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…"

knew exactly what would happen the moment Leonel's fingers

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

slumped into his chair, staring at his monitor

had a

even

ground beneath him reacted just as violently, becoming

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

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

they had once been in the past. His ability had

Could his improvement match

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

All Leonel saw was a wave of earth and

Damian… He used his

spread out his hands,

"[Earthen Shackle]."

he had always been able to control at a

suddenly found

Though he was the one in the air now, shackled by earth that had once been

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

moment, Miles had managed to crawl his way back up to an undamaged section of the wall. Heavy breaths heaved his

had no idea what happened below. The only slight clue he had was Leonel's familiar voice roaring through the city. But, he

care. He had managed to survive and that was all that

caught Miles' 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 had been

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