"All right, enough about that. How are things going with these fortresses?"
Elliot had taken over the entire Sterling Family. Although it was only the army at the front, the sheer number of soldiers and the difficulty of managing them were enough to make his scalp prickle.
Especially since Elliot did not yet have his own team. Without Lady Camilla, he would immediately have been reduced to a figurehead.
But with Lady Camilla there, everything was different.
The Old Duke had prepared for this long ago. He had given Lady Camilla authority second only to Elliot's, and she could handle everything from personnel appointments and dismissals to battlefield command.
At the ritual, Elliot had cowed the soldiers and priests, completing the transition without Lady Camilla having to intervene.
After the ritual ended, Lady Camilla had swiftly taken over the operation of the entire front. All the information Cora had obtained from the various central brains had been compiled by Lady Camilla.
The first time Elliot read the reports, he was utterly stunned.
Lady Camilla had handled almost all the affairs of the entire front single-handedly. By Elliot's rough estimate, that was at least the workload of dozens of clerical staff.
All he could say was that the power of the Supernatural people truly defied imagination.
"The fortresses are running well. Lady Camilla has handled the vast majority of affairs, but some still require your decision."
Cora placed several documents on the desk.
"Also, her ladyship asked what that Formless Art you used on the platform was."
Cora held her hands before her eyes, miming sizzling rays of light.
She, too, looked over curiously.
As everyone knew, Elliot was only first rank, while there had been no shortage of high-rank priests present.
Yet that Formless Art had made even high-rank Supernatural