After Nina named her as the witch he seeks, Mozgus places Casca in an iron maiden. But it causes the spirits of the tortured to manifest as a flesh-eating blob of blood. While Luca and Isidro use Jerome to free Nina, Guts forces Farnese to take him to the torture chamber where Puck tells him Casca is still alive. With Casca trapped inside it, the blood moves up the tower as Mozgus and his men are then transformed by the observer. Mozgus burns away some of the blood with his flames, freeing Casca and saving Luca's group, but he intends to have the former burned at the stake while his men attack the latter. Luca sacrificed herself so Jerome can save Nina, only to be saved by the Skull Knight as he was about to attack the observer. Guts arrives soon after and faces Mozgus as the inquisitor's group all sprout wings.