Alex was creating mayhem right before the entrance, constantly staying on the move using ground and air alike but not leaving the Skaven a clear path of entry, and while his efforts only slowed them by a little, it was still of great help to the defenders.
It took mere seconds for the Skaven to begin entering a state of rage as the mana of their fallen brethren permeated through the area.
Whereas before, the weak ones were avoiding him like a plague, under the influence of rage, began to throw themselves at him, no longer caring for their own life in the slightest.
Alex was faring well even when he dealt with hundreds if not thousands of Skaven, as anyone who got near him and did not get sliced by his blade or had their bodies twisted by his chaos wings received a serving of chaos, turning into a ticking bomb.
The darkness element was capable of erasing things on a molecular level, and in a direct duel, there was nothing better, but on a battlefield where every side had an enemy, there was nothing better than chaos.
The chaos element could change the nature of things and even mess with the time element, and while far from yet reaching that level of mastery, Alex had a good few skills in his arsenal, one of them being the transmutation skill.
While its unlimited uses were only held down by his own imagination and undressing of the chaos element, Alex's current use was transmuting living individuals, ranging from twisting their limbs to turning their bodies into ticking time bombs ready to explode.
Alex would begin with blood transmutation, turning their blood into a highly acidic substance, and this acid wouldn't just burn, but it would react violently with oxygen, becoming increasingly unstable as it circulates through the body.
Alex could go a step further and destabilize his target's organs, making them produce volatile gases and also twist and turn their mana veils, turning them into walking corpses.
The targets would either die from their heart-stopping only to have their bodies explode into smithereens or endure the few seconds of extreme pain that grew worse by the moment and then explode.
The skill had its limitations, as it required physical contact with a target for at least a few seconds, on top of the target requiring him to be much weaker than him for the process to take full effect.
But even if the target could resist the changes, if not on a similar level to him, it would still end up messing the target's body to a state beyond recovery.
It was a skill with truly gruesome effects and not something that Alex wished to use against any foe, but in his current situation, it was the ideal skill to do immense damage with minimal effort.
Veritas had also become a center of attention as he controlled hundreds of zombies, dead and alive Skaven, who had lost control of their bodies and were doing the bidding of their new master.
At this point, the Broodmasters of the Skaven army, high-ranking individuals all wielding strength in the Elemental Ruler Rank, were also on the move, and one such creature was quick to come for Alex.
Alex sensed the behemoth with monstres' presence moving beneath the solid ground, coming toward him like a bullet, so he moved away in the nick of time, avoiding the jaws of the giant.
Alex was about to swing his blade, ready to welcome the beast with an attack of his own, but just as he swung his sword, he felt a chill close to his spine.
Alex's void sense picked up on nothing, but his body told a different story as his mind, under the influence of thought acceleration, registered the damage and its cause at lightning-quick speed.
The sensation of a blade effortlessly cutting through his armor, slicing open his skin, followed by the searing burn of poison as it dug into his muscles, was all too real for him.
Alex did not have the time to move away, so the moment he felt the chill, he collapsed his chaos wings, pushing himself forward from the sheer mass of energy, all while turning around and swinging his blade at whoever had sneaked up behind him.
"Nice instincts, boy, but you were a step too late," A cold, emotionless voice echoed, devoid of any warmth.
Alex turned his gaze to the attacker, a small creature, barely three feet tall, concealed beneath a dark cloak. Its rat-like face was covered in pitch-black fur, leaving only its stark yellow eyes visible, glowing with a predatory intensity.
The creature's physique was lanky and thin, resembling that of a typical Gnawling, the lowest of the Skaven race, but the monstres aura that he radiated made it unmistakably clear that he was an Elemental Ruler.
'He is trying to lure out Brigade Captain Marcus, or he is just shitty at doing his job, and I doubt that,' Alex thought, not losing his cool even when he was up against an Elemental Ruler with poison rampaging through his body.
Alex was in immense pain as his muscles were turning into liquid and smoke, and while it seemed like he got lucky, he knew that if that rat wanted, he would be dead before he could even detect his presence.
Alex stared the creature down as he took out a dark vial and swiftly drank its contents before he used the mask to reverse his age, turning back the damage and recovering to a fully healed state.
"JE, JE, JE, JEEEEEE," The creature cackled, its laugh a shrill, unsettling sound that echoed through the surroundings as he eyed Alex recover from his poison.
The Skaven bridged the distance in a single moment, swinging his dagger in a diagonal slash, and Alex retaliated by swinging his blade, aiming to slice the little freak in half, not even attempting to avoid the blade aimed to slice through his torso.