Carl organizes the assault team outside FOCSA with one hour left. Donut begins casting Minion Army, a dangerous war spell that will leave her rooted and vulnerable for four minutes, while Imani and Samantha enhance it. Carl expects the spell to turn a small percentage of the intelligent demon zombies against the rest and create chaos for the entry team.

Before Donut can finish, the sluggalos charge the demon horde on their own, waking part of the mass and starting combat too early. The slugs briefly carve through the stuporous demons, but their attack collapses, and the survivors flee straight toward Carl’s group. With Donut still casting and exposed, Elle uses her rare Graupel spell despite its long cooldown.

Elle’s spell becomes far stronger than expected, raining destructive hail over the street and killing most of the demons in front of FOCSA while leveling Elle dramatically. Samantha, glowing and confused, suggests the spell may have been amplified through the tree, the river, earth, water, or the prince’s magic, but she cannot explain it clearly. Donut’s spell still matters because it reaches the circling demon birds and bats above the building, causing them to fight and fall while Donut gains experience.

With forty minutes left, Carl abandons the original Puddle Jump plan and leads the assault team through the ice, gore, and open-air mall at FOCSA’s base. Carl, Donut, Mongo, Katia, Louis, Bautista, Li Na, Li Jun, and Samantha enter the residential lobby and take the stairs despite the rising heat and danger. Others remain below or in the stairwell to guard the exit.

Near the thirty-second floor, Carl confirms Sister Ines is down the hall while the demon remains on the roof in the form of the snake city boss. Carl sets his last spider automaton by the roof door with both ends of a teleport trap, intending to trigger it after Ines dies so the demon will be freed from the snake body and her control. Carl hopes killing Ines first will make the freed demon hesitate rather than immediately burn the building down in revenge.

Carl prepares to confront Sister Ines with the deckmasters, hoping to avoid a card battle. When Carl opens the door, Sister Ines is already charging and screaming; Carl knocks her unconscious with the Nighty-Night wand. Louis kills her with a dagger to spare the others from taking another player skull, but the act marks Louis for death. Ines’s death angers her celestial patron, and the Goddess Ysalte enters the realm to seek revenge.