The "Feast of Frenzied Fish" event had four stages, each lasting a week and ending with a settlement. According to Murphy's schedule, the final settlement would finish just as "Legacy of the Creator" began.
The development team, led by Murphy, had obviously planned to bridge the lull between DLCs seamlessly. The problem was that Murphy had once again underestimated how much effort players would put in when rewards were there for the taking.
What?
If you didn't clear out the shop during an event, could you even call that grinding?
Led by these big shots who were practically all grind, the Dagon mermen in these waters and the northern part of the continent had suffered terribly over the past seven days. They hadn't been wiped out completely, but according to the merfolk wanderers, what had happened over the past week could be considered a modest miracle by the standards of the continent's last thousand years.
For the first time, the Dagon mermen's rapid breeding—a trait that had made them famous for their numbers—had been suppressed through slaughter.
The fish-tailed sisters had never dared imagine such terrifying extermination rates. When they saw the players, flush with military merit rewards after the settlement, enthusiastically shouting and boasting as they prepared to keep killing mermen without pause, High Priestess Dena of the Great Reef Temple immediately came up with a "bold" idea.
The well-traveled and highly capable woman promptly sought out Governor Murphy, who was slacking off in an old lighthouse, and explained her idea. Murphy was currently rushing to finish the developer's log for "Legacy of the Creator." After hearing the ripe, mature mermaid's suggestion, he was completely dumbfounded.
"What?"
Murphy blinked and asked:
"What do you mean, make it a 'permanent event'?
As far as I can tell, there aren't that