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Summary of the chapter thanks to Aazealh @ skullknight.
Based on that Japanese preview:
Locus tells Rickert he wants to show him something, since he's a former "wing" of the Band of the Falcon. The place where the countless monsters that form the Demon Royal Guard live, and that the human guards can't even approach because they're too afraid of it. Rickert recalls Irvine and Zodd, and Locus notices that Rickert already seems familiar with what the Demon Soldiers are to some extent. He then asks him why he wants to see the Falcon. Rickert is hesitant to answer, but Locus assures him that he doesn't have any hidden intentions. He wonders aloud if it's merely to renew their old friendship, or maybe to ask for help about living in the castle town, or even both... Or maybe to ask what happen under the black sun on that day...
Rickert asks him how he could know, and Locus says it's a simple inference... He was a "wing" of the previous Band of the Falcon, but there's no aura of the Brand on him. That means that he could avoid the consequence of the ceremony at the time. And then it's only normal that he'd want to ask him what happened on that day, where his companions disappeared to. Rickert says that he already knows the answer. Thinks back to what Guts told him on the Hill of Swords. Locus deduces that he must want to hear it from the mouth of the Falcon himself. He asks him if he expects Griffith to say so while being overwhelmed with regret? But he comments that at least, to him Rickert's eyes do not seem to be filled with hatred. That also reminds Rickert of what Guts told him back then, about how he could not hate Griffith.
Locus comments that there's a big difference between knowing something and feeling it. And that before he decides whether to ask Griffith or not, he should see for himself. See what the talons of the Falcon of Light are now. They proceed to the lair of the apostles. Locus explains to him that they are the Demon Soldiers. Overly bellicose in general. Tells him that they transport all the monsters they capture inside of the castle. It can be said that by doing that they're always training for battle, but the truth is they just crave blood and slaughter (meanwhile we see Volkov goring an ogre in an arena, but not without getting wacked on the head in the process). Rickert feels like this is like a scene from hell. He comments that Griffith sacrificed the Band of the Falcon to get these monsters. Locus tells him that they were originally human. That they were reborn through very intense tenacity (their will to live) and causality. That they are apostles.
He further adds that if the Falcon of Light wasn't leading them, they'd merely be pursuing their own desires, being enemies to the human world. Monsters hated, feared and avoided at all costs. But that the Falcon of Light gathered them and made them into a sword. That he made them get along with the humans, made them into monstrous protectors for the human world. That he gave them, who were outsiders, a place to stay. Locus adds that though battles can't be avoided in this new world, at least there's no battle between humans. Humans only wield swords to protect other humans. And that though death can't be avoided, people are not afraid of death anymore, because they have seen that the soul is immortal. He concludes by saying that this is a real utopia that no great king had ever been able to create before in this world. That it's what the Falcon of Light has brought to humans. And it's called Falconia.
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