The Infinite Journey of a Certain Flame

"Varied--!"

"drink!"

Kiana suddenly lifted her up, forcefully causing Aqua to fall to the ground with her feet in the air and her head on the ground.

Accompanied by a muffled 'thud!'

The goddess was knocked unconscious...

Such a sudden event naturally surprised Huihui, who was standing nearby.

"Wow! What...what's going on?!"

"hateful!"

Darkness, who rushed over upon hearing the commotion, was so angry when she saw that Aqua was indeed competing with her that she beat her chest and stamped her feet.

"Why are you taking away my last bit of interest? No, why are you hindering my path of cultivation?!"

Clearly, this female knight, whose mind is currently preoccupied with how to get Kiana to ravage her, has misunderstood something at this moment.

However, Kiana didn't have much to say about it.

After successfully teaching this goddess who had provoked him a lesson, for some reason...

She felt refreshed, even more so than when she had slain the headless knight with a single sword strike.

"He's been yelling at me all this time, and now he's finally teaching me a lesson. Phew...back to the mission."

After successfully setting an example and demonstrating her authority as a leader, Kiana casually waved her hand.

The Blazing King Sword appeared in her hand and burst into flames, leaving Megumin and Darkness dumbfounded.

This time, however, the enemy that Wang Jian was pointing at was...

They are those enormous frog monsters that roam the wild.

A Certain Infernal Affairs in Another World (Konosuba): Chapter Nine - Girls Soaked in an Unknown Liquid

These frog monsters are enormous, almost as big as elephants.

Unlike elephants, they are more agile, even swift as the wind.

After all, no matter how strong an elephant is, it can't possibly jump several meters high and then stick out its tongue to directly roll its prey into its mouth, right?

Therefore, these monsters are much more dangerous than elephants that simply eat grass.

The potential harm to pedestrians in the vicinity is also more severe.

That's why Kiana accepted the mission to get rid of all these giant frogs.

This is a huge project...

"Wow, I didn't notice when I came. Now that I look... there are quite a lot of these frogs?"

Kiana swung her sword across the distance, and wherever the blade pointed, there were large frogs lying on the ground croaking.

A quick glance at the numbers reveals an absurdly large number.

If I were to kill them one by one, today would probably just pass by like this.

"This is definitely not an easy job. Hmm... let's get started now!"

Realizing that time was of the essence, Kiana swung her sword sharply and then made a move to rush forward and wreak havoc.

However, before she could jump, she suddenly realized that someone had grabbed her ankle!

"What the hell? Who is this—wait, Aqua! You?!"

Kiana, alert, turned around and saw that Aqua, whom she had just given a good beating to, was now grabbing her ankle.

"You bastard, don't think you can defeat me like that!"

This goddess rarely showed such a stubborn attitude, as if she was convinced that Kiana wouldn't actually cut her down with a sword.

Faced with such a stubborn goddess, Kiana, the person involved, was slightly surprised for a moment before silently extending her hand.

He gently embraced her slender waist...

"Wait—! Wait a minute!!!"

Realizing that the white-haired girl in front of her was planning to use the same trick again, Akya immediately backed down.

She awkwardly broke free from Kiana's embrace, then scrambled to her feet, clutching her aching back, and hid behind Megumin like a schoolchild who had done something wrong but didn't want to admit it.

"hateful!"

After ensuring her own safety, this foolish goddess clutched her waist, looking at Kiana with teary eyes, filled with hatred but unable to do anything about it.

After all, even before she fell into the mortal realm, she could be said to have been crushed.

Now that she's fallen to the mortal realm, if it weren't for her robust health, that blow might have killed her.

"We need to figure out a way to deal with her... I've got it! Huihui, quickly use your Explosion Magic to blast her away!"

"Stop talking nonsense! That's not how you use explosion magic. Stop grabbing my clothes, you idiot!"

Megumin didn't give Aqua a friendly look.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that she treats everyone this way.

To put it nicely, he has a bad temper; to put it bluntly, he has a violent temper.

However, no matter what one's temperament is, when faced with someone who is clearly not to be trifled with.

For example, when facing Kiana, she at least knows how to avoid her.

"Don't grab me! You stupid goddess, I don't want to get a spanking!"

Huihui grabbed Aqua's hair in exasperation, desperately wanting to sever ties with this stupid goddess.

However, the tighter she held on, the tighter he held her.

In the end, the two were pulling at each other with increasing force, and eventually, one of them accidentally rolled down the hill...

"Huh? Why are they doing this?"

This sudden event truly left Kiana completely bewildered.

It has to be said that Kazuma's entrustment to his teammates truly demonstrates a strong team spirit.

When something goes wrong, the first thing they think of is betraying their teammates and using them as scapegoats.

They're so in sync, aren't they afraid of getting their comeuppance someday?

[Host, your team members are in danger.]

"What? Could it be that they..." Kiana was shocked, thinking that the two of them intended to kill each other.

However, the system's subsequent response was a swift and decisive rejection of this conjecture.

No, host, you're overthinking it. It's the frogs that will hurt them.

Upon hearing the system notification, Kiana immediately turned her gaze to the frogs hopping towards her.

Just as the system had said, these guys stared intently at Aqua and Megumin as they rolled down the hillside, their large, somewhat dull eyes wide open.

It was precisely because they sensed the piercing gazes of these enormous monsters that the two, who hadn't forgotten to pull each other even as they tumbled down, finally realized...

Something's not right!

"Oh no, oh no, oh no! Hey, you brat, hurry up and use your explosion magic to think of something!"

"I know, I know, please don't grab my hood!"

Even as the enemy drew near, Aqua and Megumin remained inseparable.

Their antics were clearly ineffective against the frogs.

Not long after, the lead frog stuck out its tongue.

Megumin and Aqua were thus unceremoniously dragged into the frog's belly...

"Oh no! Are they in danger?"

This situation made Kiana, as the team captain, feel extremely nervous.

She immediately raised the Flame King Sword, preparing to charge into the enemy ranks and wipe out all the frogs.

However, this time, she still failed to get what she wanted.

"Damn these frogs!"

The female knight Darkness rushed out from behind and then addressed Kiana:

"No need to lift a finger, let's fight. Hehehe! Leave the rescue to me!"

"Oh, no need—!"

Before Kiana could say anything to stop her, Darkness rushed down the mountain and then opened her arms, panting as she looked at the frogs.

It seemed as if it hoped to be swallowed by them, to experience the comfort of being enveloped and tormented by the sticky liquid.

However, for her, this female knight who was wrapped up tightly...

The frogs ignored them completely and hopped away.

Such blatant disregard is truly heartbreaking.

Darkness, who had not been violated time and again, almost collapsed and knelt on the ground.

"Why!"

She covered her head and wept bitterly because she hadn't been violated.

This situation is simply too outrageous.

Kiana, who was standing on the hillside observing the situation, was completely bewildered.

She covered her forehead, feeling that she had encountered too many strange things that day.

"Hey..."

[Host, you'll get used to it.]

"That's true. Well then... it's my turn!"