The story now takes place in Siberus's laboratory, inside a tower complex built under a cave's huge skylight . Showcase the Main Room with his experiments inside incubators. For example:
-A dead ogre with a tree growing on his back
-A giant carnivorous plant
-A swan's head and neck coming out of a giant tulip,
-And elf children with branches full of flowers growing from their heads.
In the next room, Artemis and Siberus appear inside a tower with a singular floor. In it, there's also a tree with giant roots sticking out of the ground, wrapping Artemis with them and holding him still. (Note: this not the Amasota Tree that gave birth to Artemis)
_Siberus: An aura sword that can slice enemies without harming them. Hmph, who would have thought? And here I was thinking my unbreakable rules were perfect, yet you seem to have found a logical loop in them. Hmph...
Artemis stares in anger, Siberus stares back, and begins to clap sarcastically.
_Siberus: "Bellisimo", "bravissimo". This proves, without a doubt, that even a homunculus can create magic spells from zero. (dramatic pause) Haha, indeed, your intelligence is in pair with ours, and could even surpass us if you specialize on it.
Artemis grunts and tries to free from the roots, but it's in vain.
_Siberus: Now, for as much as I would like to congratulate myself over this... success, I, as the best sorcerer in this Elf Kingdom, I need to know...(evil glare)
How did you find out you're not an elf?
(Silence, Siberus looks confused)
_Siberus: ...Artemis, this is an order by your master, so answer me, How... do you know... you're not an elf?
Artemis remains silent, and this clearly starts to frustrate Siberus.
_Siberus: ..."The Homunculus must obey all orders given by its master, except when such orders would cause an elf to be harmed". (Silence) In that case, Artemis, I order you to answer the following:
Do you believe that an elf will be harmed, if you reveal me how you discovered you weren't an elf?
_Artemis: Yes.
(Dramatic pause)
_Siberius: HA, there you go! The unbreakable rules do indeed work. Otherwise, you would prefer to remain silent and keep being a nuisance, hehehe. Ha... Ha...
PUNCHES HIM IN THE FACE
_Siberus: (Silence) Do you hate me? Answer, do you hate your own creator?
_Artemis: YES!
_Siberus: Fum, how curious...(starts walking sideways). You know... this is great, just great. Now that I've found out you're a failure, I CAN'T CONTINUE MAKING MORE HUMONCOLUS! Because the last thing I want, is that I accidentally include your flaws, and they become even greater failures than YOU!
Show Artemis's angry face. Siberus keeps walking sideways, looking at the ground. After a while, he looks at Artemis again, AND KICKS HIM IN THE FACE!
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Dystopian Soul
ActionArtemis is an elf homunculus created to serve the Elf Kingdom and become his deadliest assassin. However, when he finally rebels, he's stopped and sealed in a paralyzed state, to never hurt anyone again. Now, centuries later, Artemis breaks free, fi...
