Chapter 65

Carl navigates the truck through an inverted room filled with molten metal, where he must drive on walls and ceilings while avoiding regenerating slag elementals. Simultaneously, Grigori performs a dangerous spell to fuse the two half-mantaurs, Corky and Porky, back into a single being called Corcunda, with Dong holding them together throughout the chaotic race. The chapter ends as the fusion completes and a god named Grull enters the realm.

The truck enters a massive room filled with molten metal that requires driving on walls and ceilings via specialized tracks. Carl activates the spider legs and uses the Roller Limbo upgrade to traverse the inverted surfaces. The half-mantaurs Corky and Porky prepare for the journey by having their exposed brains wrapped in plastic and their suits unzipped to expose their internal organs, which Grigori magically suspends. As they race through the room, molten metal slag elementals attack from all directions, hurling globs of metal at vehicles. Grigori begins a complex fusion spell while Dong physically holds Corky and Porky together during the casting. Carl uses the trans-dimensional upgrade to fold under a slime-covered ferret mount and pass it. Prepotente broadcasts a strategy: adding non-molten metal to the elementals causes them to collapse and return to the river. The spell's final casting completes, and Corky and Porky fuse into a single being named Corcunda. As this occurs, a system notification indicates that Grull, a god, has entered the realm.