Chapter 354: Citizens of Crookes! Your Mayor Has Returned! (2/2)

However, that smile was rather abnormal for some reason that Simba felt a sense of déjà vu.

He therefore turned to look at the doll Nala was holding, casting an Appraisal on it by instinct.

His face dropped in the next split second.

“Throw away the doll, Nala!”

“What? But…”

Before Nala could react, Simba had already rushed to her and punched the bear doll into the air!

At virtually the same time, the doll abruptly bloated as sharp spikes shot out of its body to attack Nala, but it was too late.

When it hit the ground, it continued bloating until it reached the size of a real bear.

At the same time, a HP bar and a red name appeared over its head.

[Special swampman: claw bear form]

The citizens nearby were frightened like Nala, just as Zazu was left uncertain what was happening in his surprise. Only Simba attacked immediately, killing the special swampman even before it could react!

While the special swampman appeared capable of changing to a smaller form and even imitate an object, it also decreased in level as a result and was probably just a little stronger than a normal person. It wouldn’t have a good chance against trained warriors, and newbie Players like Simba would be able to instakill it.

Their objective was clear, too: they would attack Simba and the other newbie Players since they were the ones keeping the peace amongst the refuges of Crookes. And since Simba was their leader, there would only be confusion if something happened to his group! “Damn it, find that girl!” Simba flung away the puddle on his blade and barked at the others.

There were quick responses to his command too.

And soon enough, the Players found the girl behind a nearby boulder… That is, her corpse.There was a gash that stretched down her chest to her stomach, with every last innard gone. She was pretty much just limbs, head, and skin-an utter scene of horror!

“No wonder her name didn’t go red when we were looking at her… some parasite was controlling her…” Simba muttered in frustration, leaving her remains to be buried by the other players. While there was no telling what those things’ actual objective were in mixing themselves amongst the objectives, there was little doubt what they were.

“Hostiles.” Simba didn’t hesitate to say the word. “Search and destroy!”

“But won’t the citizens think that we are killing innocents? We might cause a riot too…” A Player said hesitantly.

They need a strong presence who could control all the refugees and snuff out their doubt.

But where would they get such a person?

That was when an old but spirited voice spoke out from the distance.

“Citizens of Crookes! Your mayor has returned!”