>>5421439Drowning an old man, even if he is your enemy, does not sound like the most pleasurable of deaths. as the ocean returned to the regular flow of its tides, you let his body be hidden among the countless dead bodies inside its seabed.
"That old bastard sure was something else, huh?"
"A great challenge, indeed. I sure wouldn't be moving if I was in your place."
"Surprised ya even moved at all, given how you're still recovering. Did ya eat your wind spirits or what?"
Surprisingly, an early declaration of death would only surprise them after seeing a hand rising out of the water near them.
A flying monster resembling a scaly bat managed to snatch him away from certain death.
"What's a Garuda doing here?!" Schierke named the monster responsible for his saving.
"I'll go after him. Compared to Violet, he's going down in a few shots."
Hyde gets ready to aim at Daiba, though is stopped after seeing the great emperor himself aiming flight at the Kushan Caster.
"YOU HAVE BLUNDERED, DAIBA!"
The fog gets so thick that it obscures the harpy's view in the sky, the smoke from your eyes leaving you completely blind as you could only hear the voice of your enemies.
"WHAT A DISGRACEFUL DISPLAY, DAIBA! NOT ONLY DID YOU LOSE MOST OF THE MAKARAS, BUT EVEN THE KUNDALINI WAS SLAUGHTERED."
"Emperor Ganishka, please wait! We can still rejoin our remaining forces and take over the city if we-- AARHG!" The lightning blow onto the Garuda is nearly enough to kill Daiba, yet Ganishka holds himself due to lacking the potency in his bolts thanks to exerting most of his force against Barnham, who had yet to stand up after his encounter with the strongest Apostle the world was yet to face.
"Surely you jest. Move away, before I change my mind about you." The cloud monster berates him once more before having mercy on his subordinate.
"And now... what to do with the lot of you..." Ganishka observed your team as he started to commend your efforts.
"I must say, I am impressed. I never thought a few kshatriyas could strike down this many of my Pishaca Gana. Warfare really is not a thing to take lightly. Especially the two of you. The Viravadana Kshatriya, and the male Medini Prithvi. Both of you wear undeniable connections to the spirit world, much like me and the Sahana I have fought before."
"I'd appreciate a translation, cloud demon!" Hyde's complaints at polytheist terminology remain ignored.
"Ye are not mere warriors. Are you, by any chance, a follower of my arch-nemesis, the falcon?"
Ganishka already suspects that Ilos has something to be on allied terms with Griffith thanks to their combined attack at the capital, given how he first thing you see near you as the fog slightly dissipates are the three remaining Makara, your words should be carefully used should you not mean to anger him enough to be instantly killed by his bolts and Pishacas alike.
Though he does look pretty exhausted thanks to Barnham...
