The gash that was on his side only gets bigger as the imps continue to tear and claw at him. Strange does make an attempt to move and attempt to fling some of them off, but after one vital scratch, he stops moving entirely and his hand slumps to the ground in defeat: he's dead.

The imps that were on him now have no more use for him. A few of them look up from Strange's corpse, see that Shura and Shishi are still moving, and launch themselves in the direction of the other two instead.