Under each red peppercap, a crack formed, seeping a red glow and a bloody substance.
The Toad's symbiosis with the redsilk algae gave the color of their peppercaps while 'stoking the furnace' within their bodies, as Fin once described the red-orange glow of the Toad's eyes.
Those eyes were a timer.
As long as the eyes didn't fully open, Krow had time.
They were lucky that Peppercap Toads were stone-element-natured. They slumbered until something woke them, then their retaliation was overkill.
He learned from the warren of shotbark rabbits that, despite having the effect halved on monsters above Lvl 10, the numbing properties of Minor Paralyzing Mist Vials stacked as long as the mist wasn't allowed to disspate.
[Peppercap Toad Lvl 37]
[HP: 10 000][MP: 200]
Haha.
A bit desperate, Krow triggered Shadowbind.
Success.
[0:00:00:14]
Just fifteen seconds?
Gah, he'll take it.