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CHAPTER 64
Deep inside the lowest chamber of the Blackwood Silver Mine, the roaring fire of the massive fifty-foot Hell Gate suddenly stabilized. The wild, leaping red flames settled into a dense, spinning wall of pure black and crimson light. The jagged obsidian stones forming the frame of the portal glowed with an intense, burning heat that made the granite walls of the cavern bubble like water. The thick purple smoke inside the room was violently sucked into the center of the rift, leaving the air completely clear, dry, and freezing cold.THUD. THUD. THUD.Heavy, synchronized, earth-shaking footsteps began to echo out from the dark void beyond the burning portal. The sound was deep, mechanical, and carried a rhythmic weight that shook the loose stones down the vertical mine shafts.The first wave of the Demon King’s elite army marched out of the portal fire in perfect, flawless military formation. These were Demon Vanguard Knights—massive, eight-foot-tall soldiers encased from head to toe in
CHAPTER 63
Deep inside the lowest chamber of the Blackwood Silver Mine, the air was dead silent. The twenty fragile iron mechanical spiders stood in a tight, precise circle around the massive, five-foot-wide block of corrupted abyssal mana. The pitch-black crystal sat embedded in the jagged granite floorboards, pulsing rhythmically with a deep, heavy thump that sounded like a dark, living heart. The thick purple mist crawling across the stones grew warm, filled with the sharp smell of raw sulfur and unrefined magic."Commence extraction sequence," Yuchen’s flat, cold voice echoed through the internal audio receivers of the mechanical vanguard.*CLICK-CLICK-GRIND.*The twenty experimental combat drones reacted simultaneously. They extended their heavy, steam-powered rotary cutters from their front chassis structures, their iron gears grinding together with a loud, high-pitched shriek. The micro-boilers on their backs whined at maximum frequency, venting thick puffs of hot white steam into the pur
CHAPTER 62
The heavy leather boots of Yuchen slammed against the grease-stained wooden floorboards of Silas’s workshop with a hard, aggressive rhythm. He did not say a word of greeting as he marched straight up to the central drafting table. With a sudden, violent sweep of his right arm, he cleared the surface completely, sending dozens of domestic appliance blueprints, automated water heaters, kitchen stoves, and refrigeration designs, flying into the dirt corners of the room. Silas the Tinkerer dropped his brass wrench in absolute shock, stepping back as Yuchen dropped a massive, heavy stack of new parchment rolls onto the cleared wood with a loud, echoing thud.The new drawings were dense, dark, and highly complex. They were completely void of any soft, comfortable consumer designs, featuring rigid iron plates, heavy gear trains, and long weapon barrels wrapped in copper wires."Halt all civilian production immediately, Silas," Yuchen commanded flatly, his voice cold, sharp, and entirely busi
CHAPTER 61
BANG.The heavy reinforced oak doors of Yuchen’s central warehouse storefront were violently kicked open, the iron hinges letting out a sharp, twisting scream that echoed through the high-ceilinged showroom. Tyron Stone marched through the entryway, his massive boots leaving deep streaks of wet, black forest mud across the polished white marble floor tiles. He did not look at the luxury alchemical displays or the neat rows of brass lifestyle machines. He walked with a heavy, unstoppable momentum, pushing straight past three terrified accounting clerks who dropped their parchment sheets in panic. He stopped directly in front of the high mahogany service counter, lifting his right arm and slamming his heavy, iron-plated gauntlet down onto the polished wood surface with a thunderous crash that shattered a glass display tray.The gauntlet was still covered in a thick layer of wet red blood from the shadow-beast claw scratch he had received at the forest clearing. The wet crimson fluid sme
CHAPTER 60
The heavy iron nib of Yuchen’s ledger pen scratched softly against the clean, white sheepskin parchment. Inside the quiet room of his back warehouse office, the cold morning air was completely still. A single brass lamp burned on the corner of his desk, casting a sharp, yellow light over hundreds of neatly stacked trade sheets and local military logs. Yuchen leaned back in his leather high-backed chair, his face perfectly smooth and expressionless behind his dark sunglasses. His long fingers tapped a steady, slow rhythm against the cold metal edge of the desk as his golden eyes scanned the rows of operational metrics.He was not looking at his sales columns or his gold deposit receipts today. He was meticulously cross-referencing his company's internal industrial expansion logs with the public crisis reports released by the Vanguard City Adventurer’s Guild over the last thirty days. Every single time his factory lines completed a major installation of his high-yield steam-mana engines
CHAPTER 59
The heavy wooden door of the inner private office clicked shut, cutting off the distant sounds of the waking commercial district. Yuchen completely ignored Tyron’s dramatic, blood-stained departure from the ruined main lobby. He did not look out the shattered front glass windows to watch the Hero stumble into the morning fog. Instead, he kept his body moving with a slow, deliberate pace, carrying Seraphina’s limp form through the dust-filled air of the back hallway. The mechanical frames of his ruined Spirit Iron exoskeleton scraped against the doorframe, dropping tiny pieces of twisted copper tubes and scorched wiring onto the clean rug.He walked over to a long, clean velvet sofa resting against the far wall of his private study—one of the few rooms that had completely escaped the structural collapse of the central vault floor. He carefully laid Seraphina down onto the soft green cushions, adjusting her position so her broken chest plates did not press against her bruised flesh. Her
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