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Chapter 422 Funeral
After nearly half a year of construction, Helot Manor was put into use.

Mount Clauland has also changed a lot from before.

The most eye-catching thing is that a towering wall surrounds the entire mountain. There is a sentry tower built at regular intervals on the wall, where a small team of undead is stationed, on duty 24 hours a day, without the need for shift changes, and there are no blind spots in the surveillance.

The mountain was built into a large cemetery. The Claulund family allowed the residents of the Covenant City to bury the remains of their deceased relatives in this cemetery. The dead will guard their peace after death. This is also the tradition of the Claulund family. Respecting death is the rule of the gravekeepers.

In the past, being buried in a cemetery guarded by the Claulund family was an honor, because no matter what the status of the person buried was, the Claulund family would definitely send at least one member of the family to attend the funeral. The Claulund family would do their best to maintain and repair each grave, and guarding the grave was more than just a "name".

However, with the decline of the Claulund family and the rampages of the corpse stitchers, the undead and the necromancers gradually became terrifying things that people were afraid of. The Claulund family wanted to truly revive, not only to restore the family's reputation and status, but also the beliefs that their ancestors wanted to protect.

The dead are not in opposition to the living; in fact, the dead respect death more than the living.

Now as Helot's fame grows, some people begin to take the initiative to learn about the legendary Claulund family, what real necromancy is, what the undead are, and the difference between gravekeepers and corpse stitchers.

The important thing is...the Claulund family cemetery is free!
A funeral was held at the Crowland Hill Cemetery.

The deceased came from a poor family, which could be seen from the attire of the family members attending the funeral. The coffin containing the body was also the cheapest one.

The funeral begins.

There was no fancy eulogy, no grand ceremony.

The deceased's family gathered around the grave, feeling both fear and curiosity about the dead spirit amidst their sorrow.

The coffin was carried by six skeletons and slowly placed in the dug grave.

The cold wind from the mountain made the atmosphere seem very heavy.

As the only member of the Claulund family now, Helot stood at the edge of the grave with the deceased's family, watching the soil bury the coffin little by little.

The short distance is the interval between life and death. The dead are gone and will never come back.

Helot had attended many funerals before, but this was the first time he attended a stranger's funeral, so he could stand from the perspective of an observer and watch everything that happened calmly.

As the funeral progressed, the deceased's family members were no longer as fearful as they were at the beginning because of the cautiousness of the deceased's spirit, and the sadness made some people cry unconsciously.

The ghosts in the distance followed suit and moaned softly.

The special feeling made Helot have some insights into the rules left by his ancestors. The exploration of death cannot be limited to the magical level. Things that are too objective are certainly correct, but some things in this world cannot be completely calculated by magical formulas.

Death cannot be separated from life, and the living's longing and mourning for the deceased are also part of death.

The traces of the dead will remain in the world of the living for a long time.

Helot and the deceased's family mourned devoutly...

The simple funeral ended quickly and the butler Kurt saw the deceased's family off from the cemetery.

"Every Sunday is the open day of Claulund Cemetery. You can come here to visit relatives and friends buried here. In principle, it is not open to the public at other times. Of course, you can apply for special circumstances at the duty office."

Kurt's temperament makes it easy for people to ignore his identity as a dead man. His friendliness allows him to deal with any type of guest.

Outside the cemetery gate, the deceased's wife expressed her gratitude to Kurt.

The free burial plot and funeral provided by Claulund Cemetery saved her family a lot of money. "Thank you, Mr. Kurt!" The old woman bowed to Kurt, "Please also thank Mr. Claulund for me. I should have gone to Helot Manor to thank Mr. Claulund in person, but I am of low status and not qualified to meet the great Duke of the Dead."

Kurt was stunned at first, but then he bowed to the old woman and apologized: "I'm sorry! I haven't presided over a funeral for a long time, so I made such a serious mistake. I forgot to introduce that the young man who just accompanied you and your family to watch Mr. Milner's burial is the owner of this place, Helot Clauland."

The old woman was stunned on the spot!
Her family and friends who were with her were all stunned!
Mr. Claulund, the great Duke of the Dead actually came to attend the funeral of a nobody like them...

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry..." The old woman spoke incoherently: "I thought he was a servant of the Claulund family, but I didn't expect him to be the Duke. We are so rude, so rude, I hope the Duke won't blame us..."

Kurt was still gentle and polite: "You don't need to apologize. There is no distinction between high and low status at the funeral of the deceased. This is the rule of the Claulund family. Only remembering the deceased at the funeral is a respect for the deceased.

There is one more thing that needs to be corrected. My master, Mr. Claulund, is now a commoner, not a duke."

"No!" the old woman said firmly, "In our hearts, Mr. Claulund is the Duke of the Dead."

The child who came to the funeral shouted, "I know that Duke Claulund is one of the twelve founding dukes of the empire. I can recite all the thirteen founding families."

Then the child counted on his fingers and recited the names of thirteen families.

Golden Family, Bradley.

The Old Ones family, Claulund.

Ice and Snow Family, Erwin.

Violet Family, Holman.

The War Maniac Family, Kellis.

Hurricane family, Hackson.

Perez, the War Blade family.

Chiyan family, Stuart.

The Dark Family, Denashi.

The Mountaintop Family, Evans.

The Blue Family, Moore.

Liberty Wing Family, Graham.

Valkyrie Family, Veronica.

The thirteen families and the twelve founding dukes are names that every citizen of the empire must remember. They have all made outstanding contributions to the shaping of this great empire. Even though most of the founding families have disappeared, no one can erase their names from the first constitution of the empire.

Moreover, as information exchange became more and more convenient and people had access to more and more media, the bloody chaos that had been hidden for hundreds of years gradually came into the public eye.

Especially during this period, a novel called "Blood Rose" was a best-seller, which explicitly described the history of the feud between brothers in the thirteen clans.

When this novel appeared, the Empire banned it. But the more it was banned, the more people wanted to read it...

(End of this chapter)