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 happen the moment

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

his chair, staring at his monitor with

a high rank, he only had a healing ability. Even if he wanted to fight it out with

could even react, his younger brother had

ground beneath him reacted just as violently, becoming

He didn't

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

felt that these matters were different from what they had once been in the past. His ability had improved and

improvement match

completely. And, at the very least, its shadow

out. All Leonel saw was a wave of earth

Damian… He used his

his hands, facing his palm

"[Earthen Shackle]."

stop. The earth he had always been able to control at a whim suddenly

suddenly found his ankles and wrists had been caught,

halt before he could even get close. Though he was the one in the air now, shackled by earth that had once been under

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

undamaged section of the

no idea 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 voice that haunted his nightmares was really the same person who had spoken

at this moment, he simply didn't care. He had managed

growl suddenly caught Miles' attention. He looked over to find that he had managed to crawl

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