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Chapter 17 - Wrongalot’s Divine Detour

As the ark docked on a newly emerged mountain, Sir Wrongalot bid a tearful farewell to Noah and his dazzling array of animals. The goat, wearing a new feathered cloak courtesy of a particularly generous peacock, bleated proudly at his side.

"I'll miss the ark," Wrongalot sighed, waving his noodle sword dramatically. "Especially the glittering zebra. I do hope he starts a career in competitive sparkles."

Noah, visibly relieved to be rid of him, simply muttered, "Goodbye, Wrongalot. May the Lord guide you... far, far away."

As Wrongalot stepped off the ark onto dry land, a radiant beam of light illuminated a robed figure standing on a nearby hill. It was Moses himself, his staff glowing faintly as he gestured for Wrongalot to approach.

"Sir Wrongalot," Moses began, his voice deep and commanding, "the Lord has chosen you for a task of great importance."

"Oh, another one?" Wrongalot asked, scratching his helmet. "I've barely dried off from the last adventure."

"This is no mere task," Moses said, raising his staff dramatically. "You must journey to Babylon, a city steeped in wickedness, and dismantle its unholy influence. Their devotion to false idols and sinister practices threatens to corrupt the land."

Wrongalot's goat bleated in what sounded like skepticism.

Moses continued, unfazed. "Beware, for you shall also encounter a coven of Satanists, who wield dark powers to challenge the divine will."

"Babylon and Satanists?" Wrongalot repeated. "Sounds like quite the social gathering. Do I get a map or just... wing it?"

Moses handed him a glowing scroll. "This will guide you to Babylon. But take heed—your journey will be fraught with danger."

Wrongalot unrolled the scroll, revealing a detailed map that also inexplicably contained doodles of frogs. "Nice touch with the frogs," he remarked.

"They were a plague," Moses replied, deadpan.

Before Wrongalot could ask more questions, Moses tapped the ground with his staff, and a beam of light shot into the sky. The next thing Wrongalot knew, he and his goat were standing in the middle of a scorching desert.

"Teleportation!" Wrongalot exclaimed. "Why can't all travel be this convenient?"

The goat bleated, clearly unimpressed, and began chewing on the map.

Arrival in Babylon

After days of wandering (and repeatedly trying to convince his goat that the map wasn't a snack), Wrongalot finally reached the gates of Babylon. The city was as grand as it was chaotic, with towering ziggurats, bustling markets, and enough golden idols to make a dragon jealous.

"This place is... shiny," Wrongalot said, squinting as the sun reflected off every gilded surface. "No wonder Moses sent me. All this bling must be blinding heaven."

As he entered the city, a group of priests in flamboyant robes approached him, their faces painted with eerie smiles.

"Welcome, traveler!" one of them said. "Have you come to bask in the glory of Marduk, our divine overlord?"

"Not quite," Wrongalot replied, brandishing his noodle sword. "I'm here to dismantle the unholy nonsense you've got going on. Also, Marduk sounds like the name of a sneeze."

The priests gasped in horror. "Blasphemy!"

Wrongalot didn't wait for their outrage to escalate. He swung his noodle sword wildly, accidentally knocking over a golden idol, which promptly rolled into a fruit stand, causing a chain reaction of chaos.

"Oops," Wrongalot muttered, watching as a cart of melons careened into a group of worshippers. "That escalated quickly."

The priests fled, shouting something about summoning reinforcements, leaving Wrongalot and his goat to face the impending pandemonium.

The Satanist Showdown

As night fell, Wrongalot found himself in the heart of Babylon, where a dark ritual was taking place. A circle of hooded figures chanted ominously around a fire, their leader holding a sinister-looking book aloft.

"Satanists," Wrongalot whispered to his goat. "Time to shine... or at least mildly inconvenience them."

He approached the group with exaggerated stealth, which mostly involved crouching awkwardly and making unnecessary sound effects.

"Behold!" he shouted, leaping into the circle. "I am Sir Wrongalot, champion of chaos and unintentional heroism! Your dark rituals shall end here!"

The Satanists stopped chanting and stared at him in disbelief.

"Is this a joke?" one of them asked, lowering his hood to reveal a surprisingly ordinary face.

"No joke," Wrongalot declared, pointing his noodle sword at the leader. "Prepare to be blinded by my lack of coordination!"

The leader sneered. "Foolish knight, do you know the power we wield?"

Wrongalot hesitated. "Um, lots of chanting and book reading?"

The leader raised his hands, summoning a swirling vortex of dark energy. Wrongalot immediately panicked and grabbed the nearest object—a bucket of paint left behind by a passing artisan.

He hurled the bucket into the vortex, where it exploded in a shower of neon colors. The dark energy fizzled out, leaving the Satanists covered in what looked like rainbow vomit.

"Art beats evil!" Wrongalot cheered.

The goat, not to be outdone, charged at the leader, headbutting him into a pile of hay.

As the Satanists scrambled to escape, Wrongalot turned to his goat. "We've done it! Babylon's dark chapter is closed!"

The goat bleated triumphantly, and together they marched out of the city, leaving a trail of chaos and confusion in their wake.

To be continued... if Babylon doesn't blacklist Wrongalot for life.