OBS Chapter 4224 Frog Transformation
Chapter 4224 Frog Transformation
Chapter 4224 Frog Transformation
Although the croaking of frogs outside the window was infrequent, it occasionally broke the silence between the two's conversation. The intervals between the three phases of the "Rain Man" were irregular, but the longest interval was no more than 24 hours. The current mass reproduction of frogs and the severe weather, as if someone were pouring water from the sky, indicated that the third phase could arrive at any moment.
Finding a specific target in such an uncertain location, having Ellie's help was actually the best option. Shad thought that if things were still worsening by noon, he would go to St. Byron's to get Ellie's help.
The heavy carriage continued to travel through the streets and alleys of the outer city. The rainy weather made the carriage rental business better than usual, so the carriage was not conspicuous in the outer city.
During their search for the relics, Shad and Mr. Finch also discussed many other things. The aftermath of the [Leatherworks Guild] incident continues to unfold. Although the relics themselves have been successfully contained, the leather goods scattered throughout the area and the small number of leatherworkers not at the guild still need to be dealt with.
Based on information provided by the Witch Council, the Church is certain that a large number of ordinary people in the area had come into contact with the relics. Shad hadn't forgotten the "Glamorous Ladies Club," and the Church did indeed locate the club's leader based on this clue.
However, the club was not eradicated; only the list of people associated with leather goods was obtained by the church.
Shade even remarked to Mr. Finch about this:
"The Charming Ladies Club saved itself by handing over all the people involved in the leather goods business. But in my opinion, the people behind the club must have also played a part."
"This club involves bigwigs in Willendale and some sensitive political issues. The church is currently facing other problems and doesn't want to get involved or sully itself. Once the church has freed up its resources, this club will be in trouble again. But the club is really decisive. They dare to betray their members like this. It will be difficult for them to recruit new members in the future."
Mr. Finch said he was still wiping his hunting rifle.
"The extraordinary power involved in that club is not just about skins; I really don't know how they managed to cover it up."
Xia De sighed again, adding that he hadn't done any pre-battle preparations, but was simply drinking tea as he spoke:
"However, that club is just an organization of ordinary people. The real problem lies with the [Magic Eye Club]. What's going on with this organization? Something's clearly wrong with it. Why hasn't the Church taken action against it yet?"
The old man smiled and said:
"The [Demon Eye Club] is the oldest neutral organization in the area. The fact that the Church is now closely monitoring them without any evidence is already out of respect for the 'Caller of God'."
You said the Colossus clones and the AllSpark were under their control, and you also said the theft at the Baron's house was related to them. Of course I believe you, and the Church most likely believes you too, but without evidence, even the Church of the Five Gods cannot deal with an organization that has always cooperated with them.
The Mystic Eyes Club has a very long history, having partnered with the Church to contain the Mystic Eyes and made significant contributions to the stability of this world.
“I understand the logic, but I just don’t understand what the [Mystic Eye Club] is trying to do. Do they also want to cultivate the ‘Final Child’? But I’ve never heard of them having that kind of technology. Aren’t these people only supposed to contain Mystic Eyes? And I’ve heard that their attitude towards Mystic Eyes is more about containment than utilization. Why would such an organization get involved in the Chosen Ones’ affairs?”
As Shad spoke, he joked again:
"Could it be that they're trying to breed some new breed of bewitching monster?"
Mr. Finch laughed too:
“I don’t think so. But if I had to find a reason for them, I think there are only two possibilities. One is that they are cooperating with someone, and someone offered them a reward they couldn’t refuse, which made the ‘Thousand-Eyed Sorcerer’ willing to take the risk.”
The second possibility relates to a legend that the ancient Creator's emblem was eye-shaped, and it is said that all demonic eyes originated from the Creator's own eyes. Of course, the Great Beings are not bound by human form like us mortals; here, the 'eye' likely refers to the wisdom of creation.
Legend has it that before departing, the creator left one of his eyes in the material world, an eye containing the essence of creation, birth, and alchemy. That eye cannot be found; it can only be obtained through the evolution of the Demon Eye. The purpose of the [Demon Eye Club] may not be to create life, but rather to gather enough life energy to drive the evolution of the Demon Eye, ultimately reaching the final form of all Demon Eyes.
That sounds reasonable, but Shad had heard about the purpose of these people who collect the Eyes of the Might from the halfling girl, Lady Bradway, during the Fifth Age:
"Trying to use the power of mortals to explore the power and secrets of the ancient gods is such a blasphemous thing. Is it really something that the descendants of the ancient god's cult should do? I heard that in the Fifth Age, the predecessor of the club was very devout."
Mr. Finch shook his head:
"Time changes many things, and who knows if this is yet another challenge left by the ancient gods?"
Shad nodded, and was about to inquire further with Mr. Finch about the origins and power of the "Thousand-Eyed Sorcerer" when suddenly a thud sounded above their heads. Mr. Finch sensed it:
"It looks like a frog."
The driver's voice came from ahead:
"Gentlemen, frogs are starting to fall from the sky. Not many, but it's not a good sign."
The "frog rain" was a sign that the second stage of the artifacts was entering its later stages. Mr. Finch then caught the frog that had landed on the roof of the car and, after carefully examining its deformities, concluded that the changes in the artifacts this time were much faster than the one he had encountered years ago.
At 11 a.m., a very slight disturbance of strange elements was felt in the rain. Even Mr. Finch couldn't sense this disturbance, but Shad did.
So the carriage turned around and headed southwest towards the outer city. The northern part of the outer city is Grey Rock Pass, and the eastern part is the mountain range where Arcadia City is located; therefore, the city's expansion over the years has always been in the southwest direction.
Today, the southwest of the outer city is a continuous stretch of factories, their towering chimneys spewing thick black smoke even on rainy days. And as the carriage approached the source of the elemental disturbances that Shad had sensed, Mr. Finch finally saw it through the carriage window:
"It's the relic itself! Someone has found it!"
The battle had clearly begun. After jumping off the carriage, Shad and Mr. Finch scaled the wall and entered the eastern construction site of the newly built textile factory.
The factory had only had its foundation laid and some walls built, yet the construction site was already filled with the croaking of frogs. But unexpectedly, the team fighting the relic itself was not a church squad, nor even any local organization that Shad and Mr. Finch knew.
Accompanied by a low, guttural croak that made one's chest feel heavy, a tall, grey-blue figure suddenly leaped from the ground into the rainy sky. However, the phantom images of two black chains in the hands of the sorceress standing on the ground followed closely behind, piercing through the figure.
Whether the relics possessed a soul is hard to say, but the piercing of the soul chain still caused the bluish-gray shadow to emit a strange cry.
It tried to pounce on the sorceress from the air, but before landing, it became entangled with the strange, black-robed spirit that appeared behind the sorceress.
The extreme death seemed to bring complete peace to the world. Although the Rain Man's true form was a desiccated corpse, the power of death did not restrain him. Fortunately, the power of the relics also did not restrain the two who were burdened by death. After all, Joey Barton, as the main force, did not even have a physical body and was completely unaffected by the frogification effect.
The bluish-gray shadow clearly wanted to get rid of the two, but with Marilyn Handel and Joey Barton working together, it had no way to escape the battle.
Bang!
The sound of the double-barreled shotgun exploding even reminded wounded soldiers returning from the front lines to recuperate on the street not far away of the largest caliber steam cannons.
A burst of fire erupted from the muzzle of the gun. Mr. Finch, who was firing his gun in the rain, shot the bluish-gray thing down from the sky. Only after the thing landed and stopped did Shad finally get a clear look at what it looked like.
It crouched on the side of a pile of sand covered with a tarpaulin. Although it looked like a humanoid creature, its skin had a grayish-blue mixed with dark green texture and was covered with fine, raised particles.
The limbs were severely disproportionate, with abnormally thick and long arms, thick webbing at the fingertips, and grayish-black nails; the hind legs were muscular and taut, with broad feet and translucent webbing between the toes. The back arched in a slippery curve, and the head was twisted beyond recognition by frog-like features. The eye sockets bulged outward, the eyeballs were cloudy and grayish-white, with no clear boundary between the whites and pupils, and they could only slowly rotate.
Its neck was wrinkled and folded, and it made a low "croaking" sound as it breathed. Although it had a human-shaped outline, it exuded the coldness and strangeness of an amphibian from head to toe. It was a monster twisted and mixed together by humans and frogs.
Although its clothes were torn due to the changes in its body, Shad could still tell from the remaining pieces of cloth that it was the relic that Vigo and Mr. Finch had described.
"Coo coo~ Croak~"
The frog's grayish-white eyes glanced sideways at Mr. Shad and Mr. Finch, who had just appeared on the battlefield. Then, the frog lay on the ground and suddenly exerted its strength, crashing into the direction where the two were like a roaring train.
Even if the other party was a Sage-level relic, Shad was confident that he could compete with it in terms of strength. But this thing was just too ugly and disgusting. Shad could even see a layer of wet, slimy mucus on its disgusting skin.
Therefore, Shad did not intend to engage in close combat. He channeled the spirit flowing through his body and soul, and slammed his right palm, crackling with silver-white electricity, forward:
"Miraculous Technique: Thunder Wave!"