ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

If opponent dies during a flurry, elemental shield damage is still taken for the hits that were never executed.

(i.e. with 6 attacks from flurry, 6 times shield damage is taken, even when monster drops after 2 hits)

Yes

What that means is that you are still in a state of fury when you use flurry, so you just hit the corpse, taking the damage.

...mage players.

actually I am more of a melee player , but meh, I have played almost every class (not reapers yet).