Rat Nest basement, taut with chains and plastered with skin.
Three hours had passed, a stark contrast to dealing with the Open Source Skin Slaves—the "Skin Bag Guests" at the Duke's Chamber of Commerce,
The apostle skin from the Gatekeeper Pim gave William a completely different sensation,
The black liquid filling the magic box was depleted in less than an hour, yet the apostle skin bag showed only a slight change in color. Now, having injected the liquid four times in a row, William was somewhat weakened.
The apostle skin he constantly stirred in the box showed only a superficial blackening,
"It seems I oversimplified the problem. Changing the nature of the apostle skin is no less difficult than confronting the Skin Bag Apostle head-on. Even if I completely drain myself tonight, I doubt I'll achieve it.
Perhaps I should proceed with the skin fusion instead, as repairing the yellow skin is the most crucial."