Nicholas was on his knees, trembling in fear as he watched Bryan break layer after layer of mirror walls. He had never expected Bryan to be so tenacious. The earlier attack should have rightfully incapacitated Bryan, but here he was swinging his arms like a crazed beast.
He was beginning to think that his plan had failed. After all, the two Rank 2 Transcendents beside him were still recovering from their wounds. Although they were Transcendents, it didn't mean that they were impervious to bullets. If anything, they only had more resistance than regular humans.
Thus, Nicholas could not only depend on the mirror artifact. He himself was a Rank 2 Transcendent but he didn't have much fighting capabilities. After all, he'd embarked on the Artisan Path.