Dimensional Descent

The detonation was deafening. To those within the walls, it felt as though another doomsday was descending. The cacophonic blasts were no less haunting than the day the Paradise Islands fell from the sky.

Miles felt the ground beneath his feet buckle and collapse.

What did it sound like for millions of tons of steel to bend? What did it sound like for a mountain of metal to collapse?

Well, it was uncertain if many could tell you because that day, those noises weren't what stood out at the forefront. What they would instead remember was the sight of the wall that had protected them for over a year splitting and the flood of Invalids that crawled out from the billowing smoke and endless fires.

It was a sight right out of hell.

These creatures didn't know pain, they didn't know fatigue, they didn't know mercy. Even while climbing over the charred corpses of their own comrades, they didn't pause for even a moment.

Their only thoughts were of the humans they could sense. Those were the people lucky enough to succeed where they failed, they were the nutrients they could use to evolve once again and change their futures.

Miles clung onto anything he could to not fall to the ground below. He pulled himself up, crawling toward where the walls were still level. But, there were no small number of soldiers who weren't nearly as lucky as he had been.

The chain of command completely collapsed.

The tanks of the Slayer Legion continued to roll forward. Their barrels aimed upward, firing toward the tops of the walls.

The chaos was already enough to almost guarantee that no one would be able to target the Fort's canons toward them. However, Joseph left nothing up to chance. Without caring for casualties, the tracks of their tanks crawled through the battlefield, firing in a rhythmic manner.

Within the city, chaos had descended. With the intelligence, or lack thereof, of the Invalids, they didn't even seem to realize another party was approaching from the back. They all shot forward, entering the outer limits of the Fort.

city limits, the

James entered his father's office

panicking

Invalids! I'm sure that if even I've heard about it, you also know that the Slayer Legion made

James' father placed down the tablet he

James was stunned.

what was happening. Even if his father didn't care about the commoners, shouldn't he at least care

father shook

Earth. Even if most of The Empire's strength has been concentrated in the Capital, do you really think the

"You…"

James was stunned.

This was meant to be a Fort built by the hands of the foremost experts of the Royal Blue Province. How could it only last a few hours under siege? How could

power.

that James remembered… the inner city had always been under an illusion cast

outside, it seemed like a normal doorway and gate…

spend resources on protecting an outer

to the wall. In fact, Miles could be considered to be the one

Dad, you're abandoning the Junior Governor

we should still follow? Why? So that we can

didn't know

abandoning him so easily? For some reason, this made his insides churn even more than that look

was dead. He tried to betray Leonel for Miles, but now he might very well be dead

though, James." James' father rose from his seat. "That Miles contacted me about communicating with the Siegfried family. He wanted me to expose that the death of their son was