[The Obsidian Forge]Ang bawat patak ng dugo ni Dante sa aking palad ay tila kumukulong asero, isang hudyat na ang oras ay hindi na namin kakampi. The wreckage we clung to led us not to a rescue, but to a jagged, hidden opening in the coastal cliffs—isang daan patungo sa kailaliman na hindi pa nararating ng kahit sinong buhay na Iteration.Napadpad kami sa loob ng isang sinaunang laboratoryo na tila mas matanda pa sa mismong Regency. The air was stagnant, smelling of fossilized oil and ancient metal. This was the "Obsidian Forge," a pre-Regency lab hidden beneath the crust of the Island of Ash. Dante was barely breathing on a stone slab, his chest heaving as the silver-tech in his heart began to turn a toxic, necrotic black."Ivy... kailangan mong... buksan," he rasped, his eyes fluttering.I looked at the archaic tools surrounding us. There was no medicine here, only mechanics. The Heir (7.0) continued to hiss in my ear about his "Biological Termination," and I realized there was onl
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