As the branch manager of the Funeral Society, Hayden Ow wasn't a pampered person by nature.
From the moment he joined the Funeral Society, Hayden Ow spent his days training and fighting. Over a decade of fighting experience allowed the branch manager of the Funeral Society to not turn around to check what was behind him. Instead, he leaped forward and grabbed the handle of his gun.
Bang Bang Bang!
He didn't even bother to aim the pistol under his ribs. He just kept firing.
The bullets perforated Hayden Ow's coat and the muzzle flash kept on flashing.
The figure behind Hayden Ow fell to the ground along with the gunshot.
But …
A moment after the figure fell, the figure struggled to climb up again.
A grayish, rotten face.
A dried up eyeball with pus in it.
The figure ignored the bullet holes on its body and continued to stagger forward. Everything told Hayden Ow what he had run into.
"Corpse Puppet!"
Hayden O narrowed his eyes. He raised his gun and fired again.
Bang!
The figure fell to the ground along with the gunshot.
Half of its head was crushed and after twitching twice, it stopped moving.
Corpse Puppets weren't some rare fiends.
In fact, in some ancient graveyards, such low level fiends could be found everywhere. As long as one was prepared and overcame the fear in their heart, even a common man could kill a Corpse Puppet.
After all, a common Corpse Puppet's head was its weak point and it hated light and was afraid of fire.
However, the Corpse Puppet before him was different.
Not only did it not hate light, it could quietly sneak up behind Hayden Ow.
There was only one possibility!
A Corpse Ghoul!
A Corpse Ghoul that could control Corpse Puppets!
Although it was only a word's difference, the latter was a thousand, no, ten thousand times more dangerous than the former.
All it took was one or two trained men to deal with a Corpse Ghoul.
As for a Corpse Ghoul with a body as hard as steel and venom that could control Corpse Puppets at will?
A team of a hundred fully armed men wasn't even enough to deal with a Corpse Ghoul.
And that was under the premise that they were equipped with firearms.
Back in the old fiend era, in order to deal with a Corpse Ghoul, the number of men required was a few times more than the current number.
Therefore, every time a Corpse Ghoul appeared, it would attract a lot of trouble. However, in the recorded history, there weren't many Corpse Ghouls.
If Corpse Puppets could be seen everywhere in ancient graveyards, then a Corpse Ghoul would require a harsh environment to form.
To put it more bluntly, under natural conditions, Corpse Ghouls could not form.
Because the last step to forming a ghoul was …
Blood sacrifice!
He used the blood of a hundred people who were connected to the Corpse Ghost's bloodline to carry out the blood sacrifice.
A family of priests would give birth to a ghoul.
In the Era of Fiendish Demons, a clan that could form such a clan was already considered a small faction. They would more or less have a network of connections.
Once they realized that something was amiss, the surroundings would immediately react.
As for modern times?
The population was getting denser and denser, but the emergence of technology and the existence of 'Gods' made such a thing more and more impossible.
Hayden Ao, the branch manager of Funeral Society, had never seen Corpse Ghoul before.
He didn't even think that it would be a ghoul.
Hu! Hu!
Hayden Ow exhaled angrily. He looked at the coffin in shock and anger, his gun still in one hand while his other hand reached for the grenade hidden in his pocket.
In the era of the Fiendish Demons, these kinds of Ghouls were forbidden and hated, let alone in modern times.
It had completely crossed the bottom line of people.
The bloody hands were still on top of the coffin, its fingers slightly curled up in an extremely awkward way, as if it was trying to support its body up but lacked the strength.
"Huh?"
The unusual behavior of the Corpse Ghoul raised doubts in Hayden Ao's heart.
However, the branch manager wasn't slow at all.
Kak!
After pulling the pin, the grenade was thrown precisely at the coffin.
KABOOM!
The moment the grenade landed on the coffin, it exploded.
Shrapnel flew everywhere.
Angry roars sounded repeatedly.
The wooden coffin fell apart at the first moment.
But …
The Corpse Ghoul still didn't appear, only its roars proved its existence.
"Incomplete?
Or …? "
Hayden Ao wondered in his heart as he took out another grenade.
However, before Hayden Ao pulled the pin, the ground started to tremble. The whole Canmore Cemetery started to tremble as if an earthquake was happening.
The tombstones fell down one after another.
Some withered and sharpened.
Some firm and muscular hands reached out from the deepest part of the grave.
As the biggest cemetery in Forest City, the number of bodies buried in Canmore Cemetery numbered in the tens of thousands and if the unknown tombstones were included, the number would double.
At that moment, more than a third of the graves started to mutate.
"So many Corpse Ghouls!
How is this possible?! "
Hayden Ao's scalp went numb as he stood there. He hurled the grenade towards the Corpse Ghoul's grave again and instinctively called for backup.
It wouldn't do without backup.
That many Corpse Ghouls wasn't something he could handle alone.
Especially when Canmore Cemetery wasn't that far from Forest City to begin with, once the Corpse Ghouls charged into the city …
The whole of Forest City would suffer a devastating blow!
Once the thought came into his mind, Hayden Ao couldn't help but clench his teeth.
At that moment, Hayden Ao had completely forgotten about Kieran beside him. All he knew was that the Funeral Society had just acquired a piece of land! He couldn't allow this piece of land to disappear under the waves of Corpse Ghouls before it could truly be constructed.
A white candle appeared in Hayden Ao's hand.
He carefully lit up the candle.
Under the sunlight, a pea-sized flame appeared on the candle.
It was slightly dim.
However, when the light appeared, the Corpse Ghouls that crawled out from the grave started to throw themselves at Hayden Ao as if they were attracted by the light. However, when the Corpse Ghouls got within 5 meters of Hayden Ao, the flames started to burn their bodies.
At the same time, the pea-sized flame on the candle grew stronger in an instant. The candle's burning speed was more than doubled.
Within a breath's time, the first wave of Corpse Ghouls that got close were burned to ashes.
Then came the second wave, the third wave …
After a few waves, all the Corpse Ghouls were burned to ashes.
But!
The number of Corpse Ghouls was too many.
The number of Corpse Ghouls that got burned to ashes was less than a tenth of the number of Corpse Ghouls swarming towards Kieran but the candle was almost half burned.
On top of that, the burning speed was getting faster.
Bang Bang Bang!
Gunshots were fired again.
Hayden Ao pulled the trigger repeatedly.
Although he knew it was like trying to put out a burning cart of firewood with a cup of water, it was still better than doing nothing, right?
Soon, all the bullets were emptied.
The whole candle was left with a single candle head.
Hayden Ao looked at the densely packed Corpse Ghouls around him and despair flashed over his face. He then pulled out the dagger that was tied to his calf.
It was impossible for him to surrender without a fight.
Even if he had to die, he would take out a few more Corpse Ghouls.
KABOOM!
Just when Hayden Ao was about to launch a desperate charge, an explosion and intense gunshot came from behind the Corpse Ghouls.
The reinforcements had arrived!
It was even faster than what he had imagined!
"We survived."
Hayden Ao heaved a long breath when he saw the candle that wasn't extinguished yet.
If he could live, who would want to die?
After lingering on the edge of death, Hayden Ao's tense nerves swiftly relaxed and it was at that moment that he thought of a problem.
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