Murphy ultimately didn't go show off his new powers at the Bloodbound Knights' position.
For one thing, the Bloodbound Knights were stationed some distance from his position. For another, given the width and state of the battlefield, it seemed there was no need to bring them into the fray.
Under the combined assault of the People's Army and the Wolfsbane vanguard, both of whom had activated Bloodrage, the gnolls that had breached the outer wall and rampaged through the city were driven into a rout. With Maxim and the Wolfsbane general leading the slaughter, the entire position was retaken within thirty minutes.
The players, caught up in the killing, even pursued the gnolls outside the city, only stopping when the enemy sent reinforcements to hold them back.
The victory could have been even more glorious, but dawn had arrived. The active solar energy was too much for the vampires to bear, and they began to weaken. One by one, they came out of the fury brought on by Midnight Echoes, growing exhausted and silent.
They were exhausted because the Wrath of Sin that came with Midnight Echoes was too powerful, multiplying their mental strain tenfold. The weariness that seeped into their souls was so deep that even Maxim wanted to find somewhere to lie down and sleep.
And they were silent—
because of the afterimages the vampires had seen.
The scenes of the Golden Age's collapse had deeply affected them. The effect grew stronger as their understanding of what had happened back then deepened. Now that they had undergone several memory resonances, the vampire lord was only one step away from uncovering the truth of that era.
That had brought Midnight Echoes to an astonishing intensity. Every vampire returning from the battlefield could feel the trembling in their heart and