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

of Leonel's attack was so perfect that the needles met the projectiles within their nozzles. And the result… was even

slumped into his chair, staring at his monitor with a

do. Despite the fact he had a high rank, he only had a healing ability. Even if he wanted

could even react, his younger brother had exploded through

just as violently, becoming a massive wave that shot him into the

He didn't have time to realize that

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

these matters were different from what they had once been in the past. His ability had improved and his ability to use it had likewise

his improvement match

envelop Leonel completely. And, at the very

blotted out. All Leonel saw was a wave of earth and the man

Damian… He used his flow ability on

out his hands,

"[Earthen Shackle]."

he had always been able to control at

forward momentum, but that was when he suddenly found his

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

an odd silence 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 close enough to

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

through the city. But, he had yet to confirm if that voice that haunted his nightmares was really the

had managed

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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