She thought of birds.
The moment the thought crossed her mind, a small black dot appeared in the distant, hazy gray sky, wobbling as it flew toward them.
It was a sparrow.
Seraphina Sullivan’s heart stirred. Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately focused her mind and activated [Bird Manipulation Technique] on the sparrow.
An invisible wave of spiritual power precisely connected with the sparrow’s simple brain.
The sparrow, which had been flying aimlessly, suddenly stiffened. Its flight path became steady and orderly, and then it dove, flying precisely toward Seraphina Sullivan.
From Sean Chandler’s perspective, he only saw Seraphina Sullivan calmly raise her hand. The small sparrow that had suddenly appeared, as if hearing a silent summons, obediently folded its wings and landed lightly in her outstretched palm.
The sparrow tilted its tiny head. Its beady black eyes had lost some of their luster, and it had become exceptionally docile.
’Capture successful!’
Seraphina rejoiced inwardly. Without pausing, she immediately activated another one of her Profession’s Abilities—[Bird’s Eye]!
Instantly, her vision strangely split and shifted.
One part of her vision remained her own, allowing her to see the sparrow in her palm and the vigilant Sean Chandler beside her.
The other part, however, suddenly dropped lower.
It was as if she had gained a second "eye"—the sparrow’s field of vision.
Through the sparrow’s eyes, Seraphina could clearly "see" herself and Sean Chandler.
The experience of this dual perspective was incredibly novel, even making her feel a bit dizzy at first, but Seraphina quickly adapted.
’I did it!’ Seraphina was ecstatic. ’Shared vision... This Ability is so useful!’
She tried to control the sparrow in her palm with her thoughts, making it fly.
The sparrow immediately flapped its wings, obediently ascending and circling around her and Sean Chandler.
Her "second sight" moved along with it, taking in a wider, higher-altitude view, including hidden corners and the tops of distant buildings. Nothing escaped her gaze.
"A good Ability," Seraphina said to Sean Chandler as she recalled the sparrow, the unusual light in her eyes fading.
"This will make it much easier to gather information, scout the terrain, and get early warnings of danger in this instance. At the very least, we won’t have to personally check every corner that might be hiding The Silenti."
With this eye in the sky, their chances of survival in the Petrification Apocalypse had undoubtedly increased dramatically.
’I just don’t know how many birds’ visions this Ability can connect to and share at once,’ Seraphina thought, feeling the subtle strain the dual perspective placed on her mind.
She had a gut feeling that the Ability’s upper limit was high, but the restriction likely came from the strength of her spiritual power.
Just maintaining the shared vision with one sparrow required her to divide her attention to process two streams of visual information. If there were a few more, not only would her spiritual power likely be insufficient, but the chaotic, overlapping perspectives would be enough to make her dizzy and completely unable to cope.
"Okay, enough overthinking. Time to get down to business and stock up on supplies!" Seraphina patted her cheeks firmly.
Like the most loyal Guard, Sean Chandler stood silently half a step behind her, ever-vigilant of their surroundings. He asked in a low voice, "Where are we going?"
Seraphina didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she focused her mind and controlled the small sparrow in her palm to flap its wings and soar into the sky.
Its primary mission was to act as a high-altitude sentry, closely monitoring the surroundings for any signs of those deadly swarms of The Silenti.
The memory of that sky-blotting, grayish-white shadow still made Seraphina shudder.

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