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Robbery had been attempted on five different graves.
After digging up each one, they discovered the same unsettling fact: the wooden coffins had all been shattered.
It seemed the undead had risen underground, breaking free from their coffins and crawling back into the world. Yet, there were still corpses within the graves.
Some did not seem to be in the right state of decay given their date of death, while others seemed to match. There were countless bodies buried in this cemetery, and the faces had all decayed beyond recognition.
“These aren’t the bodies of fallen soldiers,” Ellen said after inspecting the corpses.
Louise nodded in agreement.
Despite the varying states of decay, all the bodies retained some semblance of their original appearance, and their condition suggested they hadn’t been well-nourished in life.
The cemetery had been expanded after the Gate Incident, and most of those buried in this section were soldiers who had fallen in battle. It was unlikely that the soldiers’ bodies would be so emaciated.
“And there are no battle injuries,” Louise added.
“Yes,” Ellen...
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