"e;The Path of Return"e; King Zombie meets the Demon Lord and we find out that King Zombie actually serves this Lord. King Zombie is chastised for not capturing Deake fast enough. The community where Dan and Joey are staying witness a sky opening, unaware that it is bringing new demonic recruits to help King Zombie. Many of the townspeople haven't had actual conflicts with the zombies and doubt some of the stories that Dan and Joey tell them. But not for long.