"Crote the terrible?" Yvlena whispered to herself, the former S Guardian did nothing but sit on its throne of s grass, it closed its eyes for a moment waiting for something.
Yvlena stared at the majestic toad bathed in the light of the flowers with her hand ready to draw the carrot sword at any moment.
She returhe Fairy Lit Torch to her iory and faced her new foe with rapt attention. It wouldn't do to be caught unawares no matter how peaceful the boss seemed now.
Crote the former S Guardian was a giant frog that wore rusty silver armor over its hulking form. Its green spotted skin ale, slimy, and dripping with what Yvlena assumed to be toxins.
Miasma oozed from every inch of the creature's armored body, tainting its once lush green skin and what she assumed to be vibrant eyes with horizontal, slit pupils. Slowly the frog's throat began swelling with air making Yvlena take hesitant steps back.
The giant amphibian's eyes soward Yvlena and her summon, it croaked ohen prepared itself to lunge.
"It's about to attack!"
[Crote The Terrible cast Tongue Whip]
A long slimy tongue whipped out of the frog's mouth making a wide sweep over the area, Yvlena dodged but her fairy summon could not move in time to avoid the strike from the leather-like tongue.
"Sprite!" Yvlena called, running to catch the Sprite as she sailed through the air, leaving Rabbit Knight to watch their backs.
Crote leaped into the air, diving for the water where its skin would blend with the murky water.
Yvlena caught her summon with both hands before she could hit the wall of the tree's hollow.
"Are you okay?" she asked trying thten the fairy's crooked wing impacted from the hit.
Sprite shook herself off and took to the sky, rubbiiain her bearings.
"I'm fine! Watch out!" Sprite yelled, pointing a tiny fi the ining figure behind her summoner.
Yvlena rolled out of the way in time for Crote to emerge beh the muck. Slit eyes watched Yvlena before powerful hind legs lifted the frog upward.
"Sprite heal yourself quick!"
[Sprite Cast Cure (05MP)]
[Crote The Terrible cast Tongue Whip]
The leathery toruck again but this time Yvlena and Rabbit Knight were ready. Yvlena blocked the strike, pushing the tongue away as Rabbit Knight aimed for Crote's eyes.
[Rabbit Knight Cast Rabbit Volley (05MP)]
The rabbit jumped, nding on the frog's head and jabbing the frog's eye rapidly until Crote bucked him off. The rabbit fell with a spsh, nding on its feet thanks to the effect of the Water Resistant Elixir.
Unlike previous foes, the frog did not roar or yelp it simply dove beh the water waiting for its ce to attack.
"Sprite when he es up again use your new skill," Yvlena said. She k had a ce to cause paralysis but would it work on the boss?
"Only one way to find out!"
As she predicted Crote leaped out of the water ready to gobble them up with its rge mouth.
[Sprite Cast Stun (05MP)]
Electricity surged from Sprite's tiny fiips, bsting the frog with a loud buzz, sadly it didn't seem to do much.
"I guess Crote is a bit too big for a si," Yvlena said to her summon. They moved out of the way, dodging the rge webbed hand Crote swiped at them.
[Yvlena Cast Carrot Burst (50MP)]
[Sprite Cast Stun (05MP)]
The e beam swept through the Tree's hollow, hitting Crote square in its fad pierg one of its eyes, bined with Sprite's skill it forced the single eye shut.
They watched the skin crackle with electricity, Crote tried to shake it off but to no avail.
The frog opes mouth in a silent yelp of pain and dove beh the waters giving Yvlena and her summons time to catch her breath.
[Crocate The Terrible inflicted with bleed]
"Nice, losing HP by the sed," Yvlena whispered. Rabbit Knight hopped to her side, waiting once again for the frog to emerge.
The party waited for a moment, each posed to strike but...
"Huh?" Yvlena checked the water under her feet watg Crote swim zily through the s water.
"Hello?" She said striking the water to get the frog's attention. The frog didn't even gnce her way. Its hind legs tio push it to and fro beh the dark, sy waters.
"I o get its attention?" she asked resting her hand on her waist, she couldn't believe the fuardian of the s was such a coward.
"Well I have the rancid pork from the creature I fought earlier," Yvlena said.
With a pn in mind, she o her summons aed her pn.
With the bed meat in hand, Yvlena sniffed before abruptly moving her hand away from her nose and gagging. Even the faint smell of rotti was strong through the power of VR.
She threw it across from her party, waiting for the frog to catch the st. It didn't take long before the water's surface broke to reveal Crote's armor.
"Now!"
[Yvlena Cast Carrot Burst (50MP)]
[Sprite Cast Stun (05MP)]
[Rabbit Knight Cast Ssh (05MP)]
[Crocate The Terrible inflicted with poison]
"That's right, the meat was rancid!" Yvlena said, running towards the frog.
Crote began sug in, filling it's throat pouch with air in a tack.
"Uh oh!"
[Crote The Terrible cast bellow]
A monstrous sou Crote's mouth, with the roar came a rush of air pushing Yvlena and her party back with airwaves.
The winds howled, splitting the water uheir feet. Yvlena held her hand up trying to keep her hair from whipping around. The winds were too much for Sprite, nearly pushing her away until Rabbit Knight caught her mid-air.
"Hold on, it's almost over!" Yvlena yelled over the winds and water.
The frog closed its mouth, staggering as the bined damage of Bleed and Poison got to it.
The party spared no mercy rushing towards the Miasma ied being and unleashing multiple attacks upon its prone body.
Crote croaked loudly as it was hit with aun from Sprite, fueled by the rage of being blown away multiple times throughout the fight.
[Yvlena Cast Carrot Burst (50MP)]
The beam soared across, crashing into Crote's armor, it fell off with a snap revealing more spotted green skin.
[Crote The Terrible cast Tongue Whip]
The whip-like tongue shot out again, aiming for Yvlena's, she held her sword up to block but watched as the tongue ed around her bde and pulled it out of her grip faster than she could react.
"What the hell?!"
The party watched Crote swallow her on with a gulp and dive beh the water again.
"Hey!" Yvlena growled, falling on her knees and pounding the waters as she watched the frog swim leisurely.
[Objective:
It seems Crote The Terrible has swallowed your sword, its powerful stomach acid is slowly digesting your on as we speak!
You now have a limited time to defeat him before your sword is digested and lost forever!]
A timer fshed before Yvlena's eyes showing she had all but eight mio defeat the frog for her Carrot Sword would be lost.
"Oh no! Oh no!" she gasped as the panic set in. She already knew how to lure the damned creature out but fighting without her sword meant she o use her potions.
"And keep it from diving bader, I o brew a freeze potion,"
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