Rigarde walked through a portal into a secret lab. There were vials and test tubes all around the dimly lit space and in the center of the room was a large glass container filled with a purple liquid. Floating within the liquid was a beautiful humanoid figure.
Rigarde stood in front of it and put his hand on the glass container. Oslon was busily dissecting a Maajin, pausing to take notes and mummering as he worked.Rigarde walked around the container to where his fellow apostle was working.
" How's your progress?" he asked.
" Hmm,I'm almost done with the finishing touches. It took me a while but I was able to find the right core to fit the body and growing the arcana circuits was another thing." Oslon replied,wiping his forehead with his forearm.
"I expected you to be finished by now. With the amount of knowledge you have when it comes to arcana flow and magic circuits o thought creating simple humonculus would be a piece of cake." Rigarde said.
" Well it's not. It's true that I acquired the knowledge for this plan but it took several years of experimentation just to be able to find a suitable core then finding the circuits that were compatible with both the core and the body, reshaping them to fit into the body and there's growing a humonculus that would be a suitable vessel for our Lord .
Oslon stepped away from the table taking off the gloves and wiping his hands with a towel. He stood next to Rigarde facing behind him, looking at the figure in the container.
" I can understand your unrest in the face of these recent developments.Rest assured Bishop,this is my finest masterpiece. " Oslon said.
"Regardless of how fine your work is, I'm still skeptical of this process" a voice said from black smoke that began to envelope the room.
" Pleasant of you to drop in.Would you like a cup of tea, Faust?"
Faust stepped out of the black smoke,dressed in his all black robe and the plague mask covering his face.
" Sorry but I'll have to abstain" he replied standing near them.
" The hero used the advanced time magic Time Dilation to trap Lord Minatori at the edge of time. All our attempts to bring him back were futail no matter how hard we tried. " Faust said.
" Yes and that's why we tried leave his body instead bringing his soul into a new vessel that could house it but how sure are you that he'll be as strong as he was?" Oslon asked.
" His status was a demon lord is something that has been etched into his very soul,changing bodies won't change it. Though he may be weakened by the process of being summoned from beyond time but with a vessel such as this he will be even stronger than he was in his previous form" Rigarde answered.
" So that's why you had to learn the alchemical arts from the Mercurians. I understand that that was necessary for our goal but why did you bring some of them back?" Faust asked.
" Well...I won't tell" Oslon said sticking his tongue out.
In truth he was the one who massacred the alchemists clan and took some with him for experiments. Through that he was able to understand the various theorems for his current undertaking. It was a waste yes,but he couldn't have them live and potentially thwart his plans.
He looked at the floating body. He had hd so much fun gaining all their trust, maintainimg it like a fragile object before smashing it and watching the look on their faces. He smiled.
Besides him Rigarde was lost in his own thoughts.
He was the one who devised the plan to bring the demon lords soul across time into a new body and had spent years searching the scriptures of the church and the various holy magic formulas until he had gotten the right spell to use. Not only that but he'd also devised a way to put a brand on the soul of a being putting it under his full control. With that he'd be able to achieve his ambitions of being the one to control the world though from behind the scenes.
Faust stood in between the two. Black smoke emanated from them as they reveled in thier desires.
In an instant both Oslon and Rigarde turned on Faust ,Oslon putting a scalole to his neck while Rigarde drew a magic circle and pointed it at his face,the magic circle pulsing with light magic.
" You have been warned severally to not use your abilities on us" Rigarde said angrily.
"What did you see?" Oslon asked.
Faust didn't answer he used his finger to point the blade away from him and walked away from Rigardes spell.
" Infirm me when your done." Faust said walking away and disappearing in a puff of smoke.
" I really hate that guy" Oslon said with a sigh.
" It's almost time for afternoon prayer,I'll be heading back to the chapel." Rigarde said creating a portal and stepping into it.
Oslon watched him then looked at the container.
Kojo walked up the stairs to the top of the tower. He heard some things falling down and looked up to see and open door.tyere was an explosion and before long black smoke began to flow out of the open door. Kojo walked inside unable to see anything due to the smoke.
" Professor Lloyd?" He called out.
" Who's there?" Someone responded.
"Hang on" the professor said. There was a loud sound and Kojo felt the smoke being sucked away. Within seconds the room was clear and Lloyd corked the conical flask he was holding.
" Whew. It seems I need to watch the amount of compound I add in relation to the solvent if I want results" he said scratching his chin as he looked at the liquid like substance in the flask while rubbing his chin.
Kojo looked at him. He appeared to be in his late twenties though his lean physique and dark circles under his eyes as well as his well defined muscles indicated lack of sleep. He had black curly hair and a moustache. As well as a white lab coat over his clothes and goggles that had many lenses for adjustments. He wore the goggles and adjusted the lens to look at the liquid more closely.
" Actually I think it might need a bit more-" Kojo cleared his throat and Lloyd turned to look at him.
" Who are you?" He asked.
Kojo stood there stunned.
" Just kidding. I know who you are Kojo. I saw your fighting with that lesser dragon and I've been wanting to disect-Ahem- speak with you." Lloyd said with a smile.
" Did you just say disect?" Kojo said judging the process with his eyes.
" Whatever do you mean. Would you like some tea?" He asked , pouring some slimy substance into a cup.
Lloyds ' Tea ' had dark lumps in it and gave off an evil aura.
" Yeah I think I'll pass" Kojo said with a look of disgust.
" Ok so how can I help you." He said taking a sip.
Kojo sighed.
" I have questions."