The Demon Territory stretched endlessly beyond the Federation's protective walls, an ever-shifting landscape of desolation, darkness, and danger. But it wasn't just chaos without structure. Over decades of battles, deaths, and bloody expeditions, the Federation had classified the demon lands into zones, a crude but functional system based on proximity to the federal wall and demonic power density.
The deeper one ventured, the more terrifying the demons became.
There were two main reasons for this deadly phenomenon.
First, proximity to the wall invited destruction. Whenever a high-ranked demon approached the barrier, elite trial takers were dispatched without hesitation. S-rank and above demons rarely made it close enough to threaten the wall, and if they did, response was immediate, sometimes involving Black Vanguards, Silver Marshals, or in the rarest and most horrifying cases, the Supreme Warden himself: the Governor.
