Chapter 1: Reborn in flames.
[Analyzing status.......Host is deceased]
[Decision.....Search for a new host]
[Scanning.....No living subject in vicinity]
[Computing solution......Create a host]
[Scanning for nearby souls..... Subject found]
[Beginning elemental synthesis.....]
[Synthesis complete]
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Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!
It is as if I'm taking a lava bath, all I can feel was a burning sensation all over my body.
My head burns!
My body burns!
Everything burns!
Then suddenly, it's gone.
...what happened?
After the pain vanished, It took a few moments "rest" for my mind to start finally calming down. Only then do I have the sense to inspect my situation.
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...Where am I?
I look around me, only to see nothing but fire, fire and more fire. No wonder it's hot.
...is this hell?
Living in a world where gods literally walk among men, I'm no stranger to the land of the damned.
...Wait, I'm dead?
Then I realize. I can't feel my mouth, or anything in general.
I slowly looked at my body to see...nothing, well aside from flames that is.
...Guess I died.
How?
...hehe
Why?
...hehehe
All those years, all those hardships, all those effort. For nothing?
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...hehehehahaha!
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...Tsk
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...dammit, I was so close.
[Survival of subject confirmed...Initiating assimilation]
...What the?
[.....]
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[Unexpected outcome]
[Verifying for errors.....Negative]
[Assimilation is at 100%]
[Verifying for errors.....Negative]
[Reviewing protocol]
[.....]
[.....]
A impassive, monotone voice echo in my head.
[Greetings host]
...eh?
[Initiating Introduction]
[I am the Elemental Codex of Highest Order or ECHO for the element of fire]
...what?
[Confusion detected..... Beginning briefing]
[First, I regret to inform you that you are no longer human]
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[.....Doubt detected, Please inspect yourself]
I looked over my body again, confused, I tried to "touch" myself to no avail. All that changed is that the flames around me moved.
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Wait.
I waved my "hand" in front of my "face", the flames on my "face" then seemed to "move".
[Opening Window]
...Windo-?
[ Name: Haze Heart. Age: 32
Class: Red Mage (Master)
Race: Living Flame ]
...huh?