He turns his back on the charge, which detonates with a loud CRUMP, casting spalling metal shards over his shoulder. It bursts with enough force to bifurcate a tank. He looks down at her, flexing his fists a few times, and says, "It has enough for the task at hand. I am Erhart Ritter. Knight of the Eternal Crusade. Let us take the fight to Shodan together."

He draws his sword, which crackles to life with an actinic blue charge.