Brand hurriedly activated the Conflict Aura, and the crystal fragments clattered against the magic shield and flew in all directions, ultimately preventing him from ending up riddled with holes like a beehive.
On the other side, the young noble named Acker wasn't as lucky. He was initially watching the fight in the room with astonishment, only for his men to suddenly launch a suicidal attack. When the countless crystal fragments exploded, he was almost entirely shielding Delphire.
So the outcome was predictable.
At the instant the crystal fragments burst, hundreds of needle-sharp fragments pierced into half of his body in the blink of an eye, slicing his handsome face into a mess. One fragment even exploded his eyeball, and his right eye flowed out from the socket like a piece of rotten flesh.
