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Chapter 239 - INTO THE MOUNTAIN

Chapter 234: Into the Mountain

​The first thing that hit me wasn't the sight of the city, nor the oppressive gravity that tugged at my internal organs.

​It was the smell.

​It was a thick, pungent cocktail of sulfur, burning coal, molten slag, and the distinct, savory aroma of roasting meat. It was the scent of industry, of a civilization that didn't coexist with nature but hammered it into submission.

​I stepped off the metal stairs of the Iron-Horse and onto the platform of the Grand Central Station of Ironhold. The ground beneath my boots wasn't stone; it was a grate of reinforced steel, vibrating rhythmically from the massive machinery churning deep within the mountain's bowels.

​"Clear the way! Move it, long-legs!"

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