Walking Disaster (class description included)

I woke on the deck exhausted and sore. The sun had gone down and the sea was calm. The boat rocked gently amidst the calm sea as a small breeze teased the sails. I felt the need to stretch as I yawned. My mouth growing wide as my sharp white teeth glistened in the torch light. As I felt the stretch in my new muscles I felt a need to investigate my body a little. It was awkward learning how to handle my size.

Growing slowly was easy as you could adjust your control over time. The sudden growth on the other hand was very different for my senses. I had to relearn my environment from a new strange height. My body was still awkward so I didn't move too much. I used my shields (as I'll call them) to stabilize myself a bit. (My pain resistance still didn't rise despite the feelings I endured. This thing really expects me to nearly die!) I thought a little aggravated. I felt small jolts through my nerves as my clawed feet made contact with the deck below as I stepped forward. My nerves were still a little raw from my growth experience and would probably need a bit of time to calm after what I just put them through.

I slowly moved toward the door to the cabins. And tried to push my body through the opening using my head to push the door. I managed to get my head and neck in but my shoulders got stuck trying to get through.

After a few different attempts at the door I found i really couldn't fit. Which means I'll have to spend the night outside. ( Damn. 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 there's nowhere to keep me warm... ahhh!) I had a sudden epiphany as I lifted my cold limbs one by one and breathed flames gently onto them. (I was fireproof after all) Warmth from the fire seeped into my scales and soon spread across my body making me feel a little more comfortable.

After a bit the warmth finally began to really stick so I laid my head down to try to get some sleep. I was still awake when a noise from the cabins disturbed me. Sam has come out hauling a folded tarp of some kind. She was trying to be quiet as she fumbled with the ropes binding it and spread it over my body 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 embarrassed 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 back through the cabin door. Her face still flushed in embarrassment.

I kept my head down and chuckled before finally I felt sleep take me. I dreamed of nothing but darkness which honestly wasn't too bad. But the light of dawn came to quickly wake me from its embrace.

( Agh!) I groaned inwardly as 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 with the tarp sliding a little down my back into a crumpled heap.

"Land Hoe!!!!" Johnathan suddenly yelled from the crowsnest. His voice echoing across the sea. His body leaned in his spot with a looking glass as he faced to the the bow of the ship.

I couldn't help but grina. Little at the info. (Finally I can get off this ship) I thought to myslef as 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 massive land mass. It was a wall of granite rising from the see with greenery and tree roots weaving throughout it. It was daunting to look at and even more daunting to think of I had to climb it.

There was only one thing that hit me as we started sailing along the granite coast. There was the smell of smoke in the air. Whispering screams echoed from somewhere and grew louder as we drew closer to what I imagined was the port.

My instincts told me one thing in response. Something was deeply wrong. And 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 seemingly still intact was the ports shipyard. People were running everywhere. Some with buckets of water and others with weapons hacking at the flames.

As our ship drew closer my eyes got a better look at the fire and noticed they weren't normal flames.They were creatures. Great flaming skeletal rodents that were the size of a person's fist. They were climbing buildings and chasing people 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. Causing my nose to be awkwardly closer to the water. After realizing my shields were in front of my wings I curled them up behind my wings on my back to center my weight.

I soared across the waves and dove into the city amidst the screaming people. My tongue quickly lashed out and snatched 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 passive 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./

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. The rats would be done destroying the city if I just went after them with my tongue and they would certainly run if they all realized I was here. So I needed to be quicker in targeting them. An idea clicked in my head as I drew on my knowledge of fire and the power I held. I focused on sucking in the flames around me.

Making my own flames like a big beacon to draw them in. At first small amounts of fire began to leave the broken buildings and bodies. Then slowly greater amounts as they swirled through the air and into my open maw. Energy coursed through me as even the rats were being dragged to me by their own fire.

(You thought fire was your ally!?) I thought comically. I felt invincible. The rats who lost hold of the ground or couldn't get away were pulled into my jaws and destroyed. They're both bodies shattering and turning into a blender for others that were dragged within.

My own body ignited with a dark purple flame as I devoured. It was a few long moments moments later that the town was flameless and rid of vermin. The smoke filled air was silent as death. I could see burned and chewed bodies laying everywhere and injured were huddled far from me. Some in groups and others seemed to be hiding as I sat up. Trying to look composed as I used my eyes to scan for any rat stragglers (if there were any).

I heard a small child voice come from under a small pile of rubble to my right. "Is it going to kill us brother?" I could here a high pitched whisper. They were trying to hide but obviously parents hadn't taught this kid how to do it properly. "Shhhh. If we stay quiet we might not get its attention." Another rougher voice mentioned.

I looked at the rubble pile and used earth magic to see where they were. A boy and a younger girl within the pile. The pair were dressed in what I could assume was burnt rags. Matching pants and shirts by what the earth told me.

The girl's legs were pinned by some of the larger rubble from what I could only think as what used to be their house. On instinct I shifted my foot as my thoughts churned through the surroundings. The rubble began to move and shift around the little girl freeing her.

The rubble pile shifted to form a bowl beneath the two and hauled them close to me as the both of them screamed in terror.

I looked at the both of them. Dwarven children are stockier and have obvious amounts of muscle. The girl had peed herself in fear while the boy was frozen in place. ( Oops.) I thought sheepishly. I kept my face straight. "It is not kind to call the one who rescued you an it." I rumbled out as the bowl crumbled into soft sand making them both flop into it in disbelief and shock.

I turned my attention to the town as I walked away from the children. (Now I feel like crap. I hate scaring kids.) I thought as I moved.

As I searched the town for survivors I remembered the system mentioning a new title in the midst of my excitement.

/ Host has acquired the title 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 title 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 few people in need of being dug out. Some I found weren't able to be saved.

Close to the end of 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.

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 some Fire Rats being dragged away by something and the earth moving them here. They are all terrified! You should have waited you idiot!" 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 hell 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. The men seemed to have faces with more beard than face. The women meanwhile were completely clear. The rest of the people were humans. And 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 as she went into the group and I went to the north gate and sat myself 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 the creatures that ventured by. I still didn't gain anything new from them.

"Interesting that a disaster class is helping humans." A voice echoed behind me.

I turned my head to see who had spoken and found an 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 that's 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 cocked his head slightly and chuckled. " Many monster have passed 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 over the years. 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 damned bastard!" 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 classes.

Monsters are ranked according to combat ability.

Apocalyptic: Can actually cause the extinction of anything they come across be it nation or planet. A God is actually classified as Apocalyptic Class.

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.]