Ash stripped the castle clean and discovered something very interesting: Demigods lived in extremely crude conditions, conditions that were not even as good as Broken Lake Prison.
He did not believe all Demigods were ascetics who hated comfort. The only possible reason was that the pressure to survive was so immense that they had no room to care about material pleasures.
But "Wind Erosion" was a major power in the First Hell, guarded by thirteen Demigods and the Rain Demon Tribe. Shouldn't they have been living very comfortably in Hell?
As Ash was thinking, Death Frenzy suddenly pointed out a hidden compartment embedded behind the treasure chest. "You missed the most important treasure."
Ash opened the compartment and saw a strip of black sticker inside a silk box.
"So it really is this thing." Death Frenzy raised her brows. "For Demigods, this is indeed the most important thing."
"What is this?" "A Calamity Number." Ash froze.
Death Frenzy explained, "Vishy told you that Demigods have to face a challenge every once in a while, didn't he?" Ash nodded. "He said Demigods have to face one every three hundred days."
"It's 365 days now. The interval between disasters matches the world's cycle. In his era, a year was 300 days," Death Frenzy said. "For the vast majority of Demigods, disasters are extremely dangerous thresholds, which is why there's also the saying 'Year-End Trial.'"
"Disasters are often Miracles from other Demigods. Demigods with more than five Prison Wings may even face Miracle disasters at the Divine Lord level. There are two ways to pass disasters easily. One is to abandon all your Prison Wings. As long as you don't steal knowledge from the Void Realm, the Void Realm won't trouble you either. The other is to consume Calamity Numbers."
"Every time a