Alan's interest was piqued by the young alchemist who could decipher the demonic runes.
This individual, he surmised, could very well be a protagonist.
The cryptic nature of demonic script made it nearly impossible for the average person to interpret.
Typically, only those endowed with a certain demonic power, or those possessed by a demon, could comprehend it.
Yet here was Howard, a young man who could partially understand these inscriptions.
Upon hearing this, Alan immediately set out with the minister to the Alchemy Tower.
In the basement of the Alchemy Tower, a group of alchemists, their ages averaging around forty to fifty, surrounded a demon's corpse, engaged in various experiments.
Among them, one individual submerged a demon's finger into a vat of sulfuric liquid.
Another channeled the demon's blood into a specialized container, which was then injected into an experimental animal through a syringe.
