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!

have never dreamed of seeing in the past that they could experience now. Watching as a five meter tall and almost ten meter

seemed to

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

to look and find that at least a dozen of the almost

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

the front, the ice guards had

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

as they tried to form a line of defense,

BANG!

even spare a glance toward Milan and the others as it

been broken. They struggled to

with such leaping ability, couldn't it have claimed the Fort for itself long ago…? Why did

watched everything from above, his jaw

"Close the gates!"

but it was clear by now that Miles had shown enough mercy. Even if his enemies wanted to

he cared about. As long as the optics were

ones lagging behind were the running

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

the ground was 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

BANG!

it back. As

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

them. It raised its head