Bonfire Valley
The barrier separating the worlds of life and death was also their only connecting passage.
In that eternally pitch-black Realm of the Dead, the only permitted light source—and the only pass—was the bonfire in the valley.
Visitors had to obtain the bonfire's recognition through a ritual before they could take a flame from it. They could then travel to the land of the dead before the flame went out. If they failed to leave in time, they would be trapped on the other side forever.
Even though it sounded dangerous, Bonfire Valley had once been a popular tourist destination.
Many Sick Ones who had completed their origin release would come here to admire the spectacular mountain range that reached up to the canopy of heaven. They would also try to awaken the bonfire.
If they managed to obtain a flame and make a trip to the world of the dead, they might, with enough luck, establish contact with the dead ahead of time and even gain Death's favor.
Once they died, they would have a relatively high chance of awakening in Within the Original Tomb in the form of the dead, rather than sleeping forever and becoming one of the bricks and tiles of the Original Tomb.
As the Evil Sun fell, the barrier between the worlds of life and death grew blurred, and the dead began leaving the mountains and expanding outward.
As a result, few living people approached anymore.
Everywhere along the train's current route, the dead could be seen wandering outside in all sorts of forms,
some struggling to crawl along the ground,
some staggering forward,
and some floating through the air.
They had even vaguely spotted the outlines of towns or villages at the foot of the mountains. Large numbers of the dead lived