This idea wasn't wrong; after the Thunder Spear exploded, there wasn't any anomaly around. But when Shard instinctively felt something was off behind him and turned to look back, the man with the ghastly pale face was almost pressed against his back.
Only when viewed up close can one see that the face, seemingly covered with frost or flour, was someone he actually recognized.
At this moment, Shard was truly surprised:
"Mr. Benhart?"
This strange ghost was indeed Armand Bernhardt. In the autumn of 1853, he was commissioned by the clan to carry a Divine Descent Vessel prepared by the Vampire God to Midshire Fort, to help with the Vampire God's descent and collect key relics, though he himself knew little about the whole plan. He experienced the card game at Sin Mansion with Shard, and on the night of the Milestone battle, when Shard was preparing to enter the mountains to find Grace and Helen, he even advised Shard not to go into the mountains.
