But the Grand Mechanist forgot one law of alchemy: To suppress is to contain, but to contain is to accumulate.
Barde initiates the final ritual to merge the worlds. A massive battle ensues within the heart of the city's industrial sector. Annerose, freed by Rikuro’s intervention, fights her way through the stronghold.
The suit of armor known as —The Unbreakable Cage—was designed to trap a magic user for eternity. Its interior was a labyrinth of silent gears and pressure plates. Every time Annerose moved, the armor moved with her, crushing her a fraction tighter. Every time she tried to cast a spell, the cold iron lining devoured the mana before it could form. koutetsu no majo annerose
"No last words, filth," the Grand Mechanist sneered.
Rikuro, driven by desperation and the need to save Annerose, taps into his dormant abilities. He confronts the forces of the Vinose Organization and Barde's minions. But the Grand Mechanist forgot one law of
She smiled. It was a terrible, beautiful thing.
What emerged was not the broken girl they expected. Annerose, freed by Rikuro’s intervention, fights her way
Years passed. The Empire's grand machines ran out of mana. The Automata rebelled. A plague of "Rustlung" swept the slums. In the darkest hour, a desperate rebellion—the last coven of hedge-witches—stole the iron coffin from the Imperial Museum of Rationality.
"This coffin won't hold me. It will feed me."
She was the Iron Witch —a living paradox. A creature of cold metal who commanded forbidden blood magic.
"Where is the Grand Mechanist? I need his heart to restart my own."