>>5400926He was on the verge of losing himself in his banquet, letting the apostles' life source be absorbed into his and increased tenfold.
The maws of the ant might be intimidating to their own, yet when biting the hand of a giant such as humans, the pain is unremarkable, insignificant.
Barnham would not stop eating until every single blow against him was equivalent to that of the ant's mandibles.
"YOU INSOLENT FREAK! BEGONE!" The monstrous apostle decided to use all of his power to kill Barnham before diverting his attention back to Griffith, who was already on his way to save princess Charlotte.
"AAAAAAAAAARGH!" Throwing caution to the wind, Barnham caught the monster made of clouds not with his hands, but with his lungs.
Breathing in and expanding his ribcage to the point of it tearing apart, he sucked the air as he jolted his head high, slamming his hands onto the floor to destroy the tower and open a large crater into the building, letting him get a clear sight of the emperor to suck the cloudy apostle onto his body!
"WH-WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?! DO YOU INTEND ON DYING WITH ME?!"
"I WOULD RATHER BRING YOU DOWN THAN LET ONE WHO FIGHTS WITHOUT HONOR AND CHEATS THROUGH HIS IMPROVEMENT IN FIGHTING! FACE ME, COWARD!"
For a moment, Skull Knight wondered if it was worth letting them kill each other in the midst of all this. Ganishka would die as his sense of self was absorbed into the vacuum that was Barnham's stomach, and the increased potency of Ganishka's attacks would destroy him from the inside out. Two of the great rising apostles from this generation, gone without him even having to lift a finger.
Yet apostle or not, Barnham was a valiant fighter at heart, one who believed in Gaiseric and pushed forward the teachings of the late king. Despite feeling no empathy towards the monsters that brought ruin to his own life, he could not deny that this one oddly reminded him of who Zodd once was...
Additionally, having no opposes against The Falcon would quickly give Femto his dream of being a lord in all three worlds, and he would not stand for that. His enemies had to stay strong.
Opening a portal to an unknown location, Barnham was saved of an early death as he was nearly done sucking the entirety of Ganishka into himself, getting ready to explode at the fighting force inside of him.
Being elbowed in the chest, the force of the reflux was exactly what Ganishka needed to escape as his soul barely stopped itself from fading away with his misty form.
"H-H-ow can it be... A mere apostle from an unknown land... STRIPING ME OF ALL MY POWER?!" His human form attempted to get up from his throne, only for him to fall down as his legs refused to work.
Barnham had left a mark the emperor would not forget.
