Jaeger corps ran rampant in both the Erebonian Empire and Calvard, as well as Crossbell City caught between them. It could even be said that, aside from Liberl, nearly every other nation bore traces of jaeger corps activity to some extent.
There was more than one jaeger corps—there were many. The better-known ones included the Jester Jaeger Corps and the Red Constellation Jaeger Corps, among others. The jaeger corps that had captured Hamel Village, however, was a relatively obscure one.
After all, they had only needed to slaughter the people in a village. Great strength had not been necessary.
But some of the other jaeger corps were terrifying enough to plunge an entire city into a sea of flames by their own power!
Some powerful cults had even been massacred by jaeger corps, with their remaining forces ultimately absorbed into their ranks.
The terror of the jaeger corps made the entire continent pale at the mere mention of them. Their name could even be used to frighten children: "If you keep misbehaving, I'll leave you outside. What will you do when the jaeger corps come?"
The moment crying children heard the words "jaeger corps," they immediately stopped crying.
As for why jaeger corps existed, it was first necessary to explain that they had arisen from a tragic event.
No one knew the origin of that tragedy. But the appearance of an ancient artifact had turned an entire town in northern North Ambria into an ocean of salt.
That ancient artifact was called the Salt Pale. It could turn anything struck by it into salt.
Naturally, it had a range of effect. When its power remained sufficiently great, it could turn an entire town into a sea of salt. But after power on such a massive scale had been used freely,