My Life As A Salamander

I slowly moved toward the door to the cabins. unfortunately I couldn"t fit. ( d.a.m.n. If only I could get an ability to adjust my size. It"s getting a little chilled out here.) I started to think. ( I can"t self ignite or I"d burn the ship to cinders. And I there"s nowhere to keep me warm... ahhh!) I had a sudden epiphany. I lifted my cold limbs one by one and breathed flames gently onto them. Warmth began to spread through me once more. After a bit the warmth finally began to really stick I laid my head down to try to get some sleep. I was still awake when Sam came out and put a canvas tarp over me attempting to keep me warm.

"Sigh..... Why is it that you have to be the weirdest familiar..... giggle" I stayed still and groaned. " Cause you need something wierd to offset your strangeness..."

She jumped. " You were awake!?" She suddenly started smacking her hands against my shoulder with a frustrated and embarra.s.sed look on her face. " Ow! Why is it that you have to be so dense?!" She shook her hands which were now slightly red. " I just came out to make sure you wouldn"t get cold. but it appears that you are doing fine. Good night." She spun and quickly walked through the cabin door.

I kept my head down and finally fell asleep. It wasn"t long till the light of dawn arrived blinding me awake. ( Agh!) I moved my head a little so the sun wasn"t as blinding. " I guess it"s morning." I groaned out. My muscles ached a little as I sat up.

"Land Hoe!!!!" Johnathan yelled from the crowsnest. I slowly made my way to the side of the ship to look. There was a green speck in the distance. Over the course of a couple hours the speck grew into a ma.s.sive land ma.s.s. It was a wall of granite rising from the see with greenery and tree roots weaving throughout it. There was only one thing that hit me. There was the smell of smoke in the air. Whispering screams filled the air. My instincts told me one thing. Something was deeply wrong. As we rounded a bend we saw the port city. It was nothing like I thought it would be.

There was fire everywhere. People were screaming as buildings crumbled under the heat. The only thing still in tact was the ports shipyard. As we approached I noticed something. There were flaming creatures everywhere. They were climbing buildings setting them ablaze. My stomache suddenly growled as Sam approached me. She turned her head to me in shock.

" You can"t possibly be hungry for dying people. I will not let you eat humans." She pointed her finger at me.

" It"s not what you think." I stated. "There are monster of flame in the city. Just seeing them is making my stomache growl." My mouth watered slightly. " I"ll go for a little hunt." I opened my good wings wide and took off. My front half was slightly heavier than normal. After realizing my shields were in front of my wings I curled them up behind my wings to center my weight.

I soared across the waves and dove into the city amidst the screaming people. My tongue lashed out and s.n.a.t.c.hed one of the creatures from a building. I caught the creature in my mouth and crunched away. It had bones but there was no flesh or meat. Though the flame was very satisfying. The creature itself held no real substance besides it"s bone structure.

/ Host has consumed Elemental Flame Rat. Host has gained pa.s.sive ability Soul Flame. Host is now able to continue existing in the skeleton of his body after death at the cost of possible evolution possibilities being limited./

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I felt heat in my heart. " Soul Flames huh..... Interesting" So these creatures were once alive but are only bare bones of what they used to be. " Time for a feast. I opened my mouth again except I thought of something. I focused on sucking in the flames around me. Flames began to leave the broken buildings and bodies. They swirled through the air and into my open maw. Energy began to course through me as the rats were being dragged to me by their own fire. I felt invincible. The rats who lost hold of the ground or couldn"t get away were pulled into my jaws and destroyed. my own body ignited with a dark purple flame as I devoured. It was mere moments later that the town was flameless and rid of vermin. It was silent as death. Burned bodies lay everywhere and injured were huddled far from me.

I heard a small child voice come from under a small pile of rubble. " Is it going to kill us brother?" I heard another voice. " Shhhh. If we stay quiet we might not get its attention. I saw them through the ground. They were burnt rags. A boy and a younger girl. The girl was pinned by some of the rubble. On instinct I shifted my foot as my thoughts churned through the ground. The rubble began to move and swirl around the little girl freeing her. The ground then formed a kind of bowl and hauled then close to me as the both of them screamed in terror.

I looked at the both of them. The girl had peed herself in terror while the boy was frozen in fear. ( oops.) I thought sheepishly. I kept my face straight. " It is not kind to call the being who rescued you an it." The bowl crumbled into soft sand making them both flop into it. I walked away to search through the town. I remembered the system mentioning a new t.i.tle in the midst of my excitement.

/ Host has acquired he t.i.tle Soul Eater. Host has consumed the souls of hundreds of Elemental Flame Rats. Consuming souls allows host to gain strength but not skills or abilities. Bone Eater t.i.tle has grown to Skeletal Devourer giving host greater density to bone structure and scales./

(Sweet! )I thought as I continued my search. I found a melted set of iron doors and a road that led north of the town. "The Rats must have come from here." I said myself. Their feet had been hot enough to leave melted claw mark"s all over the now cold iron.

I continued my search through the ruined town. I saw many injured and wounded. I got the earth to move them to the main square. By the time I returned to the port area, everyone that was still alive was being dealt with by the sailors.

" Ignis!" Sam ran over. Her sleeves were rolled up and some blood stains were on her hands. She looked like she had been helping with the wounded. " What did you do?! We were at Sea and the flames died out. The people are talking about the Fire Rats being dragged away by something and the earth moving them here. Hey are all terrified! You should have waited!" She grabbed a War Hammer from behind her and smacked my head with it.

"Gah!!!" I yelled as my head hit the ground with enough force to make a small crater. I saw stars twinkling and thought to myself. ( Who the h.e.l.l gave her that hammer?!) After a few seconds my vision started clearing and I got a good look at the people. Most were dwarves. Short and stocky with alot of muscle. Even the children were built like they were trying out for a weight lifting compet.i.tion! The rest were humans here. They were all staring at me in fear and confusion.

I looked at Sam. " You might want to quell their fears of me before I do anything else. They"ve been through alot. Either that or I go to the edge of the town and guard the roads. It looks like the rats came from the north."

She nodded. She went into the group and I went to the north gate and sat there in front of it. Every once in a while I heard a skitter but there was no greenery left from the stampede. Nothing could hide in the dirt or ashes that remained. Needless the say that I picked off any of he creatures that ventured by. I still didn"t gain anything new from them.

"Interesting that a disaster cla.s.s is helping humans." A voice echoed behind me. I turned my head to see who had spoken. It was a old dwarf. His beard reached his belt and he used a cane to walk. His hair was silvery and his eyes showed the grey of nothingness hat came with being blind.

" I help when another deserves it." I spoke trying to sound honorable though I know I"m shameless and just want to sound cool. The old dwarf only c.o.c.ked his head slightly and chuckled. " Many monster have pa.s.sed by my gaze and felt fright. You do not. Are you sure that you are a monster. Or a man that plays a monster?" My eyes widened. ( Could he know?! That"s not possible! There isn"t anyone who could possibly believe me!) I tried to keep my calm as he slowly sat on a fallen wall.

" I have the ability to see the soul. Wanderers are not few or far between. I have met many. But none have been forced to don the skin of monsters. I suppose this old man can now say he"s seen everything." His gaze stuck to me like glue and then he vanished in a wisp of smoke. My jaw dropped. " You just come and spout nonsense only to leave without really explaining you d.a.m.ned b.a.s.t.a.r.d!" I shouted at the air. I shivered a little. (That felt wrong. What just happened? Who was that man?) Questions continued to fill my mind as I sat there.

[ For the readers out there who are confused about cla.s.ses.

Monsters are ranked according to combat ability.

Apocalyptic: Can actually cause the extinction of anything they come across be it nation or planet. A G.o.d is actually cla.s.sified as Apocalyptic Cla.s.s.

Calamity: Can cause destruction and mayhem just by existing in a place for too long. Even a sleeping being can cause changes in the environment.

Disaster: Are able to level cities and towns with a single action. Not to be trifled with.

Destructive: Can cause large amounts of damage when angered. They are able to be dealt with if you have good enough equipment.

Elite: Are great at defending themselves and survival.

Normal: Good for familiars and hunting for food. Not normally good at anything else. This is where the mc started.]