Chapter 240: The Mistake Of The Frog-kin Ancestor (2/2)

Long ago…

Froggo's parents told Chaos the tale of how the Frog-kin last civilization fell before the might of… the Swamp Guardian.

In the world of Amphibi there were once a single sapient race, coming from an evolution branch of a frog-like species, the Frog-kin, who specialized in tool use and cooking, were born. They were natural gatherers, and used their intelligence to make up entire civilizations, building pyramids, and large temples.

Through their journey across this planet, they encountered an entity of gigantic proportions, a massive frog with a power unprecedented.

Its steps made the land tremble, it ribbits generated shockwaves that made the water quiver… everything it did was a natural disaster.

This strange and gigantic frog was peaceful, however, and let those that didn't do any harm to it live near it. it was known as the Swamp Guardian because monsters wouldn't get closer to it, or at least those that threatened the lives of the Frog-kin.

Because of this, they decided to live near it, and slowly made many civilizations, offspring, and separations were made over many generations. Amidst the many descendants, a certain group turned into nomads.

This group was slender, and more compact, their faces slowly turned less frog-like, and they even grew algae over their bodies, which let them do photosynthesis. This tribe would later evolve into the current dominant sapient species, the Saphibian.

The Frog-kin in those times separated themselves from the Saphibian, however, and lived on their own for the most part, which was mostly because they diverged in their own wills and desires, the two tribes split, and the Saphibians moved away from the Swamp Guardian's Territory, which was said to be a divine sanctuary where no predators would ever step on.

They risked their lives and went away, desiring to explore the land and expand in other ways that the Frog-kin did not wanted to do. And like this, the two races split forever.

The frog-kin remained in these lands, while the Saphibians traveled the world, spreading more than the frog-kin, and reaching even farther areas, knowing more, and learning more too… they ended spreading in all sorts of families as well, which later on became races of their own.

The frog-kin remained in their sanctuary, as they grew more conceited inside their society, living by the grace and protection of this giant frog, unknown to them that this being was merely just sleeping and being neutral because it had no interest in them.

Such an entity that had lived so long… why would it care about flies moving near it? it had long stopped caring about the world around.

But it was because of a big reason too… this massive frog had a secret that the Frog-kin discovered later on the line.

It was protecting an egg, a large, 5-meter-big egg, transparent and containing a tiny little tadpole inside, which was still developing slowly, sleeping in there peacefully.

This giant frog was in fact a mother.

However, the frog-kin, specifically a young and arrogant prince of their civilization who learned about this once gave an order…

”Bring me the guardian's egg, I will raise it as my pet, and it will become the Kingdom's personal guardian!”

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