Alyria is still alive, and the counter opens at Scoti 91, Basket 75. "We're just gonna pretend those last week's worth of episodes never happened."
Timing the button
By now they know the orbs a little better. They show up in a handful of spots, two in the back right, two in the back middle, two on the left and two in the front, and the game cycles through them. The timing gets worked out too: Alyria is open to damage when the second player's button immunity runs out, so that player wants an orb close by right then.
One of them is happy about one upgrade in particular. "I'm so glad I have an infinity bow now."
Half health
It takes a few rounds, but it works. "Yeah dude, we wrecked her." Alyria isn't impressed: "[Alyria] Your arrows are starting to tickle, but you are no match for my black magic!" Right under it: "You have reduced Alyria's health to 50%."
![A bow drawn over the water in Alyria's chamber, with red chat reading "[Alyria] Your arrows are starting to tickle, but you are no match for my black magic!" and "You have reduced Alyria's health to 50%."](https://www.basketmc.com/images/2794/conversions/a-bow-drawn-over-the-water-in-alyrias-chamber-with-red-chat--d59aeeca-content-image.webp)
Back in, it's harder. Mobs with banners on their heads join the fight, and one of them calls them White Walkers. They hit with wither and take three or four hits each to bring down. Golden apples don't help as much as usual either. Neither of them gets absorption hearts in the room.
The donut
Scoti goes first. "Scoti_Garbidis withered away," and the counter goes to 92. A few seconds later chat explains the new mobs: "[Alyria] Protect me, servants of the occult!"
![Torch-lit mossy floor of the chamber with chat reading "WARNING: Your immunity will run out in 10 seconds." and "[Alyria] Protect me, servants of the occult!"](https://www.basketmc.com/images/2795/conversions/torch-lit-mossy-floor-of-the-chamber-with-chat-reading-warni-6e807d28-content-image.webp)
Scoti had built a little donut of cobble to stand in for protection, then turned around at the ten-second warning to find the green orb gone. The next death, at the hands of Alyrias_Gaze, comes just outside it, and most of the gear lands inside the wall. All the weapons are missing. "Building that giant donut was a bad idea." One of them digs a hole through it and they get the stuff back.
Not long after, it's Alyria's laser again. "I got lasered by laser lady."
Occult Protectors
The rest of the episode is rounds of button, orb, arrows, retreat. Cobble walls go up on one side to keep the wither mobs back, and more of them keep coming. Up close, one finally shows its name tag: Occult_Protector.
On the last run one of them gets at least two hits in before a helmet breaks. The fix is an offer of a wither skull to wear instead. "It doesn't help you." They pass.
Alyria is still alive at the end, and the last health message on screen is still 50%.
This episode's deaths: Scoti three times, Basket none. The counter ends at Scoti 94, Basket 75. The monument isn't shown, so the totals carry over: 13 of 16 crystals and 10 of 12 emerald blocks.