Dimensional Descent

BANG! BANG!

The grenade erupted, blasting bits and pieces of dirt, hot air and shrapnel in every direction.

A massive cloud of white shot up from the core of the explosion. But, before anyone could even sigh a breath of relief, an ice guard shot out from the dust cloud, gliding across ice of its own creation like a silent assassin.

'Shit.'

Joel brandished his halberd, the trigger of his rifle echoing a hollow click.

He tossed the useless gun to the side, gathering his courage as his hands gripped his weapon's polearm.

Milan pulled a heavy shield from his back, slamming it hard against the iced grounds and standing shoulder to shoulder to Raj.

Raj moved to bite off another grenade's pin, only to see the remaining 11 ice guards shoot out from the cloud of smoke. What was the point? The grenades were useless anyway…

"ROOOOOOARRR!!"

Another roar shook the battlefield.

The Variant Invalid stalked forward. By this point, the engineers had only just reached the gate once again. As for the troops who could only move on foot, they were still over 50 meters away. Unfortunately, in these conditions, many of them were having trouble finding stable ground to stand on.

The white wolf crouched, its powerful limbs shattering the ice beneath its feet.

BANG!

have never dreamed of seeing in the past that they could experience now. Watching as a

massive shadow seemed to swallow

in his hands while Milan and Raj looked toward their shields. Then, they looked toward one another, bitter smiles

their back, only to look and find that at least a dozen of

teammates he had shared a field with for so many years. One of them was even a rookie of barely 15 years old. However, he didn't even have the time to do this

the front, the ice

it snapped in two before he could even

before him, their feet digging into the slippery ground as they tried

a line

BANG!

the Variant Invalid wolf landed on the ground, causing it to quake. It didn't even spare a glance toward Milan and the others as it looked toward the wall, a toothy, sinister, snarling grin lining

broken. They struggled to stand,

all a play orchestrated by the white wolf. With such strength, with such leaping ability, couldn't it have claimed the Fort for itself long ago…? Why did it wait until

from above, his

"Close the gates!"

the ears, but it was clear by now that Miles had shown enough mercy. Even if his

he cared about. As long as the optics were in his favor, that was all that

The only ones lagging behind

bout of despair while those who felt they still had a chance pushed their bodies to the limits, driving themselves

there was no snow was too easy for even the most coordinated of men to

BANG!

make it back. As

Even if one

white wolf watched without even attempting to stop them. It raised its head haughtily, emitting the air of a