There he was. In the corner of a dungeon, all alone. He was a badger, a creature of might like no other. None dared to stand in his way. Because they knew that if they in any way irritated him, he would tear them to shreds. Even other badgers feared his mighty wrath. His mighty body was bigger than the average badger and he had scales covering him. His claws were immensely sharp, and perfect at digging through even the hardest rock. And his fangs could crush all they chomped down on.

His territory was relatively small and that was okay, he didn’t need anything bigger. Because he had something better, he had the shiny wall. He didn’t know what it was about it. But he was attracted to it, he wanted to lay claim to it. It was his, and no one is allowed close to his treasure, his “Precious”.

He shook his head violently. That had been happening lately. A voice would enter his head, and demand that he should collect every single shiny object in these caves. That they belonged to him, it was his right. They should all belong to him.

He did not like that voice. He wanted to bite it, to crush it. NO ONE! Told him, a GOD DAMN BADGER what to do. Unless they wanted to be mauled to death as was his right. He was his own badger.

He recalled that the voices began after he started eating the big lizards. They often came here to his territory. Always trying to steal his shinies. But he wouldn’t let them, he always ambushed and killed them. But no matter how many times he did it they always seemed to be there. Just in the corner of his eyes. And no matter how fast he reacted to charge at them, they would flee so fast only stone would be in their place.

But that was enough musing, for now, he thought to himself before standing up. He felt it was time for a hunt as it had been quite some time since he last ate. With a fast pace, he moved through the long caverns looking for food. He didn’t want to leave his treasure alone for long in fear the lizards would use the fact he was gone to try and dig some of it out thereafter they would haul it back to their territory where he would have no hope of retrieving it. For even, he recognized the strength that lies in numbers.

Suddenly he stopped. He had caught the smell of a lizard in the air. Going by the concentration of the smell he could conclude that it was a single lone lizard. His mouth watered, it was easy prey.

He ran towards the origin of the smell, it had been a long time since last he consumed a lizard without having to fight them in a group. He turned a corner and saw it. It was sneaking along the edge of the tunnel trying to keep itself out of sight. But it couldn’t hide from his predatory senses. He carefully began sneaking towards it, making sure to stay as close to the ground as possible.

When he finally made it so there was only a small distance between them, he activated his dash skill and launched himself at it.

He felt energy surge to his teeth and jaw muscles, enhancing them beyond normal limits. As he approached the lizard suddenly moved to the right escaping sure death by the badger.

At that moment he felt unbelievable wrath towards that lizard, how dare that puny little reptile dare to dodge his attack. It should just stand still and allow him to kill it. He stared into the lizards’ eyes with untold wroth, but surprisingly it stared back with an intense focus. It redied its spear observing the badgers every move. He growled at the lizard while slowly sidestepping trying to find an angle of attack.

Losing his patience he lunched at the lizard trusting that his fur and thick hide would protect him from the lizard’s weapon. He saw the panic in the lizard’s eye as he lunched towards it. The lizard thrust its spear towards the badger, but as it met with the badger’s thick hide and tough fur, it failed to penetrate them. The motion left it unbalanced and it could only watch as the unforgiving maw of death approached its throat.

The badger felt pride as he stared at his fallen foe. it served that pathetic lizard right to die against his magnificent self and with that feeling of accomplishment in his heart he began to gorge himself on his price. But as he consumed the flesh and essence of his prey, he felt a sudden burst of energy radiating and concentrating in his core. It kept building up threatening to burst, and he knew that he had to find a safe space to hide. So with a force of will, he pushed against the energy and sprinted away with a sudden burst of speed towards his home as fast as his legs could carry him. Utilising his skills to move at a great pace. While running he could feel the energy still increasing with constant increments, it was starting to hurt now.

He hurried through the caverns not even attempting to hide from others. He was lucky that he wasn’t far away from his burrow.

There it was just a few more meters away. with a final sprint, he was back in his cave. He collapsed on the ground heaving for air. Without the strength to keep a hold on it, he let the energy do what it wanted. The last thing he saw before he lost consciousness was a message from the system.

Initiating Evolution

Rank 2 evolutions:

Giant Badger (Common) Deep Badger (Uncommon) Greed Badger (Uncommon) Wrath Badger (Rare) Badgermole (Rare) Draconic Badger (Rare+) Draconic Badgermole (Rare+)