Demiurge's Quiet Catastrophe

At night, the public cemetery within Yar'kilantir City.

Located on the city's outskirts, it occupied more than fifty percent of the western district and held countless civilians, soldiers, adventurers, and mercenaries who had died in wars.

Especially in recent years, the Empire and the Kingdom had waged large-scale wars every autumn.

Both sides fielded more than one or two hundred thousand troops, so the casualties were exceptionally horrific. Over time, the entire public cemetery had been filled with the dead.

There were so many that they had even caused permanent changes to the surrounding environment.

The place looked gray and gloomy as far as the eye could see, while the air and soil gave off a cold, sinister aura.

From the perspective of magical energy, the Negative Energy here had far exceeded acceptable levels, to the point where Undead Creatures could naturally arise.

Yar'kilantir City Hall had once built a four-meter-high wall to completely separate the cemetery from the residential areas outside. There were also numerous watchtowers and magically sustained lamps.

Every night, soldiers, adventurers, and mercenaries had been sent to patrol the place, ensuring that any undead discovered were immediately destroyed on the spot instead of being allowed to gather in ever greater numbers until they formed a terrifying undead calamity.

However, with the powerful rise of the Hunter Association, both the civilians and City Hall had relaxed their vigilance toward this place, no longer even sending patrols.

The reason was simple!

So many Hunters had gathered in this city that forget a mere few thousand undead—even if their numbers increased tenfold, they would ultimately be completely wiped out by the fierce "Fourth Great Calamity."

Thus, in many people's eyes, this public cemetery was actually a breeding ground, and the undead within were livestock being raised like pigs and