SINN's Circuit.

Destin leaned back in his chair. He wore a smirk. It seemed that SINN was quite the battler in small skirmishes.

"Excellent work. You seem to be strong enough now to tackle the viruses of this Network without much problem. Put down another marker here. Then search for a link between ACDC and Internet City. We'll cross over to SciLabs from there. I want to know if they know anything about the extensive data mining operations here."

SINN bowed at the sky and then brought out another banner, jabbing the metallic spear deep into the ground. The emerald and ivory banner caught a breeze and billowed out, before slapping against SINN's hand as he released it.

The knight began walking around the lip of the crater, looking outwards into the distance with his gray, gray eyes. Scanning the skeins of the Net in order to find the path to travel. When he found it, he began to march off in that direction.

[Battle 4: Ready.]

The path that SINN had picked was rather narrow, compared to the large plains that he usually traveled through in the ACDC networks. Empty space stood at his sides, where he could fall in by accident. Nevertheless, he forged onwards through the linkway. Unfortunately, he was not uninterrupted, as two Melody blocked his way forward, bouncing in their place. However, just as it seemed that they were the only viruses there, three Fishy swooped in from behind and barely missed him. The green spiky birds started to turn around towards SINN in another attempt to ram into him.

-- VIRUSES --
Fishy A: 90 HP
Fishy B: 90 HP
Fishy C: 90 HP
Melody A: 80 HP
Melody B: 80 HP

-- NAVIGATOR --
SINNBAD.EXE: 150 HP

-- TERRAIN --
50% Normal, 50% Missing (25% on either side)

-- BATTLE 04, READY? START!! --

x3 x2

SINNBAD, draped in white wool, ducked just as a "Flying V" passed overhead. As they banked to line up for another run, the warrior threw his left arm across his face. The golden light returned, shimmering off steel as he clothed himself in protective wards. A circular bulwark formed from raw datum over his arm as his armor covered in scale. The knight radiated a dozen colors as fingers of sunlight creeped down the sides of the canyon.

On either side of SINN, gaping maws stood open. He had little room to maneuver, so his options were limited. Given the situation, he charged the Melody, singing their gospels. Once more he rushed into the fray as fearless as ever. He held his shield in front of him to ward off blows as he ran. The ground flattened beneath his heavy tread, crushing the occasional tuft of grass that sprouted here and there in the dry earth.

However, he seemed to slow just as he was about to reach the two Melody. An outside observer could see that the warrior was timing the arrival of the Fishy formation. When everyone was about to collide at once, he slid to a stop; and in the same instant his momentum pitched him forward, thrust his right hand at the ground, a gray orb in his hand...

"FOR NETOPIA!"

He bellowed right before being drowned out by an explosion.

BOOM!

The sound was deafening. Silvered flames licked the sky. A shockwave rippled outward, churning the earth. The energy stored in a CrackerBomb was dangerous to program and terrain alike, cracking the already unstable floor. Thick, black, billowing clouds of smoke and ash rose from a gleaming inferno. SINN may have been layered in defenses - the knight protected by barrier, shield, and casing - but even so, he may have gone over the line with this strategy.

"HYYYAHHHH!"

But before anyone could take a breather, the voice of SINN picked up again as his form leaped out of the cloud, covered in soot. He was twirling like a tornado, a small sword held out as he spun. The ash dropped off in clumps and the air parted against the force of his spin as it radiated outward just like the explosion did. He slashed at the air all around him, spinning like the blades of a helicopter. Potentially catching the remains of the Fishy in a blender.

As his momentum died, he fell back into the parting cloud, and rolled to his feet. He looked all around him, attempting to assess whether anything survived.

SINN stacked on a load of defenses as he tried rushing the Melodies while the Fishy group zoomed directly toward him all at once. In a single hit, the high-speed Fishy ram had dispelled his barrier and Guard, reflecting damage right into a Melody's face, while the third Fishy was pretty much way off.

Roaring a warcry for his country, SINN blew up pretty much all his armor and the Melodys in a giant blast that weakened the terrain he stood on.

Spinning out of the fray, the knight managed to cut up a returning Fishy while the others soared out of the way. It seemed like he would fall into the gaping holes on the side of the path, but with quick reflexes, landed barely on the edge.

-- VIRUSES --
Fishy A: 90 HP
Fishy B: DELETED
Fishy C: 90 HP
Melody A: DELETED
Melody B: DELETED

-- NAVIGATOR --
SINNBAD.EXE: 150 HP

-- TERRAIN --
40% Normal, 50% Missing (25% on either side), 10% Cracked (patch near the left edge)

SINNBAD turned to face the viruses as they turned for another pass. The explosion and subsequent spin had left a ringing in the warrior's ears, and only through luck had he managed to land on the path. Thankfully, the magic gifted to him by his Lord Destin Obscura, the magic called NaviCust, allowed his heavy form to literally 'walk on water.' As such, he was able to land on the cracked terrain, without caving in the ceiling. The dust stirred under his feet.

His shield was gone, as was all of his other defenses. He willed the bulwark to return, a disk of light wielded by his left arm. And again the golden radiance sat aglow on his shoulders as prominently as his sable cloak. The skin that could be seen in the gaps of his helmet became dark gray, scaled as his plate on leather. His defenses raised, he moved forward to reengage the flying viruses.

He waited until they struck, moving his shield into their path. Then he followed their exit trajectory. Thrusting his right hand out, a jet of flame roared forth, roasting the air. The air rippled and wavered along the path of the blazing stream as it lanced toward the sky, angled after the enemy. As it burned, the flames fanned great wings. The fire raptor leapt from the stream to engulf all within a cloud of searing embers. Closing its great wings upon the viruses.

SINN lowered his hands and looked around, shifting his feet, holding strong against potential reprisal.

Putting up a Guard-shield, SINN directed it to counter one of the Fishy's attacks, which it did, and very well. Its charge was redirected back at itself, after which SINN made sure to retaliate further with a gout of fire. The resulting roast bird wouldn't have been so bad, had the viruses not been made of metal and such.

-- VIRUSES --
Fishy A: DELETED
Fishy B: DELETED
Fishy C: DELETED
Melody A: DELETED
Melody B: DELETED

-- NAVIGATOR --
SINNBAD.EXE: 150 HP

-- TERRAIN --
40% Normal, 50% Missing (25% on either side), 10% Cracked (patch near the left edge)

-- BATTLE 04, VICTORY!! --

-- REWARDS --
450z

SINNBAD finished off the last two viruses with a searing gout of flame, reducing the enemy to cinders. He then moved back onto the path and marched. Several minutes later he found a Gate against the side of the mountain, unguarded. He touched the flowing rift and attempted a connection with Internet City, the hub that connected all the networks. In a flash, he was gone.

[SINNBAD LOGGED OUT!]