"On my honor as a Legiones Astartes, I swear that I shall die for Hayate Yagami." He makes the sign of a unity, a circle with his armored hands, on his chest, as he rises.

"But you will not kill my Master. A life for a life. I will not fail another liege-lord by letting them die." He seems in shadow for a moment, his face darkened, and there is a momentary hint of untapped strength, the strength of bitterness, hatred, and rage, within Berserker. To even conditionally threaten Nero has brought it out, re-igniting a spark he had tried to quench.