Even if I resisted the demonic energy explosions, the debuff would still apply. In the shadow world, I couldn’t attack. My attack windows were extremely limited, so even with the Hero’s power, the battle time was tight. If I got too far from Crow, it was instant death. That also meant I couldn’t freely move around to perform mechanics while in the isolated state.

If I was too slow killing the chimeras, Crow would enter berserk mode. If I failed to perform the mechanics in the shadow world, he’d go berserk. If the time limit passed, he’d go berserk.

So …