Chapter 128 - Slippery

I could feel that Rakka was just as confused as I was at the sudden turn of events. I was positive that Budo, who was now on the other side of the arena and currently staring us down like an angry bull(frog, ha!), was directly in the path of Rakkas' antlers and should be frozen by now. While I tried to figure out what had happened, Voxea suddenly chimed in.

[Before you start hesitating due to figuring out what happened, take a look at Rakkas' horns].

[Huh? Ok-what the heck is that thing?], I asked while suppressing the shock on my face. Stuck onto Rakkas'still freezing cold horns was an odd-colored lump. Imagine if you will, a pale green ball of mucus that has frozen over on a frozen blue lake. Not exactly noticable, but you can never not see it once pointed out.

As Rakka repositioned himself for another clash with Budo, his antlers returned to normal and the weird lump immediately melted into a weird colored liquid that begin to drip off his antlers in a manner that reminded me of melted butter.

[What is that?], I asked Voxea in a disgusted tone.

[If I had to guess? Toad oil].

[Toad oil]?

[Remember what traits that the Dragon's Lens showed you?], she asked me in a tutoring manner.

["Bull Rush" and "Oil"...oh], I replied while mentally smacking myself in the face.

[Call it an educated guess, but that "Oil Skin" trait is probably making it so techniques just slide off its body via the secretion of slippery toad oil].

[That is disgusting, so what do I do]?

[Play it by ear for now and look for a weakness. Take it from me, no armor is impenetrable], Voxea advised.

[Right on. Rakka]!

"Snort"!

"Budo! Show this overgrown deer who is the superior bull!", Mourga arrogantly declared.

Oh joy, the musclehead is showboating.

"Croak"!

Letting out a low croaking noise, the BullFrogs' body began to glow a deep blue color while I could see its body starting to tense up all over and its' horns becoming coated in water, making them look sharper and deadlier. In the next moment, a sound akin to a rainstorm echoed out as the BullFrog suddenly leaped towards Rakka horns first.

[No time to dodge, Rakka brace for impact and "Electrify"]!

As the BullFrog rapidly approached, Rakka stomped the ground hard and primed his antlers for impact. I could feel the aether building up inside his muscular frame, as tiny arcs of lighting began to jump across his fur.

Another loud bang rang out as the two locked horns again, but this time I could feel Rakka took a bit more damage than last time from that water technique this time around. With a snort, Rakka flicked his head upward to try and knock the offending frog away, but its' oily skin had caused Rakkas' antlers to slide across it instead.

In that same moment, the lightning building up inside of Rakkas' body was released and jumped towards the BullFrog. The enormous amphibian let out a pained croak as the lightning coursed through its body.

[Direct hit]!

[That may be the case, but I don't think Rakka can outlast this thing. From what I recall, the maji who made the BullFrog designed it to be able to win out in battle of attrition], Voxea informed me, [we need to figure out way to deal some real damage to it, meaning we have to crack that oily defense].

[I know that Voxea, but aside from "Freezing Horn", the only other attack technique Rakka has is one of the fire affinity, which water majimonsters are...naturally... resistant...why do I hear something a soft sizzling]?

Shifting my focus temporarily away from Rakka, I followed my hearing to an empty part of the arena. The fire trail that Rakka had left earlier was still burning, but a peculiar thing was happening near one of the hoofprints.

Next to one of the hoofprints was a puddle of that nasty toad oil that must've been formed when Rakka knocked back Budo. From what I could see, while the toad oil wasn't directly in contact with the flames, just by being near it caused the oil to rapidly heat up and cook into smoke.

[Huh...I'm not the only one feeling dèja vu, right]?