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 would

Leonel's attack was so perfect that the needles

at his monitor

rank, he only had a

Before he could even react, his

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

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

Nodes, Leonel had already defeated him. Back then, Leonel was nowhere near

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

Could his improvement match with

ground rose like a tsunami, trying to envelop Leonel completely. And, at

saw was a wave of earth and the man who stood atop of it, completely

Damian… He used his flow

hands, facing

"[Earthen Shackle]."

been able to control at a whim suddenly became like a steel behemoth

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

a grinding halt before he could even get close. Though he was the one in the air now, shackled by earth that had once been under his control, he still felt as though it

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

moment, Miles had managed to crawl his way back up to an undamaged section of the

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

care. He had managed to survive and that was

attention. He looked over to find that he had managed to crawl back up to a section of the wall where

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