NOVEL NEXT Chapter 314: Frog vanquished
The Frog Prince's slimy body started to glow violet.
Its thin front legs started to beef up as if muscles started growing from under the skin. Its hind legs, which were usually bent, started to unravel, making the Frog stand up as if it were bipedal.
Its bulbous eyes started to swell, until finally, it popped out of its socket and hung in the air.
Its large stomach swelled even further, turning into a full sphere.
This new transformation somehow turned the Frog Prince into a monstrous ball with human-like arms and legs that bounced up and down through the swampy bayou.
The pressure and aura it exuded were far stronger than its original figure, almost tripling in value. It was no wonder why Carmine and the others warned the group about the Frog Prince's transformation.
It was unfortunate that the Dragon inadvertently triggered it, either on purpose or not.
Atlan inwardly shook his head. Somehow, the Queen got the idea that Atlan got stronger through the deaths of stronger Canzers. Judging from the smile on her face, she knew exactly what she did when she turned the Frog upside down and allowed it to transform into the monster it was now.
In truth, Atlan gained the rewards from the Canzer regardless if they transformed or not.
But Atlan didn't know if the LifeSkill he gets from reaping the Frog Prince's death was influenced by their current strength. So for now, Atlan didn't know if the Queen did him a favor or not.
"This is the worst situation possible. Ninth, I think it's time for you to make a tactical retreat."
Ninth looked at the two gigantic monsters in front of them and felt a shiver down her spine. The Dragon specifically, looked like an opponent that she could not take lightly.
"I agree. We need to get out for now and hope that only one of them follows us."
The rest of the team had no reason to refuse NInth's order—except for one. Atlan didn't want to miss the reaping of the Frog Prince's death.
So, he knew that he had to stall for time.
"I think we can defeat both of them."
In response, Carmine shouted back,
"Are you crazy?!"
"I told you. I don't think the Dragon is our enemy."
Atlan didn't have to say more. The Queen swooped down towards the Frog Prince and used her wings to slice down its slimy skin.
The Frog Prince prided himself in his ability to reflect physical attacks from his body using the slime in his skin. No other Canzer could pierce through his skin because of it.
But the Queen was no ordinary Canzer. She was a cut above all of them.
A large cut appeared on the Frog Prince's torso, with violet blood spurting out into the bayou. The Frog flailed its arms in retaliation against the Dragon, but she was long gone before the Frog could even react to her attack.
'Stop this!'
screamed the Frog Prince.
'Are you really planning on waging war against our kingdom?'
The Queen laughed.
'Funny. You used to say that to our enemies. Now, you use it for them.'
'You know why I left. Your kingdom was on its downfall. The once mighty Enchanted Kingdom was gone the moment your King died. You can't expect us to stay in your kingdom and rot with it, right?'
In response, the Queen pulled her head back, gurgling fire in her throat.
The Frog Prince, anticipating her attack, bounced out and away from her line of sight, sending a huge tsunami-like wave coursing through the bayou.
With the Prince's special transformation, his body turned full of air, allowing him to bounce randomly.
He rebounded up and down in the air until finally, the Prince released all that energy and bounced towards the Dragon in the air.
It was a surprise attack. One that would have caught most Canzers off guard.
But the Queen was no ordinary Canzer. The moment he was close enough to her, she darted her head to his face and blew a fiery breath in his direction. Read exclusive chapters at empire
GRAHHHH!
The Prince tried to bounce in mid-air, but the fiery breath turned half of his body into fried meat.
'They won't stand for this! You will pay!'
screamed the Frog Prince. His burned skin started to slowly heal as a strange liquid filled his skin.
'That may be so. But you won't be alive to see it.'
The Queen swooped down once again, this time, using her sharp claws to slice the Frog Prince's throat in one go.
With her speed, the Frog Prince had no chance. Violet blood spurted out of his throat. He tried to plug the cut using his arms, but the flow of blood was too much.
In the Frog Prince's eyes was disbelief. It was only now that he realized that the Queen was serious about asking for his death. He thought she was only doing this to teach him a lesson.
She truly was trying to kill him.
But the Frog Prince couldn't understand. She knew exactly what would happen once she interfered with another kingdom's territory, especially with the humans involved.
How could he have known that the Queen was only killing him so that Atlan could become stronger?
In a last-ditch effort, the Frog Prince used his full power and summoned tadpoles out of nowhere.
These tadpoles were the size of humans, but as they traveled from the ground toward the air, they quickly grew in size to the point that they turned into giant frogs themselves!
These frogs turned more and more bloated until,
BOOM!
, they exploded into an acidic mist cloud that disintegrated everything in their path.
This melted the whole swampy bayou, turning the trees and the ground into a disgusting goo.
Normally, this was a trump card for the Frog Prince because it would kill everything in sight indiscriminately. But in his defense, the Queen forced him to do it.
'If you hadn't tried to kill me, I wouldn't have killed you. If you had just stayed in our kingdom, you could have ruled it for the rest of your life! But no! You just had to—'
The Frog Prince wasn't finished venting when all of a sudden, a dark shadow overcame his figure.
Before he could even understand what it was, the Queen chomped down on his head and swallowed it whole.