Having swum ashore, the survivors of the previous battle began to unload everything they had taken with them, and when they finished they went south towards Berlin, hoping to find the surviving members of the anti-Nazi resistance there. Along the way, William recalled the events when he was a test subject for Lorenzini, who threw him into a pit where he was forced to fight ghouls, such as those he and his comrades fought on a floating concentration camp that was once an aircraft carrier.
- What is William? - Asked Lucinola - bad memories flooded again?
"Nothing like that," William replied, "when I was a test subject on that ship, I was used as a beast for gladiator fights in the hope that the serum they injected into me would activate in me. And when they succeeded, they began to use my blood as an ingredient with which they created the formula of this new serum and were able to begin its mass production. one way or another, this substance must not escape from the laboratories, otherwise this world will end!
- William - Lucinola tried to console him, we will do everything so that these creatures do not leave the confines of the laboratories, because otherwise the allies will not be ready to face the horror that was created there. As long as we stick together, we can do everything we can to destroy these labs!
The rebel company continued south to Berlin in the hope of finding at least someone from the ranks of the resistance. However, winter was coming and the survivors needed somewhere to find shelter to wait out the cold. Along the way, several children sing a song in some language, William decided to ask one of them named Juho for its name.
- It's called Vilppulan urhojen muistolle
- What is it about?
- About the brave Finns who gave their lives during the Finnish Civil War on the Villpul front.
After that, they continued on their way, and the Finns proudly continued to sing their song. But soon they were forced to stop at an abandoned training trench, where they accidentally discovered the Pak 43 cannon.
"This thing would be very useful to us," Lucinola replied, "but there is very little ammunition for it, and most of them are training ones.
William and Lucinola noticed a handful of shell casings near the cannon and decided that it might be useful for a while. The company settles here for the night. The next day, the sentinel shouted warning of the approach of STUG 3, Lorenzini sent a detachment of soldiers to destroy the rebels and take William alive. the rebels quickly got to their feet and took up firing positions by placing soldiers with rifles and machine guns in the front lines, the second was occupied by submachine gunners and machine gunners, the third Pak 43 gun. and used Panzerfausts. The SS soldiers dismounted from their tanks and fired from cover with their submachine guns and submachine guns. Four SS soldiers shot at close range five rebels in the trenches. One of the rebels managed to knock out a self-propelled gun from Panzerfaust, which caught fire like a match. One of the fighters took a bunch of grenades and tried to throw it at the self-propelled guns, but a shot from a cannon tore him in two, the poor man died in agony, then Nicholas ran up to the troupe and took that very bunch of grenades and managed to destroy the self-propelled guns at the cost of his life, he was riddled with a machine gun from one of the self-propelled guns . William and Lucinola screamed in panic, and William in a rage took a MG 42 machine gun and shot all the remaining Germans, then he ran up to one still alive SS soldier and hit him with the butt of a machine gun, as a result, William's palms were covered with burns, and he himself screamed terribly in pain . But despite the lack of weapons, with heavy losses, the rebels manage to destroy all the self-propelled guns and SS soldiers, using only one gun, machine guns and multiple rocket launchers.
"We won," Yuho shouted.
- But at a high price! William replied grimly.
- We will take the cannon with us, it helped us out a lot - Francois answered - but where can we get horses to take her?
We are the horses! Yuho answered.
They left the camp and set off, dragging a heavy Pak 43 cannon with them. Pulled by 20 people, they walked on and on, hoping to find at least some safe place where they would live. Suddenly, a shot rang out and everyone had to lie down on the ground, at first they thought that the Nazis had returned again.
- Who is there? - William asked - come out, we are not your enemies!
- It's me, Mattias - shouted Mattias - I'm mine!
Matthias walked slowly and a group of rebels came out of hiding.
- Matthias, you son of a bitch, how did you survive, I thought that you disappeared on board the Terra Magica in the clutches of this Lorenzini - the leader of the group replied
- This boy helped us get out of here, without him I would have remained with everyone to rot on this damned ship!
- And who is this hero? the rebel leader asked
- William Turner III - William introduced himself.
- Well, William is glad to meet you, I'm Berthold, the leader of the Edelweiss pirates - Berthold answered - We are glad to see everyone who fights against the Nazis.
Then he takes out a map and shows the important positions of the Nazis, the location of their bases and concentration camps.
- I think we should start from this camp - said Lucinola - what do you say William?
"It would be great, but we don't have enough people and provisions, and winter is just around the corner, we need to spend the winter somewhere," suggested William.
"You don't have to worry about the shelter," Berthold answered, "South of the German city of Darmstadt is Frankenstein Castle, yes, that very scientist who created the monster from Mary Shelley's book, although everyone knows that in fact his prototype was Conrad Dippel, he called himself Frankenstein , although it had nothing to do with this genus. You can find shelter there, but it will be more difficult with food, lately the Nazis have been raiding houses and looking for anyone they suspect of anti-government activities.
- You don't have to worry about us, we won't become a burden for you, tell me where we can get provisions?
- Somewhere in this place, the Nazis hide food for their army, if we get there unnoticed and get food, then we can forget about hunger for a while.
Then the Edelweiss Pirates with the survivors went southwest to Frankenstein's castle, where they are completely exhausted.
Here it is, Frankenstein's castle! - Berthold announced to the arriving Edelweiss pirates, to which William was greatly surprised.
