The moment the runes flashed, the entire room shifted.
Valecran's mask shattered into floating pieces.
Its fog-like body expanded, growing twice as large.
The four ghost-arms behind it fused into two massive arms, each one long enough to reach across the chamber.
The chamber went pitch-black.
Not dim.
Not hazy.
Completely black.
Even Rhys couldn't see his own hand.
Sophia gasped. "It took the light—!"
Aria swore. "I can't see anything!"
Caria's voice came steady through the dark. "Stay calm. Don't move until you hear it."
But they couldn't hear anything either.
The Warden made no noise.
Then—
A sudden pressure in the air, like something huge swinging toward them.
Rhys reacted on instinct, raising Runius just in time.
WHAM.
The blow hit him like a hammer.
It sent him flying back several feet—slamming into stone.
He hissed, "Damn—its strength doubled."
Aria yelled from somewhere nearby, "If I can't see it, I can't hit it!"
Sophia tried to fire a kinetic blast—
