He didn't so much as blink as King made his intentions known. She is prepared to become a martyr for the Skrull Empire. Do not expect her to grovel, Nathaniel. What can you do that Galactus can not?
Dodging Karla's attack took more than he'd anticipated but he knew her intangibility trick as he knew the abilities of most of the Thunderbolts. The flesh shaper and cyborg were unexpected variables but they were still just human cattle for lack of a better term. If we cannot take this world than it is my sincere hope that it suffers the same fate as Skrullos. I'd rather see it consumed by Galactus than victorious over us! Fight harder my warriors! He loves us!
He started flooding the room with flames melting all but the hardest metal and in the chaos Kythrik the Butcher, murderer of countless Kree and thousands of these primitive apes, escaped using invisibility and flight leaving the work to his frenzied zealots.
He burned the words 'This is not over' into the far wall as his remaining soldiers began making suicide rushes with the intent of glorious deaths.