While Jiang Lu was resting, recuperating from the fatigue of the long journey, the village chief was not idle.
He did as he had told Jiang Lu, going to the neighboring villages to get in touch with their chiefs.
Having persevered in the gut until now, the villages occasionally clashed over resource issues, but generally, they lived harmoniously and usually presented a united front when confronted with a problem, to say nothing of the threat posed by the Evil Dragon to all of them.
So, when they heard that there was a hero who claimed to be capable of eradicating the Evil Dragon, they almost instantly cast aside their past grudges and small grievances, united to deliberate on the matter.
Several village chiefs, some using tentacles, others with flagella, intertwined and collided with each other — it was clear the discussion was heated.
Though the sight of their debate was quite comical, like crickets fighting, the content of their discussion was indeed very serious.