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Chapter 38 - Chapter 34: The Blackstone Hand

Limborg Province.

The mountains refused to don cloaks of green, choosing instead to spew black smoke of coal ash and iron filings into the sky year-round.

Eternal Night Castle, a behemoth of steel and will entrenched in the mountains, was also the den of the Blackrock Hand Commerce Association.

The castle's top floor.

The air here was free of the ubiquitous smell of coal ash and rust that permeated the city, bearing only the scent of expensive ambergris incense.

Hector Este signed his name on the final document.

At the top of the document, a title was marked in conspicuous red ink: "Preliminary Investigation and Post-Accident Handling Report on the Structural Collapse of Mine No. 3."

Next to his signature, a jarring number was marked in parentheses: 1274.

He casually tossed the report onto a pile of finished documents.

From the deepest shadows of the office, a figure completely shrouded in a gray cloak spoke.

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