"War Puppets and Crimson Demon Wolves... I've never heard of either."
Sifa rubbed his brow and examined the ingredients required by the potion formula. "Hmm, among the supplementary ingredients, only 'a large collection of analytical reports on war records' gives me any idea where to start."
"I can ask Black Sails to provide war records. I'm currently on the Southern Continent, helping Alfred suppress the rebels. I can use that as a reason to request the relevant records, then read and analyze them myself and compile reports to use as an ingredient when I advance."
"As for the other ingredients, all I can do for now is ask around. I can ask the Tarot Club, the Antiquities Recovery Association, Celeste, or the Vice Admiral of Ice..."
"In short, I'll gather intelligence through every channel I have. This probably won't be an easy job."
"Of course, the simplest approach would be to murder a War Bishop. Hmm, the Iron and Blood Cross Order might have someone like that, but even setting aside the difficulty of murdering a Sequence 3, wouldn't the Iron and Blood Cross Order hunt me down afterward even if I succeeded?"
Sifa pressed his lips together and exhaled. "That's the last resort, and the most desperate option."
Next, he turned his attention to the ritual. "Achieve sufficient victories in a large-scale war involving at least ten thousand living beings, and consume the potion when victory is declared."
"As expected of a Pathway related to war, its Sequence 3 ritual leads straight to the battlefield."
"Ten thousand living beings... That's neither a huge number nor a small one. At the very least, it would take a war on the scale of the Feysac Empire's surprise attack on Pritz Harbor last year to meet the ritual's requirements."
"Living beings... Why