Ash could see his face from up close now, see the absolute lack of concern in those eyes, and the absence of fear made the rage burn hotter because it meant Kaiden had expected this too, had planned for this, had-
The impact came from the side.
A figure in heavy Association armor slammed into Ash at full speed, catching him around the torso in a tackle that redirected three hundred kilometers per hour of S-tier momentum into a lateral arc. The collision was thunderous, a crack of metal on metal that echoed across the basin, and the two of them spiraled sideways through the air before the armored figure drove Ash downward and into the rock face fifty meters below.
They hit the stone hard enough to crater it.
