Fine Randidly extended his hand once more this time using his metallic left arm It gleamed coldly as it was bathed by the strange half light RandidlyÆs Crown produced All you need to do is take my hand
Chapter 891
Zuek Tuan studied the crater that the Demon Prince had left as he had destructively teleported away after stealing away a young Frogling The blast radius was large enough that the nearby dwellings had been cracked by the force and collapsed in on themselves If the Demon Prince had not forced the crowd to back before teleporting away
Zuek shivered He had seen his own Toad Lord fight just once The mass of gore that had been left in his masterÆs wake still haunted him
This would have been just as bad
Zuek turned to his companion one of the three star generals that had served one of the two Toad Lords that had been killed by the Demon King After his masterÆs death the general had been happy to come work for ZuekÆs master Explain to me what happened again Slowly DonÆt leave anything out
The frog nodded hurriedly Although both he and Zuek were three star generals there was a large difference between their masters As such Zuek believed himself more than capable enough of wiping the floor with this frog ten Levels his senior
That was why Zuek had been dispatched It quickly became clear that the Demon King could sense Levels So agents that would slip by its notice were necessary Yet even if the Toad Lords didnÆt believe this interloper was a true threat they didnÆt doubt that the Demon King could handle run of the mill foes
So they started sending carefully groomed talents to infiltrate the situation
Well The former three star general began He arrived suddenly bearing that same crown that the Demon King wears Yet it was clear that this crown was different To look at it
The frog shivered Zuek held his tongue at the disgraceful reaction Normally he would have been extremely suspicious of the veracity of what this fellow was saying but Zuek had been in a distant part of that same crowd Before the Demon Prince walked among the Frogpeople he had seen the crown
ZuekÆs tongue coiled in his mouth His instincts screamed that the Demon Prince was not someone to fight against If this was what the Demon Prince inspired then the Demon King But then Zuek gestured curtly for the general to continue
Ah after that he walked in and selected his guide From what I understand another individual Shual volunteered in her place They are both still froglings but they were spawn mates
Do we have any information about him Zuek cut in
The general shook his slimy head Nothing concrete He attended a public academy and his performance was unsatisfactory Most of his instructors recommended expulsion but he was marred by infractions not lack of results
mm Zuek vibrated his vocal sack as he unpacked that Reading between the lines the kid was likely a capable troublemaker And due to poor performance unaffiliated with any Toad Lords interested in scouting him Which meant that more information about him would be hearsay and likely useless
Ah but after the Demon Prince seized Shual he gestured with his hand and said Stand backÆ When people werenÆt quick enough obeying his orders for him vines sprung out of the ground and forced everyone backward Hard Many were injured in the press of bodies
And then Zuek said curtly He couldnÆt care less about how many of these cowards were injured He needed to know if his lord needed to be worried about this new element
Then he jumped The general gestured helplessly at the shattered ground
He jumped Zuek repeated The ground was cracked and broken The force of this jump was enough to disperse all of the peat and reveal the tightly packed clay And then that clay had shattered revealing a crater several meters deep
It was a force that was difficult to quantify It was possible to disperse the peat beneath oneÆs feet with a sudden enough shift but to disperse it in a circle with a thirty meter diameter And to crack the clay underneath that
Strong Zuek was forced to admit Too strong to ignore
After piercing back through the cloud cover quite a distance away Randidly hit the ground and staggered wincing underneath the pressure his legs were forced to bear as they landed Unfortunately he would not be able to do that again Inspiration meant that the active use of Yyrwood Body of Yggdrasil would be impossible without Mana for the next twenty four hours
But the feeling of leaping off the ground with enough force to immediately break through the sound barrier was certainly a novel one The speed of the motion was like a heady drug of which Randidly could still taste the aftermath
And they had covered quite a bit of ground in that initial leap More than Randidly had expected So much so that Randidly realized with chagrin that they were slightly more East than he had intended
Although he hadnÆt used it in a while Inspiration was still overwhelmingly powerful Even more so as his Stats continued to rise It was a multiplicative increase in power so it would grow increasingly overwhelming in the future
Randidly set the cocoon of roots he had made for his guide on the ground and cracked his neck As he no longer had access to Mana he couldnÆt dismantle it nicely He would have to rely on Acri for that The plant creature slithered down from his neck and began to cut into the cocoon to free the guide
Honestly Randidly felt a bit bad for the guide that had been brave enough to volunteer in order to save its spawn mate Most likely a sibling of some sort But he had certainly been given a rough treatment since then Randidly hadnÆt bothered to explain himself when he had bound the frog person in vines for its own protection
He had simply done it and then leaped
And perhaps that was exactly the sort of thing that the Demon Prince would do Randidly thought sourly His Crown of Upheaval and Gloom continued to pulse above his head Hissing in impatience Randidly gestured at Acri to speed it up
If Randidly wanted to catch Roy he would need to hurry No matter how far they had traveled in that initial jump they were losing time waiting here Especially if the thrust had carried them off the course that Randidly had initially planned to take
The plan was to try and search for traces of EarthÆs Aether so Randidly could zero in on this dumb foolÆs location But although his SKill Level was very high there was a limit to his effective range he would need to be within a dozen or so kilometers in order to catch a whiff Once he caught that scent he would be on him in a second But
A dozen kilometers was a large enough span but in the space of a whole world it was cripplingly small Which meant it was doubly important for them to move quickly and reach the last known location of Roy Which would still be a day or two behind his actual movements but it was the best they could do
Finally the frogperson was revealed through the vines And the first thing it did was messily vomit up its lunch next to Randidly Not wanting to squelch his toes in vomit Randidly stepped to the side and surveyed his chosen guide
Young Even though the difference in species Randidly was able to see that Which meant that the kid would know less but might be easier to work with in other ways Not wanting to delay any longer Randidly cleared his throat
WhatÆs your name Randidly asked dryly feeling strangely awkward He was in a weird position that was a cross between a kidnapper and a managing supervisor for a new job and wasnÆt sure what sort of tone to take The young frogperson clutched his chest and dry heaved for several seconds his overriding nausea keeping him from acknowledging Randidly
Sighing Randidly stretched and prepared to wait for the long haul What was annoying was that his lack of Mana also meant that he couldnÆt use any sort of healing Skill to expedite this process And Randidly sure as hell wasnÆt going to waste a healing potion on nausea
Kid Your name Randidly said his tone a little rougher after almost two minutes had passed and the frog had been content to simply breathe and drool regurgitated stomach acid onto the ground What was most annoying about this was that Randidly could clearly see that this individualÆs Level was Fifty Three There was no reason for this exaggerated reaction