Chapter 26: Growing Wings

Who doesn't want to be a talented athlete?

It seems impossible now.

But for him, living a life of eating and drinking every day is a satisfying lizard life.

Plus, he still has a golden finger.

Thinking of the golden finger, Sethe grinned slightly, revealing the white sharp teeth in his mouth.

*Bang!*

The wooden door of the tree house, kicked by his hind paw, slammed shut.

His claws moved as he climbed to the center of the wooden house. With a loosening of his claws, his body lay down.

Dots of golden light appeared in the air, dispersing the darkness in the tree house. The golden dots converged into one-meter-long golden threads.

Looking at the floating golden light in front of him, Sethe felt a bit hesitant.

After two days of accumulation, there were many golden threads, a total of fifteen.

But what should he strengthen this time?

His claws? They seemed sufficient for now.

The thickness of his scales?

Constantly increasing defense doesn't seem necessary.

Suddenly, memories of those annoying monkeys came to mind. No matter how many times he entered the forest, whenever he encountered them, the monkeys would stand on the trees and throw fruit cores at him.

It was annoying.

The main function of the golden threads is evolution, so growing a pair of wings should also be considered evolution, right?

His gaze fell on the golden threads in front of him.

So, can these golden threads help me evolve a pair of wings?

His red vertical pupils flickered.

Let's try it out!

*[Evolve a pair of wings on my back.]*

As his consciousness fell, the floating golden threads in the air began to move, surging towards his back.

Watching the golden threads gradually enter his back, a warm feeling spread throughout his body. Enjoying this warm and comfortable feeling, Sethe slowly lowered his raised head back down.

Lying back down, the familiar feeling of drowsiness kept coming.

Without resistance, yielding to this drowsy feeling, Sethe slowly closed his eyes, and his consciousness slowly entered into sleep.

The last golden thread entered his back, and the interior of the tree house also fell into darkness.

*Hoo, hoo~*

In the pitch-black tree house, a red lizard lay quietly on the ground, peacefully asleep, with dots of golden light emanating from its back.

Dots of golden light gradually formed a golden cocoon on its back.

After the first golden cocoon condensed, the second one followed.

*[Chirp, chirp~]*

A new day began happily amidst the annoying calls of the lizards.

The door of the tree house opened.

*So noisy!*

*Hoo, hoo~*

A tongue of fire gushed out from the tree house, lasting for twenty seconds before stopping.

Feeling the magic in his body emptying, Sethe slowly closed his open mouth, gazing at the dawn outside the tree house in contemplation.

Lately, it seems like my temper in the morning has been getting worse and worse. Not only that, but every morning I always feel like I haven't slept enough.

*Goo, goo~*

His stomach protested.

Forget it, let's eat first, I'll stop thinking about it.

As he took a step forward with his paw, Sethe felt that something was different on his back today.

He recalled the evolution command he had given last night.

Could it be...

A sense of anticipation rose in his heart, and he lifted his head directly to look at his back.

Bright red vertical pupils dilated rapidly.

Wings!

A pair of fleshy wings were quietly folded behind him. Unlike ordinary fleshy wings, this pair of wings was covered with red scales on both sides, completely smooth like a mirror, giving a feeling of full defense.

*Hoo~*

Sethe tentatively controlled this extra part.

The wings unfolded directly.

The full view of the wings was also revealed. The pair of wings totaled nearly four meters, longer than his body.

Such large wings should be able to support his flight.

*Hoo, hoo~!*

The wings flapped twice and then stopped.

They were agile, very agile, and controlling them was almost the same as his two front paws.

With his head facing forward, Sethe looked at the sky outside the tree house.

For some reason, Sethe felt a desire rising in his heart.

A desire for the sky.

I should be able to fly!

Driven by this instinctive desire, Sethe started to move. His paws moved, and as he passed through the tree house door, the two pairs of wings folded up.

With a forceful push of his paw at the entrance of the tree house, his body leaped high into the air.

*Hoo~*

A pair of newly grown wings on his back spread open.

To fly...

A huge sense of falling spread throughout his body.

Wait, wait...

*Bang!*

Looking somewhat rounded, the lizard with an extra pair of wings on its back fell to the ground like this, rolling several times before finally lying on the ground in a lizard-like posture.

Feeling dizzy.

Why is there still a green long strip in my line of sight?

After shaking his round head left and right twice, Sethe saw clearly that what was in front of him was not a snack but a green snake.

The green snake also stood upright, eyeing each other.

Then, as if recalling something unpleasant, the green snake turned around without hesitation, wanting to escape.

The red figure instantly ran to the top of the green snake, and the chubby paw directly scooped up the green snake.

The scooped-up green snake looked resigned, very obedient, without any attacking behavior or wriggling, because it understood that its teeth couldn't harm this red lizard.

Is it not biting itself this time?

Is it because it has no more venom?

Pressing down on the snake's head, the compressed green snake revealed its fangs, and in an instant, two streams of venom sprayed out.

Isn't there still some left in stock?

Seeing the venom, Sethe continued to exert pressure.

The venom of this green snake is very effective, at least for those insects and frogs that keep calling incessantly at night. As long as the smell of the snake's venom is there, those frogs and insects won't make noise in this area, but the duration is a bit short, only lasting for three days.

Sethe looked at the well-behaved green snake in his paw.

Although he didn't know why this guy came back again.

But no need to let it go to waste.

Pressing down on the snake's head, streams of venom sprayed out like this.

While using the Green Snake Brand Insect Repellent, Sethe's mind also fell into contemplation.

Why didn't he fly even though he had grown wings?

Sethe carefully recalled.

The first attempt to fly was undoubtedly a failure.

However, after spreading his wings, he didn't fall immediately. His body had a brief pause in the air, although very short, it did exist.

Sethe suddenly remembered the first time he tried to ride a bicycle, he fell seven or eight times before barely mastering the balance of the bike.

Could the problem lie in balance?

Carefully recalling, yes, because it was the first time, his wings flapped without any balance.

*Hiss, hiss~*

A deep tone interrupted his thoughts.

Sethe looked down at the green snake in his paw.

At this moment, the green snake was constantly hissing, the sound was coming from it.

Subconsciously, Sethe squeezed the snake, but no venom surged out of its sharp fangs.