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A knock can be heard on the other side of the lab door. said the voice on the other side. Artemis put down his tools and made his way to the door.

Upon opening the door, several men brought in three containers of varying energy types. Each container was set down by one of his many workbenches. The containers were labeled and as the workers left, he inspected each. The first container had bright blue energy glowing from within. It was labeled Artemis moved to the next container that was nearby. The label on it was and he recognized the dull blue glow from the energies of Dragontooth Island. Lastly, there was a much darker energy in the final container and it was smaller than the other two. The energy was a deep blood red and the container was labeled with the word

Artemis returned to the laboratory door and locked it. He did not want any disturbances during his work. It took him several minutes, but he cleared off one of the larger of his worktables. He placed a particular bone shard in the center. he muttered to himself.

He walked over and picked up the container and brought it to the workbench. Carefully, he opened the container and before he could react, the bone shard had flung itself into the energy seeming to absorb the energy collected inside. The glow from the container dulled quickly. In a matter of moments, the energy was drained dry. Artemis quickly took notes.

Artemis turned around as he heard the bone shard clatter to the bottom of the energy container. He sighed and returned to pick it up. As he went to grab it, there was a feeling of power in his hands. The energy that was drained must have powered up the piece. He returned it to the center of his worktable and jotted more notes down.

The container of energy was next. The demon walked towards it and then stopped in thought. He returned to the worktable and picked up the glowing bone. He placed it within the container and shut the lid. Artemis turned back to retrieve the container. After placing it down near the work area, he carefully opened it. The bone remained silent and stayed in the bottom of its container. He reached within and grabbed at the humming energy.

After obtaining several memories, he reclosed the container and proceeded to open the container. The bone again did nothing. He placed the memories around the shard and watched as the bone slowly rose and absorbed the memories. The shard wobbled and then the light blue glow shifted into a dark blue, nearly matching the coloration of the memories it had absorbed.

Once again, he opened the container of energies and watched over the bone. It wobbled again but then laid to rest within its container. Artemis returned to his notes,

Artemis closed the container, keeping the bone shard within it. He moved towards his weapons rack. The rack had several varieties of staffs, swords, and above it on a shelf, several bows were present as well. He looked at the staffs and chose one that caught his eye. A demonic skull staff seemed appropriate for placing the shard in for use. Artemis returned to the workbench and started chipping away a place for the shard to sit in the skull.

After about two hours, the hole was complete. Artemis obtained the broken shard of Kruluk and slid it into the carefully chipped hole. It was a near perfect fit. As he placed the shard within the hole, the shard sealed itself within the skull. He picked up the newly made staff and walked over to the table where the energy was waiting.

There were small flecks of blood on the container. Artemis shrugged, must had been harder than he thought to obtain the energies of the fountain. He opened the container and pointed the staff towards it to absorb the energy. The energy flowed from the container to the demon staff’s mouth, absorbing every morsel that was within the container. The eyes of the staff glowed with the same blood red color of the energy as before. Unlike the previous trials however, it maintained the glow for much longer before slowly ebbing away.

Pleased with the day’s work, he walked over to an empty glass weapon case. Artemis opened the case and set the new staff inside. Once he closed the case, he labeled it and set the label in its place on the case. Artemis blew out the candles within the lab and made his way out, relocking the door behind him.

a loud voice came from the back of the ship. The voice came from a small fairy sitting on the shoulder of a large gray werewolf. She was dressed in earthy tones but nothing fancy and her hair was pulled back in a tight golden braid that lay between her two mossy colored wings.

She took to the air with a dainty jump from the wolf’s shoulder. The wolf nodded and said, He gave a quick bow and made his way off to do his duties.

Morlana flew lightly to the overlooking balcony and sat on it while she watched her crew as they prepared to sail out. Down below, Xanthus was checking all the ropes and testing each of the corresponding connections to ensure everything was stable and ready for the trip. Closer to the bow, Nixar was shouting other orders at the crew and telling them of the great riches they would find for the glory of the Demonlord.

Gustav returned as Morlana was watching. He explained to the captain. She nodded at her first mate and stood on the railing. She shouted with gusto to the waiting crew. The crew cheer loudly and the anchor was raised. The ship was finally setting sail to new lands leaving Port Phasmatys behind.