"Run!"
Su An'an stuffed Qiuqiu into a large pocket of her combat suit, hoisted the cub-form Seville with her right arm, and bolted into a frantic run through the marsh.
The boy from the Deer Clan froze for a second, then struggled to drag the corpse of the slain toad as he staggered after her.
"CROOOAK!"
The marsh suddenly came to a boil.
Innumerable Two-headed Toads burst from the mire, their swollen poison sacs glowing purple as their sticky, long tongues snapped the surrounding shrubs.
Su An'an glanced back, and the hairs on her arms instantly stood on end. It was enough to trigger her trypophobia.
"Freeze!"
She raised her right hand, and blue coral-like tendrils grew frantically, weaving themselves into a fragile net of ice behind her.
"CRACK!"
The Two-headed Toads at the front shattered the ice barrier, showering the area in a rain of foul-smelling slime.
"Turn right, into the forest!"
