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…"

he knew exactly what would happen the moment Leonel's

never got a chance to exit their barrels. The timing of Leonel's attack was so perfect that the needles met

at his monitor with a pale

he could even do. Despite the fact he had a high rank, he only had a healing ability. Even if he wanted to fight it out with Leonel to the death… was

Joseph's side. Before he could even react, his younger brother had exploded through the roof

as violently, becoming a massive wave that

of logic. He didn't

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

once been in the past. His ability had improved and his ability to use it

improvement match with

completely. And, at the very least, its shadow succeeded in

sun was completely blotted out. All Leonel saw was a wave of earth and the man who stood atop of it,

Damian… He used

hands, facing his

"[Earthen Shackle]."

The earth he had always been able to control at a whim suddenly became like a steel

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

was the one in the air now, shackled

The screams 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 to do anything

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

the city. But, he had yet to

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

He looked over to find that he had managed to crawl back up to a section

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