Decay Through the Snow Part 3: Killing Field

(General POV)

Location the Warhammer Old World-Kislev, the Land of Oakstuun, Outside of the Festering Dark Woods-Battlefield: Kislve vs Maggotkin & the Dark Legion

Ixion Daemonhart the Chosen of the Gods, has arrived as he resembles a tzeentchian Chaos Lord wielding a daemonic kriss like greatsword in one hand, and a great blue and gold eldritch harbert in the other hand, leading the full might of the Dark Legion to attack the united forces of Ivan Radinov, and the Hag Witch of the Shadow Lore.

Despite him being a new evil, his infamy and his worship to the New Chaos God, made their name renowned.

The sight of Ixion/Tzeentch spread fear and woe onto the mortals, the Dark One watching within Ixion was enjoying the terror emanating from these kislevite warriors.

Just then the sounds of shrieking and a huge dark cloud, started to emerge from the nearby forests, these shrieks caught everyones' attention.

In closer inspections they saw these are bats...the Bats that used to serve the hags, they sensed the coming of their God, and they were swarming toward Laharl within the avatar, seems that his [Divine Rule of Bats] ability, and his [Bat] divinity couldn't be cloaked from the creatures he has divine dominion over.

As hundreds...if not thousands of kislevite native bats, were swarming over to him and his brothers, like a swarm of terror the bats were flying around them above the entire, Dark Legion, the greatest concentration of these bats were over Tzeentch/Ixion.

Nurgle and Khorne complimented their older brother on his new malignant dominion over those creatures, Laharl chuckled and said to his brothers, "Well, these mortals view you two as the Hound God of War, and the Crow God of Carrion, respectfully. Why don't you two tried asserting your divine dominion over those said creatures?" both the Blood and the Plague Gods had a contemplating look on them, from what they just heard.

This of course got the Sorceror God curious, but his focus should be on upcoming battle, as he could sense the in-comfortable nature around the Maggotkin, and the Priestess, Yuma Trollvile was caution with a frown on her face, and tightening her grip on her blades.

But just as she was about to order her followers to attack the tzeentchian warrior leading a huge chaotic army, a voice spoke to her, a familiar and caring voice.

It was the Grandfather's voice, "Don't threat...my sweet...girl. Such a...poor...soul...worry not...Ixion...Daemonhart, has...come to...aid...you. Thou the...Architech's...champion...is...fighting...the Daemonharts...are...all...our...champions. The...Infection Prince...pleaded...for...your...rescue...and we've...sent...Ixion. Rise...Yuma Trollvile...and...fight...for me." having listened to the Grandfather's command, Yuma ordered her Maggotkin to stand with the Dark Legion against the Prince and the Hag Witch.

And as the Priestess commanded, the Maggotkin started to fallback and join with the Dark Legion.

This drastically increased the power of the Dark Legion, as they followed Chosen of the Gods, Ixion/Tzeentch commanded Yuri to lead the Darkoath and the Darkwings to charge, and Throgg with Tai Tai will lead the trolls, beastmen, and monsters to strike at the sides and cut-off all escape.

While Skarlet, Dullahan and Harald Hammerstorm will strike directly along side him, will the full might of the Dark Legion, completely overwhelming the Hag Witch and Ivan's combined forces.

To begin the slaughter, Tzeentch channeled his arcane might through Ixion's form and onto the Balewing, choosing the Lore of Fire to rid as many beasts as the Changer can in one stroke.

Tzeentch started channeling fire magic, causing steam to rise from the magical heat emanating off the avatar's form, melting all the snow at Ixion's feet.

As not only were geysers of magical fire burst fort out the ground, Tzeentch decided to use more than fire magic, Laharl immediately noticed this seems that the Sorceror God wants to cause as much damage, and devastation to Kislve forces by unleashing a brand new combine magic spell, once Tzeentch/Ixion started to channel the eldritch arcane power of Change, right on schedule the presence and scribing noice from the quill of the Blue Scribes was sounding on the wind.

Seems that of all them it was Tzeentch who enjoyed creating combo-spell the most from what is shown.

Around the area even to the sky started turning a tzeentchian blue, as rifts on the sky split open as a several light blue, glowing eyes started to also emerge from the chaotic, eldritch magic that Tzeentch was casting through Ixion.

The once crimson and orange flames of the lore of fire, were quickly gaining traces of blue and pink to their hues, as the Arcane Master of Magic was bending the winds of magic and combing the Lores of Fire & Tzeentch into one devastating spell, the Hag Witch of the Shadow Lore, ordered her troops to pull back to the safety of the woods, fearing what magical catastrophe was being channeled.

Ivan saw the Hag Witch starting to fled, his young heart wanted to stand and fight, but his leader mind thought more about his men.

So following the hag's actions, he commanded a full retreat and to follow the Hag's forces!!

But it was too late, as Tzeentch/Ixion rised his harbert bursting with the two magical forces on the top of polearm, and push the Balewing forward causing a burst of eldritch power, rifting into reality.

Causing a giant fire-sphere of pink and blue flames in the shape of a eye, with a crimson iris, all weaker being started to burn from their souls and spirit, Tzeentch truly designed a twisted way to cause massive amounts of death, even impressing the Khorne the hater of magic, this is called the [Occularous Infernum] the combo magic spell of Tzeentch & Fire.

While Ivan's men and the Hag's beasts were burned inside out by the blue azure, buring eye of the accursed Changer of Ways.

The Changer was truly loving the havoc and anarchy, as the united Kislve forces were experiencing major losses the Warp Gods commanders did just as Tzeentch commanded, with Yuri Godslayer leading a attack force to west side of the enemy, while Throgg and Tai Tai Shien stroke from east.

As Tzeentch/Ixion was finishing using his dark spell that not only burned the inner being of his victims, but has a secondary welcomed effect the dead humans and beasts started to rise again merging into one horrific mass of horrific mutated flesh, becoming "Anarchy Titan" it screamed from all it disfigured mouths and faces, as a sickled tip limb swung and impaled a feral bear.

Once again the Warp Gods were impressed by Tzeentch twisted magical ingenuity...but he confessed that the overwhelming power of mutation and magic would only sustain the Anarchy Titan, until it literally burned to ash...so apart from a basic insta-kill it a temporary giant summoning spell...Laharl shuke his head, thinking, "Only the God of Sorcery, would come up with such a spell."

As the spell was receding and Ivan's forces were being mowed down by Yuri cleaving through the kislevite and stomping on the head of a barely alive man, kinda ironic it was similar to his Total War Cinematic Trailer, Throgg the Troll King swung his giant maul, crushing dozen of akshina, and when a snow leopard tried to attack the giant chaos corrupted troll, only for Throgg saw the beast coming and swung his fist over the leopard spine.

Breaking the creature, shattering the bones, bursting out the leopard and bursting out innards and blood, grabbing the broken corpse and tossing aside causing it the broken body, smashing over bodies of some the other akshina.

Meanwhile Tai Tai along with her Clutter and the rest of the warherd were fighting against the rest of the kislevite, Tai Tai using her feral agility and cat like reflexes to slash in three a thing in the wood, and a wild tzar guard yelled at her, as he swung his axe at her, but Tai Tai just smirk and bend to a impossible position.

As the axe pass right above the young catsaber chieftain, as she thrust her massive right claws through the throat, chest and pecks of the human, soaking her claws and long sleeve in blood, retracting her claws she then grabbing the blood choaking, dying man tossing over herself and smashing onto another human.

The beastmen roar and fought with feral fury and brutality, gors were in brutal melee with the mounted warriors of the kislevite prince, but being so crammed together worked against them, especially amongst feral beasts that made the horses of the riders very nervous, as the Beastlord leaped at one of the golden armored man-rider, (Gryphon Legion) driving his macabre axe across the chest and neck of the man, knocking them both down onto the ground, as the horse fled.

The large wound, causing blood to gush and spray out like a fountain, turning the brown furred gor, red tinted as he pulled the axe out and swing down to the body again, and again, over and over until both armor and body were completely maimed and unrecognizable.

Lifting his bloody weapon onto to the air, the Beastlord let out a fearsome victory roar, that riled up the other beastmen, and increased their frenzy against the humans, as he returned to slaughter he saw the catgor chieftain (what beastmen call catsabers) cut down more men, and leap onto a ice bear, driving her claws throught the back of the beast's neck and out it throat.

Staining/soaking the white fur crimson, before retracting her claws, and with a joyful laugh leap onto another man, he snorted in frustration, not understanding what a weak female was earning favor and protection from one of the Gods, snarling and growling in anger the Beastlord turned to nearest human and rush him!!

At the opposite side Harald Hammerstorm was smashing every single warrior and creature brave enough to challenge him.

Smashing a tzar guard with a straight strike to the chest crushing armor and bone alike, then one of the bone-headed hounds ran at him, aggressively growling as it attacked only to be smashed against Harald's great shield, with a simple push the Thing in the Woods was knocked to the ground, and Harald finished it with a hammerstrike to the head, crushing it skulled-head entirely blood, gore and bone scattered everywhere.

Skarlet again with her kombat capabilities and blood magik.

She high kick a man away, while stabbing another in the neck, as flung herself over his shoulders and using the momentum of her move to completely slit the throat of the kislevite warrior, and the force pulled back his head to nearly decapitate him...but still it was a gruesome fatality.

Still midair she dropped kicked a akshina with a pair of axes onto the ground, the kickoff allowing her to flip in the air and land skillfully on her feet, as more kislevites came to face her in kombat.

Slashing one across the face and following it up with a straight left kick to the chest, she blocked the next akshina attack with ease, delivering a deep rising cross-slash on the man's chest, she quickly turned her dagger into a blood-scythe and swung it horizontally cutting his upper half in two.

Spinning her scythe, and twirling her body she stabbed the blood-scythe into the side of the head of another kislevite, reverting her weapon back to a dagger, letting the corpse fall to the ground.

Skarlet turned to the first one she cut and shoot a blood needle straight at him, impaling him through the eye and with that she claim another for the Blood God.

Khorne was most please with the brutal display, as his older brother simply said, "Brutality" which the Blood God fully agreed...which made Laharl chuckled, cause his brother was oblivious on what he truly meant when he said that.

In another part of the carnage, Dullahan and Amonn were cutting down everyone that they saw with the Darkwings nearby the bats and Nightbourne causing serious damage to the quickly dwindling numbers of the Kislevites.

Performing a five wide combo of slashes from his wailing soul-blade cutting a couple of people and creatures with each slash, then ending the combo with a powerful shield rush that knocked everything away including a couple of bears from the blow, a Kossovite struck at Dullahan's "neck" which flew off from the swing of his weapon.

Believing he has killed one of the stronger warriors of the Dark Legion, he was about to cheer when he heard a deep, distorted, dark voice say, "Attacking the head of headless knight? How stupid." the kossovite looked to the sky, and saw the daemonic helm flying with a extreme long tail dangling from it...before he could react a larger shadow, utterly dwarfed over him, as standing behind him was the headless Dullahan, rising his soul-blade over his "head" and in a fast and powerful blow, vertically cut the man in half from head to groin.

The two half splatting on the snow, splashing blood on Dullahan's grayish armor and Ammon wickedly laughed, as he landed back on Dullahan, becoming his head again and wrapping his tail around his waist securing himself.

Shocked that Dullahan is actually the infamous, undead headless Chaos Knight that was heard fighting in the North, his dark legend rivaling also the Mortarch Krell, Dullahan looked through Ammon eyes and saw their fear, as straighten himself and flick the blood from his sword and went to slaughter more, for the Dark One.

All the slaughter was making Ivan angry, as he turned to the giant horrific mutant monster, groaning and crying in rage and agony from existing.

Ivan ordered all archers including the akshina, to fire at the giant creature that was leading the rest of the Dark Legion to attack them, at first the Hag's troops were reluctant to obey the prince, until the Hag Witch yelled at them, "Do as he says!!" they took aim, and let out a flurry of arrows.

All easily hitting such a massive target, but causing little damage...but twisted reaction as the beasts and humans that compose this thing, wailed and cried in pain from the arrow attacks...but the creature itself didn't stop moving towards them.

Ivan saw that their attacks were having no effects, but he quickly thought of a plan, turning to the Hag Witch of the Shadow Lore, he requested she'd used her magic to attack the monster, and allow him to strike a fatal blow to the behemoth.

After a bit of nagging she'd agreed to do as the young prince requested, but she did say she'll need time to prepare, started walking away to a safer position to cast her spell, Ivan commanded the archers to continue their fire on the monster, and for the Gryphon Legion around him to protect the Hag Witch at all cost...less they'd be crushed by their enemies.

Tzeentch/Ixion's spell has finally ceased, and he can already feel the Anarchy Titan, was quickly distablelizing and getting closer to truly dying without his magic to sustain it, the Sorceror God, mentally complained that he'd wished the humongous Chaos Spawn, would last longer but with clear disinterest in his tone he said, "Ohh well. Something to analyze and change in the future. For now I count this spell, the Occularous Infernum, a success." as the Chosen of the Gods, started to walk forwards with the latest addition of their forces, Yuma Trollvile next to him, leading her followers which includes the now able Great Unclean One, stomping happily beside them, as they sought end this battle.

This made Tzeentch and his brothers more excited, for Tzeentch was about to charge the at their enemies, when he noticed something changing in the air...more souls were coming to the area, stopping his march he pointed forward Ixion's Hellbane, and order the entire Dark Legion and the Maggotkin to attack.

Rushing passed him, Khorne yelled at Tzeentch, "WHY YOU STOP!!? GO!!! JOIN THE SLAUGHTER, THE BLOODSHED BROTHER!!!" Tzeentch calmly responded, "A wise ruler, always sends the pawns first, before he makes his move brother. I thought that as the God of War, you'd understand the basics of strategy brother?" with obvious mocking and trolling sounding in his voice.

This passed the Blood God in greater levels, as both Laharl and Nurgle, were holding back Khorne's wrath as cursed a storm at the Scheming God.

That's when they saw the Hag once again channeling magic from the Lore of Shadows, as again the mists of Ulgu was once again brought fort as the [Penumbral Pendulum] was cast again.

The spectral pendulum summoned by the Hag again, as she'd had an idea on what the prince wanted her to do, with a swing of her staff she commanded the pendulum to swing at the behemoth, the spectral gray razor-sharp pendulum with lethal speed, slicing through the "legs" of the giant, horrific spawn.

Bringing the monster down, Ivan made his move before the monster could retaliate.

Pulling Silverhoof's reigns and riding fast over at the monster, leaped off his horse and onto its back, climbing up the behemoth to a vulnerable spot, high on the spine area, Ivan thrusted his enchanted and greater empowered Sword of Heroes, onto the monster's back, as deep as his strength could muster.

With Ursun's blessing, he did as he intended, stabbing the Anarchy Titan, so deeply and strongly, along with power of the Bear God surging through him and his blade it proved to be a deadly and devastating attack, killing the creature as it let out one last death knell.

The Warp Gods were slightly impressed by the mortal prince's accomplishment, but then what Tzeentch sensed before, more soul fast approaching the area caught their attention.

As coming out from the far forest were two more forces from the Daughters of the Hag, the faction belonging to Mother Ostankya, leading more akshina warriors.

This unexpected but welcomed surprise brought some excited to the Warp Gods, for more souls for them to kill and devour...and in that moment the Blood God's made a comment, "Maybe will finally see some semblance of the God, that fought us alone again...our are you cowarding away again?" Tzeentch smirk and laughed his usual irateting laughter, as his brother earn some respect from that comeback.

Just as Tzeentch/Ixion was about to finally join the fighting, he noticed someone approaching.

Seems the Prince seeks to fight, their avatar...or this case Tzeentch, as rode straight towards them.