paul is saved by the appearance of uxia, who informs him that he has no choice but to join them. he offers to stay with her in return for barbara's release, but she insists that barbara must stay and bear dagon's child. when paul seems to concede, uxia tells the priest of dagon to make arrangements for their marriage. after uxia leaves, paul escapes, killing the guards and the priest. he starts looking for barbara, collecting a can of kerosene on the way. when he reaches the church, apparently intending to burn it down, he instead discovers a hidden passage that leads below ground to a ritual chamber. there a congregation of imbocans watch uxia prepare barbara to be offered to dagon; she is chained by her wrists and lowered nude into a deep pit leading to the sea. while the imbocan congregation and uxia call to dagon, paul attacks, dousing several villagers in kerosene and setting them on fire. he winches barbara back out of the pit, but dagon has already raped her and she pleads with him to kill her. paul refuses and the monstrous dagon himself grabs barbara and tears her bodily from the winch, claiming her as his new consort and leaving her severed hands and wrists still in their chains.