and some of the Hawks feel that Griffith is pulling away from them.
- According to Griffith's will, all the Hawks are sacrificed and devoured by demons. Griffith then rapes Casca as Guts cuts off his own arm and has his eye gouged out, in order to stop him. After the end credits a healed Guts leaves Godo's house to have his revenge on Griffith.
- Three years pass as Guts and the Hawks gain in skill. In a flashback, Guts is shown being raised by his adoptive father Gambino. He teaches him to be a warrior, but one night he tries to kill Guts because he blames him for his wife's death. Guts kills him.
- As Guts leaves, he is challenged by Griffith. Guts defeats Griffith by breaking his sword. Psychologically damaged by the encounter, Griffith goes to the Princess' chambers and makes love to her. As he leaves the next morning, he is apprehended.
- Griffith is now mute and crippled. Casca feels she must take care of him, and tells Guts to leave. Griffith takes a wagon and runs off, finding his Behelit, which creates hell on earth and awakens the God Hand.
- Guts assassinates Yurius, but must kill his son Adonis because he is a witness. Guts is emotionally scarred by this evil deed. Later, he hears Griffith say that a true friend would have to stand for his own ethics, and not follow Griffith blindly.
- Guts is now a commander in Griffith's army. Guts is taking risks in battle, and although he succeeds, Casca takes him to task for it. Griffith is knighted, and the nobles become jealous. Guts saves the Hawks in battle, to Casca's chagrin.
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