Chapter 39: Lava Frogs (1/2)

”Whoosh!”

As Kadyn jumped from boulder to boulder, a creature lunged at him from the left side. He was caught unprepared and was shocked by this sudden attack. He somehow twisted his body and avoided the bashing and forced himself to descend on the boulder, avoiding the blazing lava and the creature that assaulted him.

Before that monster faded into lava, Kadyn glimpsed how it looked—it seemed like a frog, Red, with a long tongue, lava dripping off its body. Kadyn had no idea what that thing was, or if it could harm him or not. So he proceeded forward with utmost caution.

”Tarrr tarrr tarrr...”

Then he heard the sounds from all around him. He focused on his surrounding and gasped in shock. From inside, numerous heads were poking out and glaring at him with their beady eyes.

”Damn, they really looked frogs but lives in lava.” He cursed and jumped on another boulder, trying to leave this place as soon as possible. At this moment, the frogs inside started to hop and one by one attacked him, bouncing out of the lava reaching him in no time.

Kadyn ducked and dodged and halted and jumped, and somehow he managed to avoid their attacks. When they neared him their tongues stretched out of their mouths like elastic, trying to touch him. But Kadyn had seen the first frog doing this, and he was already prepared. After he continued to dash out of the lava.

But this tactic started to lose its effect after some time as more and more frogs lunged at him, without giving him time to get ready.

”Fuck, what kind of creatures are these?” he cursed, and a lightning pattern appeared under his feet. The purple thunder covered both of his hands. Kadyn felt a tingle over his fist. But he had no time to care about it.

Thunder Fist!

”Bang!”

He punched with both fists in irritation and green blood-spattered. Kadyn avoided touching the liquid. Who knew if it would corrode his muscles and turn him into a mummy? He had seen too many movies to do something stupid.

Once more thunder flashed over his fist and two more frogs faded into the bloody mist—Kadyn looked around and found that the creatures had stopped their assault. He thought they had been intimidated by his great power. He slaughtered their four companions as easily as a chicken. However, he felt something amiss as they refused to retreat either. They just stared at him from the lava, as if waiting for something.

Kadyn seemed confused at their behaviour. After all, they didn't appear to be intelligent creatures. At the scent of blood of their companions, they should have gone berserk, but here they are, glaring at him and doing nothing.

”TARRRR!”

Kadyn heard the same weird sound, but louder than before. He peered in the distance and saw a huge boulder, moving in his direction. Before he could assemble his thoughts, the boulder sprang out of the lava, splashing it all around—Kadyn saw this scene and his mouth hung open. He was thunderstruck at the sight of this gigantic creature.

FROG! Other frogs looked minions in front of this gigantic beast. It was Frog King!