Berserk Vol.3, P.185-234 P.185 (corpses in various degrees of decay hang from the branches of a large, barren tree) (a group of warriors on horseback ride into the area) leader: ! Hey, look. (on the muddy ground beneath one of the hanging corpses, a baby huddles in fetal position) P.186-187 (title pages) title: The Golden Era (1) P.188 leader: Hrmmm. leader: What a pitiful sight. woman: ! (one of the women riding in a wagon sees the child and runs toward it) fighter: ! Hey, Sis? (the woman, Sis, kneels down in the mud and holds the baby in her arms) Sis: Ahhh. fighter: Poor thing... Ever since she miscarried 3 days ago, she's been completely off her rocker. fighter: Say, wasn't that your kid, Gambino? Gambino (leader): Shut up. How should I know?! P.189 Gambino: (to Sis) How long do you plan to keep doing that? Gambino: Get ahold of yourself!! That brat is dead already!! (he pulls her up roughly, and the baby falls back into the puddle) Sis: (reaching for the child) [ahh!!] baby: {sucking in breath} baby: ... u... baby: [ugyaaah] Gambino: ! P.190 fighter: Woah... fighter: Hey!! The brat's still alive!! (Gambino is speechless) narrator: That infant sent out its first cries below the body of its mother, covered in muddy water mixed with blood and birthing fluids. P.191 Sis: ........!! (she runs over and picks the child up again) Sis: .................... Gambino: (watching her) ............ Gambino: Hey, Sis... (she runs away from him) Gambino: ! (and climbs back onto the wagon) P.192 fighter: Hey. Are you ok with this, Gambino? Gambino: What the fuck do I care? Let her do what she wants! fighter: Still....... fighter: Yeah... Gambino: What? fighter: Don't you think it's a little unlucky? fighter: Picking up a brat from a place like this? Gambino: ............ Gambino: Ohh, are you two afraid? P.193 fighter: No... fighter: I wouldn't say so... [hehe] Gambino: Hnn. (Sis holds the child to her lovingly) Gambino: That kid'll be dead soon enough anyway. Until then, it can serve as a trinket to calm Sis down a little. Gambino: Anyway-- Gambino: Enough of this stupid chatter, let's move on. (he looks back for a moment at the tree of corpses) Gambino: ............. (on the wagon, the women gather around Sis and the baby) ~warrior: Don't you think it's a little unlucky......? P.194 narrator: 3 years later. (wails resound into the night) nurse: Hang on, Sis!! Sis: [aaaah] nurse: Gatts!! You get out of here!! nurse: This is called a pestilence.........!! nurse: If you catch it, you'll be a goner too!! (little Gatts stands around by the wall of the tent) P.195 (Sis, whose face has become disfigured by disease, reaches out a hand to him desperately) Sis: .........!! Sis: Gatts......!! Sis: [aaah..] nurse: Where's Gambino?! 2nd nurse: We can't reach him. He and the other men are busy attacking a castle. nurse: Really!! Leave it to a man to be away when his woman is dying............!! nurse: Hey... stuff something into her mouth......!! (Gatts pushes his way between the nurses) nurse: ! nurse: Hey, you......?! Sis: (reaching out) ... Gatts...... P.196 Sis: ... Gatts... (Gatts reaches out with a trembling hand, and takes Sis' hand in his own) nurse: ...... Gatts... (the wailing goes on) P.197 narrator: 3 years later. (Gambino's group of mercernaries are engaged in an attack against a castle. Gatts is fighting with them, albeit somewhat awkwardly due to his age.) Gambino: Hey, Gatts!! Gambino: The spear! Use the spear!! P.198 Gatts: ............!! Gambino: Don't just stand around!! (Gambino snatches the spear out of Gatts' hands, and stabs it through a warrior on horseback) P.199 (the warrior falls onto Gatts with guts spilling out of its stomach) Gatts: (freaked out) ...... Uwa... Gatts: ... Ah! (Gambino strikes him across the face with the base of a spear) Gambino: Don't be such a useless little shit!! Gambino: Are you trying to get me killed?! Gatts: ........!! Gambino: Hrn!! {ptoo} Have you forgotten who it is that puts food on your table? P.200 Gambino: If I get killed, you may as well die out here too!! Gambino: Hey, the next wave is coming!! Get ready!! Gatts: ............ Gambino: ........... What's with the look? Gambino: If you have any complaints, you can leave anytime you want!! Gambino: But we're on a battlefield right now!! Gambino: Shit! Gambino: Why did Sis have to pick up such a troublesom piece of garbage... (Gatts pulls a bloody tooth out of his mouth) Gatts: ............ P.201 P.202 P.203 P.204 P.205 P.206 P.207 P.208 P.209 P.210 P.211 P.212 P.213 P.214 narrator: 3 years later. P.215 P.216 P.217 P.218 P.219 P.220 P.221 P.222 P.223 P.224 P.225 P.226 (The fighters all line up to receive their pay after the battle. Gatts reaches the front of his line.) accountant: Next!! P.227 (back at camp) Gatts: (sprinting) Gambino!! Gambino: What do you want? Gatts: ......... (he reaches into his pouch and pulls out a small bag of money, holding it out to Gambino) Gatts: Here... Gambino: ........ Gambino: Hmph... (Gambino pulls a coin out of the bag and tosses it to Gatts) Gambino: Here. Gatts: ! P.228 Gambino: Hey... Gambino: Don't spend it all in one place. Gatts: Y-yes sir!! Gambino: ......... Gambino: Heh... (Gambino leaves to go pick up a woman) Gatts: ...... P.229 (Gatts looks at the coin in his hand, and smiles) (someone watches him as he strolls away cheerfully) voice: Hey, Gambino. Gambino: ! Gambino: What? Gambino: You want something, Donovan? (Donovan, bald and bulky, smirks back at Gambino) P.230 (Gatts lies alone in his tent that night, covered in a thin blanket) Gatts: When it gets to this hour, the trembling...... Gatts: won't stop!! (a human shadow falls across the entrance of the tent) P.231 Gatts: ! Gatts: Who's there? (the visitor enters) Gatts: (squinting in the light) ............ Gatts: ...... Dono...van...? (Donovan grins at him) Gatts: ! P.232 (Gatts' expression turns to alarm) (he reaches for his sword.) P.233 (but Donovan lunges and pins him down on his stomach before he can grab it) (end of "The Golden Era (1)") P.234 (filler page)