Homonculi

Homonculi are a type of monsters that were created by the Witch of Creation, for reasons unknown.

## Origin

Although it was never clearly explained, it was implied that the purpose of the Homonculi was to protect the legacy of the Witch of creation. A sort of loot drop that would appear after the Homonculi had been slain, which is the main encouragement for witches to hunt them, which is implied to be the reason the Witch of Creation made them in the first place.

Each one of these are highly sought after items, including but not limited too:

* Magical crystals used for research.
* Research notes made by the witch of Creation herself.
* Magical items including weapons.
* Eggs of Genesis, which impart Self essence magic upon the one who uses it

Even the cheapest item is worth more than $1,000 USD and the most expensive is said to be worth more than several billion.

## Behaviour

Homonculi are artificial life forms that roam the earth. They spend most of their time in subspace until at a pre-programmed time, they awaken and begin roaming the earth. However, every so often, they would return to their subspace dimension temporarily to go into hibernation. Some of the more intelligent Homonculi actively hide themselves in subspace in order to avoid being confronted by those hunting them.

Their primary function is to protect the legacy that the Witch of creation had imparted on them. And to do that, they need magical energy to keep functioning. The Homonculi's primary source of magic energy is acquired through the killing of witches. However, after the witch species began to die out, they started to kill a large number of humans to meet their energy needs by absorbing the fates of those they killed.

When they find their target, they would often deploy a magic barrier, sealing themselves in with their target and removing any undesirable elements in the environment until one of them is slain. And as a bonus, once the barrier is removed, all evidence of a fight is destroyed and the environment would be reverted to how it was before the fight started.

## Ranking

The main defining characteristic that determines the strength of a Homonculi is the number of eyes that each creature possesses. Although this itself is but a rough estimate, the end result of each fight is heavily affected by what kind of magic both the witch and the homonculi are capable of.

The approximate power scaling is that for every 4 eyes, each homonculi would go up 1 rank compared to a witch, starting at rank 15.

* 1 Eye: Although homculi at this level are easily killed even by those below rank 15, their attacks are still deadly to any witch that doesn't have defensive spells or automatic defenses.
* 4 Eyes: A Homonculus of this level was able to push a rank 15 Siwoo to the brink
* 10 Eyes: It was stated by Siwoo that a Homonculus at this level could still be defeated through the use of conventional military forces
* 17 Eyes: A Homonculus at this level was easily capable of defeating a rank 18 Sharon and a rank 17 Siwoo, but was easily defeated by the rank 20 Periwinkle.
* 28 Eyes: It took the full might of a Rank 22 equivalent Sharon to defeat a homonculus of this level.
* 32 Eyes: It took the full might of a rank 23 Amelia to defeat a homonculus of this level.
* 40 Eyes: It was implied that a homonculus at this level is equivalent to a rank 25 Witch.