Chapter 83
One More!
Overview
The climactic battle erupts as Donut's velociraptors, Samantha, and other party members ambush the hunters and Imogen. Vrah is killed, chaos descends with nymphs flooding the ballroom, and Kiwi is transformed back into an ursine form by a potion, causing Tina to cry out in confusion as the quest completes and Sledge's final countdown begins.
Summary
Multiple assaults occur simultaneously: velociraptors attack the hunters, Samantha crashes through the ceiling on a wave of bug gore to join Mongo and Kiwi in killing Vrah, and mantis nymphs erupt from the floor and ceiling. Tina briefly vanishes to an adjacent ballroom where she kills an elf. The ballroom descends into chaos as various party members fight the nymphs—the Popovs swing their meteor hammer, Li Na and her brother use chains, Bautista advances with summoned chainsaw monsters, Florin shoots methodically, and Imogen becomes surrounded by Signet's reanimated tattoos, which manifest as a three-headed ogre, hammerhead shark, and small dragon. Imogen retaliates with red lightning that damages everyone. Carl instructs Mongo to finish off the dying Vrah and pulls off his ring. He finds Clint and Miss Nadine cowering with Signet's mother (Princess Lunette, a memory golem) and gives Clint a health potion. Nadine warns that Signet sacrificed herself and requests Carl take the golem to find a Pulpmancer. Samantha unexpectedly flies away through the floor. Imogen uses magic to break Carl's arm and pull him toward her, but Ferdinand intervenes and is brutally backhanded. On stage, Donut squeezes a potion bubble around Kiwi's neck, transforming her from a velociraptor back into an ursine form. Tina roars in distress, calling for her mother. The quest completes, Sledge announces five seconds remaining, and Carl drinks a Feather Fall potion as everything freezes.
Characters
- CarlProtagonist fighting nymphs, receives arm-breaking attack from Imogen, instructs party tactics, finds Signet's mother and takes her into inventory
- DonutDirects velociraptors' initial attack from stage, activates transformation potion on Kiwi
- SamanthaCrashes into battle through ceiling gore, helps kill Vrah, briefly leaves party by flying through floor
- MongoAttacks and kills Vrah alongside Kiwi
- KiwiFights Vrah alongside Mongo, is transformed back into ursine form by potion
- TinaBriefly vanishes to kill an elf, reappears and roars in distress upon Kiwi's transformation
- ImogenRetaliates against party with red lightning and magical attacks, breaks Carl's arm
- VrahHunted target killed by Mongo, Kiwi, and Samantha
- FerdinandAttacks Imogen to save Carl, is severely injured and disappears
- SamanthaFights in golem form, searches for her actual body
- ClintYoung hairy form cowering with Miss Nadine, receives health potion from Carl
- Miss NadineDwarf-like chee woman sheltering Clint, informs Carl of Signet's sacrifice and requests he find a Pulpmancer
- Princess LunetteIncomplete flesh golem of Signet's mother, taken by Carl into inventory
- The PopovsSwing meteor hammer through room destroying nymphs
- PrepotenteTosses potion bottles at nymphs
- Li NaRushes through room tossing chains for brother to fight on
- Li Na's brotherDances atop chains ripping bugs to pieces
- BautistaAdvances with pair of summoned chainsaw-armed monsters
- FlorinPositioned in corner shooting nymphs methodically with shotgun
- LuciaCowers behind crocodilian covering her ears in terror
- KatiaTransforms into sentinel gun and blasts away at nymphs
- SledgeAnnounces final five-second countdown
- SignetMentioned as having sacrificed herself; reanimated tattoos still active in battle