Monica found herself collapsing on the inside from these awful nicknamed... her first cognitive instinct was to curl up under the space in front of her. Chauncey looked at her with hopeful fat eyes that maybe one day she'd get over Ritsu's horrid names. Chauncey took pity on her, the moment Monica looked up, there was an apple setting in front of Chauncey.

Was this a sigh...? She wondered through all the fundamentals of magic and conjuring... No... The answer was surely much simpler. It must have been... Baku must have set it there.... Or Karn... Or really just anyone else... 

Yet there the boss was, walking in all dressed up like a powdered King. "There you are Chauncey... Feeding him apples again are we lass...?"

"W-what...? You didn't place there... Whhhhat?" Monica's eyes bulged as she had a stare-down... The hopeful fat eyes... She could not help but adore this animal to some capacity. "No... I... Ever had instances where something was there, then gone? Or the reverse of that?" Monica got out of her curl up, taking the apple... It was very clean. 

"I don't have time for lunacy women. I got a Monarch to entertain... Your Hexer better pull through or we will be in hot water..." Baku sighed somewhat... 

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Meanwhile, Beatrix found herself escorting the said Hexer down below. "Cassius of Lumya... You're doing her majesty and this kingdom a favor."  Beatrix walked through the spherical dungeon with Cassius with concern, even two additional knights were with them.

"It wouldn't be serious if she herself were down here with a whole squad... So tell me what you know about what is bothering your kingdom... or this very dungeon as you say." Cassius looked at the torch post, the guards looking between each other before to Cassius. They looked to the cage that was suspended by chains in the middle of the room.

"About four months ago, this man, the pope... Showed unusual symptoms... After death... We tried to burn, to bury him... yet... He rises. I fought in many battles. Yet I never seen such a...- no, not a man... an Abomination." There was a swift callous tone in her voice, something deeply bothering her past what she stated. "To think... a man of the cloth could be this demon... I can cut limbs off, behead it, burn the pieces, yet... Here he is... looks right as rain before the sermon he died in."  Beatrix extended her sword to the cage, he left hand resting between where her arm bends, as if steadying her hand.

"Hello Child... Here to confess your sins..." A man in a vibrant cloth bowed his head, arms in a folded position before kneeling forward. 

"No, but I'd like to confess you might be a problem to everything around you. Doubt you're a vampire... holy magic would destroy you..." Cassius stated as a guard rammed a long spear into the man's head, only to promptly see the man in question retract the spear... there was a laughter of a sort, a dismissive one at that... The hole seemed to close up rather rapidly. 

"A homunculus...?" Cassius spoke out. "Alright, bring it out... but stand ready. There are a few ways to kill these... but we need to sever him up..." 

Beatrix nodded, getting into her stance... She was not ready to take any chances. "I hope your hands are swift as mine are firm. Luck be with us all..." 

"Don't be so grim. He will be taken care of, and then I will be paid, and we can all have a jolly evening." Cassius joked as the cake was set near them. But what they were greeted to was not natural. 

Beatrix went for a swift strike, yet the creature that was once a pope of a sort broke his own knees inward, completely dodging the attack, dashing on all fours at her.

Beatrix did the smartest thing she could, she charged her blade with energy, slamming it onto this creature, severing it straight down the middle, yet it seemed to twitch. The guards went into stab it's arms, yet their weapons were taken from them with a brief slap. "You'd do this to a man of the cloth...? Your families would be very sad that your next breath with mean you're going to hell... Blasphemous..." 

"Anubis..." Cassius snapped his fingers as hands came out in multiple places, trying to pull the creature apart.
Beatrix yet again used one of her strongest attacks, breaking the creature in half. 

"If my theory is correct..." Cassius pulled out a flask, pouring some form of ash in the middle. "And it is..." Just then the hands released the creature, it sprawling to reattach itself... was a vein effort. Within moments, the figure's body broke, crumbling into dust. 

"What was that...?" Beatrix pointed at the flask. 
"Phoenix Ashes." He retorted bluntly. "This... I have no full explanation for what a Homunculus is. But I can tell you, there is something inorganic about them... best way to defeat it, is to merge it with something that is organic." Cassius stated before folding his arms. "Well... My work is done I take it..." 

"That it is, but I shall escort you up." Beatrix placed her blade to her side before walking to a stairwell of a sort. Cassius just hoped that while he was down here, Hitori, and Itzel were making progress with Tantalus... Not like the show was started or anything while he was down under.