Dark realm

Previously

…Elias, still grappling with the monstrous form that was now his own, felt a surge of adrenaline mixed with a desperate confusion. He was a demon, a scholar, a pawn in a game he didn't understand, in a realm he didn't know. And the first challenge had just arrived, roaring its displeasure in the encroaching darkness. He had to survive. He had to understand. The scholar, buried deep within the demon, began to stir, not with fear, but with a burgeoning, desperate need to uncover the truth, no matter the cost. The awakening in shadow was complete, and the long night had just begun.