From the vantage point of the small troop, it was difficult to see Leonel from behind the water fountain. But, his bullets seemed to have eyes of their own.
Flying through the mermaid's arms, beneath the whale's fins, through the jets of water, he rained hails of lethals shots toward them as though he could see through everything.
Sometimes, his bullets even hit the statue. But, despite the sturdy material it was made of, they pierced right through. Leonel seemed to always perfectly aim toward the weakest and thinnest parts of the statue, tearing through it like tofu.
"Fire!"
A commander roared, suddenly seeing his troop fall into turmoil. It had only been a few seconds, but over a dozen of his men had fallen, unable to rise again.
BANG!
Another sniper rifle rang out as a hail of bullets came from the troop of 200. But, Leonel pretended as though he hadn't sensed anything, his steps only shifting slightly.
The loud clanging of metal resounded as the bullet rebounded off of Aina's ax. Despite the power, Leonel's stance was strong and steady. It was like he didn't know his neck had been moments away from being pierced through.
"Narrow the formation!" The commander barked.
Leonel's lips shrunk into a fine line.
'I can't shoot anymore down from this angle. If I can take advantage of the fountain, so can they... In that case...'
Leonel's fire suddenly concentrated on the water fountain.
Seeing that no more men were falling, the commander felt that his previous command had been the perfect response. Leonel wasn't the only one who could take advantage of cover.
"Hold! HOLD! FORWARD!"
The troop charged. There was barely a hundred meters between them and Leonel. As long as they closed in on him, they could fan out the formation and he would be surrounded.
next
all his might, he
glimpses of this were left speechless. The action seemed ridiculous. However, those thoughts couldn't last
water fountain collapsed and the remains of the mermaid and whale soared through
the troop's eyes widened. He could have never guessed that Leonel's concentrated fire was aimed at the base of the statue's connection to the fountain. In that moment, he had
"Scatter! Scatter!" He roared.
for him, Leonel was riding atop the sliding whale, his hands pointed forward with two tactical rifles. Almost like a charging cavalry, he
into the front line of the troop and squashing several of them before finally
bother with the rest of the scattering troop. This
the whale, dashing toward the inner
down toward him, but they all clanged off of
fervor, Leonel
and back into the outer, he felt that his Force was no longer restricted.
forgotten that there was an outer city. And in the outer city, he saw a unit of eight waiting below the steps for him. These eight alone gave Leonel far
theirs, his breathing ragged. It felt as though a hot coal was traveling through his
'Dammit.'
long already. He had been half a step into his grave before he even
had escaped, only to find that he hadn't at all. He came crashing down heavier than
weapons, boy.
be quite old, but his eyes and voice held a youthful vigor to them. There was something especially magical about his voice that made one want to bend over backwards to
the special unit slowly
influenced him at all. He just wanted a bit more time to rest, just a bit longer
tired...' Leonel thought
and Leonel realized that the few seconds they would take to
out the last of his strength. Once they were close enough he
going to hit another wall, he would suddenly feel that his back
reacted when a shadow appeared between the eight whose expressions were now
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