83 Find the Eggs

The body of the salamander wasn't too massive. Only reaching 5 metres long while it was roughly 1 metre thick. What did make it rather unique and was the reason that Lachlan knew Sarah would long it, is its wings.

Unfortunately, they weren't real wings so Lachlan couldn't tame it. They were wings made out of water, most likely using its control over water to create something like that. Lachlan never thought of using his elements to create wings, rather no one has.

It also has a wing rings that surrounds its body that is also made of water. After watching Zhang fight the salamander for a minute he could determine that those rings were both for defensive and offensive moves.

Whenever Zhang would through a punch or use an elemental move on it the salamander would create a water barrier through those rings. And whenever Zhang let his guard down for a moment water blades would be shot from them.

It seems this salamander relies heavily on its control over water, as such, it has probably trained through constant battles for it to be so efficient at fighting as it did.

'Maybe we can get to that level' Lachlan thought about the training he could do now. He was still going to go on that training trip, now he had another part for his routine. It looked like an extremely useful as well, he could create even better barriers.

"Analyse"

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Name: River Salamander

Age: Adult

Attribute: Water

Level: 45

STR: 42(+352), AGI: 31(+298), VIT: 50(+326)

INT: 23(+47), PER: 28(+125), WIL: 19(+37)

Weakness: Scared of fighting and lightning, slow at moving its legs

Strengths: Water Control (Level 12), tough and slippery skin and thick bones

Description: A salamander that lives within the river, attacking anything that puts its life in danger. It would usually try to avoid any danger but during mating season it gets aggressive and hunts for food that its children can eat when they hatch.

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Just as Lachlan thought. It was way too strong for Sarah to tame, it would completely reject her, and Lachlan didn't want her to feel all that pain for no reward.

There was a bit of information that caught Lachlan's interest.

'Hunts food for its children aye, then that means it has babies' Lachlan's thoughts were through the roof. Now he just needed to find them, once he does that his little sister will remember him forever.

'I need to somehow find a way to get it to lead the way to its eggs, then everything will be good' Lachlan was thinking about a way to get it to lead him. He could just beat it to submission, but then it won't want them near its babies, it would rather die than do that.

'Maybe if I scare it enough it'll move places' Lachlan knew that the mother's of animals will do a lot to protect their babies. So if he could show how much he is a threat then he could force it to go back and move.

'That's it' Lachlan was going for that plan. Hopefully, everything works out successfully.

Lachlan jumped off the balcony onto the ground and walked towards them. Zhang immediately noticed Lachlan and was confused as to what he was doing. Usually, Zhang would be in charge of protecting the place because he was new, the others never really showed interest.

'Huh' Lachlan disappeared from Zhang's sight, he spun his head towards the Salamander only to see Lachlan next to it.

Finally, the salamander noticed Lachlan, but every fibre of its body was telling it to run, run far away.

Seeing that he didn't instantly terrify the beast and cause it to run away disappointed Lachlan, it would have been so much simpler if that worked.

'Guess I have to get physical' Lachlan was literally right next to the salamander, it was prime striking distance.

Lachlan pulled back his fist, the salamander got a horrible feeling about it.

Stomping on the ground broke it apart, his fist travelled through the air splitting it apart, it raced towards the salamander's skin. Once it made contact it followed through, going deeper and deeper till Lachlan's fist couldn't be seen.

The salamander felt a sharp pain at its side, the pain travelled through its entire body before sending it flying through the air. It crashed onto the other side of the river, the shock from the landing stunned the salamander for a couple of seconds.

Zhang was stunned. He thought he was put on guard duty because he was new, turns out they just didn't see these kinds of beasts as a threat. But that meant if he was having such a hard time beating it, they could completely crush him. He felt a shiver go up his spin, turning around he noticed Lachlan behind him.

"Hide and follow the salamander, once you find its eggs call or message me and I'll be right over," it was time for Zhang's abilities to really shine for Lachlan. If he could do this Lachlan would respect him much more.

"Yes," Zhang agreed and looked towards the salamander, it was about to run once it saw Lachlan not staring at it. It dived into the water and went downstream. Zhang quickly hid his presence and followed after it, running along the shore.

Lachlan went back inside, getting some breakfast to eat before Sarah woke up and greeted him.

"Morning Lachlan," Sarah came up and gave Lachlan a hug, using all her strength to try and give him a bit of pain. However, due to Lachlan's massive amounts of stats, the hug didn't affect Lachlan at all, but he still played along, showing weakness.

"Morning Sarah," This time it was Lachlan's turn. He grabbed her by the feet and swung her around, causing her to scream in fear. Although she liked to be thrown up, being swung around made her dizzy.

"Guess what I found?" Lachlan asked her mysteriously, trying not to spoil the big surprise.

"You found me a beast to tame!" Sarah shouted and her eyes filled with sparkles, her smile was wide and showed off her clean teeth. She was ecstatic, they had looked all of yester to find one but failed, she didn't want to go on another journey like that no matter how much she wanted time with her brother.

"You guessed it, wait a bit and we'll head to it," Lachlan grabbed her and threw her up in the air. It wasn't hard to guess it, but he still enjoyed his sister's joy when she found out.

"Alright," Sarah happily agreed and went to have breakfast. After that she rushed towards her room to change clothes, she was still in the clothes she wore yesterday.

"Have a shower!" Lachlan shouted. Although this world was rather dirty and grimy he liked to stay clean, it felt nice.

"Okay!" Lachlan heard her voice shout back then he saw her rushed towards the bathroom and shower.

Lachlan went back outside and relaxed, taking in the fresh air and just enjoy life as it was. It took 20 minutes, but Sarah finally finished her shower and changed into new clothes. They were more combat suited, having protective pads around her joints to protect them. It was completely red, making Sarah look like a blood warrior, fits perfectly with the name of their organisation.

Lachlan also had a suit, but it didn't feel comfortable, it almost felt like it restricted his movements. It was probably due to the thickness, as the protective armour needs to be a bit thick to protect them. Even though he could just break it apart and use what's left for armour.

*Bzzt*

His whipped out his phone and knew it was from Zhang, it was about the salamander and its eggs.

"Salamander and eggs roughly 50 kilometres downstream, just follow the shore on the left and even though the river does have forks you'll make it"

'Great' Lachlan grabbed onto Sarah and summoned Temp. He could summon the others, but Temp was much more comfortable to ride on, he also felt rather majestic as he did it. The griffon's long wings spread far, flapping slowly as it travelled through the sky.

Sarah was in front of him just above Temp's head staring down, trying to find the beast she would be taming by looking down at the river. Her eyes darting across as she scanned the river like a hawk, every little beast she saw she thought it would be it.

Finally, after a nice 7-minute ride they found their destination. The inside looked like a cave but its actual structure was just a large dome. It was entirely created by trees, leaves, vines and even small boats.

Near the dome-like structure, they could see Zhang on a tree waving at them.

Lachlan descended next to him, his sister stayed on Temp while Lachlan hopped off and talked to Zhang.

"The salamander still there?" Lachlan asked. He hoped his luck hadn't betrayed him, otherwise, he'll tear the whole damn river apart trying to find it.

"Yeah it's still there," Zhang confirmed it and a sense of relief soaked Lachlan's body. Now all he had to do was get them eggs.

"Alright I'm going in, make sure my sister doesn't get hurt out here," Lachlan said, his eyes showed a serious determination and a bit of bloodlust. Zhang nodded quickly, he was beginning to understand Lachlan more and more as time went on. But one of the things he's noticed the most was that he would exterminate a whole race if it hurt his sister.

Lachlan walked through the nest's entrance, it was rather large; certainly large enough for the salamander to slither through. He ended up getting his pants wet as he had to walk through water.

When Lachlan reached the end he was rather stunned, the scene seemed mystical.

There was the salamander staring at Lachlan in the middle, its body was being used to wrap itself around its eggs. The sunlight creates beams of light through small gaps in the dome, those beams sometimes landed on the eggs or close to them on the salamander.

Vines extended downwards from the ceiling of the dome, drops of water would sometimes fall and land in a puddle creating a splashing sound.

But what mattered the most to Lachlan wasn't the mystical scene, but the eggs located in the middle and the blood of the salamander.

"I got you now!"