The Alpha moved, but Elvira moved too.
She vanished.
"Accel Tempest."
She reappeared above the Alpha, already forming another spell.
"Arcane Implosion."
A sphere of pure destruction formed in her palm.
She hurled it straight down.
BOOM.
The explosion swallowed the battlefield.
Dust and debris shot into the air and blocked the light.
The shockwave ripped through the ruins and sent chunks of stone flying.
Elvira did not stop.
She stretched a hand toward the rolling cloud of dust, mana surging in her veins.
"Come on, ugly.
I know you're still in there."
The dust settled.
The Alpha stood in a crater.
Its body warped and shifted into something leaner and sharper.
Its exoskeleton now glowed with traces of the magic it had absorbed.
Elvira's pulse pounded in her ears.
Then the Alpha vanished.
A claw rushed for her throat.
She barely dodged.
A second claw slashed for her ribs.
She threw up a barrier.
CRACK.
