15. Frog Villain Kim Seung-jun

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Something is seriously wrong here.

Since when do girls react like this from just a shoulder touch? I lit a cigarette as darkness clouded my vision.

Seung-jun isn’t the problem. Han Suji is manageable. But Reina…her power grows through love for that clich√©-named hero Si-woo.

“This makes no fucking sense.”

No matter how I think about it, the logic fails. Then what about Bbeopmi? Well, her thought process exists in the fourth dimension – let’s ignore that. Reina then? Did spanking awaken her inner pervert?

“What are you muttering about?”
“Shut up, bitch.”
“Bitch?!”

*SLAP*

After roasting Han Suji, I smacked Reina’s ass.

“Hyaaahn~”
“Nice recoil.”

Same reaction every time. Reina’s definitely a pervert. If she stays like this, our combat strength will drop when fighting the Sins. Maybe I should force Si-woo to spank her? Otherwise this yandere could endanger the world.

What kind of bullshit rule is this? Get them drunk and lock them in a room? No, that might backfire.

What about Bbeopmi?

“Bbeopmi-jjang, do you like me?”
“Hawawa~ So embarrassing! White-haired unnie is my ideal woman~”

Me as an ideal? She’s lost it too. At least she’s not yuri. Though imagining her proposal makes me dizzy:

“Hawawa! Marry me unnie~!”

Ugh. Can’t even imagine. The only upside is she’s not a heroine so the plot won’t break.

While chatting, we slaughtered dozens of lecherous goblins. Yet Seung-jun remains absent.

“What now? If he ambushes us in the forest, we’re screwed.”
“Leave it to me~!”
“How?”
“Trees hate fire! Forests are just tree parties~!”

Tree parties? My spine tingled.

“…And?”
“Burn it down! Bbeopmi! Meteor Shower!”
“The fuck?!”

Despite being underground, massive meteors formed and rained destruction.

*BOOM* *CRASH* *KABOOM*

The precision strike avoided us while devastating the forest worse than Mongol scorched-earth tactics. This exceeds post-Cataclysm Seoul’s ruins.

I severely underestimated Bbeopmi. That ridiculous speech pattern hides terrifying magic. Her firepower surpasses even Reina’s spirit arrows. I couldn’t deflect those meteors even with Acceleration.

“Where did you even meet this monster?”
“…No idea.”

Her insanity might be contagious. The wasteland reeked of charred goblins. Could’ve harvested their cores if not vaporized.

“Hawawa~ No compliments please! This skill has a 6-hour cooldown~!”

So she’s dead weight now?

“Fuck. Pray Seung-jun died in that.”

3v1 against a monsterized villain? Original Seung-jun was weak, but Si-woo had protagonist armor and a divine sword. Now I’m scared.

“Random question.”
“Yeah?”
“What happens stabbing a man’s balls 9999 times?”
“Just do gender reassignment surgery.”
“Depends?”

Original Seung-jun died anyway. The Cult reclaimed his core after Si-woo spared him. Maybe we should kill him now.

“Blegh!”
“Gross, what now?”

Reina suddenly vomited.

“How is there this much miasma? This is just a training dungeon! *gag*”

Miasma – the toxic energy from Gates that caused the Cataclysm. Prolonged exposure causes mutation. Normal people get headaches and breathing issues, but strong miasma only exists in sealed pre-Cataclysm dungeons.

This shouldn’t happen here. The original had none.

“Ugh. Disgusting~”
“Lucky I wore miasma-resistant gear. Eun-ha, why are you fine?”
“Innate ability.”

Environmental Adaptation is OP. Lets me endure extreme temps and now miasma.

“How many abilities do you have?”
“That ‘Reflect’ against Reina was fake. Just adaptation.”
“You lied to me?!”

Reina pouted cutely.

“Only fools get tricked.”
“Enough chatter~ Thick miasma means strong monsters~”

Right. We should’ve conserved Bbeopmi’s nuke for this. My eyes see through miasma, but the others struggle.

“There’s something in the miasma.”
“Looks like…Seung-jun?”

Original Seung-jun was a scrawny, bespectacled extra. This bloated abomination oozing miasma barely resembles him.

“Wait, something’s off.”
*Gurgling*
“Fucking disgusting.”

The figure emerging was Seung-jun mutated into a goblin-frog hybrid. Well, he always looked goblin-adjacent. Obsessive, sword-fetishizing trash no one liked.

“Choi…Si-woo…Yoo…Eun-ha…Never…forgive…”

Prolonged miasma exposure bulged his eyes and jaw like a toad’s. Absolutely vile. What sins did his parents commit to birth this?

“Why obsess over the Divine Sword?”
“My…father…was candidate…His heroism…is mine…!”

Pathetic logic. Beyond redemption.

“Let me reunite you with daddy.”

Enraged, he charged.

“Bbeopmi stays back! Reina supports! Suji and I frontline!”

Bbeopmi retreated, Reina nocked an arrow, Suji readied her flaming spear. I drew my heavy sword.

No Acceleration or enhancements – this fight depends purely on skill. Seung-jun leaped frog-style, slashing with clawed nails.

*CLANG*

His 100kg+ frame pressed down unnaturally. As I struggled, his face contorted, pushing harder.

“Don’t ignore me!”

Suji stabbed from the side, barely scratching him. He backflipped away.

“Kekeke. Eliminate Han Suji first. GWAAAA!”

He vomited oil that ignited on contact. Suji dodged, but her spear caught fire.

“Damn. Can’t use flames now.”
“Can’t control it?”
“Sorry. Might friendly fire.”

Reina’s arrows gave numerical advantage. Should I use Acceleration?

“Bbeopmi, any special traits on this sword?”
“Hawawa~ Magic immunity~”

Seung-jun has two phases – frog now, full goblin later. Original dungeon had no miasma – this is his doing. The girls might die here.

“This isn’t working.”

We couldn’t land solid hits. Reina’s ranged-only, Suji barely holding on without her flames.

“What?”
“Fall back. I’ll handle him alone.”
“How?”
“Can’t risk you. This is my fight.”

He’s strong but dumb. Exploiting that…

“Come at me, castrated fuck.”

-Acceleration Parallel Processing

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Overwhelming disgust consumed me. My body remembered – this thing is a monster, not human. Must kill.

I struck the dazed frog repeatedly. My speed overwhelmed him.

“You…bitch!”

Dodging a claw swipe, I smashed his ribs.

[Talking frog disgusts me. Kill it.]

*CRACK* *SMASH* *BANG*

His body began fracturing under the assault. Finish him. End this revulsion.

“W-wait! Stop!”

[Frog speaks. Hate frogs. So I broke it.]

*SPLAT*