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"Toad Ancestor's Larva?"

When Count Wright offered that term,

Demps immediately stepped forward, reached out and plucked out one of the tadpoles... pinching it with the Sixth Finger. The little thing trembled all over in fright, unable—and unwilling—to burrow into his body.

Demps pulled out a needle from somewhere and lightly poked the tadpole's belly.

Hisss!

A bizarre sound rang out.

The round, toothed mouth hidden inside the tadpole emerged... its outer layer was lined with circular teeth, while the inner layer held triangular ones.

After doing all this, Demps snapped his fingers and burned the tadpole to ashes.

"It does indeed possess the Toad Ancestor's traits... looks like we were right. This strange region the Expeditionary Force passed through is connected to the Toad Ancestor."

"Toad Ancestor? An Old King?"

Demps nodded. "Mm... a rather special and mysterious Middle-ranking Old King.

"But there's a major problem with this wetland. I can't even figure out how it formed."

"What do you mean?"

"Because of The Great One's long-legged wooden cabin, I often traveled with her... and I happened to come here eight months ago. At that time, this was only an ordinary plain, with even a few Otherworlder villages.

"Even a territorial overlay shouldn't have been able to cover such an enormous area.

"How was this done?"

Just then,

Duke Light, who was fishing nearby, interjected. "Lord Emissary, if you have entered the Toad Ancestor's territory, then this is actually quite easy to handle.

"The Toad Ancestor is connected to the great Lord of the Deep Sea... with your status as an emissary, you should be able to summon the master of this territory.

"As for the territorial issue you mentioned, it may be related to a treasure in the Toad Ancestor's possession.

"The Toad Ancestor is an Old King