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!

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

shadow seemed

his hands while Milan and Raj looked toward their

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

he had shared a field with for so many years. One of them was even

the front, the ice guards had

to find it snapped in

and Raj stood as shields before him, their feet digging into the slippery ground as they tried to

they tried to form a line of defense, they were sent flying back and crashing

BANG!

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

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

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 capable of

watched everything from above, his jaw

"Close the gates!"

the ears, but it was clear by now that Miles had shown enough mercy. Even if his enemies wanted to use this to point out

the optics were

trucks had already crossed through the Gates. The only ones lagging behind were the

while those who felt they still had a chance pushed their bodies to the limits, driving themselves forward as fast they

men to slip and fall. And, where there was snow weighed

BANG!

managed to make it back. As

and too solid. Even if one stood on the opposite side, it would have been

without even attempting to stop them. It raised its head