A machine's guide to Divinity

ANGUISH /// SECOND: Abyssal Thoughts

Hissing, the drone backed away as its comrade fired an electric beam at V1.

+CHARGEBACK

The beam ricocheted off a coin and destroyed its railcannon. Yellow arm out, V1 jumped and slammed down, crushing the wings of the drone next to V's executioner. The drones surrounded him, threatening him with their blades. Yellow arm equipped, V1 slid out of the fray while slicing off a leg of an unfortunate drone. Before they could retaliate, V1 peppered them with explosive shotgun pellets, continuing to parry his bullets into the drones.

Growling, the leader revealed its wings once more, the hands at the wingtips each holding a sword.

Four blades against one, the drone pressured V1 as it had done with V, but V1 was far harder to reach.

Sliding and dashing, V1 evaded every single blow until he found an opening in the attacks. The drone had overcommitted, its arms slightly extended, and the slash slower than the rest.

+PARRY

As the leader stumbled back, a beam of blue light shot past V1, grazing his wings.

"You're getting annoying. Stop that." V1 said, slamming into the drone and crushing its cannon with his hands. Then he sliced its arm off with his yellow arm while sweeping the drone's feet away.

Falling in a not-so-angelic manner, the drone hissed and leaped at him, its form resembling a predatory beast rather than a drone-human cyborg.

Dashing to the side, V1 kicked its underside while feeding it superconcentrated heat from his shotgun.

Heavily wounded, the drone fell back and hid.

V1 wondered if he should chase it down, but decided against it. He will draw as much blood as he can before finishing them off.

"You're not one of the disassembly drones. Why are you attacking us?" The leader asked, defending itself against V1's overheated nail barrage.

"Connect the dots, idiot," V1 replied, crushing the drone's left arm with his jackhammer. Oil dripped from the broken arm while V1 whiplashed into the drone, dropkicking it.

Groaning, The drone covered its face and then shrieked, revealing a cluster of glowing, white eyes between its jaws, staring at V1, bloodshot.

Lunging at him like a feral beast, it clawed and bit away, its teeth always missing its target by an inch. Infuriated, the drone grabbed V1 by the shoulder and raked its claws down V1's chest as V1 fired a double-pumped shotgun at its chest to heal off.

A deep scratch could be seen on V1's chest before they closed up again, the oil intake repairing his circuitry.

'He actually hit me. Even though it was weak, he managed to land a valid attack.' V1 thought, watching closely to anticipate the drone's movements. This was not a common disassembly drone, rather, something supreme.

A primordial thrill started to resonate within V1, and the expectancy of a promising battle drove him into a rage-filled ecstasy.

Roaring at V1, the drone kicked at his head as V1 dashed towards him. Hooking its legs around V1's neck, it attempted to bring him down.

V1 escaped and threw two coins, one behind and one in front of the target. Tensing, the drone rolled to the right, avoiding a potentially fatal Railcoin shot. Still, its wings were damaged badly, to the point it could no longer use its extra limbs.

"Is it true, that you're against the Solver?" The drone asked, tanking a punch while it grazed V1's arm with its claw. The leader tried to grab him while the other tried to rip his innards out, but V1 wounded the attacker with the screwdriver railcannon, the drill shredding wires and flesh within.