I Got Fired As an Adventurer, So I'm Starting Anew As an Alchemist! Frontier Exploration? Alright, Leave It to Me!

Chapter 77

77. Exploiting Weaknesses Is A Good Strategy, Isn’t It?

“It didn’t work!?”

Eva, who had cast a high-powered attack spell, cried out in shock.

“Whoa!? Retreat! Temporary retreat!!”

Raidoc shouted in panic.

As we turned around to retreat while shouting “Whoa!” and the like, the path of corpses was blocked by a newly appeared giant frog, a Baron Frog.

“What the!?”

“No way! It wasn’t this quick to cover the last time!”

“Are we being outsmarted? This frog’s got some brains!?”

“Smarter than Jitaro!”

“What do you mean!?”

It was a serious and dangerous situation that made us want to joke involuntarily.

What do we do!?

“...Craft! Cast one attack spell! Save your energy!”

“Understood!”

Raidoc’s command made possible spells flash through my mind.

Ice spells... In this water-soaked state, that’s the worst choice.

Lightning spells are also risky. We could all get electrocuted.

Light and dark spells probably won’t help much.

That leaves wind or fire. But the [Scorching Eight-Layer Inferno Storm], which includes both attributes, is a wide-area spell unsuitable for this situation.

Besides, the target, the Titan Duke Frog, is mostly submerged in the swamp. It’s doubtful how effective fire spells would be.

Seeing my hesitation, Eva, the excellent magician among the Kasper triplets, shouted.

“Craft-san! Can you use [Water Blade Sever]?”

Her words made me look up. [Water Blade Sever] is a powerful spell that generates ultra-compressed water blades to slice the enemy. In this water-rich situation, its power would increase.

But there’s an even better spell!@@@@

“Eat this, frog bastard! [White Ice Blade Flash]!!!”

I cast a spell superior to Water Blade Sever.

A gigantic ice blade, twice my height, flew swiftly, crescent-shaped, aiming to cleave the giant boss frog in two.

“Gekooooooo!!!”

A foul-colored bodily fluid sprayed up.

However, considering the spell’s power, it seemed like it could have been more effective!?

“Craft-san! Did you see that!?”

Eva shouted.

“See what?”

“Yes! The ice blade scattered by the frog’s surface magic!”

“What!?”

There is a defense magic that converts physical attacks back into magic to reduce their power. Is that it!?

An ice blade flew between Raidoc and Camille, striking the wound they had made.

Despite being a weaker spell, it caused significant damage to the boss frog, similar to Camille’s sword technique.

“What!?”

Raidoc shouted.

“Craft!”

“Probably, the frog’s surface slime nullifies magic!”

“Then, physical attacks work!?”

“Likely! ...But can we keep up!?”

“A bit... tricky! This frog has high regeneration!”

“This is bad...”

I asked Raidoc to use high-damage attacks to blow away the slime.

It’s not confirmed, but considering that magic worked in that state, the slime-dispersing magic is almost certain.

To defeat this boss frog, we need to remove the slime first, then hit it with magic.

“Craft-san! Can’t we blow away the slime with wind magic!?”

“Idiot! That magic would get nullified too!”

I called Jitaro an idiot impulsively, but his idea was directionally correct. If we can blow away the slime with wind or fire, it would work.

“Then, we could gather firewood and burn the frog!”

“Idiot! In this swamp, we can’t afford to...!”

Calling Jitaro an idiot again, a scene flashed in my mind.

It was the day after Golden Dawn repelled a stampede of cockatrices.

The sight of burning cockatrice corpses, with only magic stones extracted, in a large pit.

To burn that many cockatrices, mere firewood wouldn’t suffice. I used something I had alchemized.

“That’s it! Combustion powder!”

I remembered the combustion powder I had made on request from the guild. It burns much more efficiently than oil. Plus, it’s powder, making it suitable for use on the frog!

“Raidoc! I’ve got an idea! Can you scatter this powder as evenly as possible over the enemy!?”

I retrieved a barrel from my spatial storage.

I had kept a barrel of leftover combustion powder as part of my reward.

“Over that huge body!?”

The Titan Duke Frog was even bigger than the Baron Frogs. Only half of its body was above water, but it was still massive.

If it were stationary, it wouldn’t be a problem, but it’s a monster.

It moves and attacks.

“...What now?”

Raidoc gritted his teeth, slashing at the numerous attacking tongues. His mind was clearly racing.

At that moment, Camille, holding twin swords, retreated towards me, gliding over the water.

Her movements were the smoothest under these constraints.

“I will do it.”

Usually silent, Camille muttered.