Ray look at the creatures around him.
It seems like his remaining wasp has also retired as Ray lost his contact on it.
Seeing the scene around.
Ray finds it somewhat similar to the battle against the Brood Queen earlier.
Being surrounded by several monsters, and being against their boss.
However, unlike before, there was a huge difference.
He had the necessary poison resistance and a new weapon that could easily deal a lot of damage.
The different species of mutated frogs had then started to become noisy as if threatening him.
*Crooaakkk...
*Crooakkk! *Crooakkk!!!...
*Meeww!!! *Meeww!!!...
*Roaaakkk!!!...
Not minding the frog symphony, Ray made a quick scan on each of the frogs trying to grasps each type's ability.
Besides the normal mutated giant frogs before they had 3 main types.
First are the frogs with colorful skin, each of such frogs is armed with the ability of E rank toxin.
2nd are skinny frogs with high agility and had the skill [camouflage] that made them semi-invisible in an area.
then last, are the fat frogs as big as the Killer spiders from before. Most of their status is focused on strength, and they have enhanced jumping power.
As different loud sounds filled Ray's surroundings, Ray had then felt an incoming danger coming from the Frog Queen, as he saw the mana around the area gathering on it.
Feeling an incoming barrage of attacks, Ray had then started moving away from the dangerous areas as large clusters of water balls each with a diameter of a meter started coming from the Frog Queen.
*Blooop! *Blooop! *Blooop! *Blooop! *Blooop!!!...
Like a Rain of giant droplets, Ray would dodge the incoming attacks, as he felt himself wobbling trying to dodge while balancing against the foothold made chaotic by the Frog Queen's attack.
Despite the disadvantage, Ray still found it lucky, that he had enough to buy the [Water Strider] skill he is currently using.
He could only try to imagine how it was like trying to dodge these attacks while being half submerged in muddy water.
!?
But as Ray continued to evade the attacks of the Frog Queen, numerous long tongues came flying from different directions.
*Shoook! *Shoook! *Shoook! ...
*Slash!
*Slash!
*Slash!!!
As there were numerous attacks, Ray would try to dodge them, but as they started to support the attacks of the Frog Queen in sync, Ray would have no choice but to cut a few tongues as he tried to move away at the center.
Finding himself at the center of the wide space made him thought that he was like a sitting duck, considering that these frogs keep harassing him with long-ranged attacks.
Now away from the center, Ray then started to attack the other species of frogs in the vicinity disregarding their Queen and King.
Ray decided that he would leave the two of them for later.
...
*Slash!
Another Frog was killed as Ray slashed it with a perfect vertical strike, spilling its blood on the water around.
When attacking the frogs, the only problem is the fat frogs that are strong in close-range which acts as guardians of the frogs with weaker defense.
As Ray was killing the frogs, he found out that the Frog Queen doesn't attack him if there's a frog nearby that could be caught with its attack.
*Shoook! *Shoook! *Shoook!
*Slashed!
Ray cuts another group of tongues that had attacked him, as he then manages to capture one small grade 0 frog in his hands as big as a backpack while replacing his giant sword with a short sword with his free hand.
He tried to see if the attacks would somewhat lessen in rate, with it in his hands as a shield.
And to his surprise, they did.
Feeling an opportunity, Ray then started killing faster with a lesser rate of attacks needed to dodge.
It was hard to kill the frogs as big as killer spiders, but he decided to first start killing the smaller ones.
Ray wouldn't be able to kill the frogs using one slash like before with the giant sword, but the short sword was enough to stab their eyes, penetrating deep into it.
And right now, killing the frogs around with such tactic was faster than using the giant sword to brute force.
*Stab!
*Stab!
*Stab!
As the number of frogs dying to Ray's hand continued to increase, Ray then saw a change in the situation as he felt a sudden danger.
Looking towards the direction the danger is coming from, Ray then saw the Frog King who was leaping at him with one of its arms raised as if about to slap at Ray.
With Ray raising the small frog in front as a shield, it had no intention of stopping as it gave a powerful slap at Ray!
*Slap!!!
Dodging backward, the shield still met with the hands of the Frog King as it exploded into an explosion of meat paste! Splattering its blood and mucus both to the Frog King and Ray.
The attack even sent some toxic mucus from the Frog King's hands, which made Ray feel a burning sensation on his exposed skin for a moment which was then gone away.
The force of the slap sent Ray backward, making him perform a backflip to regain his balance.
*Blooop! *Blooop! *Blooop! *Blooop!!!...
*Shoook! *Shoook! *Shoook!...
Now, without the shield, the attacks from the Frog Queen had resumed together with the increasing rate of the attacks from the frogs.
Still, with no intention of fighting the Frog King, Ray had then retreated into the other frogs in the vicinity and tried to repeat the tactic that he did earlier, trying to get another small frog as a shield.
But to his disappointment, even with a shield on hand, they still continued attacking with the same rate of attack, the Frog Queen even started throwing attacks at Ray even when he has a shield and with him being nearby some frogs.
With no other choice, Ray brought back the Giant Slayer Sword as he started a new way of attack.
While running away from the Frog King and the other Frog's attacks, Ray began targeting the other frogs nearby.
Ray came near a frog as big as a Killer Spider from before.
Coming near it, the frog then suddenly accelerated as it hopped towards Ray with opened mouth.
However, what met its mouth in mid-air was a large sword with huge force, slicing its head in half.
*Slash!
As a large amount of blood decorated the area around, Ray had then immediately covered his whole body with the [Water Strider] skill as he then rolled away on the water.
*Booom!!!
It was like a water bomb!
*Splashhh!
*Ruuummblee...
Ray just dodged a body slam performed by the Frog King
The force of the slam was so great that it didn't just send water around, it even sent mud on the surroundings, making the water much muddier.
Still, that didn't scare Ray as he continued to repeat the process a few times, slowly killing the frogs around.
...
*Slash!
with a heavy slash, Ray had killed the last remaining frog in the vicinity.
There was only the Frog King and the Frog Queen left.
*Blooop! *Blooop! *Blooop!!!
*Slam!!!
The Queen would attack with the same barrage of attacks with no signs of exhaustion, while the King would attack Ray in close range.
Thinking that Frog Queen was more of a threat, Ray would try to attack the Queen, and the King would block Ray.
The King has monstrous vitality and defensive capabilities that made it hard for Ray to kill it.
It was naturally gifted in thick skin, and the mucus covering it was even more so thicker.
The mucus on it would even sometimes become bubbly, enhancing its defensive capabilities even more.
Not just that, the King itself was skillful in using its gifts to parry attacks making it much harder.
But as Ray began to target the Queen, the King would try to defend it with a fervor that its parrying skills are somewhat becoming constrained, becoming less effective.
*Slash!
*Slash!
*Slash!
The King was hard to kill, but that was only it. With his 1st Unique skill, it was made to deal with this kind of battles...
As they continue to clash, wounds began to slowly accumulate on the Frog King.
...
After a time...
The Frog King is standing in front covered in wounds.
In its wounded state, if left alone, it would probably die in blood loss.
The Frog King is not showing any signs of attacking anymore.
It was too weak to even move.
It was not even giving any signs of danger.
The Frog Queen, on the other hand, is on the back, it had already long exhausted its attacks, still perfectly unharmed, its eyes are currently on the Frog King.
Ray then slowly walks towards the Frog Queen which isn't showing any signs of moving, leaving the dying Frog King alone.
However.
!?
Ray felt something touching his arm.
As Ray looked in shock, he found out that it was the Frog King's hand, it managed to touch a bit of his arm without triggering his sense because it didn't have any killing intent.
While he deemed it already dying, it was an impossible scene.
Ray then received a notice.
[Congratulations on killing the 2nd-grade mini-boss! Frog King!!!]
Rewards received:
750 small souls.
Ring of Vitality (Accessory)
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As Ray received the rewards of killing the Frog King, the touch in his arms then loosened as the Frog King slowly falls face-down on the muddy water.
*Slam!
*Splasshh...
Blood from its wound then slowly covered the majority of the water around.
Painting the area in vivid red.
Ray then looked at the remaining Frog Queen which remained unmoving.
It was like a statue, showing no signs of anger at Ray, or being afraid.
It's not even attempting to escape.
Ray didn't know what it was thinking.
Suddenly...
Ray then saw the shadow of a small mountain suddenly move deep in the mist.
It wasn't there before.
Then it appears as if its suddenly coming closer and closer until...
*Glomp!
!?!?!?
Ray then saw the previous Frog Queen... got completely swallowed by a gigantic head of a rock-like toad.
It's head alone was a little bit bigger than the size of the Brood Queen.
Ray then inspects the monstrous creature.
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[Giga Toad]
Grade: 2nd Grade Boss
Status???
Description:
A mutated toad who ate a treasured pearl and lived for more than 500 years.
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