There was something inside the case.
It resembled a pair of lungs fashioned from black metal.
Each half was covered in overlapping plates that curved around a hollow centre. A short tube joined them at the top, while six hooked legs had been folded beneath the object like the limbs of a sleeping insect.
Thin chaos runes covered every plate.
Some formed branching paths similar to veins. Others gathered around narrow openings along the sides, where a faint trace of demonic energy slowly entered and left the object.
The strangest part was that it moved.
The two metal lungs contracted.
Then they expanded.
A soft hiss escaped through the openings.
The Runemaster who had opened the case reached inside and carefully lifted the object with both hands. As soon as it left the protective lining, the runes along its surface brightened with dark-red light.
The other three sealed cases contained the same thing.
