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 and

massive shadow seemed

while Milan and Raj looked toward their

they heard a rain of bullets coming from their back, only to look and find that at least a dozen of the almost hundred troops

had shared a field with for so many years. One

ice guards had reached

to find it snapped in two before he could even complete his first

stood as shields before him, their feet digging into the slippery ground as they tried to give Joel some

as they tried to form a line of defense,

BANG!

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

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

strength, with such leaping ability, couldn't it have claimed the Fort for itself long ago…? Why did it wait until now…? They simply didn't have anyone capable

everything from

"Close the gates!"

words grated on 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, he had

As long as the

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

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

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 the legs of those trying to escape, easily halving their

BANG!

now, only half the hundred troops that had come managed to make it back. As for those who were close, they banged on the steely gates

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

stop them. It raised its head haughtily,