"A Strange, Intelligent Monster" 

Since this place was a snow mountain— 

Naturally, most of the beasts and monsters awakened the ability to manipulate water, ice, snow, wind, earth, wood, and a little bit of fire. 

The monsters and beasts crossing the snow field had started to use their various elemental abilities. 

Although most of the beasts and monsters here only had one ability, which means they could only use the surrounding elements, there were some monsters born with innate fire elements. 

They also awakened the ability to manipulate fire. 

Thus, a monster that should not be able to use its ability because there was no source of fire around actually used its ability by producing fire with its innate ability and then used its imperfect awakened ability to manipulate the fire.