@Random commenter oh I forgot to add that yes, I'm also worried the end result on Kayden's end. He's my favorite character along with Jiwoo and Kartein. So seeing him getting beat up like this just... Ugh! Hurts my heart! He's not perfect and has weaknesses, but it's so hard to see this especially after 258+ episodes of Kayden not have a scrape on him since ep 1!
I hear ya, but Kayden isnāt as soft as Jiwoo to throw his life away. Pretty sure he took a calculated risk (as part of his master strategy to make Andrei to lose his cool). Considering how his āsense of battleā is praised by others, he may be able to discern āpower levelsā and figured he could afford to take some damage to get a decisive win.
better to lose an arm than your life (as a metaphor, losing an arm is devastating for combat)