The appearance of Dean Lawrence can be said to mark the first time since the establishment of the Purification Mechanism that a near full-scale war against the Demon was initiated. Under this factor, the Mechanism captured many things beyond imagination with full operation.
The two stopped, pulled the valve, and a containment block below slowly rose-up, accompanied by the swaying neutralizing liquid, in which a ferocious silhouette flickered indistinctly.
"Its name is Horner... If nothing unexpected happens, the previous murders in Old Dunling were mostly done by him. According to subsequent investigations, he was also a member of the Exiled People. Perhaps resenting the oppression of the nobles upon the exiled, he united with Dean Lawrence, drank inferior Secret Blood, and transformed into this current form."
Arthur slowly spoke, explaining the demon within the container to Merlin.
Horner... or the demon that Horner once was.
