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Chapter 199: The Cause of the Mass Outbreak
Tauro reached the center of the swamp.
The miasma was so dense that anyone without poison resistance would have struggled to breathe, and the deep mud made movement difficult. Animals that had once lived in the swamp floated dead on the surface, some already decomposing and producing a terrible stench.
Among the ordinary giant poisonous frogs, Tauro spotted a much larger specimen.
It had escaped [Presence Detection], but it couldn’t hide from his eyes. The creature apparently possessed some form of concealment or detection-obstruction ability.
The other frogs were poisonous blue. This one was a threatening purple and nearly as large as Tauro himself.
“Could this be the subspecies responsible for the outbreak and the poisoned swamp?”
Tauro silently raised his bow, intending to kill it before it could react.
The purple frog sensed his aim and immediately dived beneath the surface.
“It’s more intelligent than the others.”
The swamp wasn’t especially deep, but [Presence Detection] couldn’t follow the creature. Tauro advanced toward the place where it had disappeared.
The ordinary giant poisonous frogs hidden nearby began closing in on him.
“They’ve recognized me as an enemy.”
Because [Presence Detection] revealed their positions, Tauro avoided their attacks and killed them one after another with a short sword. Some spat venom as they died.
[Complete Poison Resistance] protected him from the toxin, but the thick, sticky liquid clung to his face, clothing, and leather armor.
“I’ll have to use [Purification] on everything afterward. This is disgusting.”
Tauro continued searching for the purple subspecies.
Since he couldn’t detect it directly, he watched the shifting shadows beneath the water.
One silhouette suddenly rushed toward him.
He readied his short sword, certain that the hidden creature was attacking.
The shadow stopped just before reaching him. At the same moment, an ordinary poisonous frog lunged from behind.
“You’re actually cooperating?”
Tauro turned and killed the attacker with one thrust. Venom splashed across his face again.
Then the subspecies’ long tongue burst from the water and wrapped around his leg.
A sharp sizzling sound rose from his armor and skin.
“Hot!”
The tongue was coated in powerful acid.
Ignoring the pain, Tauro slashed at it, but the subspecies released him and vanished beneath the surface before his blade connected.
“I was right. It’s intelligent.”
[Super Recovery and Regeneration] immediately began repairing the injury to his leg.
Tauro put away the short sword, drew his bow, and waited.
Then he deactivated [Levitation] and dropped waist-deep into the swamp.
The moment he was no longer maintaining [Levitation], he activated [Light Arrow] and fired beneath the surface.
He couldn’t use both abilities at the same time.
The light arrow tore through the muddy water and struck the silhouette below. A violent splash followed, and the purple subspecies floated to the surface with its white belly exposed.
“Got it.”
As he began sinking into the mud, Tauro quickly reactivated [Levitation] and rose back above the swamp.
“The main source is gone, but we still have to eliminate all the remaining frogs.”
Hundreds of giant poisonous frogs remained.
Ragune moved around the shore, aggressively driving her spear through every monster she found. From outside the barrier, Aeris shot the frogs with magical fire arrows.
Tauro exchanged his short sword and bow for a spear and stabbed downward while moving across the swamp with [Levitation].
The extermination took three full days.
By the time they finished, the team had killed more than three hundred giant poisonous frogs.
The original request had only asked them to investigate the contamination. Eliminating the source and clearing the entire infestation was work that would ordinarily have required several teams, but Black-Gold Wings was unusually well suited to the conditions.
The village chief was overwhelmed with relief when the miasma began to dissipate. He held a celebratory feast to thank the three adventurers.
Ragune, who was eighteen, was the only team member old enough to drink alcohol. With Tauro and Aeris still minors, the celebration remained relatively restrained, and the three retired early.
When they departed, Tauro bowed to the villagers.
“Please contact the Adventurers’ Guild if you encounter another problem.”
“Thank you! You accomplished far more than the request required. We’ll make sure the guild increases your payment.”
The chief and the villagers bowed repeatedly and continued waving until Black-Gold Wings disappeared down the road.