-black Lilith- Koutetsu No Majo Annerose -hcg-.28 [upd] -

A moment stretched into an eternity. The HCG’s light flared, casting elongated shadows that danced like specters on the walls of the Sanctum. Then, with a sudden surge of resolve, Lilith lowered her dagger—not upon the crystal, but onto the gear that anchored it to the altar.

Annerose hesitated. The Heartgear thrummed with a low frequency, resonating with the black shard she held. She could feel the pulse of the city’s machinery, the cries of the oppressed, the sighs of the HCG’s clockwork soldiers. To take the Heartgear would mean a gamble that could either shatter the HCG’s grip or plunge Vargan into a chaos no one could control. -Black Lilith- Koutetsu no Majo Annerose -HCG-.28

The Clockwork Covenant, Chapter 28