Dimensional Descent

Joseph and Damian looked back after hearing the clicking of the gears. They had put their all into running and avoiding the A and Dark Prisoners around them, but hearing such a loud commotion, they couldn't help themselves.

When they saw the sudden appearance of the Dark Cloud Prison guards, and in such a large number at that, they felt as though their legs couldn't carry them fast enough.

There was just half a kilometer between them and the city gates. To well trained men like them, even before the Metamorphosis, this was a matter of a two or three minute run at most. Yet, these few minutes felt like the longest they had experienced in their lifetimes.

Escobar scanned the situation emotionlessly. It was as though he couldn't see the archers aiming their bows toward him.

His gaze landed on each and every one of the guards that had fallen, the billowing of his mustache becoming deeper with each passing moment. Even with the long cycles of his breath, it felt as though the wind around the Warden was kicking up, responding to his will in large swaths.

"Mow them down." He commanded coldly.

At that moment, the clicking of guns sounded.

City Lord Hargrove's pupils constricted. 'That's impossible.'

Heavy military boots stepped forward before they each kneeled, pressing their rifles to their shoulders. And then, the bullets rained.

As quickly as the guards had fallen, the prisoners fell even faster. How could the fire rate of archers match the pace of semi-automatic weaponry?

"Shit!"

Damian growled, his feet stamping against the ground.

A surge of earth followed his command, peeling concrete jetting into the air to cover his back.

normal gunpowder based weapons!" Joseph

the cover Damian gave them, Joseph and the others crossed the final remaining distance to the city, anxiousness clear

"Dammit! Open the gate!"

a hundred that had made it this far while several thousand more were crossing the final

gripped with despair. Could this really be a ploy by

any sense. Just what

the gates just like all the others, unable to think for himself.

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they understand their situation now," He said

as many would have expected them to. Rather, they began to lower

matter which world one was born in. If things came too easy, they wouldn't be appreciated.

to understand who held the power and who didn't. As

consider the fact their lives would still be in danger or that

exactly as Hargrove

commanded coldly. "Shields

Duke Owen didn't stay back. His aging body seemed even more

they crossed the remaining distance. From a cursory calculation, there was only enough space for a hundred people at

these platforms to try and climb the city wall, that would

considered the fact that it would be impossible

such actions though,

tightest security on Earth with the exception of the Royal Palace. It could be said that in order to become a guard

was all to say that the group of men and women that followed Governor

However....

slightest idea on how