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!

new world order, there were many sights the common people could have never dreamed of seeing in the past that they could experience now. Watching as a five meter tall and almost ten meter long wolf cross hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye… was definitely one of those

massive shadow seemed to swallow the

at the halberd in his hands while Milan and Raj looked toward their shields. Then,

that at least a dozen of the almost hundred troops they had led the vanguard with hadn't

reprimand them. He knew these 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

front, the ice guards had reached

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

into

form a line of defense, they

BANG!

instant, the Variant Invalid wolf landed on the ground, causing it to quake. It didn't even spare a glance toward Milan and the others as it looked

bones in their body had been broken. They struggled to stand, looking

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…?

watched everything from above, his

"Close the gates!"

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

about. As long as the optics were in his favor, that was all that

ones lagging behind were the

bout of despair while those who felt they still had a chance pushed their

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, easily

BANG!

By now, only half the hundred troops that had come managed to make it back.

thuds. The Gates were too think and too solid. Even if one stood on the opposite side,

stop them. It raised its head haughtily, emitting the air of a