"Gotcha..." Ooh, looks like he was faking it!

At the last moment, Ba'al explodes and vanishes, reappearing just above Carl's head. He grins and slices at the Carnifex with his sword, intending to cut straight through the beast's brain. It's worth noting that Ba'al's leg does actually look kinda messed up. Now that he's up in the air and not on the floor, it's clear that the explosion has opened up a nasty looking wound on his leg, which, while not life threatening or anything that bad, is still bleeding quite heavily. Not much Ba'al can do about it right now. He wants a challenge, so he's not going to sort out a wound like that, not until the beast is well and truly dead.