Carl materializes headfirst inside Samantha’s neck opening, aiming to drop his health below 5% so his eighth-floor Martyr’s Path will ignite his outdoor footsteps with Sheol-enhanced fire and empower Amayon. Samantha tries to push Carl out, but Carl holds on as heat and acid-like damage shred Carl’s face and health. The timer ends with Carl still above the threshold, but Carl triggers the Martyr’s Path anyway as Carl’s health dips further.

The ignition unleashes a vast, wing-like roar as the surrounding air seems to vanish and then rush back. Carl stabilizes briefly with healing, and the quest completes—because a world notification reveals Crawler Paz Lo has slain the goddess Ysalte, stopping the timer with seconds remaining. Ysalte’s realm influence begins to fade, vinegar-cursed potions outside inventories get enhanced, and all worshippers of Ysalte receive a permanent Despondent debuff.

Still trapped in darkness and taking repeated impacts, Carl realizes Carl is inside Amayon’s hand while Amayon is forced to punch himself repeatedly. Over comms, Princess Donut reports Katia gave Paz an arrow device; Paz drove it into Ysalte’s eye and then detonated, with the blast concentrated on Ysalte’s neck and taking her head off. Elle and Li Na explain their decks remain active because demons are swarming too close, preventing the battle state from ending; Imani and Tran are trapped in debris inside the damaged FOSCA building.

Princess Donut screams at Amayon to release Carl and Samantha, threatening to keep the self-punching spell active. Amayon briefly loosens his grip and shifts Carl between hands, leaving Carl exposed to scorching heat above the Sheol fire while the city burns—Carl’s flaming footsteps have set nearly everything outside on fire. Samantha jokes crudely about the incident, while Carl focuses on the sky where Amayon’s return-home casting has begun, spreading a massive red cloud.

Carl tries to leverage a message to Emberus, prompting Amayon to admit Amayon witnessed a deal about Emberus’s son Geyrun: if Emberus helps Amayon kill Amayon’s three brothers, Amayon will reveal what happened. When the “Why are you Hitting Yourself?” spell times out, Amayon declares Carl is owed nothing, claims the message has already been delivered by speaking, and ominously predicts the world will be scoured. Amayon then turns his hand and dumps Carl and Samantha toward the endless Sheol fire below.