I Became an Evolving Lizard in a Martial Arts Novel-Chapter 305

The Snake Queen was under attack.

The moment I heard those words, I couldn’t think about anything else.

The only thought in my mind was that I had to help her.

Master saw my determination and gave a slight nod. I bowed my head in response and immediately left my seat.

I had sworn to keep my lizard form a secret from the cultists, but this wasn’t the time for that.

I needed to reach the Snake Queen as fast as possible, and my lizard body was much faster than my human form.

Still, I moved to a secluded spot before transforming—just in case.

And then...

“Hrk... Hehehe... You filthy, lustful woman! Today, I’ll make sure you remember who’s on top! Take this! Yah!”

...In an empty alleyway, I spotted the Wyvern lunging awkwardly at the carriage.

Oh, right. You exist.

“Gwah! M-Master?!”

The Wyvern, startled, flapped its wings in a panic.

So it had slipped away to vent its frustrations in secret, but I had ended up finding the same hiding place.

...Looks like I had unintentionally interrupted its precious alone time.

Normally, I would’ve quietly backed away and respected its privacy, but not this time.

Because I had just found my solution.

There was no need to return to my true form—I had just secured a faster means of travel.

This Wyvern was capable of serving as a messenger under the Ice Dragon, meaning its flight speed was decent.

It wouldn’t be as fast as me in a short sprint, but it could fly over terrain, making it much faster for long-distance travel.

“A-Ah! P-Please, ride me!”

The Wyvern immediately flattened itself against the ground.

For a lower-class dragon, surviving this long meant it had exceptional instincts.

Flap!

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!

The Wyvern shot into the sky at an incredible speed.

With me holding the reins and steering, we had no trouble reaching the destination.

A useful creature, indeed.

It would be a great asset if we stationed it in the Heavenly Demon Cult.

Shhhh!

The Wyvern’s speed began to drop.

We were almost there.

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The thick scent of blood filled the air.

There was no time to wait for a landing—I leaped off its back.

Thud!

Then, at full speed, I raced toward # Nоvеlight # the Snake Queen’s temple.

Praying that I wasn’t too late.

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The Snake Queen stared down her enemies.

They were Biwis—massive, ape-like spirit beasts known for devouring tigers.

Encountering Biwis in the jungle was nothing unusual.

They lived in large groups in dense forests, and their territory often overlapped with the Snake Queen’s hunting grounds.

But there had never been conflict between them.

To be precise, the Snake Queen had chosen to spare them.

She could have hunted them at any time, but as spirit beasts, they had the potential to be subjugated later, so she had left them alone.

The Biwis, in turn, understood her power and had never dared to challenge her.

They were known for their ferocity, considered one of the greatest nuisances in the jungle, but even they had never dared to touch the Snake Queen’s subordinates.

Because the Biwis had no resistance to petrification.

No matter how many of them there were, they couldn’t possibly overcome the Snake Queen.

In fact, she didn’t even need to step in.

Even a single Goga Durisu under her command could wipe out half of them alone.

For the Biwis, petrification was absolute death, and the Snake Queen, who wielded such power, was an object of terror.

The untouchable monarch of the jungle, whose gaze alone could turn her enemies to stone.

She was the Snake Queen.

Yet now, dozens of Biwis had gathered around her temple.

“Kiiiik! Kikikikik!”

The Biwis howled, pounding their chests in a frenzy.

They had never dared approach before—their very existence was the worst possible match-up against her.

But now...

The Snake Queen’s Mystic Eyes no longer worked on them.

Crackle...

Dark shadow-like tendrils clung to their bodies, and their red eyes glowed ominously.

The Snake Queen immediately recognized it—

They had been tainted by the remnants of Tae-Se.

“...Hmm. It looks like the residual energy wasn’t strong enough to completely corrupt their minds.”

They had gained Tae-Se’s remnants, but their minds weren’t lost.

The Biwis were attacking her not because they had been enslaved—

But because they had finally obtained the means to resist her power.

Even if they had gained their strength in another way, they would have attacked her all the same.

“Kiiiik! Kieeek! Tonight, we take the jungle!”

The Biwis, driven by bloodlust, charged at the Snake Queen.

Hissssss...

But there was one thing they had forgotten.

The Snake Queen wasn’t the ruler of the jungle because of petrification alone.

Choooom!

A blinding beam of destruction erupted from the Basilisk’s mouth.

KABOOOOOOOM!

The Biwis at the front were incinerated instantly, reduced to nothing but ash.

“K-Kiiik?!”

“Kiiiiik! Kiiieeek!”

Higher-ranked spirit beasts could resist petrification and poison.

Any being that could contend for dominance over the jungle had to possess the power to resist the Snake Queen’s gaze.

And yet, despite that, she had defeated all competitors and claimed the title of Queen of the Western Jungle.

Which meant...

She possessed the strength to destroy those who were immune to petrification.

“Kuaaagh!”

“She used a powerful technique! There must be an opening! Attack now!”

The Biwis’ leader shouted desperately.

It was impossible to unleash such a massive technique consecutively.

And he was right.

Even for the Snake Queen, using a fully powered destructive beam placed strain on her body.

But there was one thing he had miscalculated.

To the Snake Queen, that attack wasn’t even considered a powerful technique.

Choooom!

A second beam of destruction fired immediately.

“K-Kieeek!”

“F-Flank her! Attack from the side!”

The Biwis’ leader quickly commanded his forces, guiding a detachment to attack from the side while the main group kept her attention from the front.

A valid strategy—if their opponent was anyone but the Snake Queen.

Shrrrrng...

Swoooosh!

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The Snake Queen wasn’t just a magic user.

She was a swordswoman.

With a single sweep of her razor-sharp tail, she butchered the Biwis attempting to flank her.

Her mouth rained down destructive beams, while her tail cut down her enemies—

A display that made it painfully clear who ruled this jungle.

“T-This... this is impossible...”

Was she truly unbeatable?

Even with their newfound power, they still couldn’t reach the Snake Queen?

The Biwis’ leader hesitated.

Would it be wiser to retreat and preserve the survivors?

“...Kik...!”

No.

They couldn’t retreat.

They had to kill the proud Snake Queen.

It was in their nature.

The Biwis had always harbored an instinctive ambition—

To slay the one who suppressed their destructive impulses and claim the entire jungle as their own.

At that moment—

The Snake Queen’s gaze suddenly shifted to a distant corner, and her body trembled slightly.

Shwaaak!

Then, in an instant, she shrunk down, transforming into her humanoid form—

A woman with the lower half of a snake.

She pressed a hand to her temple, as if dizzy.

“Kiiik! Look! The Queen has exhausted herself!”

“Kikikik! It’s over!”

The Biwis at the front cheered, clapping their hands.

No matter how powerful the Snake Queen was, using that much strength had to have taken a toll on her body.

Her overwhelming display must have been a desperate effort—

Which meant they still had a chance.

“KIEEEEKK! Attack!”

The Biwis’ leader commanded his forces.

This was their moment.

If they hesitated, they’d never get another chance.

“...Ah, my head is spinning.”

At that moment, a single doubt flashed through the Biwis’ leader’s mind.

Was this really an opportunity?

...That line sounded too deliberate.

Had the Snake Queen truly run out of strength?

Her true form was a snake, not a humanoid.

If she were exhausted, she would have reverted to her true form, not the opposite.

If she had truly reached her limit, how could she still maintain her humanoid form?

There were too many inconsistencies.

But the strangest thing was...

At some point, the Biwis running alongside him had vanished.

Pababak!

A strange noise made the Biwis’ leader turn his head—

And what he saw shook him to his core.

Splurt!

A Biwis was killed in a single strike.

It wasn’t the Snake Queen’s doing.

A man with white hair and blue eyes stood there.

His black robes contrasted sharply with his ice-cold expression.

Crack!

Another Biwis’ skull was crushed.

The man, still holding the corpse, took a slow step forward.

The Biwis’ leader felt his body freeze in terror.

If Death could take human form, it would look exactly like this.

He was human, but he didn’t feel like one.

The Biwis’ leader couldn’t even think about running—

All he could do was stare in horror as Death approached him.

And then—

His eyes landed on the white thread hanging from the man’s neck.

At the end of that thread hung a small shell ornament.

The Snake Queen’s emblem.

The Biwis’ leader realized the truth.

“Y-You mean to tell me... she’s been pretending to be weak this whole time?!”

The Snake Queen wasn’t exhausted.

She had simply feigned weakness—

Because she had felt this man’s presence.

Splaaash!

The Biwis’ leader’s vision spun.

And in his final moments, he saw—

The Snake Queen.

The sovereign ruler of the Western Jungle—

Casually coiling her tail, wearing a never-before-seen expression as she looked at the man who had arrived.

It was an expression of love.

...A devastating sight.

Not only was it impossible to believe that the Snake Queen had fallen in love—

But even worse...

The one she had fallen for was him.

Even for spirit beasts, who didn’t care much for age, this was too much.

The Snake Queen’s lover was younger than her own daughter.

Even the Biwis, who had lived a lawless existence, couldn’t wrap their minds around this insanity.