Boss HP: 1,161,740,000 / 1.2 Billion
Raid Phase: Act II – "Skyshade Convergence"
Wind screamed through the broken skies as two identical figures faced one another across a rift of churning energy.
Ashen hovered thirty meters above the Aether Core, elemental lights surging in chaotic harmony behind him. Before him stood a perfect mimic—same staff, same armor, same stance—but with a hollow expression and void-black eyes.
[Enemy Identified: Skyshade Monarch – Ashen Echo]
▸ Level: 285
▸ Trait: Mimicry Protocol (Adaptive Learning)
▸ HP: 42,000,000
▸ Objective: Terminate target and collect class evolution data
▸ Mimicked Abilities: [Asura Mode], [Storm Cage Bloomfield], [Aetherflare Spiral Descent]
The clone's lips moved in distorted unison.
"Force Wizard... diverged from system code... anomaly must be logged."
Ashen narrowed his eyes. "You're not a monster. You're a scanner."
And that changed everything.
