The following day, everyone in the defense post tent gathered in front of the tent. They were holding a morning meeting.
"Come on, come forward, Reeve," Gifford, standing next to Reeve, pushed Reeve's back forward.
Reeve, who seemed a bit reluctant initially, finally accepted his duty as captain of the village's monster outbreak group this time.
He immediately stepped forward and stood in front of the adventurers.
"Alright, everyone, listen up; today is the second day of the Monster Outbreak Disaster Attack. Although only ten adventurers are in this village, including myself, I hope you all remain in high spirits." Reeve said with a serious expression.
"You wouldn't want the monsters to come and trample their filthy feet in the village, would you? You wouldn't want your friends and relatives to die tragically at the hands of those monsters, would you?"
"For the sake of the village, for the sake of our friends, and for the sake of our families. We have to defend this village and stop the monsters here."
With a somewhat fiery voice, Reeve tried to ignite the spirit of the adventurers in his village. It took a lot of work to fight dozens of monsters with only ten adventurers.
Keeping these adventurers' spirits up was the most crucial factor in their survival.
"Yes, for the sake of the village..."
"For my mother..."
"For my son..."
Slowly, the adventurers began to burn passionately to fight with all their might to defend the village from the monster outbreak.
"Village chief, perhaps you would have something to say?" Reeve then looked at Avlis, the village chief, trying to give him a chance to speak.
Avlis, the village chief, immediately came forward and prepared to speak.
"Today is the second day of the Monster Outbreak disaster. I don't know if you all know it, but as per the previous village chief's records, the Monster Outbreak will last more than one day and occur in several waves."
"Based on the collection of records from the previous village chiefs, the Monster Outbreak will occur in at least three waves. Yesterday, the first day of the Monster Outbreak, will be counted as the first wave. And since it's the second day, it will count as the second wave."
"I hope we can all survive and get through this disaster with minimal casualties. Thank you." Avlis, the village chief, then finished his speech and returned to where he was standing.
"Okay, since the village chief has given his speech, now, those who were only slightly injured yesterday can go on guard first, that's all." Reeve then ended his speech and walked into the defense post tent.
The adventurers immediately dispersed. Avlis, the village chief, also entered the post-defense tent. Although he was not an adventurer, he was a village chief. So he felt obligated to stay on the front lines and not evacuate.
Gifford immediately caught up with Reeve from behind and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Heyy, such a nice speech, buddy," Gifford said with a slight smile.
"Monsters have been spotted... monsters have been spotted..."
Suddenly there was a shout from outside the post-defense tent.
"Huft, these monsters are already getting all fired up in the morning." Gifford, who heard the shout, sighed.
"Well, I'll leave it to you then, Mr. Strategist." This time it was Reeve's turn to pat Gifford on the shoulder.
It was only a short time before the defense tent post became very busy again.
"Ok, can you explain to me what kind of monster you saw?" Gifford asked the adventurer in front of him.
"Well, the ones that have been seen so far are the High Goblins and the Green Light Bee." Said this Adventurer answering Gifford's question straightforwardly.
"So that's it. Well, now the adventurers with the melee fighter type will intercept the High Goblins because they are monsters that fight directly."
"As for the Green Light Bee, adventurers with the long-range fighter type will be more suitable because this bee monster's poison is quite strong. Especially those who use fire-type magic. They can use their magic to burn these bee monsters.
Thanks to Gifford's instructions, the adventurers managed to keep up with the momentum of the monsters. Although the number of adventurers was smaller, Gifford's strategy to directly match the most suitable types of fighters made this well-balanced.
A few hours later, the bodies of both the High Goblin and Green Light Bee monsters were scattered. It seemed that the adventurers had successfully repelled these monster attacks.
"Looks like the battle was pretty intense too." Reeve stood in a rather large grassland where the bodies of dead High Goblins were scattered.
This grassland looked like a border between each edge of the small forests around the Black Forest, where on the other side of the most extensive grassland was the Black Forest itself.
"Well, compared to yesterday's ordinary Goblins, the High Goblins have a higher level." Said Gifford, who was standing next to him.
"High Goblin is a monster with a level around 40, while Green Light Bee's level is around level 30," Gifford added. "The level of monsters this time is enough to trouble the adventurers from Lizhi Village because there are only three adventurers with a level above 50.
"Well, I hope that the Monster Outbreak wave has ended for today." Reeve looked far ahead as if looking at the Black Forest in a hopeful tone.
Reeve and Gifford turned around and intended to return to the defense tent post.
They had only walked a few steps when they suddenly heard a rumbling sound coming from the small forest behind them. When they turned their heads towards the forest, they saw several birds flying away from that forest.
It wasn't long before a huge lizard-like monster came out of this small forest. The monster has a long, muscular body covered with dark orange scales that shimmer in the light. Its head is shaped like a lizard, with sharp teeth and green eyes that glare menacingly.
It has four powerful legs with big claws and a thick tail. The monster also has spikes along its spine and a pair of horns on its forehead, giving it an even more intimidating appearance.
"That, what kind of monster is that?" Reeve couldn't believe what he was seeing. This was the first time he had seen a monster with this kind of shape and appearance.
"Ah, that... is that a baby Dragolisk?" Gifford, who was beside Reeve, also looked surprised and seemed to be remembering something.
*In another place somewhere in the Black Forest at the same time.
"Alright, it's time for the show to begin," A young man dressed all in black and wearing a hood on his head showed a grinning smile looking at the orb in his hand.