In the cramped earthen chamber, there was barely enough space to turn around, let alone fight. Packed soil pressed in from all sides, the low ceiling rough and uneven, the air thick with dust and the metallic tang of blood.
Inside his VR Capsule, the Mad Engineer had somehow propped himself up just enough to peer through the narrow reinforced viewport. His eyes were wide, darting back and forth as the battle unfolded, caught between shock, disbelief, and an unmistakable glimmer of fascination. Strangely, fear was absent. Not for the man who had fallen from the sky, at least. That much was obvious. The newcomer was not struggling. He was dismantling his opponent piece by piece.
