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…"

almost as though he knew exactly what would happen the moment Leonel's

chance to exit their barrels. The timing of Leonel's attack was so perfect that the needles met the projectiles within their nozzles. And

slumped into his chair, staring at

fact he had a high rank, he only had a healing ability. Even if he wanted to fight it out with

mournful cry came from Joseph's side. Before he could even react, his younger brother had exploded through the roof doors of

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

logic. He didn't have

completing his Force Nodes, Leonel had already defeated him. Back then, Leonel was nowhere near the monster he was now. How could there

different from what they had once been in the past.

improvement match

a tsunami, trying to envelop Leonel completely. And, at the very least, its shadow succeeded

was a wave of earth and the man who stood atop

He used his flow ability on

hands, facing

"[Earthen Shackle]."

at a whim suddenly became like a steel behemoth unwilling to heed

his forward momentum, but that was when he suddenly found his ankles

the one in the air now, shackled by earth that had once been under his control, he still felt as though it

stop within the city, the rumbling tanks never even made it to the gates and even the Invalids that had

his way back up to an undamaged section

only slight clue he had was Leonel's familiar voice roaring through the city. But, he had yet to confirm if that voice that haunted his nightmares was really the same person

simply didn't care. He had managed to survive

crawl back up to a section of the wall where the white wolf Variant Invalid had

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