Dalton Meyer was a thirty-five years old male, and he was a Level Five Ember-type craftsman.

He was born in the Thousand Islands and was of common mixed blood. Like any ordinary Ember-type, he had learned under many teachers and drawn on a wide range of knowledge, which was to say he had drifted from workshop to workshop doing odd jobs. 

To become a craftsman, he had pursued corruption, and after obtaining the Putrefied blessing, he bowed his head before the Mentor of the Depths, Jian Yuan, and became one of his nominal disciples.

In name, he was a student. In practice, he was a tool.

Jian Yuan had made a name for himself more than a century ago. After turning his back on the Craftsmen Association, he joined the Nine Abominations. As a master, he became a model example of someone willing to teach anyone.

As for his students, he taught them whatever was useful, then used them until they broke.

After so many years, once the number of students under him grew, his circle looked rather full of talent. He had produced no small number of monsters and freaks, earning himself the title of Putrefied Dire Furnace, referring to the countless...