Looking at Edrick, who was kneeling on one knee before him and swearing solemnly, he nodded with satisfaction. Edrick's current performance had surpassed the scope of a normal Corpse Puppet, showing no difference from a living person. And all of this was due to the new ability Dorothy gained after her advancement.
Now, Dorothy could enhance her control over the Corpse Puppet Ring by consuming the Spirituality of "enlightenment". This significantly increased her control over the Corpse Puppets, allowing her to control them to perform various intricate movements that were previously impossible. She could even control the Corpse Puppets to speak, and by consuming more "enlightenment", she could also temporarily increase the upper limit of the number of Corpse Puppets the Corpse Puppet Ring could control.
Strengthening thought and spirit, and thus enhancing control, this is the characteristic possessed by "enlightenment" Extraordinary. And such extra enhancement also comes with a cost.
To maintain the Corpse Puppet at a high level of control capable of speaking, Dorothy needed to inject an additional 1 point of "enlightenment" into the Corpse Puppet Ring, and then this state of high control could be maintained for one day. Increasing the upper limit of the number of Corpse Puppets controlled would require more "enlightenment".
If this continued for a long time, the Spirituality of "enlightenment" would inevitably not be enough. However, the changes brought about by advancement were also reflected in the storage of Spirituality.
After advancing to a Knower, Dorothy's original 10 points of "enlightenment" Spirituality changed. They were precipitated from 10 points of "stored Spirituality" into 5 points of "inherent Spirituality".
Stored Spirituality is gone after being consumed, while inherent Spirituality can be slowly recovered through rest.
For example, for Dorothy, the Spirituality of "enlightenment" has begun to become a blue bar, becoming MP. Now Dorothy has 5 points of "enlightenment" Spirituality that can automatically recover, but the upper limit can only recover up to 5 points.
As for the other Spirituality on Dorothy other than "enlightenment", they are still the same, they are stored Spirituality, use one point less one point. Correspondingly, Extraordinary of other paths will also convert the corresponding Spirituality into inherent Spirituality, for example, Thirster has 5 points of inherent "Cup".
Looking at the Corpse Puppet Ring in her hand, and looking at Edrick in front, Dorothy smiled slightly. In her opinion, the time was ripe to proactively seek trouble with the Holy Communion Society.
"Next is to do some preparatory work. This time... I have to leave some injuries on them..."
Looking at the dimly glowing gas lamp in the warehouse, Dorothy muttered with her hands behind her back.
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Two days later.
In the early morning of Igwinte, the sky was just dimly lit. On the apartment building on Nanyang Flower Road in the upper city, Grego, who woke up from his sleep, rubbed his blurry eyes and got out of bed in the faint light and coldness of the early morning. As usual, Grego dressed himself, yawned, opened his door and walked into the living room, but there he saw an unexpected figure.
"Dorothy? Heh heh... You actually got up so early today, that's rare."
Looking at the white-haired girl who was sitting on the sofa having breakfast, Grego said with a surprised smile. Usually, he would get up earlier than the other party, and he often nagged the other party about her habit of sleeping in. He didn't expect the other party to get up so early today.
Taking a bite of bread, Dorothy, who was sitting on the sofa, turned her eyes to look at Grego, who was standing at the door at this time, and then responded easily.
"Today there is a practical class at school, so I have to go there early and gather early."
"Is that so... practical class, that's also good, move around more outside, don't always sit in the classroom... Your school's teaching is quite innovative..."
Saying that, Grego started to have breakfast with Dorothy after washing up. Dorothy left after finishing eating first, and Grego also quickly went downstairs not long after.
Without taking a carriage, Grego walked quickly on the street which was still slightly quiet in the early morning. After walking quickly for more than forty minutes without gasping for breath or being flustered, Grego had already come from the residential area to the street which was gradually becoming slightly noisy. After wandering around here for ten minutes, he came to a ten-story high building. Judging from the pile of advertisements posted on the building, at least three different types of companies were located on it.
Grego walked directly into the lobby of the tall building, stepped on the marble floor tiles and came to the front desk, and said to the gray-haired, glasses-wearing old woman sitting behind the front desk.
"Good morning, Miss Ada."
Listening to Grego's words, the old woman who was lowering her head to copy something raised her head, straightened the glasses on her face, and said in an old but vigorous voice.
"Good morning, Grego, are you still walking here? Your home is not close to here, taking a carriage would be much more convenient."
"Heh heh, thank you for your concern, but I am used to exercising more, this distance is not enough to make me sweat," Grego said with a smile, and the old woman slowly nodded and continued to speak, then handed out a key.
"Okay, as you like, number 8 is under maintenance today, so go in from number 6."
"Understood, thank you Miss Ada."
Picking up the key, Grego walked to one side of the hall. He did not go up the main stairs, but after a few turns, he came to a corridor. After counting, he came to an ordinary door, and then opened it with the key in his hand and entered.
Opening the door, what appeared before Grego was not a normal room, but a narrow, downward-extending staircase. Grego walked in and turned around to close the door, then went down to a large, simply decorated hall, where several people dressed as clerks were coming and going.
Ignoring the other people coming and going, Grego walked directly to a corner, where a row of shelves were stacked. On the shelves were various props such as pistols, swords, and masks. In front of the shelves was a long table, and behind the long table, a young man with glasses, gray-brown hair, and a refined temperament was copying something.
"Hey, Brandon!"
Coming to the table, Grego directly patted the table and shouted. The young man was so scared that he almost jumped up. He breathed a sigh of relief only after he clearly saw Grego in front of him.
"Hoo... Mr. Mays House, you almost scared me to death."
"Heh heh, you are too easily scared, Brandon, you need to practice your composure well, otherwise you won't be able to join the Hunter. By the way, just call me Grego, no need to use other crooked names."
Grego said to the young man in front of him with a smile, and the young man named Brandon smiled apologetically and shook his head.
"I think it's better to forget it. With my current state, it's better to be a clerical worker with peace of mind. Joining the team or something is better to forget it, it was just some unrealistic ideas before."
"Didn't you dream of being like your father?"
"It was just a dream before, the reality is... with my quality, I can't even meet the team entry standard. I feel that doing what I am doing now is also very good, anyway, I am also contributing to the bureau, it's the same everywhere," Brandon said slowly looking at Grego in front of him, and Grego also nodded understandingly.
"You are right... Anyway, as long as you play your role no matter where you are, I am also very happy that you can see it through."
Grego said, and at this time, a rough voice sounded from a distance.
"Brandon, give me another 500 rounds of ammunition!"