Elvira stood still for a moment.
Her breathing slowed as the silence settled over the ruined castle.
Her mind replayed the entire battle step by step.
"At first," she said quietly, "the Krell Alpha's abilities were centered around transformation and mana absorption.
In simple terms, it had a perfect mana circuit.
Something that should not be possible."
Ben lay on the ground, still recovering.
He raised an eyebrow. "Right.
The thing was adapting like crazy."
"Exactly," she said with a nod. "But when it shifted into that smaller form, something changed.
Its abilities focused on shadow manipulation.
At first, it could even alter the texture of its shadows.
It made them act like rubber and absorb force.
But…"
Her eyes narrowed as she thought back. "Once it dragged us into that shadow domain, something was different.
It could still shape shadows, but not like before.
It lost complexity.
No more shifting forms or unpredictable changes.
Just raw, solid shadow."
