This chapter is a turning point in the story. It is the time when the monster realizes that he cannot defeat the humans. He decides that he must kill the four-eyed bastard. He tells the boy that he has been waiting for him to die in his hands. He explains that the battle would have ended long ago if it had not been for the presence of some poisonous lacht. He realizes that the traces of this lacht are left behind by the humans, and he decides that they must be destroyed. He also explains that he hopes that the humans will not let him down.