Dead Reckoning

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"PRO BLOOD #4" - Civvie11
"BLOOD Episode 4: Dead Reckoning - Full Playthrough (Extra Crispy All Kills + Secrets)" - Altar of Stone
"BLOOD (1997) Episode 3: Farewell To Arms (All Secrets, 100%)" - Infusco

Dead Reckoning is the fourth episode from the game Blood.

The episode comprises of eight levels including an extra secret level entitled "Mall of the Dead" which can be reached through the level "Crystal Lake". Tchernobog is the final boss, after facing another Stone Gargoyle, Mother Spider and Cerberus.

The opening two levels emphasize a theme of mad science, before getting more occultic, hellish and then organic.

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With the Chosen avenged, Caleb heads for the The Hall of the Epiphany, where the dark god is waiting. The first step is to cross a strange land, through a dark laboratory (E4M1: Butchery Loves Company), possibly run by the Cabal, and dive into an aquatic breeding facility filled with Gill Beasts (E4M2: Breeding Grounds). Traveling through the pipes, Caleb bursts out of a water cistern, and travels through a charnel house (E4M3: Charnel House) serving as a disposal site for dead creatures. Nearby there is a passage to a forest-rimmed lake with wood cabins (E4M4: Crystal Lake). The exit is reached through a toilet to a blocked off stone cavern. Here there are two paths Caleb can take. The less obvious way leads to a shopping mall where zombies and other Cabal have taken over (E4M9: Mall of the Dead). The other way leads to a lava filled cavern (E4M5: Fire and Brimstone), as Caleb approaches the territory that houses the seat of his former master. Caleb makes his way through the hellish cavern and ascends to a mountain where a Cabal temple sits above the clouds (E4M6: The Ganglion Depths), guarded by some of the toughest creatures the Cabal has to offer. Caleb fights his way through the temple, until he uncovers an entryway made of stitched-together flesh that bleeds when hit (E4M7: In The Flesh). Caleb moves through the area, passing through the stomach and intestines to reach the heart, the final area leading to Tchernobog's throne (E4M8: The Hall of the Epiphany). There, Caleb stands at the steps to The Hall of the Epiphany and calls to his master, asking him why they were cast down. Tchernobog reveals that he condemned them because he knew that Caleb would return, with every life he had taken making him stronger. Tchernobog wanted to use Caleb's sacrifice to finally open the doors between dimensions and inherit the Earth. Caleb ascends the steps and defeats reincarnations of Cheogh, Shial and Cerberus before reaching the dark god himself. As Caleb activates the last pillar, Tchernobog's voice echoes, "I HAVE AWAITED YOU. KNEEL BEFORE ME", to which Caleb replies "I'm gonna have to put you down!"

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