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Knight in shiny armor vs the laser

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Situation:

  • A knight wants to kill me.
  • I have a night to prepare.
  • It will be a duel.

Me:

  • I'm a time traveler (and I ended up in the worst possible timelines of the multiverse)
  • I have a laser with a 14 kW power output concentrated into a 1 cm diameter circle.
  • I also have its power source in the form of the fruit of life a 5 nm traversable wormhole that is used to transfer light from a Dyson sphere orbiting stars to me. This light is harnessed inside the core (NGE is where I get(read: steal) my ideas from), hence one of its Japanese names is Koukyuu, wich means "a sphere of light or radiance"
  • I only have my ordinary clothing as "armor"
  • I have some training in using laser rifles, but nothing in CQC.

The Knight:

  • Knows what he/she? is fighting against (lasers, that can be reflected)
  • Has a nice little reflective plate armor, shield, and sword
  • His/her? helmet is protected against lasers, completely (a wizard did it)

Considering the fact, that I don't want to die at the hands of a primitive barbarian (LOL) who can't even use forks while eating, I've decided to make a substance that is a:

  • Good heat conductor
  • Has a high melting point
  • Can stick onto steel armor

...You can figure out, what I'm going to use it for.


Question:

A: How long it takes until the knight fries collapses from heat exhaustion, thanks to keeping him/her under continuous laser fire?
B: Is there a real-life substance, that meets the criteria of my secret weapon?

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