Link was now in a huge chamber with columns either side of him continuing down the length of the room, at the far end of the room was a large stone throne with a large suit of armour sitting in it with a huge double headed axe placed across its legs. Behind the throne was another door, this one was also black in colour, but this door had the mark of the Triforce emblazoned on it in gold.
He headed straight for the door and just as he was about to push it, a blast of electricity struck Link and sent him flying back in to the stone throne causing the 'armour' to awaken. Link hurriedly picked himself up off the floor and out of the way of the huge axe that came crashing through the throne.
He then ran into position behind the Iron Knuckle as it withdrew its axe from the rubble which was the throne. Link realised that if he got hit by that he would not get off as lightly as he did the last time against a slow, but hard hitting, enemy. He remembered the pain he felt from that blow. The pain in his side had dulled now, but he was determined not to make the same mistake twice.
Link studied his opponent and noticed that there were four catches holding its heavy armour together. Link didn't want to get close like last time so he used his bow to try and destroy the catches, but to no avail. The creature kept slowly advancing, with heavy steps, undeterred by the arrows being shot at it. Link knew that he would have to use his sword so he unsheathed it and ran at the creature.
The Iron Knuckle swung its huge axe horizontally at Link and he rolled under the blade and broke the first of the catches. Link quickly backed away to trying to get out of the reach of the creatures axe, but Link found the he had to move to the side as the axe came crashing down and embedded itself in the ground. Link took the opportunity to run up the handle of the axe and smashed another catch off the creatures shoulder and took off a third from its side during his descent.
Link quickly put distance between himself and Iron Knuckle as it took its axe out of the ground. Link knew that only one catch remained and tried to lure it into doing another vertical attack, but it wasn't going to be tricked and kept on advancing until Link was nearing the back of the room. Link realised that he was running out of room, so he decided to let it do the attack it wanted.
Link stood still and allowed the creature to take another horizontal slash. Link ducked under the axe with his hat narrowly avoiding damage and then performed a daring move of back flipping over the axe on its way back to cut Link down and as he landed he jumped towards the axe handle, he hit the handle feet first and pushed off before the creature had a chance to react and destroyed the final catch.
The armour fell off the creature and disintegrated as it hit the ground leaving Link with a more vulnerable foe, as now it only had weak chain mail as a defence against the Master Sword. But it made up for its lack of defence with offence, as Link would find out.
Link ran around the chamber hoping that it would make itself vulnerable to an attack by making a mistake, such as getting the axe stuck in the floor again, but the Iron Knuckle was having none of it.
Link leapt back out the way of the attack and ran behind a pillar to try and gather his thoughts he didn't get the chance, as the axe came smashing through the pillar. Link used his shield to protect himself against the debris and had to dive out of the way as the axe crashed down to the floor where he had once been.
'So destroying its armour has made it angry. Great!' Link thought as he picked himself up from the floor '…Maybe I can use its anger against it.'
As the Iron Knuckle ran at Link he decided to put his plan into action, he used his slightly greater speed to position himself in the corner of the room and waited for the creature to make its move. Whilst praying to the Goddesses that his plan would work. The creature soon caught up to him and grunted with exertion as it swung the axe, harder and faster than before, to put an end to the hero. The axe sliced through the air, and sparks flew from its blade as it screeched along the wall, leaving a gouge as it went, and slammed with extreme force into the adjacent wall.
Link had seen the axe coming towards him, as if in slow motion, and ducked and rolled under and away from the danger. The chamber itself felt like it moved with the force of the attack. Link turned to see the creature trying to retrieve its axe from the wall, but Link refused to let it get it back.
'Not this time!' Link yelled at he performed a jump attack and cut the once mighty axe into a short and useless stave. With no defence, and its weapon now destroyed it had no chance against Link. Link ended the battle with the technique passed down through generations the whirling blade attack; Link spun around with sword out stretched and at a slight angle and sliced the head from the living armour which then fell harmlessly to the floor before disappearing in the usual blue flames.
Link looked at the damage that the creature had caused in the chamber.
'Only one did this…' Links blood ran cold at the thought of an army of them advancing across Hyrule. Link also felt a pang of pain in his arm and when he looked he saw that one of the sleeves on his tunic was ripped and that there was a long, but not deep, wound on his upper arm.
'Probably from that first attack…' Link thought looking at the pile of rubble which was the throne and thinking how he was fortunate to escape with a minor injury.
'Impressive,' the voice of Ganondorf boomed 'you have defeated one of my strongest creations.'
Link looked around the room for the source of the voice, but saw no sign of Ganondorf.
'As promised through that door' Links attention went to the door he had first tried to go through 'lies the place were we will do battle.'
'If you thought the battle you just had was tough, then you will stand no chance against me.' Gannodorf said defiantly and ended with his evil laughter echoing through the room.
'This is it. Be ready for anything.' Link told himself as he went through the Triforce marked door.