Before the Difference Engine, Elliot picked up the Character Card for [Follower Dorothea Ramsey] and studied the image on it.
He gently turned it, and Dorothea's face was replaced by the crow on the back.
Lowering his eyes, Elliot slid the Card into [Sacrifice].
On the day of the Festival, Vanessa had sacrificed quite a few monsters. Besides being used to heal the believers, a substantial portion had gone to Dorothea and the others.
But Elliot had not rushed to help them advance.
For one thing, he really had been busy. It was not just Allen and the others who had been working nonstop; Elliot had not had a moment's peace either. Ordinary believers were one thing, but the important believers still required careful consideration.
Another reason was that he wanted to save this opportunity to advance.
Advancement could restore every aspect of their condition. He had not thought much of it before, but when Maeve had been restored from a monster through advancement, Elliot realized that this was an extremely useful resource.
There were no combat missions for the time being anyway, so he might as well hold off and advance them when necessary.
Supernatural materials were needed everywhere now, and supply simply could not meet demand. Though the Canteen had many believers, a system for gathering supernatural materials had yet to be established, making it difficult to spare materials for advancement.
He had not expected the opportunity to prove useful at just the right moment.
If Victoria was right, he only had to mechanically select [Rationality] for Dorothea, and her Rationality Mode would change; this could also end her state of being lost in [Rationality].
After all, its very foundation would have changed, just as her initial [Rationality] state had only ever surrendered.
This required a sacrifice. Vanessa,