The morning sun rose over Emberheart, casting golden light across the Fleshcraft Tower's high stone spires. In the quiet fourth-floor laboratory, the soft orange glow of the Ignis Core pulsed in steady harmony with the Aqua Matrix's azure radiance.
Kale Ardentis sat at his central stone workbench, his green eyes scanning the detailed blueprints spread before him. Beside his surgical tools sat the fourth glass vial extracted from the Ancient rank elemental core, glowing with a howling, light green vapour.
The fourth vial contained the pure wind elemental essence, swirling violently within the heat-resistant glass container. With fire, earth, and water now anchored within Neo's marrow, the wind attribute was the next essential component needed for complete elemental resonance.
