This chapter opens with a soliloquy by the King of the Knights. He tells the audience that he has been told that he is "running weird" and that he does not want to die until he learns the truth. He says that he hates running because it means he has to get away from the world, even if he has "run weird" to do it. The fire soldier tells him that the tenant's squad has been annihilated and that they are now being attacked by infernals. The King says that the preparations for the destruction of the world are complete and that the humans themselves are the ones who wish for it to be destroyed.