After the astral rift was completely opened, the psionic energy around Cadman City quickly dissipated, or it was more appropriate to be crushed by the more violent astral psionic energy.

At this time, the entire city is being dragged from the physical world into the astral plane.

The process may have been slow, but it has been advancing steadily, and the impact of psionic energy and the constant bombardment of dimensional meteorites have caused earthquakes and landslides to occur in the surrounding land without warning.

Murphy's old horse was reluctant to move forward as it approached the edge of the city, and the perception of the beast made it more afraid of the upheaval of the city before it than the whip in Murphy's hand.

In this case, Murphy decisively chose to dismount and walk.

The entire vast gates of Cadman City in front of him had been torn apart by the rifts that had cut through the city, and the black smoke gathered by the chaotic astral psionic energy wrapped like a spider web around the ruins on both sides of the street, making the entire city extremely dark, as if a great wind and sand swept across the desert obscured all light.

Astral psionic energy is also psionic energy, so it doesn't affect the ability of the psionists, and even because it's too wild, it will increase the destructive power of the psykers' spells.

The premise is that the "pampered" psionics in the material world can withstand the spiritual filth attached to the astral psionic energy.

Murphy walked swiftly forward with the Blade of Desire in his hand, and when he encountered an obstacle, he waved his hand to unleash an enhanced dark blast that exploded in his way.

But the deeper he went, the more he could hear a strange hissing sound ringing in his ears.

In the past, such phantoms had been there when he cast the spell, but now the echoes of the voice were clearer, and there were distorted, non-worldly creatures in the deep shadows around him, peering at the young vampire.

They were "thrown into" the material world when the astral rift opened, and although they will eventually return to the astral plane, they are not in the middle of this unexpected trip to "add a meal" to themselves, so as to taste the "otherworldly flavor".

But the chaotic city is full of panicked people.

Compared to those souls with delicious fears, the vampire in front of him with a fire burning in his heart was obviously difficult to deal with, so after weighing it, there were far fewer eyes peeping at Murphy in the shadows.

But that's not a good thing.

The Joker's exit often means that real danger is on the horizon.

With the current scale of the astral rift above the head, it is definitely not just these small fish and shrimp that are thrown into the material world.

The only good news is that Trissy's estate is not far from the city gates.

In the past, not being able to live in the inner city where the vampires were entrenched has become an advantage now, which means that Murphy can escape with Triss before the situation deteriorates, as long as he is quick to solve the problem.

"Whew!"

With a low, soul-deep roar accompanied by a vicious wind coming from behind, Murphy turned and stabbed a sword as he dodged the attack.

This kind of ethereal and agile swordsmanship is obviously not the style of the Blood Vulture swordsmanship, but the "Dark Steps" that come with the unique swordsmanship skills of the Shadow Elves are indeed suitable for dealing with sneak attacks.

The vampire stood still, looking at the sneak attacker behind him.

It was a cheetah with a swarthy body.

But there were no eyes on his face, and instead there were two strange tentacles with chitin scales extending from the side of his neck, the tips of the tentacles that opened like man-eating flowers shimmered, locking on to Murphy's position.

At first glance, this skeletal thing is not something that can be born from the material world.

Murphy didn't want to entangle with it, and threw a psionic blast forward as he retreated, turning into a gust of wind, rolling up the dust and debris on the streets, and then dodging back further.

The strange panther failed in a sneak attack and was slashed by Murphy, and realized that the prey was not easy to mess with, so he got down the slope and did not continue to chase the donkey.

"This won't work!"

Murphy frowned as he looked around in the dim ruins.

The spiritual energy of the astral realm is still pouring into the material world, and if it continues like this, there will only be more and more monsters in the city, and even if he rescues Trissy, it will be difficult to get out of the city safely.

A safe exit must be cleared in advance.

Thinking of this, Murphy immediately grabbed the core orb hanging from his neck, and injected spiritual energy into it to activate the communication between the orbs.

Before he could speak, Miriam's scream rang out from there:

"What the hell is this luck on your part, Murphy! Why did this happen here when I first arrived at Cadman City? Where are you now? Maxim is going into the city to find you, and I can't stop him!

Those mad warriors of yours are still poking the flames around, encouraging us to go into town!

Are they crazy?

Who would be a normal person going to this place that is being destroyed? ”

"Calm down!"

Murphy was so squeezed by Miriam's shrill voice that he couldn't help but yell, and the other side immediately fell silent.

"Listen to me now! Give Maxim a orb to help him start, I need him to maintain a safe passage east of the city gate, the wall has collapsed so this job is not difficult, my warriors will cooperate with him.

I'll meet you when I find Tracey.

Remember, 10 million! Don't just go into town!

There are a lot of astral creatures in the city hiding in the shadows to sneak up on the living, and they are very difficult and dangerous, and they are not something that my warriors can deal with right now.

Got it? ”

"Oh, okay."

Miriam was still very reliable at the critical moment, and she acted as soon as she responded.

And Murphy also operated on the core orb, and a few seconds later, in the "Black Storm" outside the city, the arithmetic orbs on the little players who were gearing up made a soft sound.

The quest from Murphy is triggered.

[Main Story: The Last Night of Cadman City.]

Quest 1: Escape!

Description: The Warriors from the Otherworld have lost their leisurely vacation, and for unknown reasons, Cadman City has suffered a calamity from the Astral Plane.

There is no time to rest, you must act now!

Summoner Murphy, burdened with a mysterious fate, hopes that his warriors, led by his servant Maxim, will carve out a temporary safe passage by the crumbling city walls, so that Murphy can safely retreat after retrieving his elder.

Warriors who are unwilling to surrender before the disaster comes, please report to the loyal Maxim immediately!

Goal: Hold the safe passage until Murphy and Tracey return safely.

Reward: A few gold, and the follow-up main quest will be opened.

Warn!

This quest is a main quest, and failure to do so will have serious consequences.

Prompt!

This mission is a series of missions, and the final reward is: Decorations, Blood Vulture Clan's Midnight Hunter Costume Set, [9/9]]

"Damn! The main quest is here, and there are out-of-print costume rewards, brothers! Rush! ”

Brother Meow raised the blood-colored halberd in his hand and swung forward.

Eleven players ran to the anxious Maxim like wild dogs, and the loyal servants didn't say much, leading them to the place where the walls had collapsed in a dim environment.

Miriam didn't want to wade into the troubled waters.

But staying here alone is basically equivalent to death, so she can only carry a shotgun and follow the player to make a cameo appearance as a "support NPC".

But these guys are in a hurry, and they seem to have forgotten something.

In the carriage they left not far outside the city, the coffin containing Lady Adele kept making a clicking sound, because the erosion of the rampaging astral psionic energy caused Lady Adele to wake up prematurely.

"Bang"

After a muffled thud, the entire coffin board flew out.

The huge force even broke the shed of the carriage, and Lady Adele, who was lying in the coffin, rubbed her forehead and sat up.

Her last memories were of the battle with Chopan Makchi in the smuggler's woodland, and she didn't know anything about what had happened in the past two or three days, except for a vague memory of the initial embrace.

She blinked her scarlet eyes, and her sharper perception swept around, not finding either her lord or Miss Femis.

Have you been left here?

What's going on with all these rampaging psionic abilities around us?

Adele got up and stepped out of the broken carriage, and then the pupils of her eyes dilated in shock, and she realized that something was wrong when she saw Cadman City being dragged into the astral plane and the absolutely abnormal environment around her.

Although she hadn't fully adapted to her new powers, she knew she had to go.

"Huh?"

As Adele retrieved her sword and handcuff from the coffin, she suddenly felt something more in her mind, which seemed to be a summoning spell given to her by her superiors.

The lady butler, with a fiery figure and an indifferent face, hesitated for a moment, then tried her first summon.

She thought it was going to be hard.

But in fact, like the instinct to eat and drink, the whole process was completed without obscurity, and with a loud wolf howl, an astral wolf the size of a hound appeared at her feet.

The disembodied creature circled Adele twice, licking her fingers flatteringly.

"You're just in time."

Lady Adele took out the notebook of the eldest lady from the coffin next to her, handed it to herself, sniffed the astral wolf, and then waved forward and ordered:

"Take me to her."

---

"Ahem"

Lying in the ruins of the manor, Tracey coughed with difficulty, and the sticky blood spurted out of her mouth, indicating that she was already terrible at this time.

Beside Tracy lay a massive, decomposing corpse, a strange creature made of terrifying tentacles, black-gray chitin carapaces, and crab-like legs.

When it is alive, it is fierce and weird enough, and when it dies, it will continue to release filthy energy to impact the hearts of the surrounding life.

Spelling this guy almost drained the last bit of Tracy's psionic energy, making it difficult for her to even move.

Tracey felt like she was dying.

Of course, for vampires, this can be a hallucination due to "anemia".

Her body was numb from the tingling, and to add insult to injury, it was still snowing in the already dark sandstorm-like sky.

That's black "snow".

Pieces fell to the ground, then vanished as psionic embers.

Tracy, a former psionic master, knows that this is due to the strange environmental phenomenon caused by the assimilation of astral psionic energy into the physical world, which means that the land is being merged into the mysterious and dangerous astral plane.

She must leave quickly, or she will never be able to assimilate the tragic fate again.

However, Triss would not have any strength at all.

She lay on her back in the black snow-falling ruins, her bewitching red eyes staring at the sky above her head that swirled like a vortex of energy.

It's a rare sight in the material world.

Probably because she was shocked by the astral creature just now, so that Triss actually had some wonderful associations at this moment.

She remembered in a trance...

When I picked up little Murphy more than a year ago, it was also a cold and snowy day.

She had just helped a wealthy man who had traveled between the city and Port Chardo to get her first hug, and the guy who had come to visit her at Cadman City had earned the coveted "eternal life", and in return, the man gave Tracey a third of his fortune.

Tris had planned to use the windfall to buy a wine cellar and renovate her estate.

Later, she met Murphy, who was dying of starvation, on the side of the city's streets.

It was snowing, it was very cold, and eighteen-year-old Murphy was lying on the road in his single clothes, it was the eighth year of the Ten Years' War, fugitives like Murphy were everywhere, and Cadman City would starve to death every day.

Tracey had forgotten why she had brought Murphy back.

Maybe it was just because of the drunken whim that night, or maybe it was because of a sudden kindness.

Maybe I can't bear to see such a lovely life taken away by death, in short, it seems that in a blink of an eye, I have another heir.

As before, the money earned was quickly spent.

But this time the guy he picked up seemed to be different from all the previous heirs, he didn't leave him, it was like a gentle dream that would never wake up.

"Tracey... Tracey... You okay? Don't scare me... Open your eyes! It's me! Tracey..."

The familiar call seemed to come from the sky, making the dazed Trace's consciousness return to the material world little by little.

In a trance, she saw Murphy's handsome and lovely face again.

But she knew that it was just the remnants of the astral monster's mental pollution of herself, and the last vision she saw in her life was actually this little guy...

But little Murphy is obviously gone!

The boy listened to her and left Cadman City forever for a safer place, he avoided himself and his bad luck, so how could he still be by his side?

The snow in the sky is getting heavier and heavier.

It was a sign of greater danger, but she had no intention of rebelling against this damn fate.

She has never had a smooth life in her life!

From unlucky childhood to old age, she has really had enough of more than four hundred years of mockery from fate.

"Tris!"

Another call sounded, much to the annoyance of Tracey, who wanted to close her eyes in the snow.

She struggled to dispel the illusion in front of her, but the next moment, her raised hand was caught, and the whole person was embraced in a warmer embrace for a vampire.

Half-kneeling in the black snow, he hugged it so tightly, as if he was holding the most precious treasure in his life.

"Great, Tris, you're still alive... I'm back, Trace, Murphy is back. Sorry I came back late, it's really good that you're okay..."

The uncomfortable feeling of being embraced brought Tracey back to her soul all at once.

She shook her head vigorously, feeling her body being lifted from the ground, she finally understood everything, but then a wave of anger rose from her heart.

"Didn't you let you go! Why come back! You damned child! disobedient..."

She yelled, reaching out to slap Murphy in the face, but was too weak to do so, allowing Murphy to drape her in the Midnight Cloak and carry her behind her.

"Don't be afraid, I'll take you out of here, hold on!"

Murphy whispered to Tracy behind her.

He stepped forward against the growing black snow towards the collapsing wall, and behind him, a weakened Tracey buried her head in Murphy's shoulder.

Unfortunately, in the battle just now, her eyes seemed to have entered the sand, and now she was very uncomfortable trying to secrete some kind of weak substance.

Thankfully, the vampire doesn't shed tears, and naturally no one can see her bad expression at this time.

Otherwise, you will be laughed at by others, right?

After all, the world she was familiar with as a vampire was far less tender than the midnight blessing and the embrace at this time.

"Little Murphy..."

"Huh?"

"I'm going to drink..."

"When are you still drinking! Bear with me! Go out and find you a better one. ”

"No... If you don't drink it, the wound will hurt..."

"Is that why you're addicted to alcohol? Why didn't you say it before? Okay, I'll help you find it on the road, bear with me. ”

"Oh."

Under the dim, gloomy, crazy and dangerous sky, the vortex of astral psionic energy was like a black sun, radiating a dark and evil light in the sprinkling black snow, stretching Murphy's figure forward in the snow, and making Tracy behind him almost merge with his shadow.

It was as if they could no longer separate each other.

Well, the last child of Lady Tracey's long life really doesn't seem to be like any other unconscionable fellow.

Maybe it's because all the luck she's saved in her life of bad luck was spent on that cold night a year ago?