>>5440470"My apologies. My hand must have slipped. It is weird that an inferior creature such as myself has managed to hit you, though. I thought an Immortal being would not be swayed by mere trick attacks."
"Breaking the rules of your own duel?" Zodd gets on all fours, bracing himself as he was hit before preparing against the bear apostle.
"This is not my ring, is it? We are merely fighting a selfish battle to fulfill our own egos. No virtuous motive, no grand cause, I just want you dead by my own hands."
"Then why did you let that runt back into your hideout?"
"...Good men aren't meant to die young. Something I had to keep in mind after they were all laid to waste when Ilos was but a small plot of land."
The battle had begun the moment Zodd agreed to fight, Barnham was merely waiting for the audience to be within sight.
"Just so you know, Vlad would have dodged that one." Barnham smirks, chastising Zodd before he finally attempted to hit him back.
"...You didn't have to help me." Nina sheepishly coughed as Jodi shared some of her food with her and Joachim.
"Please, girlie! It ain't like I'mma run outta eggs anytime soon! Even with all I shared with tha blondie fella, they'll give me more than enough to bring food to the table!" Cindy claps her hands, letting her makeshift hen house grow noisier as they push one egg half the size of the former sex worker.
"I don't know if we'll be carrying more than one of those back home."
"Dontcha worry! We can cook'em right 'ere! What do you wish for? Egg sandwiches? Omelettes? Maybe some fried muffins with Michelle's spinach sprouts..."
"Her menu isn't exactly diverse..." Nina whispered in dismay, before a rumbling broke several off the eggs laying inside.
"An earthquake?!" Joachim cowered as he felt the monstrous roar from the colossal fighting happening in the outskirts, imagining their trading blows as a mere fissure breaking beneath their feet.
"Lady Jodi!" A few of Ilos soldiers came to evacuate them into safer houses.
"Good lord!" Riddled with anxiety, several of the harpies flocked away from Ilos to fly over the gruesome duel of the titans.
Zodd wasted no time transforming into his minotaur form, tail swiping Barnham across his jaw as he blocked the gigantic limb with his elbow, pushing him back as the raising of dusty impaired his sight.
Catching his tail with his other arm, Barnham grew tired of receiving damage freely, the champion bit it with enough force to break his tailbone, yet pulled back to merely provoke him and spit a chunk of Zodd's tail back at him.
They both can regenerate from this, where is the challenge in holding back.
"Where is your gall, Zodd? Did it go away with your horn and your pride as a warrior? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT!" Flinging him over with a spin, Zodd flew into several trees and rock formations as his skin was perforated by debris.
