[Analysis] was an ability granted by the Difference Engine, and Elliot always had faith in it.
If it said this place was important, then it had to be important.
Vanessa had also looked at the door Eleanor had just opened, but no annotations had appeared in her vision. It looked exactly like an ordinary room.
There was no need for further hesitation. Elliot immediately settled on this one.
As for breaking down a door with a sacrificial ritual, he had wanted to try that for ages. Ever since discovering that there was nothing the Difference Engine would refuse, he had imagined similar scenarios.
But there were many restrictions. First, the object had to be physically tangible. Second, it could not be too large. And most importantly, other methods had to be unable to open it.
He had not expected it to come in handy here.
"I wonder if drawing a big enough sacrificial ritual would let me sacrifice the entire Empire."
Elliot looked ahead in satisfaction.
Then he froze.
The room was empty.
More precisely, it looked less like a room and more like a sufficiently large block of iron with a hole forcibly hollowed out of its center.
Beyond the door were impeccably smooth cut surfaces. It was not particularly deep, either, only a few meters. They could easily see that there was nothing inside.
"Did the Difference Engine get it wrong?"
When he used [Analysis] to look again, there was no further information.
Elliot really wanted to search the surroundings. After all, this whole affair was strange. But scattered gunshots and the mournful cries of crows were already sounding outside. They had to retreat quickly!
"Dorothea, forget the people outside! Open the mirrors!"
Elliot shouted through Vanessa and beckoned the others into the room.
It could at least