Chapter 25

Several days passed as we continue onwards, after the centipede encounter we haven't encountered any serious threats.
Our food supply is still good since I carry them but it's not enough for my body so it's actually the girls' food supply not mine.
I have been eating the creatures I hunt as we go but it's not really filling me
I want to eat a good meal.
As I am thinking this we spot a big frog, about human sized.
A light green color and smooth so it's not one of those monster like bullfrogs.
It's standing there all carefree, poison? well I should be able to handle it right, there's antidote potions in our supplies anyways.
I want to head up a tree and the girls are still on me, they don't want to get off.
Thinking more and I realize this would just scare it off, I am too big to quietly move across trees.
I give that idea up and go with the plan to capture it with my web.

'what's tara-kun doing?'
'going after that frog obviously'
'we don't need to get off right?'
'it should be fine, he's going to use his webs'
I will use my webs but not a straight shot of course or it would notice and run away.
I can control the web direction somewhat so I slowly send it overhead and slowly drop it down above its body.
If I slow down or stop the web will fall apart so I need to continuously shoot it out.
The frog notices us but it's not going away, doesn't notice the thread up above him either.
And NOW!
The web drops further and sticks to the frog, it jumps away hard but it's too late.
I send more and it's being entangled in it.
SPAT
Frog acid on the web dissolves it but its body is still covered in it, I just have too shoot more.
It shoots acid in rapid fire movement and managed to avoid it.
While this is happening I close the distance and then get behind it.
'?!' it's surprised and I finish it off with a piercing stab.
It's over and I eat it quickly, it doesn't taste bad but not good either.
I can feel the poison in me now, I stop and endure it.
No antidote was needed.

'is this really needed? wasting time on hunting frogs?' says the rogue.
'it's fine' says the healer.
'what about progression?'
'not everything needs to be that fast, let's just enjoy the moment too'
'hah, I guess'
As the talk I wonder if that is the strongest frog here.
'that frog was unusual though' says the elf, 'you don't usually see ones of that size'
The girls agree and she continues, 'we need to look out for its offsprings if it has any too'
'the stronger the creature the stronger the children or the more children it can give birth to right? I heard that at the church too'
'yes, so a frog like this would be balanced, giving out a dozen or so offsprings'
'I understand but the kids would be weaker than the parents otherwise we would see many of them around here' says the rogue.
'or that frog was the offspring and there's a stronger parent out there says the healer.
'nah, we would hear about it if there was a big frog population'
'like we heard about those centipedes?' chimes in the elf.
'sigh, ok there could be some frog tribe here or something I can't deny that but it's highely unlikely, let's just move on'
We head on again and I wonder if the frogs really have gained an evolutionary foothold in this area.