"The Paling will drop in a few minutes. Without a generator, it will just vanish," Sherral says, nodding at the shield as he drops to a crouch as well.

"As for that," he says, adjusting his grip on his sword and looking up as the monster swoops by. "My helmet display isn't homing in on any weak spots in that armour - so target the head. We break through the armour with brute force and take it out that way."