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!

that they could experience now. Watching as a five meter tall and almost ten meter long wolf cross hundreds of meters in the blink of

massive shadow seemed to swallow the

at the halberd in his hands while Milan and Raj looked toward their shields. Then, they looked

at least a dozen of the almost hundred troops they had led the

for so

the ice guards

find it snapped in two

as shields before him, their feet digging into

as quickly as they tried to form a line of defense, they

BANG!

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

and Raj coughed violently, feeling as though all the bones in their body had been broken. They struggled to stand, looking toward the ice guards and white

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 now…? They simply didn't have anyone

everything from above,

"Close the gates!"

on 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

The only ones

felt a bout of despair while those who felt they still had a chance pushed

condition. Where there was no snow was too easy for even the most coordinated of men to slip and fall. And,

BANG!

Gates slammed shut. By now, only half the hundred troops that had come managed to make it back. As for those who were close, they banged on the steely gates with despair

if one stood on

watched without even attempting to stop them. It raised its head