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In the short film screened by the magic mirror Arrodes's home theater-the Machinery Hivemind's "archaeological" expedition-a fierce bombardment swept the grounds before the Machinery Hivemind blasted open the mausoleum doors. Led by Horamick Haydn, an archbishop of the Church of Steam and a Demigod, they entered the Fourth Epoch noble's mausoleum, which had yet to collapse.
During this process, a team member was attacked by a Human-Skin Shadow, but soon escaped without incident. Klein finally saw the Sequence 6 potion main ingredient he had been longing for and secretly rejoiced.
After clearing the outer burial chambers without finding anything else, they gathered again and headed toward the passage leading to the main tomb chamber.
The relentless bombardment along the way cleared most of the threats. Its enormous expense and lavish style also left Klein staring.
The Machinery Hivemind passed through the corridor with little effort. Even the only dangerous Sealed Artifact, the Ghost Frame, which records said could seal spirit bodies, was easily taken down by Archbishop Horamick Haydn before it could display any danger.
At the end of the passage, by the main tomb chamber, stood a black stone door covered in patterns that resembled cuts from knives and axes. A grayish-white disk was embedded in its center. Its surface was divided into twelve sections and had a black hand, like clocks in the outside world.
Those sections were not evenly distributed across the disk. Some were large and others small, extremely unbalanced, and half of every section was shaded.
"The Amon Family's coat of arms," Archbishop Horamick briefly introduced it.
He did not explain its symbolism in detail, because only Ikanser Bernard, who held the rank of deacon, was qualified to know.
Klein, meanwhile, drew on his accumulated knowledge of mysticism and attempted an interpretation:
*The combination