"He said he would go take a look himself."
"The Lord went himself?" Joy appeared on Dorothea's face, followed by a trace of worry.
She remembered what Phoenix had said: even for a Great Being, [Worms] were extremely troublesome enemies.
She could only pray silently.
In front of the Difference Engine, Elliot's gaze was grave.
He had heard what Phoenix had just said, too.
This fellow was a priority surveillance target for him. Although his hands were busy operating the machine, he had kept watching Phoenix's movements.
"People killed by [Worms] won't resurrect?"
This surprised Elliot as well.
Phoenix had no reason to lie about something like this. Was there more to it?
Or perhaps...
Elliot narrowed his eyes slightly.
Could those [Worms] not have actually wanted to kill Elsa?
Hiss...
Following that line of thought led somewhere alarming.
He had always regarded [Worms] as some kind of mindless monster.
But now that he thought about it, had he fallen into some sort of misconception? Perhaps these monsters, like Dream Creatures, merely pretended to lack reason?
No, this is all baseless speculation. Elliot took a deep breath, trying to calm himself.
The most important thing now isn't figuring out the [Worms], but hurrying over to check the situation!
Elliot roughly determined the location, drew a [Corpse of Honey-Soaked Believer Elsa Ramsey] card, and inserted it into the slot to take control.
Check on Maeve first!
At the bottom of the Sea of the Moon.
One of Elsa's corpses suddenly opened her eyes, moved her limbs, and began looking around.
When he saw his surroundings, he froze for a moment.
The next instant, Elsa's corpse was crushed into meat paste.
Elliot: "??!!"
Elliot froze in front of the Difference Engine's desk.
"Dead? Just like that?"
He looked at the notification