"Wow, really? Bride kidnapping? You guys are really bold."

Among the crowd, only Noemi was very interested in this. She eagerly approached the pirate leader.

"Yeah, yeah, the bride and our boss are truly in love. Now our boss is going to take back everything he lost!"

The pirate leader, seeing Noemi’s enthusiasm, couldn’t help but show a proud expression, speaking passionately.

"..."

Who do you think you are? The Dragon King returning?

Rogel couldn’t help but internally comment.

"Alright then, since they’re fighting inside, I won’t go in for now."

"Now I need to ask you some questions. Answer truthfully, or else you’re going to feed the fish in the swamp, got it?"

Rogel sat on a chair and said leisurely.

The captured pirates naturally nodded hurriedly.

Seeing how cooperative they were, Rogel didn’t delay and started his questioning directly.

"What’s the roughly racial distribution in the Mire of Decay, and how many settlements like the Gostya Mud Pool are there?"

"Most of the Mire of Decay consists of humans and Extraordinaries. There are quite a few Free City-States and small settlements. Some remote areas have demi-humans, swamp crocodilians, and some other races..."

"So, how much do you know about the history of the Mire of Decay?"

"...This...I, this..."

Upon hearing Rogel’s question, one of the more burly pirate leaders suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

He didn’t know the answer!

Fortunately, not everyone among the three was ignorant.

"Sir, I know a bit!"

Another pirate seized the opportunity to speak, hurriedly offering information and seeking favor.

The humans in the Mire of Decay mostly came from the Sea of Confession.

Most people know this.

However, no one really knows that long ago, before the Extraordinaries in the Sea of Confession entered in large numbers, the Mire of Decay was the territory of the swamp crocodilians.

They established a kingdom here, but due to a lack of sufficient power, they were wiped out after the Extraordinaries entered in large numbers.

In their place came several Free City-States, controlled by different lords and their families.

Additionally, there are some large settlements and other races in remote areas.

It’s worth mentioning that some regions are also cut off by boundary mists, forming small independent areas.

The Mire of Decay is like a big bubble, and these small independent areas are like little bubbles next to it.

Lastly, an important point.

In the Mire of Decay, slavery is rampant.

This made Rogel frown.

To him, Extraordinaries should have been born to seek self-advancement for the whole human race.

Yet, in the Mire of Decay under the control of the Extraordinaries, slavery prevails.

Ironically, the nobles of the city-states smile equally at both human compatriots and aliens.

As long as you can work, you can be a slave... 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

This pirate leader escaped from a settlement to become a pirate.

’Is it because the land is scarce and resources are limited, resulting in such backward productivity...’

’Or is there another reason?’

’No, a world with Extraordinary power cannot be directly compared to the real world...’

Rogel pondered, ultimately thinking he needed to see the situation himself to draw conclusions.

"Two more questions."

"How much do you know about the Extraordinaries?"

"Also, have you heard of Doyle Devis or Aitar?"

Upon hearing this, the three captured pirates looked at each other.

Finally, one of the pirates began to speak hesitantly.

"Sir, we’re not sure... We’ve only heard that Extraordinaries need to drink something called a Magic Potion..."

"As for those two people you mentioned, we haven’t heard of them..."

"Alright, I see." Rogel raised his hand, interrupting their response.

Aside from some specific details about the Mire of Decay, the crucial information he wanted wasn’t forthcoming.

After thinking for a moment, Rogel said to them, "I’ll let you go this time, but you must go back and have your boss Finmage come out to meet me."

"I’ll wait for him here."

With that, Rogel waved his hand, signaling that they could leave.

The three pirates thanked him repeatedly, grateful beyond words, promising to deliver the message, then took off without hesitation.

"Rogel big brother, aren’t we going to check it out?"

"A bride kidnapping! I’ve never seen one!"

Noemi said with great anticipation.

Rogel looked at her speechlessly. Why is this girl always interested in such bizarre things?

"No, we’ll just wait here for a while. If you really want to know, you can ask that pirate leader later."

"Oh, alright." Noemi was slightly disappointed. She had wanted to see the bride kidnapping scene herself.

Rogel began to check on Heisatan’s status.

Though the Mire of Decay wasn’t as large as the Sea of Confession and other independent seas.

It was still relatively sizeable.

Their round trip from Dragonbone Rock Land took quite some time.

During this time, the fuel coagulation progress of Heisatan naturally increased.

It had already undergone nearly three rounds of erosion.

[Fuel Coagulating (44%)]

Yet his own body hadn’t begun this process, with no signs of any special state.

Probably due to the peculiarities of the Magic Potion Extraordinaries.

Next were the crew members.

The leveling grounds of the two scenes had significantly boosted their progress.