The crows chattering all around paused. "Cancel it? How do I cancel it? I don't know how!"
Elliot's face twitched. He looked at the Difference Engine. A kill notification seemed to have flashed past just now.
"...Did you hear an explosion outside? It sounded like it came from the Cult Leader's Office."
"Nope. Stop talking about boring things. Let's hurry back and keep making sacrifices!" Dorothea cawed.
Vanessa nodded helplessly. Soon, Dorothea changed back into human form and charged excitedly toward [Primordial Blood], holding up a manhole cover.
She finally had combat capabilities, and she was so happy she could barely contain herself. She wanted to hurry up and reach the sixth rank to see what new powers she would get.
Elliot sighed as he opened the point-allocation interface for her. He kept feeling that the Hearthfire District's peaceful days were probably coming to an end.
With practiced ease, Elliot put two points into rationality for Dorothea, then advanced her to the sixth rank.
[You have become a sixth-rank Supernatural person!] [While in the Abode, you can slowly stabilize your sense of self.] [All conditions fully restored.] [Please choose!]
Three card slots appeared on the desktop, and Elliot looked closely.
[Boiling Rationality]: Use Spirit to bring your rationality to a boil, forcibly entering a rational state that you cannot leave. Greatly increases thought speed, casting speed, maximum spirituality, and concentration. Enter a weakened state after the effect ends. [Beachcombing Crow]: In crow form, increases your theft success rate and reduces your chance of being discovered. [Concentration]: Greatly increases all your attributes. Your number of crows is fixed at 1. Upon death, the crow can immediately resurrect at no cost.
Elliot's attention was instantly drawn to [Concentration].
Although this ability reduced the number of crows and conflicted