Within him, remnants of decayed organs were still visible, yet there were also pipe-like structures connected throughout his body.
Looking at his metallic arm, although the metal extended down from the shoulder, the fleshy part only truly ended at the forearm. The section above was merely encased in metal; the metallic fragments on the skin seemed less attached and more as if they had grown there. There were clear signs of growth, rather than them being sewn or glued on.
Alka gently sliced open the pipes within its body.
The group watched Alka expressionlessly handling the corpse, and they couldn't help but step back. The scene was, to some extent, still hard for them to accept.
When had Alka become like this? It seemed to have started with his research into flesh puppets. He had become largely immune to such gory scenes.
Lucilia and Chadite had even turned their heads away and begun to watch their surroundings warily.
