After days of labor, most of them had adapted to the grueling work of digging graves. Initially, there were some complaints, but eventually, everyone settled into their tasks.
They realized that none of the punishments from the Church they had been warned about ever materialized.
On the contrary, if they failed to complete this work, their entire families would be sent to the wilderness for 'development'—a place of grim legends where many had perished. Only after the Lord intervened and slew the monsters lurking there did the death toll decrease.
Although they had once been devout believers, Lance's reforms had been successful. The Church's influence in Hamlet had long been steadily weakened, to the point of vanishing entirely.
Ultimately, it all came down to interests. The Lord was now the one who dictated their lives.
