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

massive shadow seemed to swallow the

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

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

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

the front, the ice guards

out with his halberd, only to find it snapped in two before he could even complete his

their feet digging into the slippery ground as they tried to give

a line of defense, they

BANG!

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

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

leaping ability, couldn't it have claimed the Fort for itself

from above, his

"Close the gates!"

by now that Miles had shown enough mercy. Even if his enemies wanted to

about. As long as the optics were in

crossed through the Gates. The only ones lagging behind were the running

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

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

BANG!

come managed to make it back. As

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

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