The Mother of Midnight was manifesting a physical body in the material world, but the impact of a godspawn entering the present world had already become apparent the moment the sun and moon turned upside down.
Lady Rose thoughtfully explained to the players that the laws of night, darkness, blood, and their lesser aspects were changing. It was just like when Old Su crashed out of the Astral Plane and into the material world, triggering a terrifying winter storm whose aftereffects still plagued the Kavuhoka Great Plains and the surrounding regions.
A deity's power came from the embodiment of rules. Within their respective divine domains, they represented the influence of a certain power, brought to the extreme of physical manifestation. Clearly, the domains represented by the active body of the Mistress of Midnight before them and the blood-red streams of light coiling around her were "midnight" and "blood."
Mm, two very narrow paths!
They could basically only be used to restrain vampires and other creatures of the night. After all, the Mother of Midnight was only a godspawn at present, possessing power but no divine domain.
But precisely because her power was so narrowly focused, the Mother of Midnight was exceptionally proficient in her own areas of expertise. The fact that she could affect vampires across the entire world from the Castia Forest was proof enough.
That was good news for other races, since it meant they would be affected by the Mistress of Midnight as little as possible. For vampires, however, it was an unmitigated disaster.
As the Mistress of Midnight's body, composed entirely of twisted vampire remains, unfurled amid the scarlet storm, every vampire—including Maxim and Adele—was forced to undergo several major tests of mental fortitude.
The monster general of Transia and the shadowy baroness were able to