"Rumble, rumble..."
Accompanied by a loud roar, the heavy stone statue began to collapse and crack. The shell of the enormous statue before everyone split apart, revealing the true existence hidden within.
It was a huge metal door, black with gold trim, seemingly filled with an abnormal aura. However, what drew the most attention was the symbol on the door.
"Huh?"
Seeing the symbol, Freyja and Norn were both stunned. Its style was practically identical to the one they had seen on the entrance to the God Machine. The only difference was that the symbol on the God Machine consisted of a skull and a Double-Headed Eagle, while this one was a skull surrounded by a ring of gears.
Although they looked somewhat different, they gave off exactly the same feeling.
Then, the door slowly opened, revealing the existence hidden within.
It was a coffin.
Its exterior resembled the shell of a Dreadnought, except that it had neither hands nor feet. Countless thick chains bound it tightly.
Then, that inorganic voice rang out once more.
Power Armor characteristics detected.
Data match confirmed. Grand Inquisitor, theoretical existence.
Immediately afterward, a Servo-skull flew out and hovered before Duanmu Huai. Seeing the eerie object, everyone behind him fell into an uproar, but Duanmu Huai merely stared at the Servo-skull and asked,
"Who is the authorized party?"
Searching... Authorized party: Great Sage Belisarius Cawl.
Dora Caur?
Hearing that familiar name here was quite unexpected for Duanmu Huai. Of course, he had not forgotten that when he traveled through time and space again, he had met the Great Sage Dora Caur in Cadian, and the two of them had briefly worked together.
Hmm... It couldn't be that Dora Caur is inside this coffin, could it?
"What is the purpose of this place?"
Reinforcement, research, and