The fifth day of the swamp fishmen's rampage.
The Players' strength was not to be doubted, especially after the Fishfolk Island event had ended—almost every Player had an idea about highly-effective measures for wiping out the fishmen.
Moreover, although the swamp fishmen were a subspecies of fishmen (almost like what the drow elves were to forest elves), they shared the same vitals in their anatomy.
As such, not only were the Players easily replying the hordes of swamp fishmen assaulting the Lancaster aqueducts and slaying as many of those beasts they could, they were also destroying the nests of the Hogwash Rats that were seeing a resurgence in numbers as well.
Still, there were still many swamp fishmen at large outside even though those in the aqueducts were cleared away.
Naturally, the Players were raring to go with hundreds of thousands worth EXP waiting outside.