Cygnus looked around from where he was floating and found that only the palace and the Hero Association sent people to fight the attackers. He was getting impatient just as Mr. C appeared beside him. The butler silently floated there and watched as the city burned.
"Why aren't they coming?" He asked with a frown on his face. "I should contact Ari."
The master called for Ari and she appeared. She looked at the master and already knew what he was about to ask since she had been monitoring the tower ever since the master decided to attack. Astro, who was left in the tower, was forcing himself to stay calm despite the chaos outside.
"The elders are still having a meeting regarding the matter. They seemed confused as to why their experiments are attacking the city and are wondering what the reasoning of the mastermind is." Ari gave the report even without the master asking for it.
"They're too slow. If the major knows about this, he would surely be furious because they are taking their time instead of helping out to save those little ants running around," he looked below him and sneered at all the people who were looking for a place where they could hide.
"They will be moving anytime now. The Magus Maximus just sent out five elders to deal with each of the experiments." Ari spoke after the master expressed his dissatisfaction.
"Alright, that's more like it. Now that the tower is on the move, I want you to monitor everything that is happening in the city and send me a projection of it. C, prepare me some snacks." He waved his hand and the two of them did the master's orders without question.
He snapped his fingers and a gate appeared. After a while, Astro appeared and walked in the air towards them. He could feel that the air seemed to have frozen, that it felt like he was walking on the ground. He looked around and saw a table and seats surrounding it.
The butler was currently pouring tea on a cup and there were already a variety of treats also placed on the table. Ari was also present and she was currently projecting what was happening in the five different locations where the experiments were attacking. He sighed and took one of the chairs to join the master.
"Aren't you going to whine and make a fuss again?" Astro heard the master's question but he held the urge to give the man a glare.
"No, I've already learned that no one can talk you out of anything you have planned. Although my sympathy hasn't completely disappeared, I won't risk my life just to go against you." He looked straight at the projections as he said those words.
He was not like he was before, foolish and reckless, now he needed to consider himself too instead of thinking about other people more. He can do what he can to save those he can and won't agonize over the people whom he couldn't save. Once the tower disappears, all his worries would disappear too.
Cygnus slowly brought the tea cup towards his nose as he savored the herbal scent coming from his drink. He then took a sip and savored the refreshing taste of the tea leaves that the butler used. It was exactly what he was feeling right now because of the words from the mage.
"Ah, what a refreshing afternoon then." He chuckled and returned the tea cup he was holding on the table.
His eyes sparkled when something finally caught his attention. On the screen, they could see five people who were on their way towards the experiments. The master laughed and clapped his hands like a child when he saw that the tower finally made a move.
The master's laugh caught the attention of the two other people who were with him, now both of them were focused on the screens too. They were about to face the things they created themselves but those creations were not like what they were before. With the master's blood in their systems, they were much stronger and resilient.
"I want to see their reaction once they realize that their creations are different now, how exciting!" Cygnus was now focused on the screens in front of him.
On the first screen, it showed a woman wearing the standard white cloak of the tower but the linings were of gold color. She was wearing the cloak's hood but her red hair was sticking out as she rode through the wind seated on her long silver staff. She looked up and saw someone with a long black hair and the whites of her eyes turned black.
Her eyes were golden and her pupils were like that of a snake. She had bat wings on her back and a tail that was moving from side to side. Instead of hands, she had claws and her palm was facing upward with a swirling black mana on top of it. Her appearance resembled a demon's look that was drawn in the books.
The elder knew that it was indeed one of the specimens they had stored in one of their laboratories. It was an experiment to see if they can harness dark mana without directly making a contract with the source of that power. Through their efforts, they were able to summon a demon, the origin of dark mana, and managed to kill it. They infused the demon's body with a human's and then imbued the new body with dark mana.
They tried replicating a demon's body using a human's because controlling humans was easier than controlling a demon because one needed to make a contract with them if they wanted the demon to listen to them.
Using the cells from the demon they killed, they tried it on several humans and it failed not until they successfully did it. After imbuing the subject with dark mana, the mages had high expectations because the subject seemed to be doing well.
At first the test subject was doing well but as the time passed, the subject's body showed signs of breaking down like a pot of clay that was chipping away. They tried infusing more demon cells into the body and the body's destruction was prevented. That's when the changes also happened, the subject became even more like a demon in appearance and in temperament.
According to the report about the experiment the elder read, the mages who were in-charge of the laboratory were always tense because the subject had already killed some of them. The subject would often lose her mind and attack anyone that approached her. Not until they locked her away in the deepest cell of the laboratory that the mages were able to at least be relieved.
The elder gave the demon creature one last look before launching her first attack to block the mana energy that her enemy threw towards her. The collision of mana created another explosion that shook even the ground. When the light subsided, the elder was already behind the demon with a spear of mana in her hand.
She pulled back her arm so that she could gain momentum and threw the spear in her hand. The mana spear traveled fast and when it was about to pierce through her enemy, the demon's wing acted as a shield. It wrapped around the demon's body and completely blocked the spear.
The surprise on the elder's face couldn't be explained after her mana spear was easily blocked. She narrowed her eyes and assessed the demon's wing. Her eyes brightened and after a while it dulled again. The demon's wings were resistant to magic so it has a good defense against magic.
The elder pulled herself back and even removed her hood. A magic circle appeared beside her then she let her hands enter the magic circle and once she removed it, she was already holding a weapon. It was of a great quality and has the equipment rank of 'unique'.
She took the fact that the demon still had her wings wrapped around her as she attacked. She used the spear to inflict an injury to the demon. Its sharp tip pierced through the wings and hit the demon's body. She grinned and rotated the handle of the spear to push it deeper. In a matter of a minute, the elder was already having the time of her life.
"I will kill you and present your head to those geezers."
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