"... Essentially, it is done," Nicholas II muttered softly.
He took two steps back and slightly raised his head to admire his brand-new creation—
It should be noted that it was not a human being.
Nor was it any sort of 'homunculus'.
It didn't even have a head.
Above the neck, it was utterly empty.
And the body below was filled with incongruity—as if it were an aged and shriveled giant baboon.
The external wrapping used the skin of an elderly person to obtain the concept of 'skin of decay'. Beneath this withered veneer were living organs—the heart count alone reached seven, and there were four livers engraved with runes. There was only one set of spleen and lungs, and only the lungs were originally part of this body.
All the other internal organs, tendons, and muscles had been hollowed out.
