It took five minutes for almost all of my children to be assembled. Diana decided to stay behind with Linus but everybody else was ready to move. The plan was simple. I would lead the charge with Jack and Felix right behind me. We would try to take them off guard and sweep through. My remaining children would finish off anything that was still alive after we had run through.

I made sure all my kids were holding a rock with their tails. Their tails weren’t as large as mine, which by now was easily double my size. But it would suffice. I led all my children through a few stretches before shouting. “Kids! Remember to aim for the head! Also if you’re getting overwhelmed run towards either me or anyone else who has evolved. Does everyone understand?”

They all nodded and so I shouted. “Alright! Let’s kill them all and then eat those peasants for dinner! For money!” My children echoed my cries as we sprinted into the forest. The wildlife around us quieted as my war party passed through.

Damn this felt nice. I couldn’t stop smiling as we made it to the enemy camp in under an hour. There were now ten Zorkids stationed outside and they seemed far more attentive. I stretched out a bit more before screaming.

“Charge! Kill the dirt poor caprines! Die peasants!” I quickly lashed out with my tail, cracking one's head open while biting another. I didn’t focus on killing the paralyzed enemies, instead I focused on immobilizing as many as possible.

Felix and Jack just bit the Zorkid’s heads off. I almost cried at the sight of them massacrying the enemy. “I’ve never felt more proud in my entire life.” I wiped a tear away while training a Zorkid with my rock.

After destroying the guards outside me and my heavy hitters quickly moved in. The hatchlings behind us finished off anything still alive. We moved in, killing every single Zorkid in sight. The cave was pretty deep, easily over 200 feet.

Were they even able to breathe deeper in? Maybe there were a few airways. Just as I was thinking that we had finesse off the Zorkids I heard a sound like thunder. I squinted towards the end of the cave and saw dozens of beady eyes staring back at me.

I shouted in alarm as a tide of the goat headed weirdos slammed into me and my brood. I flipped around, biting anything near me that looked like a Zorkid. I kept feeling sharp spikes of pain as the weather blew from every angle.

Ten minutes of brutal melee passed as the amount of Zorkids thinned. I was covered in my own blood by the time it was over. I turned around to check on my kids just in time to see a large Zorkid Islam what looked to be the point of a sword into Kurt’s skull.

I stared in silence for what felt like years as Kurt's now lifeless body crumpled to the ground. Tears streamed down my face as I slammed into the Zorkid. I was about to kill him when I had a much better idea.

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I placed my leg on its chest and checked to make sure. Yup it’s a male. I turned towards my other kids who had gathered around Kurt’s corpse. “All of you, grab a limb. He can’t dodge.”

They all sullenly grabbed an arm or leg and held him there. The Zorkid stared at me in fear as I brought my rock into the air. I could also feel its dread and horror as I slammed the rock onto its pelvis.

I slammed my rock into its privates over and over again while screaming. “You killed my kid! Die! Die! Die! Die! Fuck you! You took Kurt from me! Fuck you! Die!” By the time I calmed down the Zorkid’s entire body was a bloody pulp. I spat on it and stumbled over towards Kurt’s body.

I slumped to the ground and sobbed as my other children started moving the bodies. After a few hours I got up and picked Kurt’s corpse up. I turned to my kids and said. “Rip all their heads off. We’ll use it to mark the grave.”

I heard Darwin let out a sob and I felt like I had been stabbed. We all slowly made our way home in silence. The previous excitement was gone. We buried Kurt by the lake. A mountain of skulls all around his grave. As we were walking back I checked my notifications and felt a small bit of joy.

You have leveled up. You are now a level 25 mud skink Queen

Congratulations you have reached level 25! You are now able to evolve. Please bear with all inconvenience.

Evolutionary process has begun. Please stand by.

The jazz music once again started to play as everything went black. I was once again in the white room. But this time I had a clear goal. I need to be stronger. No instantly choosing whatever evolution I want.

I walked over to the first one and was surprised by the sheer size of the new me. It was almost ten feet tall and easily 40 feet long. What a giant! But how could I feed myself? Also as I looked at the mud Skink Broodmother I didn’t have any teeth, my legs were tiny, my tail didn’t even change. I just turned into a big fat version of me.

My best guess was this evolution would make me have more kids, but not really be used in a fight. Boring! I’m a dragon! This dragon is sized but lacks sheer power. I moved onto the next one and smiled.

The next one wasn’t as big as the Broodmother but was still quite large. At five feet tall and I think 20 feet long it was half the size of the other one. But this form seemed ready for battle! It had the armored scales like the bruisers and long legs, almost like a wolf’s. The tail was gigantic and at the end was a large blade.

I looked at the name and nodded in agreement. Mud Skink War Queen. A body fully committed to fighting. I almost instantly selected it but held off. Even if I don’t pick the others I should make sure to at least be able to tell Diana her options.

Oh but the War Queen has cool looking horns! Come on, focus. I moved onto the next choice and saw that it was the last one. Mud Skink High Queen. It seemed to just be a larger version of me.

I shrugged and walked away. Why would I want to just be bigger? . Maybe I would lay more eggs. But how would I feed so many? No defintly going with War Queen. I'm gonna look so cool! I selected the Mud Skink War Queen and smiled. No one would ever hurt my kids again as long as I’m on the battlefield with them. Look at those claws!Holy shit, I’m beautiful! That was my last thought as my vision once again faded to black.