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KENTARO
MIURA
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TRANSLATION
JASON a
LETTERING AND REToOuC
PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER

US EDITORS
CHRIS WARNER
FRED LUI
COLLECTION DESIGNER
DAVID NESTELLE
English-language version produced by
DARK HORSE COMICS and DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING.

BERSERK vol. 2 by KENTARO MIURA

© 1990 by Kentaro Miura. All rights reserved. First published in Japan in 1991 by Hakusensha, Inc., Tokyo.
English-language translation rights in the United States of America and Canada arranged with HAKUSENSHA,
INC., Tokyo, through TOHAN CORPORATION, Tokyo. English-language translation © 2004 by Dark Horse Comics,
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NOTHING BUT
A PRISONER
OF FEAR.

A DRUG
THAT I'D
CONCEALED
TO FEIGN
MY DEATH.

I SLIPPED OUT OF
THE CASTLE, TAKING
THIS THING WITH ME.
IT WAS A MIRACLE. /
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SEVEN YEARS
b= HAVE PASSED.
=| DURING THAT TIME,
I'VE TIRELESSLY
RESEARCHED

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OCCULT.

NEVER LINCOVER
A SINGLE CLUE
ABOUT THE
NATURE OF
THIS THING.

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PORTAL TO

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HAPPENED THIS THE ELEMENT | TAKE THIRTY |{
AFTERNOON. NO OF SURPRISE TROOPS |
MATTER HOW MANY IF YOU SEND ALONG 2
FOOT SOLDIERS WE TOO tay es WITH YOU /
SEND AFTER HIM, TO KILL HIM. AND--
IT’S UNLIKELY ;
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TO STOP HIM. Ze Re
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FOR YOU
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IT. IT
WON'T
BUDGE
AN INCH.

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BE GOIN’
THROUGH

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BUY IT FROM A
CARAVAN OF
“EVEN THE
MERCHANTS MERCHANTS THAT
STOPPED BY THE
“ALL THEY SAID CASTLE ONE DAY.”
WAS THAT THEY
FOUND IT INA
TOWN BAZAAR
SOMEWHERE
70 THE EAST.”
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I WISH I ra PASSAGE USED FOR
COULD GO BAR ESCAPE FROM THE CASTLE
WITH YOU, wl 4 \3 THAT ONLY A HANDFUL OF
PEOPLE KNOW ABOLIT s
eet Sy ee
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BESIDES THE COLINT HIMSELF.
IF ALL GOES WELL, you
I'D ONLY BE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REACH
A HINDRANCE. THE INNER COMPOUND
UNDETECTED.

I'VE WAITED
FOR THE
DAY THAT
A MAN LIKE
YOU WOULD
APPEAR!
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THE ONE
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MONSTER.
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HOW COME
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ALWAYS
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7 PEOPLE LIKE
THAT 7!

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THE ONE I’M
WORRIED ABOUT,

WH-WHAT
AHORRIBLE
MONSTER...
GOD
SAVE US!
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THAT
BATTLEAXE
AROUND

TOO FAST
FOR THE
HUMAN EYE
TO SEE!

IT'S TOO
FAST TO
SEE...

GUTS IS
BLOCKIN’
EVERY
SINGLE
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I ALWAYS
KNEW HE WAS
TOUGH, BUT IT

WAS JUST
SWINGING HIS
SWORD AROUND
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HEAD'S
CHOPPED
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HE'S
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OFF SEVEN YEARS AGO.
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NO ONE
CAN
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YOu...

FACT THAT
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OFF THAT GUY UP
THERE, IN TOTAL
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BUT MIND AND BODy.
BEFORE
I
GO...

REMAINED
WAS HIS
DESIRE

C'MON. THINK OF IT > date

AS DOWN PAYMENT

KILLING
| THE
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THING'S
OF NO
Use
TO YOU
ANYWAY.
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AT FIRST
I THOUGHT A
YOU WERE GOOD
PERSON,
KINDA Y'KNOW
BUT...

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NEED OH...
TO LIM...ONE |
KEEP MORE |
LIVING. THING...
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AM I
SAYIN’?
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JUST STAND \j
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HERE
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BEHEL/T
AND WALKIN’
OFF LIKE
THAT.
AT LEAST
YOU COULDA
SEEN
HIM OFF
SOMEWHERE

THINGS
MYSELF.

WELL, EXCEPT
FOR THIS, WHAT'S
WHICH IS MUCH THE B/G
APPRECIATED. IDEA?!

HE SAVED
YOu, Y'KNOW!
HE SHOWED You
A SECRET PASSAGE
THAT I WOULD'VE INTO THE CASTLE
TAKEN IT BY TOO... HE EVEN
FORCE IF GAVE YOU THE
NECESSARY. BEHELIT!
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ALLIES,
AFTER
ALL!

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OF YOU
WANNA
DESTROY
THE COUNT,

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BOTHERED BY
SOME GOOD-
FOR-NOTHIN'
BASTARD
ACTING LIKE
WE'RE
FRIENDS.

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HE'LL
END UP
DRAGGIN’
ME DOWN
WITH HIM.
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FRIEND OF THAT
FELLOW WHO CAUSED
ALL THAT COMMOTION
AT THE EXECUTION
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TO GIVE YOU A PAINSTAKING
INTERROGATION...BUT I'VE DECIDED
TO GET IT OVER WITH AND
EXECUTE YOU RIGHT AWAY.
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BURST OUT.

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NOBLE THAT
I'LL JUST
WALK RIGHT
INTO THEIR
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COULDN'T
POSSIBLY
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ALONE...

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NOT...
NOT AGAIN!
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HIS
EMOTIONS
ARE POURING
INTO ME!
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EMOTIONS,
POUNDING
INTO ME!
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BURNING
LIKE
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MAGMA!

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SOURCE
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DION'T CARE, YOU
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AT ALL! IF YOU HATED
THE OLD FELLA
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KIDDING
ME!!
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ANGER,
SADNESS,
YY
WEY
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OF HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE, =
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AROUND INSIDE NSSS
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BE PAYING
YOU A VISIT
SOON
ENOUGH!

WITH THE
HUNDREDS bee
OF VICTIMS WON'T BE
YOU'VE KILLED AROUND TO
WHO'LL DRAG ENJOY THE
YOU DOWN SIGHT OF YOU
TO HELL CHOKING IN
WITH THEM! YOUR OWN
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THIS DEVIL’S
SEVERED HEAD
BEFORE US,
ONCE AND
FOR ALL!
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AWAY YOURE
FROM NOTHING
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CARCAS- WORTHLESS
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THING TO

WHAT'S
GONNA
HAPPEN
TO ME...
 uy FATHER?
WHY ARE YOU
ar,
BY
COMING TO
 THANK
YOU,
FATHER.

LONELY
HERE,
THERESIA?

I COULDN'T
POSSIBLY
LET YOU OUT
INTO THE
IMPURE WORLD,
OVERRUN BY
FILTHY
HERETICS.
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I'VE BEEN
WAITING
FOR YOU...

» BLACK
SWORDS-
MAN!!
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PRETTIER
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THAN THE
LAST TIME
a , WY, ; I SAW
you.

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NO MATTER
HOW MUCH
YOU HACK UP THIS
POSSESSED
B00...

UNLESS
you CUT
OFF my
HEAD...
OVER
AND
OVER
AGAIN!
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YOUR DAMNED
HEAD ON
MY BLADE
OF STEEL!
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TASTY. E-ELVES AREN'T 2
VERY GOOD FOR YOUR
DIGESTION, Y'KNOW...
NOT TO MENTION WE'RE
HIGH IN CALORIES.
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iy ur you...

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WHAT IT
FEELS LIKE
TO BE
LOCKED uP
IN A CAGE.
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WHY YOU wd “ie
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JUST A
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DAYS THERE SO I DON'T
WAS A SECT OF REMEMBER
HERETICS AT ANYTHING.
LARGE WHO
OPPOSED
MY FATHER.

ONE DAY THEY

KIONAPPED
MOTHER AND
THREATENED TO
KILL HER IF FATHER
DIDN'T LET THEM
PRACTICE THEIR
PAGAN WORSHIP
FREELY.

FATHER,
OF COURSE,
COULDN'T ALLOW
THAT WITHOUT
PERMISSION FROM
THE KING, SO HE
REFUSED THEIR
DEMANDS...

MOTHER... AND THEY

CARRIED
OUT THEIR
THREAT.
 MOTHER
WAS
SACRIFICED
ALIVE...

«AS AN
OFFERING
TO THEIR
EVIL GOD.

HE MAY HAVE BEEN FATHER

HARSH, BUT THAT WAS A
WAS SO HE COULD GREAT
DEFEND HIS KINGDOM RULER.
4 AGAINST NEIGHBORING
ENEMIES. HE WAS
TRUSTED AND LOVED
BY ALL...

161
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NOW, IT DOESN'T POSSESSED,
EVEN MAKE A HE STARTED
DIFFERENCE ANY- HUNTING DOWN
Fe Be MORE WHETHER HERETICS.
THEY'RE y,
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OR NOT!

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AS IF HE
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PEOPLE...!!
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AT ONCE.
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IN MY
WAY!
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THINK YOU CAN
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TROOPS
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NO PROBLEM! COULDN'T STOP
T'LL LEND YOU : MYSELF FROM
MY SHOULDER! j CRYING, IT’S
BEEN SO LONG
SINCE I'VE
TALKED TO
ANYONE.

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THAN WALKING. I
| MEAN, HALF OF IT
IS JUST UP TO
THE WIND.

IT'S JUST
AN EVERYDAY
THING FOR
YOU ELVES,
ISN'T IT?

184
 THERESIA,
YOU HAVEN'T
BEEN IN HERE
ALL THIS TIME,

HE WON'T
LET ANYONE

CONNECTED
TO THE CITY
NEAR ME.

185
 IN THE INNER
COMPOUND!

THAT
BURGLAR
THEY'RE
TALKING
ABOLT...

SEEN MY SHARE
OF BATTLES,
I HAVE!
Wy
YOU I KNEW
WHAT IT FELT
LIKE TO BE
LOCKED UP
IN A CAGE,
DION'T 7
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190
 I'LL BE
i BACK TO
SEE YA
 AND THEN

.
S
N
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ABOUT IT

Tir r y w a a
 FOR
REVENGE ON
THE HERETICS
WHO ROBBED

IS THAT
WHY THE
COUNT
ACQUIRED
DEMONIC
POWERS?
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AND TEST
ME. LET'S
SEE IUST
HOW FAR
HUMAN
POWER
WILL GO!

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COUNTERED.\, {__\
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OF YOUR
SKILLS.
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OUT ALL RIGHT, BUT
I FORGOT TO ASK
WHERE THE COUNT’S
QUARTERS ARE.
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