Chapter 57:
“So you’re saying the spirit nexus powering Kadman City’s great barrier wasn’t damaged?”
When Murphy saw the haggard-looking Young Lady, he immediately raised an eyebrow at the news she told him.
He asked skeptically:
“That doesn’t sound very likely. If that super barrier called ‘Nocturne’ was still operational, why didn’t it activate when the astral rift opened? I know a city’s spirit defense barrier can’t block a rift of that level, but at the very least it could have bought the Blood Vulture Clan some preparation and evacuation time.
We observed the whole process.
The legendary Nocturne never activated from start to finish.”
“That’s because the traitors inside the city disabled it beforehand,” said the Young Lady. “Tris should have reminded you there are traitors in the city.”
She took out an ancient map from her spirit pouch, glanced at Murphy, and then unfolded it before the vampire. The map was quite old, though well preserved, but the ravages of time had left unmistakable marks on it.
“Kadman City was built 400 years ago by my father, who led the Blood Vulture Clan and the first settlers to construct it with their own hands. When founding the city, he had already prepared ample expansion space for the great spirit barrier.