The governor walked into a loud room with his staff in hand, voices overlapped and nothing was comprehensible to an outsider.
There was panic in the air.
"QUIET!"
"QUIET!!"
The governor yelled out as the room became silent. Everyone took their seats.
"What do we do?". A voice was heard from the crowd.
"WE MUST TAKE IT FROM HIM!!". Another voice yelled out.
"Silence!"
The room quiets down once again.
The wizards had found themselves in a difficult situation.
"Quorinel, the boy is your student so i must ask. Were you aware that the young Icarus was engaging in the practice of the Magnum Opus?". The governor asked as he stroked his long grey beard.
Quorinel stood up and looked around the room as he spoke.
"No i did not but my brother's please the boy must've been guided by curiosity, we mustn't act…"
"That is enough Wizard Quorinel". The governor said with haste as he sent the speaker to his seat.
"I believe for the safety of the village and for the boy's own good we must inform the council". The governor announced to the crowd.
"I will send a letter to Sir Nichola, The Zeroth Guild Knight in the nearby town, informing him of the situation and he will use their means of communication to pass along the message". He added.
The crowd nodded in approval.
"Any objections?". The governor asked.
The room was silent.
"Very well then. Wizard Quorinel i will need you to call the young alchemist to this meeting". The governor said to him.
"Alright." The wizard said as he responded as he immediately left the room.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
The wizard repeatedly knocked on the door of the young alchemist's apartment.
"YOU CAN COME IN". Icarus's voice was heard from inside the room.
The wizard held the knob, pushing the door open.
The entire room was dark, the young Icarus was seated on the floor with only his trousers. His back faced the door.
"Wizard Quorinel, what are you willing to risk for progress?". The young boy asked his teacher.
"I don't understand what you're getting at, young Icarus?". The wizard said as he slowly approached his student.
"YOU DIDN'T ANSWER ME!!!". Icarus yelled.
"Listen Icarus, we will resolve this as soon as we see the governor". Quorinel attempted to calm him.
"I know what happens to people who practice forbidden magic, i will not waste away in sealed box". Icarus said as he let out a sigh and stood up.
He turned around to face his mentor revealing a symbol on his chest.
"An alchemical circle? What do you intend to do Icarus?" The wizard asked as he gripped his wand and magical energy began to ripple around it.
"The future my good mentor. A great one at that". Icarus said as put on his shoes and walked out of the door.
"What i need is a massive energy source to begin The Matrix." Icarus said as he put on his shirt.
"The Matrix?". Quorinel asked.
"The alchemist would need to draw alchemical circles and runes around a sealed location containing the energy source. Then the essence within is converted and incubated inside a large crystal egg". Icarus continued talking.
"What are you even saying?". The confused Quorinel asked.
"Oh it's the process of Homunculi Creation". Icarus turned his neck and told his mentor.
"Then we go to The Catalyst. The Philosopher's Stone serves as the stabilizer and converter, transforming the essence into a soul while converting particles into an artificial body. Soul Transmutation begins". Icarus added.
"Icarus, you are a prodigy. A genius. Whatever it is you plan to do i really want you to think it through". Quorinel said to him, regret filling his voice.
Icarus stopped walking as they neared the meeting hall and uttered to his teacher.
"I already thought it through".
"I drew alchemical circles and runes around the entire village".
"WHEN WAS THIS???". Quorinel yelled at him.
Icarus turned around to face his mentor, his face facing the ground.
"Last week."
Quorinel hurriedly blasted his former student with a charge of magical energy.
"He is highly dangerous and he must be contained NOW!!!". Quorinel yelled out to his fellow wizards.
The wizards emerged from the hall, all of them bathing the young alchemist in magical energy in an attempt to seal him.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh". The boy screamed in pain as runes appeared all over his body.
He bit his tongue using the blood which rolled down his chest to touch the circle and trigger The Matrix.
A bright red light shined across the entire village. He had hidden the stone at the center of the village.
Immediately the flesh began to tear from the wizards revealing their insides which were made of pure mana. Across the village the essence of all the inhabitants were forcefully extracted as the swam across the sky live like rivers of color.
The energy moved beneath the stone in rotating motion and crystallization had begun.
Icarus who was now free, got on his feet and looked around him.
Empty houses and streets as coats and cloaks remaining.
He looked unto the sky, the stone blasted a beam of energy into the crystal egg. Stabilization and conversion of the essence had begun.
The Process of Soul Transmutation was a simple one.
First was Body Transmutation: Creating the vessel.
Secondly, Essence Extraction: Refining spiritual energy.
Thirdly, Soul Transmutation: Converting essence into a stable soul.
Fourthly, Soul Binding: Anchoring the soul into the artificial body.
And finally, Awakening: Igniting consciousness.
"Now I wait for Maturation: After thirty days, the Stone's energy should fully convert the essence and organic particles into a human-like body. Within twenty four hours, the body awakens and the crystal-like egg cracks open revealing the Homunculus, who readily serves its master". Icarus said to himself he picked up Quorinel's wand and staff.
"Now i have the greatest gift of all, the power to create life itself. And i thank you all for this." Icarus uttered as he looked around the ghost town which he had created.