'I am a hero, a warrior," he exclaimed. "A worthy opponent for any man."
Whereupon his wife's dulcet tones cut short his reverie. "Wilbur," she screeched, "get down here now and take out the trash." Wilbur took off his Metaverse headset.
My entry to the #ZapFicMonday contest organized by 
The prompt is opponent
The image is my own