She fed Carnage into the downward swing, burying her axe in the softened chest. Beside her blade, Kaiden rammed a wedge shaped from his blood hammer, switching from Envy to Wrath to blast the split open.
Calypso tore through the exposed mechanisms with a delighted, breathless cry. As she wrenched her axe free, the warrior toppled beside Kaiden, whose legs finally gave out beneath him.
"Everybody?"
"Here," Nyx answered breathlessly.
"Fine," Luna managed. "Fucking... perfect."
Once everyone had answered, he released Wrath and drew the blood back into his gauntlet, grinning at the notification in his sight.
[Level: 85 ➣ 86.]
"Finally."
His grin broadened as he read it again. After all that climbing, all those stubborn shields, and a final opponent determined to beat him flat, he had earned another level.
Beside the wreck, Calypso leaned over her axe with sweat dripping from her chin.
"Did you get it, Darling?"
"Eighty-six."
