Chapter 77 of 89 · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin
Chapter 77 — Not yet
Book: This Inevitable Ruin · Part: The Peeling of Larracos · Previous: Chapter 76 — The Oak Fell · Next: Chapter 78 — The Scavenger's daughter is with us now · Floor: Floor 9 — Faction Wars · Series: the series
Opening
» System Message: Meatus hasn’t exactly left the realm.
Summary
'Meatus hasn't exactly left the realm. He's now slap-chopped all over the realm'; the penis-protection benefit for the floor; Rosetta: 'It's in my fucking teeth!' Harpocrates was never mute: 'My cock! My beloved cock! You will pay for this, Champion of Nekhebit!' — and leaves. The Daughter closes her eyes; the benefit is permanent now. Ash falls through blood: 'This is hell.' A demon-eviction notice is cut off by a strange one Carl cannot read. Donut rubs her paw on the parapet; no new PK skulls; Big Tina's roar below as a tower falls; Elle's fairies ice the lava pools. 'That wasn't pleasant.' She is party leader again; Oak Fell and Champion sit atop Former Child Actor; she need not worship Nekhebit but may worship no one outside her court; two Celestial boxes and a Lorena Bobbitt achievement. Mordecai: those are deity spells; 'the most powerful crawler in the history of this game'; she picks Muscle Mommy (Mongo gets 25 per cent of her strength), Brain Trust, and Wholesale Discount for Charisma over 200 — 'the Bopcas will be worshiping you again'. Donut is level 135; Carl 81 without doing anything. Then: 'Crawler Li Na now has 300 strength […] 300 intelligence […] she maxed them all. Even Charisma […] we don't actually have a plan to deal with this' — at level 87. She had marked everyone in the ball with the Ring of Divine Suffering, which is why Carl could not; Tagg and Fang escaped, so she cannot heal and bleeds with every chain. The war mages abandon the throne room and open a portal; the towers go inert; Li Na tears through the castle glowing and silent; the throne room passes to the Posse and back to Retribution. Li Na: 'Several' got away including both warlords; unaffiliated outworlders in the castle. The main chat: nobody remembers the ball — 'lights out' the moment the formation spell hit; Elle: 'I smell like that god's schlong […] It's not the first time'; 'You are a goddamn hero.' 'LI JUN DIED. BOMO DIED. AND HUNDREDS MORE.' Zhang: 'Jun was always afraid he wouldn't do anything important […] it makes me proud to have you as a friend.' 'It's okay to cry.' 'We’re not done yet.'
Characters
- Princess Donut — Level 135, deity spells, Muscle Mommy; 'Not yet.'
- Li Na — Base stats maxed at 87; marks everyone; cannot heal.
- Harpocrates — 'You will pay for this, Champion of Nekhebit!'
- Li Jun and Zhang — Proud of his friend.
- Elle McGibbons — 'You are a goddamn hero.'
- Mordecai — 'By his left fucking tit, Donut.'
Locations
Motifs
- The Ring of Divine Suffering — Li Na's; two marks unpaid.
- The gods — A god who could speak all along, swearing vengeance on Donut.
- The leaderboard — 135 and 81 and 87 with maxed base stats.
- Scars — 'It's okay to cry.' 'Not yet.'