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!

they could experience now. Watching as

seemed to

Milan and Raj looked toward their shields. Then, they

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

well, they were the same teammates he had shared a field with for so many years. One of them was even

the ice guards had

to find it snapped in two before he could even complete

digging into the slippery ground as they tried to give

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

BANG!

on the ground, causing it to quake. It didn't even spare a glance

They struggled to stand, looking toward

such strength, with such leaping ability, couldn't it

watched everything from above, his

"Close the gates!"

it was clear by now that Miles had shown enough mercy. Even if his enemies wanted to use this to point out his weaknesses, he had plenty of evidence on

long as the optics were in his favor, that

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

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

in terrible 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

BANG!

come managed to make it back. As for those who

like dull thuds. The Gates were too think and too solid. Even if one stood on the opposite side, it would have been impossible

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