Every moment they hesitated, the situation grew worse. In just 10 to 14 days, the eggs laid by the female locusts would begin to hatch, and each female could produce 100 to 150 eggs per batch. With thousands of locusts already swarming in the West, a single hatch could easily push their numbers into the millions.
If that happened, the West could fall into chaos overnight, perhaps even worse than what the South was facing now.
"Have you asked Archmage Elric if there's a way to destroy the locust swarm using magic?" Addison asked, still hoping for another solution. But her father shook his head and sighed before explaining.
