Chapter 170: 168. The Retrofitter and a Bright Eclipse

Retrofitters were the only known contact between the outside world and the inner circles of ImpulseWorks.

For this reason, they were highly sought after by higher ranking Adventures or those that wished to join the ranks of those who belonged under the wing of a Deity.

ImpulseWorks did not pay these people any heed. Retrofitters played the simple role of discerning the type of armament suitable for their client. From there, the details and an order would be sent off to an Impulse Artificer via Stars or capable high-leveled and high standing personnel.

But with the destruction of the Hyperlinks and the meager numbers of Blessed available in Brandar, they defaulted to using Act X’s Heralds.

Scarlet Logic’s unreliability had forced them to shuffle their ranks into more combat-focused roles. They sourced nearly 100% of their firepower from Scarlet Logic in exchange for promisingly capable personnel.

It was foolish in Frost’s eyes, but ImpulseWorks was never a combat orientated Atelier in the first place.

Their priorities laid in the creation of Atelier Items as far as they were all concerned.

This was unfortunately all the Captain knew. He was not some high-ranking member of ImpulseWorks so he only knew the situation at hand, and not the inner workings of his Atelier.

It was all surface level.

That being said, ImpulseWorks suddenly found themselves in a rock and a hard place without the Scarlet Logic. They were unprepared to deal with the endless reports of potentially Corrupted that suddenly began sprouting everywhere in the City of Hearts.

These, however, were found to be caused by the Anti-healing relics. Inflow Direct was the only Atelier known to hold onto these items, so the blame naturally fell onto them.

The Captain was not afraid to disclose this information. It was foolish on his part to reveal this to them so easily. Fear was a deadly motivator, and this man respected where he stood in comparison to them.

In his mind he did not walk alongside them. Neither did he consider himself anything remotely similar to their existence.

Frost fell into deep thought as hollow, metallic thumping echoed.

Inflow Direct makes the Infusions as well. Iscario happened to carry one. Are we dealing with two Ateliers?

“Do not jump to conclusions. The circumstances are not clear to us yet.”

Not until we talk to someone higher. Or to Inflow Direct themselves.

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“A war will be messy. I believe we are seeing minor skirmishes already if Retrofitters are dying.”

They were afraid of the civilians. So they probably don’t even know who hit them.

Frost looked down at the man and asked him a question as they neared the source of the light.

“You don’t think that maybe we’re the ones who killed off your Retrofitters?” She carefully asked.

Their security was… abysmal, for lack of a better word.

“I trust your three Moons with my life. In the first place we have our own present –” He was abruptly interrupted by Frost, who forced everyone to an abrupt stop the very moment they reached the light.

A pair of pale, opaque eyes flashed for a split second as the light disappeared. She saw a pair of jaws as large as the entire corridor lunge straight at them. It was bound to miss, like it was no more than a scare tactic. But Frost froze regardless to let this perpetrate know that she was a step ahead of them.

The maw was filled with hundreds of gigantic, hollow teeth. Bite marks appeared along each surface when the light returned, and standing at the entrance of a hollow, altar-like chamber was a woman.

But she was no ordinary woman.

 

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