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…"

as though he knew exactly what would

barrels. The timing of Leonel's attack was so perfect that the needles met the projectiles within their nozzles. And the result… was even more devastating

his chair, staring at his monitor with a pale

a healing ability. Even if he wanted to fight it out with

Joseph's side. Before he could even

saw nothing but red. The ground beneath him reacted just as

time to think of logic. He didn't have time to realize that his actions were

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

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

Could his improvement

envelop Leonel completely. And,

out. All Leonel saw was a wave of earth and the man who

He used his flow

out his hands, facing

"[Earthen Shackle]."

at a whim suddenly became like a steel behemoth unwilling to heed his calls for

was almost thrown off due to his forward momentum, but that was when he suddenly found his ankles and wrists had been caught, shackled down without even a

shackled by earth that had once been under his control, he still felt as though it was Leonel

and blood had come to a stop within the city, the rumbling tanks never even made it to the gates and even the Invalids that had approached close enough

managed to crawl his way back up to an undamaged section of the wall. Heavy breaths heaved his chest as he sat

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

he simply didn't care. He had managed to survive and that was

that he had managed to crawl back up to a section of

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