Chapter 46:
Murphy gathered all the vampires around him.
Including himself, there were only four of them in total. Fortunately, it was nighttime, and there were still four to five hours until dawn. Their enhanced perceptions in the darkness allowed them to easily lock onto the civilians trapped in the outer city ruins.
Before the survivors at the camp could be organized, the Young Lady and Lady Adele first spread their wings and flew a circle over the outer city ruins, braving the astral spirit energy and the ominous black snow.
They brought back crucial intelligence.
Since Kadman City was devoured by the energy of an astral rift rather than a true earthquake, there were not many people trapped under the rubble. The main reason the surviving civilians could not escape was the spawns of despair constantly emerging from the astral shadows, as well as the astral beasts prowling within those shadows.
After receiving this intelligence, Murphy quickly adjusted his plan.
“Use fire!”
Relying on her profound research into spirit energy, Tris proposed a solution. Looking at the shadows within the collapsed city walls before them, she told Murphy:
“The astral shadows in the outer city are just diffused from the inner city, far less in both concentration and number compared to the core area devoured by astral spirit energy. These peripheral shadows can be quickly driven back by flames.