The person next to him was not the mayor's assistant.
Instead, he was a young man in his early twenties.
The young man was tall and dressed in dirty brown explorer's clothes, his boots covered in mud. He frowned and spoke in a low voice to Mayor Adel.
The mayor, as if becoming the young man's assistant, nodded repeatedly, saying "Understood" and "Have someone take care of it right away."
The young man's identity was not unfamiliar. Although some people had never seen his face, they knew the meaning of the badge on his chest: Glorious Adventurer.
There is only one person in White Dove City who is the same age as this young man and also has this badge.
The Eye of Truth: Linda!
The young man who was discussing countermeasures against the monster tide with the mayor and researching solutions was Linda.
For several days, Linda stayed on the banks of the Qingfeng River, observing the terrain, studying the habits of the killer crabs, and speculating on the possible developments after the monster tide broke out.
According to the information brought back by the valiant adventure team, the number of killer crabs is about the same as he expected, around 50,000 to 100,000, and they are spreading in the barren grasslands and cannibalistic swamps.
Linda, holding a map, was pressed for time, and she and Adel talked as they walked:
“These locations need to be guarded by the largest number of adventurers. Once the killer crabs find a large number of low-level monsters as food, they will multiply rapidly... In a maximum of three days, the number of monsters will double.”
"Double?" Adel's expression changed, his fist clenched in regret. "If only I had listened to your advice earlier, and organized the adventurers to camp on the Clearwind Riverbank..."
"Mayor, let's first consider how to resolve this crisis. It's not too late, and we have a great chance." Linda shook his head; right now, they needed to calm people down.
As the two passed the line of supervisors waiting for orders, no one noticed the trembling Clays.
Clay was so panicked he could barely stand; he was about to kneel down and beg for mercy, clinging to Linda's leg!
Clay truly had no idea that a monster tide would erupt!
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have dared to stop Linda and Chairman Viren from meeting, even if I had a hundred lives.
Clay only felt that Linda hadn't given him the respect due to an adventurer's guild leader, so he gave her a little hardship...! Good heavens, Clay never imagined that this little act of harassment would have such a big consequence.
"No... I didn't mean to!" Clay screamed hysterically in his heart, his face pale with panic.
Heavy, powerful footsteps passed in front of him. He raised his head blankly, and when the scene came into view, his eyelids twitched violently—it was the captains of dozens of Rock-level squads.
They followed Linda and Adel solemnly to the temporary operations hall on the fifth floor.
"You bastard, we'll deal with you after this is over. Until then, work like crazy!"
Kaphni was also in the crowd. She kicked Clay hard in the stomach, making him vomit bile and bend over to his knees in pain.
Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, Clay did not resist, but lowered his head tremblingly: "I...I will work my hardest, please, please plead for me with the mayor!"
"Dream on!" Kaphni pouted in annoyance and headed straight for the fifth floor with Monica.
The Phoenix Flower Squad is the one who can turn the tide and extinguish this monster tide!
Over the course of three days, Kaphni took full notice of Linda's efforts.
Delving into the mud to study the crawling speed of killer crabs and test combat data between different individuals... Linda, who was always clean and tidy, was so busy that she completely forgot to wash up for three days.
While doing so is indeed in line with the behavior of a hero, as far as Kaphni knows, not all heroes would go to such lengths.
She heard from the elders of the divine realm that many heroes would break into the homes of ordinary people to rob them, committing all sorts of evil deeds in order to acquire top-tier equipment, and not even caring about the life or death of the princess they were in love with.
How could they care about the lives of ordinary people in White Dove City like Linda does?
Kaphni could tell that Linda genuinely wanted to avert this disaster and save the ordinary people and adventurers of White Dove City!
"It seems we made the right choice."
Kaphni murmured to herself, gazing at the tall figure ahead on the steps, a deep sense of pride rising in her chest.
I am glad that Linda was chosen as the hero, and I am proud to be a member of the Phoenix Flower.
...
Fifth floor, the operations hall.
On the high platform at the very front, there is a huge magical light screen.
The map above is an aerial view of the area near Qingfeng River Beach, with red circular icons representing killer crabs.
Linda stood on the high platform, using a long stick to tap on the screen, continuously adding red circular icons.
"This is the current layout of the killer crab infestation."
Linda stared intently at the dozens of adventurers below the stage.
These people are the strongest adventurers in White Dove City and the key to resolving this crisis.
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