The so-called Abyss Will, the Son of Hope, whether it is fate or accident, Andrei doesn't care much. He couldn't control the grievances and hatred of these exiles who were his subordinates, and after listening to the explanations of their current situation from these cheap subordinates, the only thing that stood in the way of the children of the abyss was the "cursed" swamp that kept them secret.

In Andrei's previous view, the so-called Cursed Land is nothing more than nonsense, and there are dangerous places in any world that humans call "forbidden areas". Poisonous insects, miasma, dangerous peaks, jungles, high cold, dry heat, deep sea, and space cannot stop the pace of human exploration. No matter how dangerous a place is, as long as there are reasonable measures and means, there is no place where human beings cannot go at all. It's just that everyone here is vague about the swamp, and every time they talk about the dangers of that place, they say the same thing, which makes it difficult for André to make an accurate judgment. After all, having personally experienced the wonder of flesh and blood reforgment and magical power, the three views of the children of the abyss from the science of another world have begun to shake a little.

He didn't know which of these people's descriptions of the swamp were true, and which were just rumors.

The mystery of the swamp "curse" almost leaves the children of the abyss at a loss. Andrei had no choice but to use the stupidest method...... He was ready to ask everyone about every detail of the swamp one by one, and by discerning the similarities and differences in everyone's words, he would be able to draw some patterns and clues from these descriptions, even if they were all false.

Fortunately, in addition to the vast majority of people who are hearsay, there is still one person who has a concrete and deep impression of the "curse" of the swamp.

As the eldest succubus in this group of exiles, Morrigan's half-life experience has taught her that prudence is the way to survive safely, but the wonderful thing is that she has a habit that is completely contrary to her philosophy of life - an irrepressible curiosity!

She remembered that at that time, she was just a cowardly demon babbling......

"The rainy season was shorter than usual, and the wilderness after the rainy season was not as lush as before...... By the time the rainy season arrived the following year, almost everything that could be eaten in the wilderness had been stuffed into the stomachs, and many trees had even their bark gnawed clean by hungry cowards. Finally, someone couldn't hold back the hunger and wanted to try their luck on the swamp. ”

At that time, in her opinion, the adventurers who were willing to risk their lives instead of starving and complaining were the real warriors, and she was very annoyed that she was too weak at that time to even gamble on the future with her life.

"It was a long, difficult dry season, and I was glad that I was not among the people who fell from hunger that year, and almost all of those who fell became 'food' for the survivors...... And just before the end of the dry season, in anticipation of the arrival of the rainy season with abundant food, the party that had left the tribe to explore the swamp for nearly half a year finally returned. Morrigan swallowed with some difficulty, and she suddenly felt that her throat was dry, but she didn't know if it was because she was speaking too quickly or because she was still haunted by the horrible sights of those days.

"Dozens of young and strong demons only came back in the end, a total of three people came back......" The succubus still remembered that those explorers back then were precisely because they were not as powerful as the older ones in the clan, and they had just escaped from the status of cowardly demons, they had an enterprising heart and the strength to match it, so they dared to move forward towards their goals!" They weren't as tall as they had set out, and in their descriptions, the swamp was rich in water and food, but at the same time, an unpredictable curse haunted them throughout their journey......"

Morrigan had almost forgotten the story of the swamp and the curse as described by the survivors, and it was said that none of the warriors who died were due to trauma and starvation!

But she will never forget the end of that story......

After a month, his body became weaker and weaker. The body often has an inexplicable fever, and the condition of the stomach and intestines is getting worse and worse from the point of view of the excrement. At that time, for fear of being cursed, no one in the tribe dared to communicate with him, except for me......"

Morrigan was already immersed in the memories, her gaze suddenly losing focus, and she murmured as if she had lost her soul. He showed me the corpse of his last companion...... "In the concept of demons, after death, the soul enters the underworld with the River Styx, and the best destination for the body is the belly of the living. The corpse of the enemy will be turned into a powerful boost, which is undoubtedly the best reward for the victor. Even if the corpse belongs to one's relatives and friends, it can also allow the living to accept the inheritance of the power of the deceased, and the corpse of the powerful demon clan is the rarest and most precious resource on the road to advancement for others!

He no longer had the strength to find food, even though the wilderness during the rainy season was full of verdant wild herbs and tender mushrooms...... In the days that followed, the bodies of his last companions had been eaten by him. At the time, I wondered why he didn't eat the offal first, because everyone knows that the offal is the more nutritious and delicious part...... The hand he held the bone knife seemed to use all his strength, and it was as if he didn't feel any pain and cut his belly......"

The older succubus bit her lip tightly, her face pale as if she had fallen into a daze.

"He cut his intestines with great difficulty, and I thought he had been completely tormented by the curse and gone mad!I tried to run away, but he kept calling my name in a weak voice, and he said he was going to give the last few words. ...... Squeeze out some blood-soaked bugs from the blood-soaked broken intestines......" Morrigan's voice was dry, and he seemed to be unable to speak. The snake demon Mora beside her grabbed her shoulders from behind, and her tall body gave the succubus who was shaken in her heart the courage to continue talking.

He smiled weakly as he pulled out a red, green, writhing worm from the wound and crumpled it into a flesh foam...... He didn't look me in the eye until he was dying and told me the secret he really wanted to convey: 'Curious boy, now you've seen some truth about the curse......'"

"We all know that it takes a few days for a person to die, and his body will be crawling with reptiles, but he will be occupied by reptiles while he is alive! It's like a person is still alive, but his body has lost its strength and can't resist the bite of those reptiles!"

After saying this, the succubus twisted his neck stiffly and glanced at the surrounding audience. At the time, this nightmare almost accompanied her through the most difficult phase of demonic cowardice. It wasn't until he succeeded in advancing to the succubus that those nightmare visions began to slowly fade away from her.

The guys who were swept by Morrigan's gaze couldn't help but shudder, as if there was an inexplicable curse power in her sight, and the person who was hiding the fear suddenly felt as if there were some chilling worms wriggling in their stomachs, and they seemed to be happily twisting and greedily gnawing on their own organs!

Unlike his subordinates, who had already been frightened, Andre had gotten the truth he wanted, and was pinching his chin and frowning to consider something.

The surrounding demon leaders were all pale, and at this moment they had a more intuitive understanding of the horror of the cursed swamp, and the people in the inner circle looked at the periphery with ill intentions and only listened to the cowardly demons who had just heard the content. Perhaps only at this time are they lucky for their ignorance.

......

Regardless of what others think, the children of the abyss, as the new leader of the exiles, have a decision in their hearts. He decided to camp near the swamp first, and then decide on the next action depending on the situation.

It's a choice that most people don't want to face, but they don't really have a choice, do they?

Wiped out by the scavenging enemy, this is almost a man-made disaster that was already destined to face when the rebellion broke out without first choosing the side of the betrayer. Going deep into the swamp and dying of a curse, this is also a natural disaster that they cannot avoid. In the absence of decisive intelligence, there is not much difference between natural and man-made disasters, and who knows if the pursuers behind them are more dangerous, or the unknown curse in the swamp is more deadly?

So this is also the safest decision André thinks - waiting for the opportunity. Moreover, judging from the knowledge of the children of the abyss, the so-called deadly curses of the swamp may not be as difficult to deal with as people think.

Not to mention the different moods of the group of exiles who were heading towards the edge of the swamp, Andrei's qualities as a leader were a reassuring thing to those who had assisted the leader of the snake demon.

In the population count of the demons, the most basic units are the army, the cave, and the collar. Twenty people are one team, twenty soldiers are one cave, and twenty caves are one leader - the leader with 8,000 demons and powerful forces under his command can be called the Abyss Lord!

Twenty is already the limit that most demons can effectively count with their hands and ten fingers and mental arithmetic, and if there are more, these guys with insufficient brains will almost have to be counted. Of course, in practice, every unit and every cave may have overstaffing or understaffing, and the situation of understaffing is naturally more common. Therefore, a newly promoted Abyss Lord can have 6,000 subordinates under his command, and he can already be regarded as a real "Demon King".

Andre's method is very simple in his opinion, let all the demons be listed in a column of five according to their own race, and finally count the total number of columns multiplied by five plus the odd number of less than five people in the end, and the number of people in the elementary school difficulty is clear at a glance. It's just that these barbarians, who have less than five IQs, have explained to them several times, and they can't understand it for a while. From this, you can see how terrible it is to be uneducated!

In the end, Andre counted three snake demons, five succubi demons, three horn demons, one fire demon, one winged demon, and seventy-nine cowardly demons, and then led four to seven cowardly demons according to each advanced demon, and divided into thirteen teams. Just this neatness of three downs and five divisions by two made several demons who had been small leaders sigh secretly. He is worthy of being a noble son of the abyss, a natural leader of the Demon Realm! Something that may take more than half a day to figure out to others, it only took His Highness a small half of an hourglass to completely solve it!

Andre looked at the more respectful posture of the small leaders under his command, and sighed that his subordinates were all a bunch of second-class goods who did not meet the IQ standard and could not play math in elementary school. In addition, I was determined to forcibly break the "decimal system" of the number of demons into a decimal system. At least, under his rule, these guys were only able to use the decimal system!

Maybe the first emperor of the year was also in the same painful mood when he saw all kinds of strange units of measurement?

Andrei thought maliciously.

The cowards followed their respective leaders, and the exiled party divided into small groups and marched mightily in the direction of the swamp.

"After the encounter of fate, my companions and I began to follow in the footsteps of His Highness according to the instructions of the Abyss...... It was not until later that the world began to realize His Highness's incomparably accurate foresight, and those of us who followed His Highness's footsteps from the beginning to the end of our lives were called the Thirteen Apostles of Calamity. What a ridiculous title!?As if disaster had come to this ignorant world right after us!" - Excerpt from "Misfortune Notes: Origins", collected by the gluttonous witch Livia Capricorn. PS: Because of the needs of the plot, the name of the Witch of Guilt was arranged on Kassandra's body. Anyway, the name Levia was originally derived from Leviathan, and the Witch of Gluttony just returned to its roots.