"Okay dude, you just rest up here for now," SK said as soothingly as possible as he placed the injured,now unconscious man in the back of his car."I'd call you an ambulance, but I get the feeling your insurance is as bad as mine."
The man in question had passed out once they were out of danger, with adrenaline and fear being the only thing keeping him conscious at the time.
"For now, just rest. I'll be sure to drop you off at a hospital once we're done...one that's in your network I hope."
Once SK made sure the injured civilian was secured, he turned his attention back towards the shipyard and ran back to the fray.
It wouldn't make sense for an operator to not be by their hero's side at their moment of triumph after all.
'Wonder if there's a more granular way for me to check Platiknight's status other than this vague connection I got with him...'
[Suggestion, acknowledged. Adjusting user's point of view to include status windows and health measurements.]
"Oh, right. I have a System."
...Meanwhile...
"BB-09! Turn up the heat!," Farrun shouted as soon as he realized the danger he was about to face.
Click! Click!
Knowing full well that things would go sideways the moment Platiknight got close, the bunsen burner robot did as it was ordered and loosened the limiters in his arms to release an even more intense jet of flames.
But this turned out to be for naught.
Platiknight's spinning shield was still snuffing out the flames as they were making contact with him, rendering the whole attack pointless.
"Hmmm! I suppose you must be unable to to hear me over all of these flames, otherwise you would've heard that this attack of yours was useless," Platiknight boasted. "I guess I'll have to tell you up close and personal!"
STOMP!
STOMP!
STOMP!
"Are you kidding me?!"
Despite being blasted with flames that were hot enough to melt the very concrete it was flying over, Platiknight fearlessly walked towards the bunsen burner robot, heavy step by heavy step.
The molten concrete should've been doing more than mildly slowing down Platiknight's stride, he should've been ankle deep and melting into a puddle of slag.
Instead, the platinum covered knight kept stomping forward with purpose.
That purpose?
Smashing the giant fire spitting robot in front of them and punishing this mechanist for the trouble they had caused!
"PLATINUM..."
"Stay away...STAY AWAY!,"Farrun shouted as he pulled out a weapon that resembled an oversized futuristic shotgun out of nowhere.
"...PUNCH!"
KAPOW!
"GRK!"
Before he could fire off a bead though, Platiknight punched forward and released a powerful shockwave that blasted away both robot and mechanist backwards with enough force to almost knock them into a pile of shipping containers.
Emphasis on almost.
[Mud Snare!]
"Oh ho?"
Splat! Splat!
Before the duo could make contact with the shipping containers and get buried under a mountain of metal and pain, a wall of mud suddenly manifested behind them and put a brake on their forward momentum.
"Caught ya!"
This action confused Farran, as he pretty certain that they were trying to kill each other moments ago. Evidently, this feeling was so confusing, that the mechanist couldn't help but I make his confusion known...while removing the mud off of himself and his robot.
"Did you just....save me?," Farran asked in confusion as he got to his feet, wiping mud off of his clothes with a special spray he kept on hand. "Why?"
"As much as I hate you and your godless machine," Bjorn answered with suppressed distaste. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I don't know who or what spawned that shiny tinker toy, but I know that neither of us will be able to defeat it without working together. So with that in mind...let's try working together until he's defeated. Agreed?"
"That...is a logical conclusion," Farrun agreed. "Let's do this."
Click, click!
"Groar!"
Reflecting the will do their masters, the bunsen burner robot and the rock troll took on fighting stances once more, but in a manner that clearly showed a more cooperative attitude. Especially when the former willingly placed itself in front of the latter and take a squatted position.
"Let's combine our powers and turn this bastard into slag! [Grand Mountain]!"
"I get the idea! [Pure Ignition]!"
As they declared the name of these attacks, thick threads of energy manifested from their torsos and connected the two System users to their respective familiars.
Surge of power raged through the familiars, empowering them and their attacks.
GROAR!
Using this surge of power, the rock troll summoned a giant mountain that appeared to be made of a particularly valuable type of black rock that was once used to power engines all over the world.
FWOOSH
Once the mountain had formed, the bunsen burner robot released a hissing noise as it released bright blue flames that burned a thousand times hotter than it's normal flames and engulfed the mountain in its blaze.
Evidently, their big combination attack basically consisted of throwing a giant burning rock at Platiknight.
"Die, tinker toy!"
"Get crushed!"
In the face of this burning boulder of death, Platiknight didn't cower, shriek or run. Instead, he readied his shield once more and took on a defiant stance.
"Haha! You think a mere ember will be enough to smother my heroic spirit?! Come and test it!"
...Perspective Switch Time...
[Warning! Warning! Superhero: Platiknight is in danger of being destroyed. Superhero: Platiknight is in danger of being destroyed.]
"Oh fuck me sideways!"
It had only taken SK about five minutes to drop off the injured man at his car and come back to the battlefield, however, a lot had changed between now and then.
Firstly, the System has apparently heard his thoughts in regards to wanting see how his hero was faring and gave him the ability to see a more active status window.
Second, while he wasn't entirely sure how it happened, but Platiknight had apparently trounced these dastards so badly that he forced them to work together in an attempt to launch a combined finishing move.
A move that looked absurd, but was dangerous enough that the System decided to issue a warning.
Perhaps it was also willing to offer advice.
"Okay, that's bad, how do I help him?," SK asked in a panicked tone of voice.
In sharp contrast, the System provided three options in the form of a series status windows.
[Option 1: Cry.]
"Oh ha ha, very funny."
[Option 2: Run.]
"Not doing that and I swear you're messing with me at this point."
[Option 3: Break out the big guns.]
"That's more like it! Wait, how do I do that?"
Once this question was posed, a new window appeared in SK's vision.
It was Platiknight's status screen, but there was something...glaringly obvious about it near the bottom of the screen.
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[Familiar Status Window.]
[Name: Platiknight.]
[Status: Healthy.]
[Description: A hero from a place beyond the boundaries of space and time, Platiknight is warrior with a hunger for truth, a thirst for justice and a heart of platinum. Armed with an enchanted shield made by an armor maker from the dawn of time and a platinum armor forged by a weaponsmith from the unseen future, Platiknight stands ready to be the ultimate shield and guardian of the weak and needy. That said, the special armor he wears to fight evil is not actually made of platinum.]
[Equipment: Platinum Armor of the Goddess of Justice Version Alpha, Divine Platinum Aegis.]
[Abilities: Platinum Punch, Platinum Kick, Platinum Counter, Platinum Guard.]
[ULTIMATE ABILITY: PLATINUM COMET CRUSH]
__________________
"I get the feeling I'm supposed to press on this bold piece of text...I'm going to press on this bold piece of text. Boop!"
As soon as SK pressed the text, he immediately felt the connection between himself and Platiknight suddenly surge in strength before he felt some unknown power inside him get transferred over to Platiknight.
Whatever this energy was, it caused the platinum paragon to start glowing with a dark blue aura.
"Oh...I see where this is going."
...
"This power! It's surging through every part of my being!" Platiknight suddenly declared while literally glowing with a dark blue aura. "It's time to end this battle with a platinum finish!"
"Oh big talk, tin soldier!," Farrun taunted. "But let's see you handle this!"
[Extinction Impact!]*2
Under the direction of their respective masters, the rock troll and bunsen robot worked together to throw their giant burning of burning coal directly towards Platiknight.
It was honestly an impressive display of friendship and cooperation...too bad it was about to be shattered into pieces.
As soon as the meteor started coming towards him, Platiknight began redirecting the energy surging through him into his legs and shield.
"PLATINUM!"
With a mighty yell and a powerful jump towards the meteor, Platiknight used his spinning shield to drill right through the burning boulder made of coal until he reached the top of it.
"COMET!"
With that next declaration, Platiknight detached his shield from his arm and tossed it towards the space between himself and the burning coal mountain. As the shield got into place, it quintupled in size until it was big enough to crush a car.
"CRASH!"
And with that final yell, Platiknight performed a diving kick directly into the shield he had just detached.
Needless to say, the ones at the receiving end of this attack weren't happy to see this development in the slightest.
"Oh shit!"