Did he honestly expect that they would want to run away? A small part of him hoped for it. But it seems it was not to be. Lady Charlotte had wanted to merely scout whatever it is but Lady Duchamps wanted to encounter this monster. Well, no use arguing with the both of them. Once Lady Charlotte would follow the black haired woman, he would speed up as well.

He was dreading to find out what made that sound. 

Though it would seem that whatever had made that sound had been barreling towards a direction - towards them. Trees were getting thrown to the side as the monster came closer to them and Alex followed what Lady Duchamps had did and stopped his horse from continuing further. As it was getting closer, Alex pulled out his Talentium knife and then mentally prepared himself for whatever horrific beast appeared from beyond the trees.

And what a horrific beast it was. A rift beast was the one that had appeared and was heading towards them with every intent to crush all in its path. Alex was definitely not planning to get crushed anytime soon. Lady Duchamps had screamed something - a name - and a magic circle appeared from the sky and summoned a huge robot that aimed a kick at the rift beast. It clicked in his mind. This was a God of War in all its magnificence. So she was the who had been Chosen. Amazing. Truly astounding to see.

But there was no time for him to keep on gawking at the colossal robot that was descending upon the rift beast. He had one other problem. His head snapped towards his master. Having been with her for so long, Alex had figured out what the vampire feared the most - humongous objects. The rift beast and the God of War definitely fell into that category. Driven by the instinct to protect his master, he immediately headed towards her and then led her away, but still within sight of Lady Duchamps. He was unsure of what reaction Lady Charlotte would give and, should she bolt away, he would have to leave Lady Duchamps by herself... and that wasn't exactly something he could walk away from with a clear conscience.

Though he thought he should at least help her with the rampaging beast. He could hear the familiar cracking of the air due to the lightning appearing around her. The Talentium in her necklace reacted with his use of magic, amplifying the lightning he was making. He channeled the lightning and then sent a fair amount of destructive plasma towards the rift beast, aiming to shock it into momentary paralysis. This is done after the God of War's attack so that it wouldn't conduct any of the lightning as well.