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!

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

seemed to swallow the

hands while Milan and Raj looked toward their shields. Then, they looked toward

that moment, they heard a rain of bullets coming from their back, only to look and find that at least a dozen of the almost hundred troops they had led the vanguard with hadn't retreated and were now shooting toward the massive wolf in the

men well, they were the same 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

the front, the ice guards

find it snapped

into the slippery ground as they tried to give Joel some

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

BANG!

it to quake. It didn't even spare a glance

broken. They struggled to stand,

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

everything from

"Close the gates!"

shown enough mercy. Even if his enemies wanted to use this to point out his weaknesses,

the optics

only ones

they watched the Gate slowly close, those too far away felt a bout of despair while those who felt they still had

condition. Where there was no snow was too easy for even the most coordinated of men to slip and fall. And, where there was snow weighed down the legs of those trying to escape,

BANG!

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

Gates were too think and too solid. Even if one stood on

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