novel bin Chapter 125 There is a difference between blunt force trauma.
Chapter 125 There is a difference between blunt force trauma.
Chapter 125 There is a difference between blunt force trauma.
The giant frog's special ability is immunity to blunt force, but this ability has its limits. When faced with Broly's punch, even though Broly's punch was deflected by the slippery slime and most of the force was dissipated, the remaining small portion of the force was still too much for a giant frog to withstand.
"Bang!"
The giant frog was knocked away and landed belly up, dead.
Broly jumped over, pried open the giant frog's mouth, and pulled Aqua out from inside.
The skirt had no anti-gravity effect, and a burst of holy light suddenly appeared from the falling skirt.
Even through the giant frog's body, Aqua was still dazed by the force of the punch.
After recovering, the goddess was somewhat overwhelmed by the sticky feeling on her body and the fishy, pungent smell of mucus that kept getting into her nose.
She hugged the boy next to her, then burst into tears, crying, "Waaah, Broly, I... I'm unclean! I've been defiled by a frog!"
Broly was originally clean and tidy, but now that Aqua is hugging him like this, he has become sticky and clingy.
He was somewhat helpless about his goddess master's behavior, and could only comfort her: "Don't cry, don't cry, Master Aqua, I've already taken care of that giant frog for you."
As Broly said this, he patted Aqua's sticky back and pointed to the giant frog's corpse next to her. It's worth mentioning that the pink giant frog was female.
"Yeah?"
Aqua sniffled and saw the giant frog's corpse beside her, which was somewhat comforting.
"That was just a mistake—no, it was a bad example I deliberately set out to demonstrate. Broly, you can't be like me, rushing in to get yourself killed before you even understand the characteristics of monsters!"
Five minutes later, Aqua, having taken a shower using water-generating magic, was refreshed. She explained her embarrassing mistake, summoned her goddess scepter, and prepared to demonstrate the correct way.
"Broly, watch closely this time, I'm going to demonstrate the correct way to deal with a giant frog!"
Aqua, wielding her scepter, charged at another giant frog, but the scepter was a blunt weapon.
So, unsurprisingly, Aqua was swallowed up again, this time by a giant green frog.
"According to Sister Marian's handbook, most of the giant frogs of this color are male..."
Broly, who had rescued Aqua again, read the contents of the manual and explained it to his goddess master.
"In other words, I really was defiled this time by the sticky bodily fluids of a male creature?!"
The light in Aqua's eyes disappeared.
"I won't look down on you."
Broly's inner monologue struck her like a blow.
"Broly, Broly, the giant frog is terrifying! Let's go back to town and change to a different subjugation quest, okay?"
Aqua no longer wanted to fight the giant frogs; her body had already been battered and bruised by these creatures.
"The guild's receptionist said that if you can't complete the accepted quest, you'll have to pay a penalty."
The Adventurers' Guild's breach of contract penalty system is intended to prevent adventurers from indiscriminately accepting commissions beyond their capabilities, which could lead to situations where adventurers without the necessary skills accept and fail to complete certain raiding missions, while capable adventurers are unable to complete missions due to accepted commissions.
The commission Aqua received that morning was to hunt down five giant frogs within three days, with a reward of 25,000 Eris and a penalty of one-tenth, or 2,500 Eris. This amount wasn't much, but they were currently living under someone else's roof and didn't have a single penny on them.
"Then I'll go back to being the bait. Broly, you just continue what you were doing and deal with the giant frog that swallowed me."
Aqua stood up. Although she no longer wanted to be swallowed by the giant frog, she had to make some sacrifices due to the pressures of life.
"No need, Master Aqua. These giant frogs aren't very strong. I can handle them by myself."
As Broly spoke, he ran over to a giant frog that was swimming nearby, and with just one punch, he sent the frog flying. After landing, the giant frog rolled over and died.
Aqua: "???"
Okay, okay, she threw a punch, the giant frog was fine, but she was swallowed.
Broly delivered a punch, sending the giant frog flying, crashing to the ground, and successfully defeating it.
These days, even monsters are playing the role of a goddess?!
Aqua was starting to lose her composure, watching with teary eyes as Broly single-handedly defeated a giant frog immune to blunt force on the plains.
The croaking sounds echoed across the plains; they were the mournful cries of the giant frogs after being struck hard.
. . . .
"A total of one hundred and forty-eight giant frogs, hiss..."
When they returned in the evening, the receptionist at the Adventurers' Guild was somewhat shocked by the battle records on the adventurer's card.
Even more shocked than her were the adventurers who witnessed Broly, a mere child, carrying a large pile of giant frog carcasses back to town.
The prey piled up like mountains—I thought it was just an exaggerated metaphor, but it turns out that people actually play this game.
"One hundred and forty-eight giant frogs, even at the usual hunting price, that's 740,000 Eris..."
"So, they eat a lot, but they also do a lot of work!"
"No, it's just a child. It must be the high priest's doing."
The constant exclamations of the adventurers gradually lifted Aqua's spirits, which had initially been low.
"No way!"
Aqua felt a little embarrassed, because Broly had defeated the giant frog so easily that she hadn't even given him a blessing.
"That's right, it's all thanks to my master!"
But before Aqua could explain anything, Broly readily admitted to everyone around him that Aqua was the main contributor to the defeat of so many giant frogs.
"Without my master's careful guidance on how to defeat the giant frogs from both sides, I wouldn't have been able to easily deal with so many of them."
Broly was lying; Aqua's guidance was utterly useless. But that didn't stop him from saying it, because Aqua's happiness level was rapidly rising amidst the amazement and praise of those around her.
Broly doesn't care about empty fame; if it can make Aqua happy, he's willing to give up all the credit for defeating the giant frog.
"Eh, not sister, is it master?"
"Don't you know, actually..."
Marian's team had already completed their mission and returned ahead of the others. Upon hearing some adventurers discussing the wicked older sister, a teammate who knew the 'truth' through Marian immediately informed the other adventurers of the latest information: the boy's parents had died and he had been adopted by a beautiful young girl.
"I see, that makes sense now. It's perfectly normal for a disciple to serve their master!"
"Wait, who was it yesterday who said that the stepmother's wicked older sister was enslaving her younger brother?"
In the corner, a short adventurer shrank his neck. He had only mentioned it casually yesterday evening, but who knew that everyone else would take the story of that wicked sister as true. Rumors often originate from such things.
The adventurer didn't dare to step forward and admit that he was the first to fabricate the story, but the others realized that it was probably just something they had imagined and changed the subject.
"As expected of the High Priestess..."
When an avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent, but these people still hope to be able to invite the help of this powerful high priestess when they have their own needs.
Aqua gradually became a great heroine who defeated the giant frog amidst the praise of Broly and a group of adventurers.
. . . .
"Every year during the giant frog's breeding season, some people and livestock go missing from farms near town. However, thanks to Miss Aqua and Mr. Broly's active efforts, I believe the number of giant frogs invading the farms this year will be greatly reduced, and the people on the farms should be much safer. On behalf of the Axel Adventurers' Guild, I thank you. This is the full compensation I'm awarding you both!"
The receptionist brought out a large bag, which looked like it was full of money.
"Eh, is 740,000 Eris really that much?"
The surrounding adventurers found it strange.
"Here is one million Eris, of which 260,000 Eris is a subsidy from the guild for the two of you to have hunted down so many giant frogs at once."
Luna explained that, based on the previous subsidies for large-scale extermination of giant frogs, this was actually too little.
(End of this chapter)