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The fog lifts, revealing a colossal beast hidden behind it. It's a puppet made of what seems to be metallic steam. Standing close to four meters tall, it has a protruding belly akin to a bear in a cartoon, pieced together by iron sheets in distinctive hues.

Fog continuously spews from the gaps between its iron plates.

The monster's head resembles that of a typical steam demon puppet, donning a knight's helmet. Its mouth features a grille-like rebar, and its eye slot is a rectangular void, from which fog endlessly streams, accompanied by two fleeting, red points of light.

"What on earth is this thing?"

Casio promptly pulls number five closer.

He didn't save No.5 out of the goodness of his heart, but because No.5 evidently had relevant information about their current predicament. For instance, it was No.5 who coined the term 'Hollow Domain' to describe the recent mutation.