“Since we are in agreement, we will be going with Juliabethal’s plan. This is the best-case scenario since we and the demigods cannot directly interfere with this battle. Having the proxy do all the fighting in our stead and saving everyone is the best course of action. Now let’s get to all the nitty-gritty details. Let’s decide if we are going to try and manufacture this being like we would with the Nameless?” Claudeleous asked. 

“Before we decide on anything, why don’t we call the Chief Scientist to come here to help us run his programs and test out different probabilities? That way we can have a clearer picture of what we are looking at and what will be needed to make it happen. Hey Vivianetta, can you call for the Chief Scientist to come to the meeting room and bring with him his portable terminal?” Luciansys asked of her. 

“Alright, I’m on it. He should be here soon,” Vivianetta said. 

# 

About thirty minutes later, there was a knocking on the door, which was Chief Scientist Ko. He opened the door and poked his head in, took a quick look around, and then entered the room. After he closed the door behind him, he turned to face them and gave a bow. “Hello, your Majesties. Did you summon for me? How may I be of service?” he asked. 

“We summoned you here because we need your help to run some simulations for us. We need to know if a manufactured body can keep its integrity after we imbue it with magical essence from all of us?” Vivianetta explained to him. 

“I see your majesty. Let me get my terminal setup and then I will run those test programs you requested. Please wait one moment,” he said to them as he walked further into the room to set up his equipment in the back. 

“While he sets up, have either of you given any thought to what will happen if it turns out that a manufactured body cannot withstand all that power being placed inside of it? We need to come up with another plan just in case that happens,” Luciansys asked.  

“I didn’t think about that. Now that you’ve brought it up, the proxy will have to become a supreme being so that it can handle all the power it will need to wield, but this will put it more on par with the demigods. The proxy won't be fully immortal but will definitely be harder to kill in comparison to the mortal warriors. I think if we keep the magical abilities and powers already capped, that should be the loophole we need to avoid the limiters being placed on our supreme being,” Vivianetta replied to Luciansys.

“Don’t get ahead of yourself Luciansys. Before we do anything, how about we wait for Chief Scientist Ko to finish setting up his equipment and run his tests first before we do anything else,” Claudeleous said. 

# 

Approximately ten minutes later, Chief Scientist Ko had finished setting up all his equipment in the back of the room. “I’m all set and ready to go now you Majesties. Tell me what you would like for me to run first.”  

“After running several different simulations based on the data that you provided me, it looks like none of these test simulations are going to work. Every single test I ran was a failure due to instability. This means, your Majesties, that a manufactured body will be unable to maintain its integrity while housing all that imbued magic that is required of the supreme being to meet the basic standards. I’m terribly sorry your Majesties,” Chief Scientist Ko told them.  

“Alright, since this last simulation was another complete failure, I have a different idea. Why don't we grow our supreme being? Maybe using a slower process will help the body to adjust to all the changes it will go through once we imbue it with our essences and other parts of ourselves. Now that we know for certain that a manufactured body is not going to work, let's go ahead and scrap that idea. Chief Scientist Ko, go ahead and run the program again. Let us know what you find,” Vivianetta said. 

“The first test is complete, and I'm surprised to say, that it was a success. Using the same data as before and not changing the other parameters, aside from changing the host body, we can see a 100% stability rating. This is almost unheard of,” Chief Scientist Ko said. 

“Wow, that is amazing. Thank you for all of your hard work. Now that we got the results we were wanting, we need to hurry and start,” Claudeleous told everyone. 

Chief Scientist Ko addressed all the gods excitedly, “I will get started right away. Oh, your Majesties, I almost forgot. I need you to tell me who will be the donors of the pieces of soul gem and magical essence. As you recall, this is the most crucial part needed when we begin growing the embryo.” 

All the gods looked at each other questioningly and shrugged their shoulders. They replied altogether in unison, “All of us will be the donors.” 

“Alright. Consider it done. Just letting you know, since this embryo will be created from parts of all of you, that will only serve to strengthen the viability of the embryo and help it mature into a pure fetus. That said, I have already summoned my team, and they will be here shortly to escort you to the medical lab under the annex building. Once we get there, my team and I will begin the collection process.” 

# 

“There is no need to worry about a thing your Majesties. You are all in good hands. Remember you all hand-picked each and every one of us. Trust us to do our job. The doctor staff over there will start by hooking you all up to these tubes that will pump your body with a strong anesthetic. This is necessary to prevent you from passing out during the soul gem extraction. This part of the process is an extremely delicate procedure. Your soul gem could get damaged if we are not careful. But we have never had an incident happen. We are very skilled. But no matter how uncomfortable it feels, I recommend that you stay as still as possible. After that is done, the other procedures will be a walk in the park,” the head doctor told them. 

# 

As the staff members stated, the collection process was completed in just over an hour. As the gods were readjusting their clothing, the Chief Scientist and Director of the doctoral staff, bother approached the gods before they could leave the lab. 

“Majesties, the collections were all a tremendous success. Absolutely no issues or flaws with the collections. Our teams will get started right away on growing your baby. But we must let you know, this process is a very lengthy one since you want the fetus to already be at adulthood.” 

Claudeleous looked at both of them and asked, “Hmm, is there a way to speed up the process? Our time is running short. We can only estimate when Darkness will be here. Everything must be finished before arrival. Please understand our predicament. Is there anything you can do? Anything at all? And won’t hurt or compromise the baby’s development.” 

One of the lead doctors, who was also a magic user, approached Claudeleous and said, “Yes, your Majesty there is one option that is safe and effective. We can cast a spell. This spell will need to be administered during certain intervals to ensure its effectiveness. Just know that it is not going to happen instantaneously. It will still take time. However, it does cut the time down by 60%. If we try and speed it up any faster than that we will risk damaging the fetus.” 

“Alright. I trust your judgment. Thank you for letting us know,” Claudeleous said. 

Before leaving the lab, Claudeleous, Vivianetta, and Luciansys kept whispering to each other looking like they were arguing over something. When they finished whispering, all of them came to stand in front of Juliabethal, and in unison asked her, “Juliabethal we want you to take charge of growing our baby. Use these teams at your disposal. We trust you completely. We know that you will not let us down.” 

Juliabethal looked around the room and got nods of acknowledgment from everybody present. Holding back her tears, she shyly accepted their request. They knew that their baby was in good hands with Juliabethal in charge.