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!

Watching as a five meter tall and almost ten meter long wolf cross hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye… was

massive shadow seemed to swallow the

Raj looked toward their shields. Then, they looked toward one another, bitter smiles on their

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

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

front, the ice guards had reached

find it snapped in two before he could

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

they tried to form a line of defense,

BANG!

the ground, causing it to quake. It didn't even spare a glance toward Milan and the others as it looked toward

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

couldn't it have claimed the Fort

from

"Close the gates!"

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

long as the

the Gates. The only ones lagging behind were the

close, those too far away felt a bout of despair while those who felt they still had a chance

too easy for even the most coordinated of men to slip and fall. And, where there was snow

BANG!

only half the hundred troops that had come managed to make it back. As for those who

if one stood on the opposite side, it would have been impossible to

them. It raised its head haughtily, emitting the air