But Merc Assault had spent centuries collecting knowledge, learning forgotten tongues, preparing for situations exactly like this. He'd studied in libraries that no longer existed, learned from teachers long dead, memorized languages that had been deliberately erased from history.
He began to read, and with each line, his fear deepened into something approaching existential dread.
[SCROLL CONTENTS - HOMUNCULUS CREATION RITUAL]
Title: The Temporal Duplication Method - Creating a Secondary Vessel Through Chronal Bifurcation
Warning: This ritual can only be performed once per being. The temporal conditions required will not align again for one thousand years. Attempt at your own risk.
The scroll detailed a ritual so complex, so dangerous, so absolutely insane that Merc Assault's mind struggled to process it fully. His breath came faster as he read, heart pounding as the implications became clear.
