'The chief of Bairamonger has personally stepped in. He's as good as dead...'
Surrounded by numerous golems, the golden-masked man looked at Aaron as though he were already a corpse.
In truth, that was exactly the case.
A 'Crown' had taken action, first sealing off this area. Then, a gigantic metal palm descended directly from the Spirit Realm with an unstoppable force!
Compared to it, the masked mysterious man was like an ant.
The colors around them deepened, and time seemed to slow...
Yet even an ant fought back, tossing out a translucent talisman that seemed carved from ice!
"A single talisman? Heh..."
The golden-masked man sneered inwardly, when suddenly, he caught a flash of light from the corner of his eye!
Pure full-moon radiance continuously seeped out of his body, as if a cold moon lay hidden within him.
Crack after crack appeared across his body, and countless streams of moonlight poured forth.
In almost an instant, this 'Mechanical Mentor' was turned into a pool of pure, flowing moonlight by the talisman's power!
In the darkness of night, the moonlight suddenly blazed bright!
Rows upon rows of steel golems protected by 'laws' crashed to the ground, their bodies turning into flowing light that spread continuously in every direction...
Streams of radiance coursed over the surface of that metal palm spanning the Spirit Realm and the mortal world, rendering it translucent, like liquid wrapped in a thin membrane that would burst at the slightest poke.
"A Secret Existence... a god's curse?"
The metal giant Bairamonger had become wore an expression of shock and agony across his patterned face, then abruptly let out a roar that shook the surrounding streets.
Countless twisted runes spread along his now-translucent arm, sealing the moonlight within its confines.
Crack!
Pitch-black fissures appeared across the arm