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

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

at his monitor

a high rank, he only had a healing ability. Even if he wanted to fight it out with Leonel to the death… was that

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

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

didn't have time to realize

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

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

Could his improvement match

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

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

He used his

out his hands, facing his palm

"[Earthen Shackle]."

able to control at a whim suddenly became like a steel

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

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

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

section of the

roaring through the city. But, he had yet to

He had managed to survive and that

to find that he had managed to crawl

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