At this moment, Jacob was within the Mechanized Sovereign Tower's 1st floor, the control hub of the entire tower.
The dim obsidian light that shrouded the chamber flickered in alternating patterns of black and gold as each pulse synced with the resonance of the two beings locked in confrontation.
Witnessing this confrontation, Jacob's hollow sockets were fixed at the center of the control hub where the Black Octahedron—Black Mechanic's actual body—rotated steadily, its surfaces glowing with intricate runes that represented the Spirit Mechanic's evolved consciousness.
Suspended before it, entangled in thousands of strands of shadow-like data threads, was the Crimson Pentahedron, the captured Machina Core of the Dark Rose.
Its glow dimmed and brightened intermittently, like a heart struggling between life and dissolution.
The black strings binding it weren't physical. They were woven from pure mechanical will, every strand a line of code written in the mystical runic language.
