Night descended over Emberheart as a silver full moon rose into the clear dark sky, casting brilliant moonbeams across the Fleshcraft Tower's high stone spires.
The atmospheric wind and light mana reached their absolute monthly peak, creating soft, surging currents of energy that swirled around the high glass arches of the fourth-floor laboratory.
Inside the quiet research room, the ambient air hummed with a crisp metallic vibration that cooled the stone floor and cleared the lingering scent of ancient dust.
Kale Ardentis stood beside the central stone workbench, his green eyes locked onto the glowing glass vat containing the stabilised Sky Dragon Matrix. Beside his surgical scalpels sat the Ignis Core Mark II, its translucent orange body vibrating softly in resonance with the ambient full moon mana.
Four of the five elemental streams within Neo's marrow circulated in a smooth, continuous loop, anticipating the final aerial integration.
