By delegating all the other tasks so I get to hang out with my kids of course! I walked over and hugged them each before yelling. “Bring the council here! We’ll talk and plan out what's going to happen next. Keep all other hatchlings away from here, no reason to risk them blabbing about it. My kids will do that for us.

It took ten minutes for the council to assemble. The three of them stood before me, each proudly holding their heads up high. I nodded towards them as a greeting and said. “Alright, I just talked to Queen Tuobella. She’ll feed our army so we won’t have to worry about that. However we will have to worry about a potential war with the nearby city state of Itzal.”

The bruiser nodded and said. “We’ll start training the army immediately. The school and new burrows are under construction but the topic of food has come up.” I shrugged and said. “As of now every single person here is part of my army including the hatchlings. There, the food problem is solved.”

It wasn’t actually solved, it would at most take a week for Tuobella to reject my plan. But that would at least give Az enough time to recruit more farmers to supply my troops. I stretched out and said. “I leave managing the district to the council. I trust you to make most minor decisions but if you need me just send a windclaw.”

I would have liked to talk more about how their society works but I want to get the army moving as soon as possible. Before leaving I turned towards my kids and said. “I’ll be back in a few hours, right? Then we can hang out for the rest of the day.”

They nodded as I smiled and yelled “Tetel, bring me to my troops, it’s time to put them to work.” It was also time to try and level myself up as much as possible. If I could get the next evolution then I would hopefully be able to better protect myself and my kids.

Tetel ran over to me and said. “Please follow me, my Queen. The army is camped just outside the city.” I nodded and followed him. As we walked through the district I admired how different it looked. The streets weren’t as overcrowded and there didn’t seem to be any hatchlings living by themselves.

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I smiled at how quickly my reform had happened. My smile was destroyed when I realized that all of these competent and helpful skinks had been cast away and left to flounder. It was a wonder any of them were alive today.

But I would fix this race. Once I own it nothing will be able to stop me. I’ll have hundreds of thousands of soldiers at my beck and call! An entire empire behind me! Hmm, the first move as emperor will be to exterminate all rats! No matter the size! And then I’ll find that horrible human that threw rocks! I’m pretty sure he was the one who killed my kids.

I’m going to find him, fight him and win. Then I’m gonna torture him until he dies of old age! I won’t let him die, I’ll find someone who can heal like Helga. Then I’ll get to kill him over and over. Ooh! I’ll give him a female cellmate to fall in love with! I’ll let them have kids, and the second they’re born I’ll kill them! The perfect revenge! Although do those innocent babies deserve it? No! Okay scratch the last part, no need to kill anyones newborn.

I shook my head and said. “Tetel, remind me never to murder any newborn babies please.” He nodded and said. “A sound decision my Queen.” Gotta try to keep my murderous side in check, can’t let loose too much. Don’t wanna scare away my new followers.

Although it’s kinda mind boggling how I now have thousands of people who will kill for me, it’s a lot of responsibly. And I’m gonna abuse it as much as possible! I smiled and was about to plan out the carving of a mountain into the shape of me when we arrived at the army camp. It was mostly just shallow holes with a few items in each hole.

The entire army was currently running laps around the camp while a scared old bruiser yelled at them. I walked over and asked the old guy. “Alright, tell me whats going on.” He grunted when he saw me and stumbled forward.

After taking a second to stabilize himself he said. “I’m having them run to build stamina my Queen!” I shook my head and said. “They’re too hungry for training to do any good! All sodeirs! Halt!”

Most of them instantly stopped but a few bungled into those who had stopped. I shook my head and said. “When I give an order you obey no matter what! Now, I want all of you to get some rest, you have two hours before we set out.”

Most looked confused but a few of the smarter ones quickly ran to their holes to take a nap. I smiled and turned towards Tetel. “Tell me, are there any large monster populations nearby?”

Tetel nodded and said. “Recently a large number of creatures called zorkids have occupied an old human fortress in the hills around a dozen miles away. They’ve been raiding the goblin farms and making a general nuisance of themselves.”

I smiled even wider and said. “Perfect, we’ll let the troops rest for a bit. I want to ask you a few questions about this place. I need to understand it more.” Tetel nodded and said. “I am at your service my Queen.”