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Chapter 68 of 74 · Book 6, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Chapter 68 — Raul's moment

Book: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride · Part: The Bedlam · Previous: Chapter 67 — The Big O · Next: Chapter 69 — A deity has fallen · Floor: Floor 8 — The Ghosts of Earth · Series: the series

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The world unfroze, and I bolted toward the edge of the building as the battle continued al

Summary

Off the edge of the building, Samantha caught like a penalty save, a slow fall past Elle's bat-thing totem; 'I am not a carnival ride, Carl! […] Okay, that does sound like fun.' Under the demon: pig-like legs, ten-foot cloven hooves, a scorched barnyard stink, black burning liquid raining as Carl runs between them ('LI-NA JUST SUMMONED A DRAGON!'). 'You're too fat, Carl!' 'I believe in you! Go!' — a foot off the ground at breakneck speed to a beach of corpses and Boxing-Day memory ghosts. 'I HAVE HIM!' Midnight Express lasts three minutes: 'Tag! You're it! […] you are now the deckmaster' — Carl holds the cards, Donut freed to cast; Samantha sent back to enhance her. In hand: Golden Combo, a Time Extend, and Raul, summoned into the surf: 'Daddy Master Carl! I am honored […] What happened here?' Then Alpha Male Carl draws (Donut's choice over Frank, the deck one short after Golden Combo fused Lazarus with Skylar and Ren's Glow-Up made it permanent, the Gold Editions a strong combo — the one card allowed down). 'Right now, I needed to get this damn crab to jerk off into the ocean' — the AI counted crab sperm as mobs, their deaths broke Sheol, and its spell needs the same souls back. 'You are the last one left. The eggs are still out there […] You have to fertilize the eggs. Go!' 'Now? Here? […] That's a lot of pressure to perform.' 'My hallowed seed consists of the essence of my holy ancestors.' 'That just means the survivors will be the most worthy. Right?' 'But don't watch.' 'We’ve been programmed to perform when we see baby seals' — a pile of dead pups will do. Alpha Carl, friendly now that Carl summoned him: 'Hello, little brother! […] You look upset. Do you want to talk about it?' Donut: Ysalte summoned a weird Paz, jailed by Katia's shield; the demon and the goddess are yelling — 'I THINK THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE IN LOVE'; Imani and Tran trapped. Carl's other half of the plan: 'I need you to almost kill me […] beat me to an inch of my life and then stop.' 'I love you, little brother. Maybe we should hug it out.' Time Extend on the crab as the tag expires; two minutes. Amayon punches himself in the face — 'I CAST WHY ARE YOU HITTING YOURSELF ON SATAN!' 'OKAY THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE […] HE IS BIG MAD.' 'You don't need to hurt yourself to feel loved. Despite all of your failings […] All right. You're gonna have to explain what that crab is doing.' 'He's saving the world.' Katia out of cards, going for the goddess with Bautista. 'It's not working. I can feel you judging me.' 'Stop being a little bitch and get the job done!' 'Don't yell at me! […] Wait, wait, never mind. Yell at me again. I think it's helping.' 'You weird little armored sea rat.' 'I'm ascending! […] No more kowtowing!' One minute. The only way to hurt himself and get back at once: 'SAMANTHA. DON'T LET ME OUT UNTIL THE FIRE FLARES.' 'WHY ARE YOU YELLING? I'M HAVING A TUSSLE!' A satisfied groan behind him. The trigger stepped on — teleporting into the trap inside Samantha.

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