Confrontation: A Wish Barely Clung To Belle realizes Gaff has the sword Guinness was tasked to find. It legally belongs to Adonis since it was his father's, but Gaff will not give it up unless Adonis relinquishes his sword collection. Sherry jokingly flirts with Belle which makes Gaff jealous since he was wooing Sherry. Belle, Bennett, Guinness, Gaff, and Sherry meet the King about the peace treaty, but the King has mutated into a tentacled monstrosity that devours Guinness. Sherry is possessed by their god who tells them not to fight it and commands Sherry to kill it with a Song of Destruction, but she cannot bear to kill her father. The King regains lucidity long enough to beg Belle to kill him, so she strikes him down. Belle suddenly sees her younger self, who cryptically speaks in computer terms while saying Belle should never have awakened, and painfully tries to "shut Belle off"; but Belle fights back and kills her younger self. The monstrosity disintegrates, leaving a still alive Guinness and the King's corpse. Adonis appears claiming responsibility for the King's transformation. Sherry is possessed again and orders Belle arrested for violating the god's decree before fainting. Gaff blindly obeys this and carries Sherry away. Belle beats up the guards who try to arrest her and fights Adonis. She breaks Rusty Nail, but it repairs itself and he reveals it can spread his deteriorating touch, making Runding brittle. He shatters Runding and Belle collapses.

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