I Became an Evolving Lizard in a Martial Arts Novel-Chapter 307

Shik-Shik?

It’s a bit big to be Shik-Shik, no?

RoooOOOOooong.

Actually, it wasn’t just “a bit” big—it was practically massive, almost comparable in size to the Serpent Queen’s main body.

Its body was covered in beautiful black scales, and the signature faint emerald-colored scales unique to Shik-Shik were glowing faintly around the edges.

Anyone could tell just by looking—it was unmistakably a spiritual being. Even the internal energy radiating from it was no joke.

You’ve finally evolved!

Well, yeah. Even Jaekjaeki evolved, so it makes sense that Shik-Shik would too.

But... the face is still the same?

I thought it would look a little scarier and cooler, like the Serpent Queen... but it still looked more like a puppy than a snake.

“Ppiyak!”

And the cry is still “ppiyak”?

At your level, you should start thinking about projecting some majesty.

Though, I guess I can’t really say much when my own cry is “gegek”....

【Bihwaryeong—Drakaina LV30】

Drakaina!

Looks like Shik-Shik evolved into a Drakaina.

So what even is a Drakaina?

【Bihwaryeong—Drakaina】

The Snake Princess of the Gae Gak Sect, evolved from a ball python. With the will to protect someone, she fused the mysteries of the Gae Gak Sect with healing power. A unique species that can mimic parts of Gomodo’s techniques.

Bihwaryeong was supposedly Shik-Shik’s original name.

Drakaina must be the name of the new species she acquired through evolution.

Very similar to the new race descriptions for Pus and Tus.

They never told me what “Anansi” meant back then, and now they’re not telling me what Drakaina means either.

The spider sisters evolved after eating my tail—so did Shik-Shik evolve by eating it too?

The Serpent Queen did pack a hefty serving of my tail meat that day. So she really did feed it to Shik-Shik.

Wait a second—come to think of it, Jaekjaeki also seemed to evolve not long after that.

Argentaavis packed some of my tail too.

The wolves have been showing signs of evolving as well...

...It’s my tail, but it’s really something else, huh?

Unfortunately, I don’t have a tail right now.

Because I’m in human form.

“Stay still. I cannot retrieve the tail otherwise.”

“This form doesn’t have a tail, you know?”

“That’s something we’ll find out once we remove that bothersome fabric.”

The Serpent Queen obsessively eyeing... another tail.

No, seriously. Her daughter’s staring with wide eyes, and she’s not even pretending to stop anymore.

“Gyaah! Shik-Shik!”

“Ppyak ppyak.”

Shik-Shik let out a cute sound while gently wagging her tail.

Honestly, this isn’t the first time the Serpent Queen and I have done this, so Shik-Shik probably figured this is just another usual day.

She crawled toward us slowly... then suddenly stopped in her tracks.

“...Hiek?”

Shik-Shik’s chubby tail curved into a question mark.

“HIEEEEEEEEK!”

Shik-Shik jumped straight into the air.

Then, on pure instinct, curled herself into a ball and peeked her head out to examine me slowly.

Did she just now realize I had turned into a human?

Well, she seems to like it, so I’m not really complaining.

But still... maybe save me now?

“My daughter has shed her old self, and my companion seems to have matured quite a bit as well... I suppose there’s no reason to hesitate any longer!”

“H-Hold on! You’ll hurt me if you do that! I’ve got something hanging around my neck, you know?”

“That emblem was made to protect one’s partner until they come of age. And now, my partner has matured enough!”

This is bad.

My body’s starting to feel sluggish—it must mean the Serpent Queen is still using her mystic eyes.

Chhhrk.

Look at that—stone dust is starting to float in the air.

That means she’s outputting her mystic eyes at max power.

For what purpose?

To strip off my clothes!

I may like gegeks, but this is really not the time!

“PPPYAAAAAAAK!”

Before I even had time to mourn the loss of my clothes, someone leapt into the fray—Shik-Shik.

Snapping back to her senses, Shik-Shik dashed at me.

“Yes, Princess. Let your mother show you how it’s done...”

“SSAAAAAH!”

A sharpened, fierce expression.

Yup, that’s my Shik-Shik!

“Hmm... then shall we do it together?”

“Ppiyak!”

Shik-Shik?

Even you betrayed me in the end?

“PPYAAAK!”

Now Shik-Shik was going all in, teaming up with the Serpent Queen to strip me.

Serpent Queen had the lower body.

Shik-Shik took the upper.

Even I couldn’t withstand a joint assault like that.

...This is all happening because my appearance changed.

I must look older now.

Then, what if I went back to my lizard form?

“I am quite fond of your true form as well.”

...Nope. That’s not the right answer.

If I did that, it’d just turn into a grotesque scene of a giant lizard bound by two giant snakes.

What do I do now?

Am I about to fall from grace—me, the pure lizard acknowledged by the Unicorn?

Tears welled up in my eyes.

And at the same time, my perspective began to drop slightly.

“Hrk...”

My body suddenly felt lighter. Or maybe my clothes just got a little bigger.

My sleeves were now way too long.

“P-Partner...”

Both the Serpent Queen and Shik-Shik froze in place.

“Hi... ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ hieeek...”

What’s this?

They looked so determined not to go easy on me a moment ago. Did they suddenly have a change of heart?

“That appearance... Ugh...”

“Hieeeeeek...”

Even though Shik-Shik was startled, she was staring right at my face.

“That’s cheating. That’s... cheating...”

Slllrk.

The bindings from both the Serpent Queen and Shik-Shik loosened at once.

What the hell just happened?

I slipped out of there before they could change their minds.

“What in the...”

Hm?

What’s up with my voice?

It sounds... softer?

Like a prepubescent voice?

“Hehehe...”

“MilpuuuuUUUuuu!”

“Hehe... Oya-godong...”

Gah! What the—?!

When did you guys get here again?!

*

Fortunately, it looked like the chastity assault from the Serpent Queen and her daughter had come to an end.

“Gegek.”

Honestly, I had a feeling they wouldn’t stop even if I turned back into a lizard, but for now, things were fine.

Thanks to a combination of miniaturization and humanization, I had successfully banished their temptations.

For a moment, I looked like a human child.

Miniaturization shrank my body size, and humanization let me take on a human form. Using them together naturally produced this result.

Not really useful in battle, but the effect was overwhelming.

It was instinctively clear that this wasn’t something to be used carelessly.

Just look at Shik-Shik.

“Hieeeek...”

She was still all twisted up.

Must’ve been seriously shocked after seeing my younger form.

Now she wouldn’t even make eye contact.

Shik-Shik had already returned to her previous size.

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Maybe she could mimic my technique now because of her evolution—or maybe she learned it from that old Compsognathus guy, I’m not really sure.

Seeing that his beard was lying on the ground like a trophy, it seemed like he had gone through quite a lot.

“Hehe...”

At some point, the Dualhorns had shown up again and began repairing the Serpent Queen’s temple like it was the most natural thing in the world.

We were planning to relocate anyway, but that didn’t mean we were abandoning this place.

Once everything was wrapped up, we’d be returning here.

Even if not, it was likely this place would become part of my territory.

“Hehe... Love Palace...”

“Summer Villa, Summer Villa...”

The Dualhorns must’ve known that too, because they were building with incredible effort.

“As I thought then, truly a mystical spiritual beast.”

I mean, yeah. I still find them strange every time I see them.

“A horse cast out from the Celestial Realm—it would make sense for it to have abilities like this.”

Right, a horse cast out from the Celestial Realm...

Huh?

“Gek?”

A horse cast out from the Celestial Realm?

“What’s with that face of yours?”

Come to think of it, Celestial Fox mentioned something similar too.

“First wife?”

“Second wife?”

The Dualhorns tilted their heads.

Why are you acting surprised?

You look like you’re realizing something way too late.

So these Dualhorns were from the Celestial Realm? That explains their competence.

Not that I even know what the Celestial Realm really is, but just by name alone, it sounds fancy.

“Hehehe...”

“Hehe... Consummate, consummate...”

And then they vanished like shadows once again.

Hmm... I think I have a rough idea where those bizarre construction skills come from now.

“I was thinking of offering a meal, but they left already, huh.”

Exactly.

They show up all like “hehehe,” do what they need to do, and then vanish again, “hehehehe.”

If the Unicorn is something I can understand within reason, the Dualhorns are completely outside the bounds of my logic.

Considering how competent they all are, I might as well let the remaining Unicorn turn into a Dualhorn too.

And so, in the now-empty temple left behind by the Dualhorns, it was just me, a small snake, and the ever-gegeking Serpent Queen.

It was a cozy, peaceful scene—just like when I first arrived here.

...Though honestly, it wasn’t all that cozy the first time.

The Serpent Queen had pretty much planned to eat me for kidnapping her daughter.

But hey, that’s what sect camaraderie is all about, right?

Basilisk and Green Basilisk origins.

The Serpent Queen and I were bound to connect eventually.

“Gegek.”

Had I said that out loud back then, I’d probably have been turned into a stone statue somewhere in the temple.

“Daring to speak of Basilisks while being just a Green Basilisk?” she’d say.

Of course, petrification wouldn’t work on me, so she might’ve just taxidermied me instead.

And now here she was, claiming that lizard meat tasted bad, walking up with a giant bull out of nowhere.

“Ppiyak!”

Shik-Shik roasted the meat to perfection with her destruction beam, and we ate until we were full.

Our bellies full, emotions sorted—it was finally time to move on to the main topic.

The reason I came here in the first place was because I heard there had been an attack.

Even if there hadn’t been one, though, I still wanted to check in on the Serpent Queen.

“Gekgek.”

I started pulling something out from between my scales.

Take a look at this.

“What is that?”

The Serpent Queen, who had been playing with Shik-Shik using one hand, widened her eyes.

What I pulled out were two neidan—spiritual cores—etched with intricate patterns.

I planned to consume one myself and distribute the remaining three to my followers.

I’d been pondering how best to divide them and hadn’t finalized the details yet.

But one thing was certain.

Serpent Queen, Fasir.

One of the neidan from a Hyeon-gyeong-level spiritual being was meant for her.

Thanks to her, I had been able to consume rare spiritual medicines like the Eternal Golden Spirit Fruit, the Thousand-Year Fire Pear, and the Thousand-Year Snow Ginseng.

If she hadn’t noticed me back then, I might’ve ended up dead at the hands of Kaichal Goa-Thal, wandering around cluelessly.

So I intended to repay the debt.

“You gathered this level of neidan...? Not just two, but four? This is... Even with your base internal energy already surpassing the Flower Realm, this is...”

Fasir looked completely stunned.

“And... you mean to give one of these to me?”

“Gegek.”

Yup.

I wanted the Serpent Queen to eat the neidan and grow even stronger.

Just like when we first met.

To become the undisputed ruler of this jungle, someone who would never lose to anyone.

To shed her label as a lesser dragon race and evolve into a spiritual being befitting her power.

“...Are you sure I can accept this?”

“Gek!”

Why would you even ask?

“I see... Even if I refuse, my partner wouldn’t back down, would he?”

You know me so well.

This is exactly why I like the Serpent Queen.

We’ve rubbed—

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Er, we’ve rubbed scales together for so long that of course we understand each other.

“Then... I’ll accept it gratefully.”

The Serpent Queen took one of the neidan.

She chose the Ice Dragon’s neidan.

Given that she’s a Basilisk, it should be a perfect match for her.

If we were going by elemental affinity alone, it might’ve suited Baekrang better, but considering their species, the Qiongqi’s neidan would likely suit Baekrang more.

“This is... the neidan of a Hyeon-gyeong-level spiritual being...”

The Serpent Queen quietly gazed down at the neidan I handed her.

“I’m sorry. If I were one of your faithful, I could have used your tail to distribute this more efficiently. But I can’t, so this ends up wasting an entire neidan.”

What nonsense is that?!

How could the Serpent Queen eating a neidan ever be considered a waste?

Sure, if I had eaten it and channeled the internal energy into my tail, then cut it off, it would’ve been more efficient, but...

...Wait.

“Gegegegek!”

I frantically shoved my hand into the Serpent Queen’s mouth.

“Mmhp! Mmph! What are you doing?!”

I know it’s low to take back a gift but—

“Gegegegegegek!”

If I just handed out parts of my tail from the start, I wouldn’t even need to worry about distribution!

Hold on a sec—just spit it back out real quick.

“It’s already too late—mmph! MMPH!”

“Gek... gegegek!”

But the neidan was already too far down her throat to retrieve.

“Geehhheeeek...”

Why didn’t I think of that?

I’d misunderstood Master’s advice.

It’s dangerous to eat four neidan all at once—not to eat one at a time, four times.

“How... could you...”

“Gek...”

I felt kinda bad for what I’d done to the Serpent Queen.

I’d told her I was giving her a gift, then jammed my hand into her soft mouth, groped her snake tongue like a madman, and came out with my hand soaked in saliva.

Her face had turned bright red, and she was panting hard.

“Geehhhheek...”

She looked furious.

“I don’t understand...”

I should start with an apology.

“I... I find myself very curious about your perverted tastes, my partner.”

...Huh?

“Hehehe... Beastiality... beastiality...”

“Hehe... Onae-sotha...”

Goddammit—why did you two come back again?!