[quote=@Techspert]
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You would think they would be insignificant compared to all the deaths that occur in Existence at any given moment.
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You're thinking on the right track, here, but let me guide you a bit more. He needed the vast number of deaths to be in such a concentrated area, as he can't expand his influence across pretty much all of Existence to take advantage of that... But he can now, and he's growing ever-stronger because of it.