The following events took place within the span of no more than a single second.
It truly came down to the wire.
Damien let go of his transformation. In that instant, his body began to grow and change back into a human.
His arm was already outstretched. He was reaching for the key since before he even decided to act.
In terms of time, Damien took less than one ten-thousandth of a second to return to his original form, but that was already enough time.
In the first fraction of that 1/10000th, Malevalon noticed his presence.
His body didn't have time to move, but his aura was already mobilized and prepared.
From every side, it attacked Damien, and that was the cause of the first explosion.
BOOOOOOOOOM!
The study stood strong. It was made to resist Malevalon's aura. However, Damien's body wasn't quite the same.
His left arm and left leg were blown off. His right left split in half vertically, and his chest caved in.
