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!

past that they could experience now. Watching as a five meter tall

massive shadow seemed to swallow

halberd in his hands while Milan and Raj looked toward their shields.

that at least a dozen of the almost hundred troops they had led the vanguard with hadn't retreated and were now shooting toward

so many years. One of them was even a rookie of barely 15 years old. However, he didn't even have the time to do this

the front, the ice guards

find it snapped in two before he could even complete his

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

line of defense, they were sent

BANG!

even spare a glance toward

bones in their body had been broken. They struggled to stand, looking toward the ice guards and white wolf with a hint of fear

this was all 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

everything from

"Close the gates!"

ears, but it was clear by now that Miles had shown enough mercy. Even

long as the optics were

had already crossed through the Gates. The only ones lagging behind were the running soldiers who had had to

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

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

BANG!

it back. As for those who were

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

white wolf watched without even attempting to stop them. It raised its