Murphy went on a killing spree tonight.
Under the blessing of midnight, the vampires' combat strength increased to a terrifying degree.
Although the gnolls were also skilled at fighting at night, their kobold servants still needed to rest. The surprise attack threw them into chaos, and their destructive power was nowhere near as great as it had been during the day.
The Blood Eagle Clan led the charge, with the Thorn Clan's assassins quickly following them into battle.
Their target was clear. They couldn't be bothered to assassinate ordinary gnolls. Led by Vista, the White Mountain assassins focused solely on the hunting priests who could cast Bloodlust.
The Thorn Nightwalkers were the most dangerous assassins on the continent after dark. There was no competition. Thanks to their incredible passive stealth, any hunting priest they set their sights on could forget about escaping.
Compared to these refined assassins, the pirates of the Bloodfear Clan were much less particular.
They preferred to fight when the odds were in their favor, so they targeted the kobolds in the chaos. The hunting priests weren't about to waste their precious "ranged immunity totems" on kobold cannon fodder, which meant that after the Bloodfear pirates charged into the ruins of Position Two, they slaughtered the kobolds without mercy.
The vampires were determined to retake their position, so tonight's battle was about driving the enemy out. With Triss, a Gold-ranked psychic, on hand to cast spells, that was easy enough.
But Lord Heather was a vampire too.
When she heard that the Blood Eagle, Bloodfear, and Thorn Clans had joined forces at the front, she quickly brought the elite Blood Knights of the Blood Covenant Clan to the front as well, eager to "join in the festivities."
Lord Heather was clearly more ambitious than Murphy. She hoped