Path of Dragons - A LitRPG Apocalypse (BOOK TWO STUBBING AUGUST 15)

If there was one thing Elijah already knew about his new form, it was that it was big. Very, very big. Considering that the world leviathan was in the description, that shouldn’t have been surprising, but even if he’d briefly experienced the transformation once before, he was still shocked by its incredible size.

Even as he pushed out to sea and into deeper water, Elijah estimated that the form was around fifty feet long and about two thirds as wide, not including the tail. Before, he’d used Soul of the Wild to establish the basic shape in his mind, and he really wasn’t surprised to find that it had characteristics that put him in mind of a primordial sea turtle.

With a hardened but sleek shell festooned with three distinct rows of spines, it certainly resembled those sea-going reptiles. However, there were a few other notable differences. First was its size. The largest sea turtle in existence was only about ten feet long, and Elijah’s new form was at least five times that size. He couldn’t be certain, but he expected that the new shape weighed almost as much as a blue whale.

The second difference was the powerful tail, which extended the total length by at least thirty more feet. Thick and rippling with muscle, it featured prominent spines that would render it an effective weapon as well as a means of propulsion.

Then, there was the head.

Thick-skulled, with various bony ridges and a powerful, beak-like jaw – it was like someone had taken a look at a snapping turtle and said, “More. Much, much more.”

Finally, the form featured long and powerful flippers that Elijah had already established could help propel him forward at incredible speeds. In short, the shape was a sea-going tank of immense proportions, and it had the attributes to go with it. Once he was fully submerged, Elijah took a look at his status: