The violent descent ended with a bone-shattering impact against the cold, muddy floor of a hidden five-meter-deep pit. The synthetic laboratory current rippled through the silver wire mesh wrapped tightly around Zeven, its intense electrical crackle creating a high-pitched hum that echoed off the damp earth walls. Wisps of acrid smoke rose from the charred fibres of his heavy black cloak as the high-voltage blue electricity aggressively targeted his nervous system. Within his scarred core, the primitive spirit energy flickered weakly, suppressed by the specialized metallic compound engineered specifically to neutralize his hybrid biology. Zeven gritted his teeth, his jaw locking against the excruciating waves of pain that convulsed through his muscles, leaving his limbs trembling and compl
