"This Card Difference Engine has its advantages too."
Elliot looked at the Difference Engine before him with feeling.
The Third Prince's Stage-Play Difference Engine allowed precise control, and its view of the scenes was far better than this Card Difference Engine's. But the Card Difference Engine let him see cards for individual events.
Although [The Enemy in the Dark], [The Hungry It], and [The Night Watch Bureau's Gaze] offered only extremely crude descriptions, they had indeed given Elliot advance warning.
"The biggest problem right now is [The Enemy in the Dark]. Since they can send the Supernatural person to cause trouble, they'll definitely find a way to lure away the Machine Priests I send."
They would lure them away rather than defeat or kill them outright because the card explicitly said they were coming to cause trouble, not wage war. Only the Seven Holy Bloodlines could mobilize the Supernatural person above the Middle Rank. As long as The Enemy in the Dark wanted to avoid exposing themselves, they would certainly limit the intensity of the conflict and pretend it was Cultists causing trouble.
In other words, these people would only be at the Middle Rank or below.
In other words... Vanessa and the others could most likely handle them.
Elliot's eyes flickered.
This was both a problem and an opportunity.
Vanessa's new Society had only just been established in the Hearthfire District and had yet to gain a firm foothold.
The Fog Horn Fraternity did not trust them much either.
If they could deal with this assassination attempt, they could gain considerable prestige among both the workers and the Fog Whistle side.
This was something worth planning carefully.
That was also why Elliot intended to spend some points on Vanessa's side.
It was time to improve Vanessa and the others'