Synopsis

The chapter opens with a heated confrontation where Zeke challenges Leon to a duel with death as the consequence, witnessed by Liam. Following this violent exchange, the focus shifts to the protagonist learning about the complex design of the core of an important machine, which requires either 15 years of redesign or a rare, high compression mana stone. The chapter ends with the protagonist realizing the machine design is from the Golden Age, understanding the difficulty of its creation and hinting at the origins of it.