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

all his might, he kicked with both

this were left speechless. The

and the remains of the mermaid and whale soared through the air for

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

"Scatter! Scatter!" He roared.

atop the sliding whale, his hands pointed forward with two tactical rifles. Almost like a charging

into the front line of the troop and squashing several of

bother with the rest of

dashing toward the inner city doors with all

but they all clanged off of Aina's

his fervor, Leonel had forgotten

out of the inner city and back into the outer,

bad was that he had 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 more pressure

It felt as though

'Dammit.'

been half a step into his grave before he even entered the Fort, let alone now after being

thinking that he had escaped, only to find that he hadn't at all. He came crashing down heavier than he went

the weapons, boy. You've

and voice held a youthful vigor to them. There was something especially

was a bit dazed, the special unit slowly mad their way forward, encircling

that Leonel couldn't tell what what was happening. In fact, from the very beginning, the pleasing voice hadn't influenced him at all.

so tired...' Leonel thought

seconds they would take to surround him wouldn't make much of a difference to the situation of his body

though pulling out the last of

would have known that at that exact moment, just when Leonel was going to hit another wall,

reacted when a shadow appeared between the

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