Clifhanger again? This is getting tiring, it's almost like they think that the story doesnt have enough to pull it into another chapter, so they use a cliffhanger.
I will eat my hat if the spam, i mean, pram character got cut into two.
Considering he seemed to discover something about the rapier... what got cut is either an afterimage because the rapier has a function for a sudden burst of speed, or it is an illusion of Pram and he is simply off the side waiting for the barbarian to finally realize it before slicing his neck or something like that.