The enormous metallic construct staggered forward. The Longka of today was more than just a metal body.
Its metal shell was bursting apart. Fleshy folds covered in scales, thick white gelatinous tendrils, and moist grey eyeballs squirmed out from within. The support legs Charles had previously shattered had been replaced by giant limbs resembling those of a spider crab. The smokestack that should have been billowing black smoke was now completely inert. Instead, tentacles covered in suction cups and a green, purulent liquid matted with black hair oozed out.
