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…"

though he knew exactly what would happen the moment Leonel's

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

slumped into his chair, staring at

could even do. Despite the fact he had a high rank, he only had a healing

Before he could even react, his younger

The ground beneath him reacted just as violently, becoming a massive

to think of logic. He didn't have time to realize that his actions were

past, before 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

these matters were different from what they had once been in the past. His

his improvement match with

completely. And, at the very least, its shadow

Leonel saw was a wave of earth and the

used

his hands, facing his palm

"[Earthen Shackle]."

a stop. The earth he had always been able to control at a whim suddenly became like a steel behemoth unwilling to heed his

due to his forward momentum, but that was when he suddenly

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

had come to a stop within the city, the rumbling tanks never even made it to the gates and even the Invalids

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

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

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

he had managed to crawl back up to a section of the wall where the white

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