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!

now. Watching as a five meter tall and almost ten meter long wolf cross hundreds of meters in

massive shadow seemed to swallow

while Milan and Raj looked toward

that at least a dozen of the

shared a field with for so many years. One of

front, the ice guards had reached

to find it snapped

their feet digging into the slippery ground as they

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

BANG!

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

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

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 didn't

watched everything from

"Close the gates!"

harsh words grated on the ears, but it was clear by now that Miles had shown enough mercy. Even if

about. As long as the optics were in

only ones lagging behind were

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

coordinated of men to slip and fall. And, where

BANG!

Gates slammed shut. By now, only half the hundred troops that had come managed to make it back. As for those who were close,

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

even attempting to stop them. It raised its head haughtily, emitting the