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

attack was so perfect that the needles met the

staring at his monitor with a pale

nothing 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 that even

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

saw nothing but red. The ground beneath him reacted just as violently, becoming a massive wave that

of logic. He didn't have time to

him. Back then, Leonel was nowhere near the monster he was now.

felt that these matters were different from what they had once been in

improvement

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

was a wave

for Damian… He used his

his hands, facing his

"[Earthen Shackle]."

to control at a whim suddenly became like a steel

was when he suddenly found

he could even get close. Though he was the one in the air now, shackled by earth that

for a moment. 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

up to an undamaged section of the wall. Heavy breaths heaved his chest as

city. But, he had yet to confirm if

moment, he simply didn't care. He had managed to survive

managed to crawl back

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