A usual Malenia fight turned into an unusual disaster after a strange Elden Ring bug caused Malenia's phantoms to continue to attack after the Blade of Miquella's death. Despite its focus on difficulty, FromSoftware usually doesn't try to kill the player after defeating an enemy. If anything, it gives plenty of rewards for beating them, and is imperative to the overall themes of the Soulslike genre, to keep pushing and eventually get rewarded for it. With Malenia being as difficult as she is, even causing one high-level Elden Ring player to die over 300 times to her, beating her should fit an equally big reward. Yet one group of players received something worse.