Chapter 728 An Artificial Artwork P2 (2/2)

She looked at the lake water that still glittered with a golden hue as she said it Her talk with Eren waswith even though Layla looked to be a child trapped in a teen's body

"A very capable alchemist has created the artificial bodies for the real twins Layla and Leela in the form of homunculi And I can tell you that it was not Eliza"

Eren looked at Alephee when she spoke her last words Kirin wasn't aware of what or who the duo was talking about Alephee answered all her questions because she knew those were the same questions Eren had in mind

Alephee told the duo that a ho their et chopped off and would only show signs of weakness when it comes to their heart array

These artificial humanoids cannot be poisoned Plus, they would have no restrictions or co any elemental spells In any case, the restrictions wouldn't be as severe as for ordinary living beings

Since homunculi didn't have traditional mana circuits, there was no class for them either They would need a medium to cast their spells with and would only use their artificial mana circuits to tweak the spells' effects

Still, since it was not cast by a living thing, the spell executed by honature Even a non-sensory class ranker would discern that the spell was not cast by a nor their spells

Alephee explained to Kirin and Eren that a ho status in a traditional sense either They didn't have mana cores in them after all

A homunculus' entire body acted as their mana reserves The type of mana they use depends upon the heart array An Adept-ranked heart array would allow the homunculus to use Adept-ranked mana and Adept-ranked spells

A homunculus would not be able to cast spells after they depleted theirtheenvironment to replenish themselves

As such, the artificial humanoids depended heavily on Extols and such to replenish themselves The effect of every spell they would cast could be quantified in terbirth to children

The kingdoh and other forces around it considered homunculi as e released a batch of hos difficult for these forces

Since they were difficult to kill, a huge force needed to be dispatched before such destructive homunculi were taken care of As such, every stray homunculus would be tracked and hunted by these forces

Layla knew about these things froulations set by the Anfang alliance Thus, she had refrained fro any spells directly for the most part whenever she showed herself