Knight Run 2

==KNIGHT RUN 2==

AS THE KNIGHT awakens, he is brought into full control of his suit. He feels strange though, as though his body is not his own.
     User, please select the weapon system of choice.
    Sidric is shown a display that seems to float right before his eyes, he has three weapons to choose from: one appears in the shape of a dragon's maw with a large barrel protruding out of it; this one has 'Cannon' written over it, the second is in a shape of a long glowing shard of energy; this one is called 'Blade' and the last appears like a gigantic disk shaped chunk of metal; the inscription reads 'Shield'. "How am I supposed to know which one to pick?" he mutters to himself, as he notices that his own voice barely sounds the same. It was probably due to the fact that he couldn't quite control his muscles.
    User, threat incoming, please dodge.
    The display in front of his eyes vanished and Sidric saw one of the Graven Witches screeching and swooping down toward him, it's taloned feet scything through the air. Sidric put as much of his muscular effort as he could into side-stepping the attack, but his feet felt like they were both encased in a cast of lead and his movement became extremely slow and sluggish. He barely managed to dodge the swooping blow, but he imagined that he must have looked as though he were moving in slow motion.
    Evasion reaction speed, two point four seconds. Six hundred percent below the efficient average, beginning increased syno-sync rate.
    Sidric felt as though a rope or wire of some sort was being plugged directly into his mind; it burned him as though it were a physical fire. His brain was literally on fire! "Uuuurgh," he groaned in agony, unable to even clutch his head in pain since his arms would not obey him.
    User, incoming attacks from the back and front please begin evasion
    The burning ceased and Sidric's mind felt cool, somehow calm and collected; far more than he had been previously. The Graven Witches were screeching and swooping toward him, but he felt confident in his ability to dodge them. He ducked under the first one, moving his right leg forward and stretching out his arms to lower his frame, allowing the witch to pass overhead. The second, he rolled away from, gently tumbling his body to left as she swiped at the empty air. The last one however, was not so lucky, because he dove forward and caught her by the throat, arresting her movement and slamming her to the ground. He felt strong, powerful and incredibly dangerous.
    Reaction speed increased to point four of a second. Congratulations user, you are at the minimum efficiency level.
    "I think I'd like to try the blade first," said Sidric, balling his right hand into a fist. The outer metal of his armor slowly began to break apart and then it swirled around his fist, collecting toward and reforming into the shape of what appeared to be a hollow stump. A pair of tiny spikes, barely visible from a distance, began to rotate at a high speed and the energy from within his suit roared to life as it began to power the weapon. The two rotating spikes created a pathway for the energy and a burning blade of pure heat formed. It reached down from his fist to his feet and so it was not a long weapon, but it was suited for quick decisive strokes. He tested it first on the Witch he had caught. "Suffer not the Witch to Live," he whispered quietly, reciting one of famous phrases of the Church. He then drew his hand back, before slamming the blade into the stomach of the Graven Witch who began to curse and spit in rage. Sidric was surprised by the effectiveness of the weapon, because the stone-like skin of the Graven Witches was second only to that of a true gargoyle and hence most conventional weaponry was ineffective on a beast of this kind. The Witch screamed and clawed at Sidric's face, but his armor was incredibly tough and though he flinched and winced during the first few attacks he realised he could barely feel them and although he could not stop the force of the blows from turning his head, his armor seemed pretty solid; barely even getting scratched by the Witch's claws.
    User, I recommend killing the target quickly. It is inefficient to linger, you have already spent three seconds staring at your capture.
    Sidric needed no further incentive to finish the beast and he did so by drawing his blade upward, splicing the Witch in half from its stomach to its head. Unlike with a normal sword however the wound had been terribly burned by the blade's energy and the skin had fused and charred, preventing the body from turning into a mess of blood and gore. This is something to remember, this weapon does not create a mess…
   User there are three targets remaining. Please decide on your course of action!

==END OF SEQUENCE==

So, what would you (as readers) like to see next. Would you like to see a more technical battle, focused on acrobatics and evasion? Or would you prefer an open, "God of War" style brutal battle? The choice is yours to make…

-Chen Yuan Wen, 10th May 2012