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.
what happened next left them
air. With all his might,
speechless. The action seemed
water fountain collapsed and the remains of the mermaid and whale soared through the air for a moment
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 weakened it just
"Scatter! Scatter!" He roared.
Leonel was riding atop the sliding whale, his hands pointed forward with two tactical rifles. Almost like a charging cavalry, he madly surged forward, bullets raining down with
the ground, smashing into the front line of the troop and squashing several
bother with the rest of the scattering troop. This was the
the whale, dashing toward the inner city
rained down toward him, but they all
all his fervor, Leonel
city and back into the outer, he felt that
unit of
met theirs, his breathing ragged. It felt as
'Dammit.'
had already been pushing past his limits for too long already. He had been half a step into his grave before he even entered the Fort, let
find that he hadn't at all. He came crashing down heavier than he went soaring up.
down the weapons, boy.
the group seemed to 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
bit dazed, the special unit
fact, from the very beginning, the pleasing voice hadn't influenced him at all. He just wanted a bit more time to rest, just a bit
so tired...' Leonel thought with
to approach and Leonel realized that the few seconds they would take to surround him wouldn't make much of a difference to the situation of his body
flex as though pulling out the last
have known that at that exact moment, just when Leonel was going to hit another wall, he would suddenly feel that his back
shadow appeared between the eight whose expressions were
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