At the sixteenth hour after the players logged off, Murphy was in the Blood Eagle Corridor preparing the agenda for tomorrow morning's meeting.
He had to get the framework of his territory's administration in place before the players logged back in. At times like this, he was immensely grateful to be the "boss," with professionals like Miss Mirian working under him. If he had to do everything himself from start to finish, Murphy figured he'd go insane.
There was also the important matter of the astral shadow that had once again spread over the ruins of the inner city above the Blood Eagle Corridor.
The tainted psionic energy pouring down from the Astral Wound in the sky wasn't as aggressive as it had been last time, but it had indeed formed another "black mist zone" in the inner city, which had been utterly cleared out.
It was easy to imagine that, as time went on, the threats in the inner city would no longer be limited to low-level Despair Spawn. More and more astral creatures would cross into Cadman's inner city through the Astral Wound in the sky, which would take at least ten years to heal. So Murphy planned to seal off the inner city completely.
As it happened, the city's massive rift had split the original city in two. The new city could simply be built outward from the outer city.
As for the inner city, it could serve as a place for the players to explore. They weren't afraid of having too many monsters around. For new players in particular, the more weakling monsters like Despair Spawn, the better.
That way, the Blood Eagle Corridor, as a "starter area," would come with its own "monster-farming spot."
It couldn't be more perfect.
And now the newly appointed Blood