Neo yelled towards the crowd. "Men! They used us as tools for their own escape. Now, we'll get our revenge and earn our freedom! Attack!"
The gang members roared as they charged in from all directions.
'I guess that's my cue.' Ed smiled. A trace of mana exited his foot and entered the ground, igniting a trail of mana-powder. A few seconds later, explosions rang out from every direction within the trees, sending plumes of snow into the air and obfuscating everyone's sight. 'I knew the mana-powder from those mana-shells would come in handy.' He had spread the various powders along the ground as soon as he had arrived at the meeting location hours ago. It was meant to act as a simple distraction in case the President managed to ambush them, but it ended up being used for this instead.
"Tai!" Ed called. "There isn't enough to do any real damage. Go on the offense now while they're distracted!"
