Clyde heard Mina's scream cut through the battlefield and for the first time since the storm inside him awakened, his focus snapped.
Something in his chest tightened sharply. The grin on his face did not disappear, but it changed. The excitement twisted into a colder and sharper feeling of anger. His eyes turned instantly toward her position.
Then his body reacted.
The lightning around him surged.
[Pure Lightning] flared even more violently and expanded outward in a sudden burst of white-blue brilliance. The air cracked louder as the energy intensified. Arcs snapping wildly across the ground and up the surface of the shield pressing against him.
The shield-bearer felt the force behind Clyde changed into a stronger force than before.
"What—"
Before he could finish, the lightning exploded.
The shield-bearer was thrown back as if struck by a collapsing wall. His feet tore through the rubble as he was pushed away. His armor grinding under the pressure.
