Lucifer returned to his lab and took a glance at the doll in the corner and sighed, should he continue his research on gaining a body which he was close to completing, or focus on defenses for the incoming enemy.
The problem was, he had no idea of 1 when they were coming, 2 how many were coming and most importantly how strong they were. If the people Salenia said were after him then security was more important, but if they ignored him or simply couldn't like the equipment to him, then saving what little of his humanity would be a higher priority.
He could feel irritation building, but then just disappear. At that moment he had made his decision, he could die and that wouldn't be a problem for him, he would just start again, but if he lost his humanity then he wasn't sure that even going through the doughnut would bring back his humanity. (he his him he his him god dangit)
He flew towards the cells where he kept his prisoners, The rogue sat in the corner muttering something about ants but Lucifer did not want him to die just yet, so he passed the rogues cell and arrived in front of the tank's cell.
Inside the cell, he found a broken man, Lucifer had looked in on the man occasionally but for the last week he noticed the man hadn't moved, he sat in his own excrement apparently too apathetic to even use the toilet. Several days worth of food sat untouched near the door where Lucifer created them.
he was already talking to himself as a coping mechanism before Selenia left. Without her daily visits and verbal battles he quickly fell deeper into insanity, he was suffering from hallucinations and then he became paranoid about the hallucinations. Prolonged isolation is a reliable method of sending someone insane, but Lucifer could never have guessed that the man would break so quickly.
Lucifer intended to use the man in other experiments, but in his current state, Lucifer was sure that was pointless trying to get him to do anything. Besides he had a greater use for him right now.
The problem with Lucifer's attempts at entering a new body was everything he tried to possess could not contain him, his consciousness seemed to be made from pure mana and forcing it into a living being usually ended in an explosion.
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It's not that he had not used that much mana on something before, but then it was used to evolve the creature so all the mana was absorbed and used by the creature's body, however, when he tried to shove his consciousness inside a body, it had to hold all the mana at a single moment for an extended period of time.
So Lucifer intended to simply create a stronger body.
First, he shot a water jet at the man to clean him, the high-pressure water pushed him into a corner, but the man did not even react so Lucifer stopped before he accidentally killed him. Second, he started to shove large amounts of mana and life energy into his body. The tanks body bulged and grew, the already tall man went from 6 foot to 7 and his shoulders widened, finally, his muscles started to increase in size until Lucifer was sure the man was at the limits of what is still considered human.
With his first body complete all he had to do was possess it, he began to slowly force his consciousness inside the tank's body, however, there seemed to be some sort of resistance from the man's soul preventing Lucifer from taking over.
Getting so close to finally obtaining a body and then being bodyblocked by his prisoner's soul pissed Lucifer off, so he activated his the tanks soul binding and instantly crushed the soul into non-existent. He was only surprised by the effectiveness of the soul binding for a moment before his vision shifted to black.
After a moment he felt his arms, then his legs. He felt all the muscles in his body to get a feel for it then stood up. Lucifer flexed his muscles and felt the power he had gifted this body.
Although he could feel a slight connection to his core reminding him he wasn't completely human (not that this body was still human), however, he was glad that he could feel things physically again.
After focusing for a moment a mirror appeared infront of him and he sighed in relief, if he lost his dungeon abilities that would be a shame.
The image reflected in the mirror was of a tall man with sharp features and absurd muscles, he looked like the mountain with the body toning fo bruce lee. The only thing that disappointed him was the previous owners face, however, after a little magic the problem was solved and Lucifer left the cell satisfied with the experiment.
When he walked past the rogue's cell Lucifer could hear screaming fade behind him about betrail and getting out together which he ignored.
Lucifer still needed to plan for a possible invasion and this time he wanted to be well prepared. Instead of going directly towards his core to start increasing the defenses he wanted to get the opinions of those working under him. he definitely wanted to know what Rick had to say considering his abilities, perhaps he could make something fun for the intruders.