Chapter 51

Carl receives a frantic message from Miriam Dom, a vampire woman stranded 25 kilometers away with her paralyzed partner Pony and his trapped companion Bianca. Carl ignores Mordecai's warnings about a potential vampire trap and prepares an urgent rescue mission, equipping himself with holy water grenades. Upon leaving the guildhall, the group discovers Big Tina—a massive, rampaging dinosaur—attacking the town, and learns through an NPC bear named Prudence that Tina was once a young ursine girl transformed by Scolopendra's cataclysm, driven mad after her father prevented her from dancing at a secret ballet recital. The chapter ends with the revelation that Big Tina is actually a vampire and a quest update indicating the situation is far more complex than anticipated.

Carl communicates with Miriam Dom via chat, learning she is trapped in the forest with her paralyzed partner Pony, who has his arm locked around her waist. Pony defeated an elite but became paralyzed for fifteen more hours; Bianca is locked in his inventory. Miriam has been surviving through blood potions and revival spells but is weakening and fears the night. Carl decides to mount an immediate rescue despite Mordecai's suspicions that this is a vampire trap designed to turn him. Mordecai provides two Holy Goopers—blessed water grenades effective against vampires—before the group departs.

Outside the guildhall, they find the pub shrouded in darkness and encounter Prudence, an ursine barmaid hiding with her two cubs from Big Tina, a massive dinosaur rampaging through the town. Prudence reveals that Big Tina was once a young ursine girl named Tina whose father, the town's head cleric, brutally beat Tina's mother on stage to stop a secret ballet recital. When Scolopendra struck and transformed most female ursine into dinosaurs, Tina became a massive, deranged predator who kills indiscriminately. The quest updates with two objectives: either kill Big Tina or give her what she wants. Donut suggests completing the recital Tina never got to perform. The chapter ends with Carl discovering that Big Tina is actually a vampire minion when he sees a severed ursine claw dragging itself across the floor, revealing the true scope of the threat.