The brave heroes continued to fight, bolstered by new allies and mysterious powers. Rita, in a particular stroke of genius, was successfully able to hammer the pike deeper into the toad's body. With a combination of her speed and strength, she was actually able to drive said pike right through the toad, pinning it to the ground. It tried to turn and face her but could not, as it's body was unable to even so much as wiggle towards Rita. It also could not avoid her second strike, which while not doing as much harm as she may have hoped, did at least manage to cause the toad an unbearable amount of pain in it's leg. Injured and immobile, the toad could do nothing as Anemone leapt onto it's back and finished it off with an electrical shock, killing the toad. It's body lady motionless and bleeding at the water's edge. As for Anemone, she'd find it extremely difficult to remove her polearm as it was buried deep not onto into the toad, but the ground underneath.

As for the toad fought by Quarrel and Capala, now it realized that it was outnumbered and outmatched. Though neither Quarrel nor Capala's attacks could do much harm to it, the toad did take an action to attempt to free itself from their attacks. The toad leapt towards Capala with the intent to crush the adventurer with it's massive body, even if it did get stabbed in the process. At the same time it was trying to buck Quarrel off it's back, shaking violently in order to loosen his grip as much as possible. But all the while, neither toad nor heroes would realize that their struggle served as an ample opportunity for another to finish off the creature. [color=goldenrod]"Watch out!"[/color] Suddenly a spear was telekinetically hurled from afar, piercing right through the toad's skull. It croaked and slumped to the ground, dead. If anyone would bother to investigate where the spear came from, they would need to look towards the river and see a green-skinned girl on a rowboat. [color=goldenrod]"Aye Yuji! I got da stuff!"[/color]

Meanwhile at Devon's camp the situation with the frogs took a turn for the better. Yuji's blade cut cleanly through the toad's tongue, causing the creature to fall onto it's back. All the while Xiang finally finished her readied action and fell from the heavens, bringing her blade down upon the last toad's tongue. Though her blade could not kill, it could still cut and cleave, severing the beast's slimy appendage clean off. The two toads were on their back but quickly recovered. However in great pain and now facing a more prepared enemy, the two toads dove back into the river to retreat, rather than to die fighting here.

And so the battle at Yuji's Estate came to an end. Two toads fled, while two toads laid dead. The adventurers had their share of wounds both physical and mental, but they were ultimately alive. Xiang skipped back to the others and congratulated everyone for their efforts. [color=ed1c24]"Good job team! Hey, you might actually be good adventurers! Maybe. With a lot of training. And better equipment. And more skills. But that's what you'll be working for!"[/color] As the succubus spoke, the two mysterious allies revealed themselves. One was a [url=https://i.imgur.com/ajiXqYh.png]green-skinned man[/url], and another a younger looking but also [url=https://i.imgur.com/RLkpcE5.png]green-skinned girl[/url].

[color=a2d39c]"Oi oi, all dis ruckus so early, wot's da big idea eh? Can't even pick shroom's wifoutta big ol mess, eh."[/color]

[color=goldenrod]"Y'all must be new 'ere. Funny seeing dem toadies all worked up tho, dey musta saw something yummy in da water to come all ornery like dat. Ah! Pop, mind yer manners! Name's Ryla."[/color]

[color=a2d39c]"Atch. Roight. Name's Yaj. I'm da chef 'ere, and my girl runs da shop. Happy to meet cha."[/color]

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