Ayaan watched as the Frog King leaped again. Its huge body inched closer with every passing second.
As it got closer, he also got a clearer look at its body. Its green body is slimy and disgusting to look at. Its yellow eyes and the black eyeballs made him tremble in disgust. Green slimy saliva came out of its mouth.
There are some bone spikes protruding out of its head, almost like a crown.
Maybe it is the symbol that indicates its king status.
He got ready.
Water conjured at his finger as he stood and saw the giant body descend from the air.
Just from the trajectory, he knew that it wouldn't land on him.
*BOOM* *SPLASH*
The frog king landed exactly three feet away from him. The mud splashed, creating a wave that hit Ayaan with full force. He was thrown away almost reaching the wall.
*SWOOSH*
While moving back, he shot a water bullet with 2 MP.
*RIBBIT*
The Frog King ate the hit… literally. It opened its mouth to make its sound and the water bullet entered its mouth.
*RIIBIIT* It spat out some blood along with its saliva.
[█████████████████████░] 99.0%
Only one percent after a hit. A hit that could easily kill a Level 2 creature and still have some force left, has been eaten by this Frog King like a snack.
Ayaan looked at his MP. 98/100
By slaughtering the Elite Frogmen, he managed to gain full MP. Even though he killed in excess, the MP didn't grow after it hit 100.
Assuming that all the hits will land on the Frog King, he can barely reduce its health by 50%.
As Ayaan focused his gaze on the Grotesque creature in front of him, the frog king also looked at him. Ayaan felt like it was looking at him with curiosity. After a few seconds, its large body crouched down a bit.
Its hind legs' muscles bulged out. Ayaan hurriedly kicked the ground and jumped to the side.
*SPLASH* *BAM*
The frog dashed forward. It was more like a straight leap. It hit the wall and went through it with no problem. Its health bar didn't even go down one bit. This small wall is no match for its mighty figure.
Ayaan took a deep breath.
'100 hits'
'One Health Point for One Hit'
He imprinted that goal in his hand. As the frog king moved its whole body to turn around. Its legs bulged again and it dashed towards him.
Ayaan once again kicked the ground and leaped to the side.
This time, not too far.
*WHISTLE*
The frog king went past him, just missing him by a few centimeters. Even with that large body, its speed is so high that the air whistled past his face.
*THWAK*
'1'
Ayaan counted as the Water bullet hit its side.
*RIBBIIT*
The Frog King shook its body heavily as if it got irritated by the hit. Its health bar dropped by one point while Ayaan's MP dropped by 2.
The frog king got into the posture again. Ayaan tried to dodge, but this time, the monster got a bit clever.
*WHISTLE* *BAM*
When it knew Ayaan is about to miss its mark, it extended its foreleg to the side, smacking him to the side.
*THWAK*
HP-10
Ayaan hit the wall squarely. He frowned as the sharp pain invaded his back.
'2'
He looked at the hindleg where the water bullet hit. There is a very faint and small gash on its surface. He then looked at the Frog King's face. Its expression appeared.. smug? It even waved its foreleg as if its trying to taunt Ayaan about the previous hit.
'Not Agile enough'
'Not explosive enough'
Ayaan thought to himself. And one thing popped into his mind.
'Water Serpent Spirit'
He didn't hesitate and activated it. The tattoo on his chest started burning a bit. A weird energy spread all over his body. Black colored scales appeared on his skin. His eyes changed, from usual black to blue, with black pupils that looked like slits.
His legs felt longer than usual and the same went for his waist and neck.
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NOTIFICATION
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Spirit Possession Activated
Spirit: Water Serpent King
Duration: 14:59
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STATS
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Strength (STR): 24à26.4
Agility (AGI): 26à28.6
Endurance (END): 26.5 à29.1
Intelligence (INT): 40à44
Perception (SEN): 55à60.5
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Along with the system notification Ayaan felt the change in his stats. The Frog King looked at Ayaan curiosity, before it licked its tongue. Its eyes became hungry from curious.
*RIBBIT*
It excitedly lunged towards Ayaan. This time, Ayaan didn't dodge to the side. Instead, he charged forward surprising the giant frog. Right before they could clash, he kicked the ground and leaped over. The frog king tried to smack him down.
But Ayaan dodged the attack agilely and stabbed the Mutant Soldier sword into its giant back.
He tried to slash it, but the sword got stuck in its flesh. He let go of the sword and took out a Black iron sword from his inventory.
*THWAK*
He stabbed it once again right before he landed.
*SPLASH*
*RRRRIIIIIBBIIIT*
[█████████████████████░] 96.0%
'4'
The two swords got stuck in the Frog King's back. It turned its whole body to just look around. It shook its body hoping to shake off the both swords, but it couldn't. It glared at Ayaan in anger.
Ayaan kicked the ground and charged at it again. The Frog King slammed it foreleg towards him. Ayaan unnaturally bent to the side, avoiding the hit by a hair's breadth. He took out a Rusted iron sword and slashed it at the leg.
The sword didn't penetrated too deep. The health bar didn't go down, but it did get stuck in there.
Of course, that is not all he did. His other hand was aimed at the joint of the incoming leg.
*THWAK*
A bullet almost at point blank.
The frog lost its balance and its front part almost fell over him. Ayaan slipped to the side again, with unnatural agility.
*SWOOSH* Another bullet hit the frog in its face.
It turned to the side forcefully. Ayaan kicked its body and threw himself away dodging the attack.
'6'
His gaze remained sharp. Not letting even the tiniest movements of the frog escape him. He has already observed everything there is to this frog king.
'Huge'
'Fast'
'Explosive'
'Not Agile'
'Big movements'
That sums up pretty much the strengths and weaknesses of it. It being huge is both its strength and weakness. Maybe the excessive explosive force and speed it comes up with are a result of its giant body.
But that huge body made it a bigger target. Even to look to its side, it has to move its whole body.
There is no way, he is not taking advantage of this. He would be too stupid not to. Ayaan's gaze locked into its foreleg. The rusted sword is still in there. And the foreleg is trembling a little bit.
He lunged forward and started attacking and thus the dance has begun.
Ayaan just moved around and over the Frog king as it tried to swat him. He was like an agile but annoying fly that stabbed and shot the Frog king with every chance he got. He focused a lot on its foreleg, but he didn't let the chance to go to deal a blow on any other part.
'8'
'11'
'13'
'14'
'17'
'20'
The count increased rapidly.
*RIBBIIT* *RIBBIT*
The loud croaking of the frog king reverberated throughout the Marsh. Even the swamp seemed to be terrified of its anger as it trembled with every croak. Ayaan however seemed to be slowly reaching his zone.
He used the swords he gained without any reservation. He killed hundreds of Level 1 frogmen and gained Rusted swords from them. Then he killed dozens of Level 2 frogmen, gaining the Black iron swords.
He didn't hold any reservation to stab them in the Frog's body and leave them there.
'26'
'28'
'30'
'34'
The count kept on raising and the health bar kept on dropping. Ayaan only had one thing in his mind at this point.
'100 hits'
'100 hits'
That is his only goal. In that moment, that instant he forgot about the Quest progress, he forgot about saving the world, he forgot about even killing the Frog King. In his mind, he ignored even the consequence of landing those hundred hits.
Just landing those hundred hits has become his goal.
'38'
'39'
'40'
And his progress went well until that point.
*RIBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIT*
The frog king croaked in rage. Its aura changed. For the first time it stepped back instead of trying swat Ayaan over.
Its hind legs bulged and jumped into the air. It didn't charge towards Ayaan nor did it dash, it looked like any other vertical jump.
Ayaan stood there looking at the figure that is becoming smaller and smaller.
As it descended of course, its image grew larger, but there is a slight change. Its legs seemed to be shining a bit and its trajectory…
It is coming down with such incredible speed towards him. To land right on his head.
He kicked the ground immediately stepped forward.
A 2 MP water bullet conjured at his finger tip.
He moved out of its path and extended his hand forward, ready to shoot it down the moment it lands.
*BAM* It did land, but Ayaan couldn't even see it. All he saw was a large wave of mud that is even taller than him, charge at him as if he owed it money.
Ayaan's body was blown away.
*SWOOSH*
He shot the water bullet almost by instinct, but it did little. It broke a part of the mud wave, but it didn't have enough force to hit the frog king.
Before Ayaan knew it, he was lying in the swamp, completely covered by layers of mud. As he came out of it, he saw the a familiar figure dropped from the sky.
He got up and kicked the ground, leaping back.
*BAM*
Another wave of mud hit him.
[HP-5]
This time he was a bit closer than last and he felt the brunt of force. Just being blown away from the after shock set him down by HP.
And this time, Ayaan maneuvered his body mid-air and landed on his feet. Instead of mud covering his sight, this time he saw the frog make another jump high into the air.
This time, Ayaan got ready. He jumped onto the nearest cement structure. It isn't too high, only between three to four feet. He stood on with a sword in his hand.
*RIBBIT*
The frog king descended. While its speed is very high indicating the force it would land with, in Ayaan's eyes and under his focus it fell very slowly. He can see it reducing the distance one centimeter at a time. And when it was around ten centimeters away from the ground…
Ayaan kicked the structure he was standing in and leaped over.
*BAM*
The frog landed, the mud wave along with the shockwave came at him, but Ayaan with his jump leaped over its maximum height and he reached the Frog's head.
With both his hands, he stabbed the sword on its head. Use that to leverage himself to get on its back.
*RIBBIT*
The sword could feel it. Ayaan's weight might be inconsiderable to it with all its strength, but it could feel it.
It tried to shake off Ayaan's body, but it couldn't.
He held on to that sword and the Mutant soldier sword that he had stabbed before to hold himself there tightly.
*BAM*
The frog king, even went ahead and smashed itself against the wall. But Ayaan didn't let go. The frog's strength is incredible enough to blow the wall away. The shockwave was easily endured by him.
After a few more tries, the Frog king seemed to have hand enough and decided to make a different move.
Its hind legs bulged out once again as it jumped high into the air.
Ayaan gritted his teeth and held on the swords. He laid down on its back without any reservation. From the side, he could faintly see himself raising in the altitude along with the frog king. When they reached the maximum height, he got ready.
*WHISTLE*
The descent started. Water bullet conjured on his finger tip. He even let go of the sword and held on to its crown tightly. Since it looked like it grew out of it, he figured it would be much more stable compared to the swords embedded.
*THWAK* *THWAK*
'41'
'42'
'43'
'44'
'45'
The count began. The water bullets were shot one by one, but on the exact same spot. The shoulder of its right foreleg.
'49'
'50'
*RIBBIIIIIITTTTT*
The frog king's painful croak pierced through the skies as its foreleg go so damaged that it is barely hanging through.
Before he could take it off, he noticed that they are nearing the land.
Ayaan got ready. He clenched his teeth and held the crown with both of his hands.
*BAM*
And they landed…