Leonel might have reached the Superior Stage in his Metal Body, but he wasn't infallible. He was under no delusions that he would survive such an onslaught. And, even if by some miracle he did, he doubted that he would still be in position to fight.

However, he didn't intend to allow such a thing to happen.

His mind was on a completely different level. He could see everything before it happened.

Joseph's order to fire. The spinning gears as the final tweaks were made to their aim. The slight scent of gun powder. The touch of heat that graced the barrels.

Leonel felt it all as if he was right there in the cockpit with them all. Which tanks were firing, where they were in relation to him, exactly when their shells would exit the nozzles… He saw through it all.

And that, exactly that… would be their downfall.

Leonel's raised hand trembled slightly. It was only the slightest flick, yet seven foot-long needles shot forward at impossible speeds.

They tore through the air, leaving a streak of smoke in their wake. Then…

The sound barrier shattered.

In one blink the needles were floating by Leonel's side. In a second blink they had appeared before the nozzles of the seven firing tanks. In a third…

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Joseph's heart trembled.

"No… No…"

exactly what would happen the moment Leonel's fingers

timing of Leonel's attack was so perfect that the needles met the projectiles within

slumped into his chair, staring at his monitor with a

had a high rank, he only had a healing ability.

a mournful cry came from Joseph's side. Before he could even react, his younger brother

The ground beneath him reacted just as violently, becoming a massive wave that shot

He didn't have time to realize that

before even completing his Force Nodes, Leonel had already defeated him. Back then, Leonel was nowhere near the

different from what they had once been in the past. His ability had improved and his

improvement

rose like a tsunami, trying to envelop Leonel completely. And, at the very least, its

completely blotted out. All Leonel saw was a wave of earth and

for Damian… He used his flow ability

hands, facing his palm toward

"[Earthen Shackle]."

he had always been able to control at a whim suddenly became

that was when he suddenly found his ankles and wrists

grinding halt before he could even get close. Though he was the one in the air now, shackled by earth that had once been under his control, he still felt as though it was

tanks never even made it to the gates and even the Invalids that had approached close enough to do anything

way back up to an undamaged section of the wall. Heavy

what happened below. The only slight clue he had was Leonel's familiar voice roaring through the city. But, he had yet to

had managed to survive and

attention. He looked over to find that he had managed to crawl back up to a section of the wall where the white wolf Variant Invalid

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