The Eldian Civil War
Book Two
Volume 7
Ch. 91 The Eldian Civil War
Pov.
-Falco-
"What do you mean, Annie?" Gabi asks as the two soldiers put on their clothes
"Thirteen years ago she used this hardening to protect herself from Odin, the old companion of the King" the girl says
"How did you manage to smoothen it out so nicely?" I run my fingers across the surface
This hardening is supposed to be unbreakable
"Well at first they used diamond tipped tools to chip away, after that they started using the hardening itself to finish the job" the guy says
"I see…" I examine the fine edges they managed to carve out just perfectly
I guess that makes sense
"You," I point at the girl, "why did you refer to my father as 'the King? Aren't you a Yeagarist?"
"Y-your father?" Her eyes widened "are you Colt? Colt Reiss?" She asks
"N-no, that's no my brother. I'm Falco Braus, son of Amaterasu and Sasha Braus"
"Sasha?" She looks at the guy
"Do you know her?" I ask
"Well.. she used to come by the castle all the time to teach Colt to use the bow" he says
"Yeah, we used to be very good friends until… well your dad took her to Marley" she sighs
…
"Look we have a family, the only reason we joined the movement is because everyone we knew did so" the girl says
"Y-yeah, we were only trying to protect them" the guy agrees
I look up at Gabi
She looked just as convinced as I was
There might be even more yeagarists that are too afraid to fight back
"Fine, what are your names?" I ask
"Oh thank God," the girl sighs "I'm Hitch"
"And I'm Marlowe" the guy says "thirteen years ago your father kept me from going to Shiganshina, I hope I can one day thank him for that" he bows
"Right…" I look at Gabi
She gives me a little nod
"We have to get into Shiganshina undetected. You try anything silly and we'll blow your brains out, okay?" I ask
"Y-yeah" they both nod
"Alright, let's get going"
They hand us an extra pair of their uniforms and we managed to sneak into Shiganshina a lot smoothly than I thought we would
Every man and woman capable and willing to fight were getting ready for battle
Just as I thought
That means they stopped sending titans from Holst and now they are ready to launch an attack
They could've easily kept sending titans and hoped one of them devours dad, but from the looks of it they want him alive
And since he can't transform they know they can easily outnumber them
Shiganshina is a lot closer to the shore than Holst and the Underground Bunker
So it'll take them only about six hours to reach the shore on horseback
If father left with the Queen on their own like I told them to, they'll be long gone by now
"What is it, Falco?" Gabi asks
"We have to get this message out as fast as we can" I look at Marlowe
"Right," he nods before leading the way
After sneaking onto another carriage I train my rifle at Hitch, in case she wanted to try anything
But she seemed mostly unbothered
"I bet Sasha is an awesome mom." She breaks the silence
…
"She did her best."
…
"I remember how often she'd drop by to see Colt. Guess that was all a front to meet your father"
…
"She would always say deep down your father is a big softy."
…
"My dad?"
"Mhmm." She nods "Did you know, your father was originally from Marley?"
"Wh-what?" Both Gabi and I sit up
"Yeah, before his skin peeled off due to being trapped inside the stomach acid of a Titan for days. He wore a blood red fur coat."
"L-like the Eldian Devil?" Gabi asks
"What?"
"Sure thing." She smiles, probably glad she finally got a reaction out of us
Even so it isn't so hard to believe dad might be so closely related to that guy
"Sasha said he has no memory of his past but had glimpse of it through his dreams" she adds
"Really?" I always thought he'd prefer not talk about it
"Upon that, the very first memory he has is being persecuted by Marley for resembling the Devil of Eldia."
…
"So you can imagine the amount of rage that's been dwelling inside him since the very beginning"
Even so, that could never excuse the monster he's become
…
Pov.
-Kara-
-6 hours later-
"Heh.. heh… hahhh" I lay back after having dealt with the last Titan
Man, it's been a long while since I've used ODM gear
"That was the last of that" Levi huffs
"Yeah…" I sigh
Eren.. how could he do that to our people
"Let's hope whatever you did to their power is permanent" Levi says
Yeah, if they could transform already there's no doubt they would've came here themselves
"Alright, let's leave this island before things get out of hand" I say
I don't wanna be forced to kill my own people, not again
"Right.." Levi sighs
"Where's Historia?"
"We got word that they managed to capture the harbor, but Cyrus' fleet is still out of sight " Mikasa reports
"Everyone's waiting on us" Connie adds
"Right, let's not keep them…" I stop after hearing someone blow a horn
We all look around till we spot the people on the wall waving at us
I raise my hand ready to wave back to let them know we were alright, when I saw them jumping and shouting
"What the hell are they doing?" I ask Levi
"These idiots," he sighs
I felt a chills run down my spine
"What is it, Kara?" Mikasa asks
Wait…
I turn back around towards the direction the titans came from
The Titan steam was covering our line of sight
But I swear I can hear horses from that direction
"What is it?" Levi asks
"What's gotten into them?" Jean asks as he hears them shouting
Only.. we were way too far to hear them
Levi and I watch as the steam finally began clearing out…
…
"This…" Levi steps back "can't be happening"
"What?" Connie asks
It was an army, easily fifteen-thousand soldiers on horseback
"It's no wonder the titans stopped coming" Jean says
"Let's be grateful they want you alive, Kara" Levi says
"You can thank me after this battle is won, let's fall back to the beach and send Historia out before it's too late" I hop onto my horse
"Right, c'mon you guys" Levi gets everyone up
We ride back to the wall where we found Hange getting the troops ready for battle
"We caught them off guard so we only had sixty-three casualties, forty six dead and the rest are in critical condition" Hange follows behind as I head over to the ship Historia was on
"And what are they still doing here?" I ask seeing the streets filled with soldiers they captured
She doesn't respond
I stop after not hearing an answer
I turn around to face her
"I told you to take everyone out, Hange"
"I-I know but everyone surrendered the moment our troops flooded the streets"
"That doesn't matter, we need every able man on the battlefield. We can not afford to babysit all these prisoners."
"If they chose not to fight we don't have the right to take their lives anymore"
"Are you getting soft on me Hange? Now, of all times?"
"We can't murder all these people, it's a war crime"
…
I take the pistol she had in her holster and I set the barrel on one of the soldiers head
"Kara?!" She gasps before I blow a hole through his skull without a second thought
"A war crime, huh? What? You think Eren is playing fair by turning my people into monsters?"
She doesn't respond
"I want every women and child chained up and on that ship, kill every man who refuses to swear their loyalty to me and send those that do to the front lines" I shove her gun into her chest
…
"This is low. Even for you, Kara" she says after I turn my back
"We're at war, Hange. It's not supposed to be pretty"
I head over to the docks where I found Historia arguing with Cyrus after she refuses to stay on the ship
"No, let me help!" She puts her foot down
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Hmph* I'm tired of just sitting around" she pouts
"Welp that was the last of'm" Jack walks down the plank with Pedro right behind him
"Are you ready to go or what boss?" Pedro asks
"Yeah, c'mon Kara let me show you my room, I made it look real pretty" Historia grabs my wrist
"I'm not coming" I pull my arm back
"Wh-what?" Historia asks
"Shiganshina.. They sent a battalion to retrieve us"
"Then I'm staying with you"
"For what? I'm going to be right behind you" I pat her head
"Really?" She tilts her head
"Yeah, once we're done loading everything up we'll be on our way"
"Hmm.." she frowns "fine," she sighs "but don't take long"
"I won't. Now get ready, you'll be leaving soon" I nod at Jack
"C'mon m'lady we're just waiting on you" Jack says
"Hange is going to board some prisoners, get going once everyone is on" I pull Historia back
"Okay" she nods before joining Jack on the ship
"I'll stay behind, she'll do just fine with Jack" Cyrus says
"No, this is our fight. The four of you should get to safety, we'll hold them off until your fleet arrives"
"We won't be able to cover the entire city so once they get past us they're going to take the other ship and follow right after the Queen" I add
"You're like a brother to me, Kara. I won't stand by and watch you fight a one sided battle"
"And as a brother, I ask that you protect her with your life." we both looked up at Historia who was now arguing with Jack "She's all I have left.."
…
"Fine, but you come back to us alive" he holds his hand out
"Of course, I don't plan on going just yet."
"I'll hold you to it"
After saying our goodbyes he joins everyone on the ship
"Sir what do we do with the other ship?" A soldier asks
"I want any weapon and ammunition off the ship and stored by the southeastern shore, then I want you to blow a hole through the keel"
"Yessir" he salutes before doing as he's told
-24 hours later-
A day went by and the sun was just about to set
They managed to get as close as 70 meters from the wall
There's so many of them that they spread out as far as 2 miles
Still we managed to pick out a couple hundred of them
They were using the sand dunes for cover so we haven't seen them for a while now
"We're going to get annihilated" I hear Levi beside me
"We'll be just fine," I sharpen my blade
"It's only a matter of time till.." Connie stops after we hear an explosion outside
We all get up before everyone on the wall began firing their rifles in unison
"They're coming" Mikasa says
Hange almost kicks the door down
She was out of breath but didn't have to utter a word
"Right" I smile before standing up
We follow behind her as she lead us to the gate
It's the final stretch and they decided to just charge strait towards the gate
I look over at Mikasa
"I want you keep at my side"
"R-right."
There was a moment of silence before the gate finally explodes
"This can't be real" Jean grumbles under his breath
"This.. is as real as it gets," I lean forward
"You should stay right b-" Hange says
I charge straight for the gate
"Damn it Kara!" She shouts
As I get closer I could hear my men shouting as they charged into battle right behind me
"Alright," I smile widely
My excitement was growing by the second
Just like every other time I've charged blindly into battle
"Yesss, let's have some fun, shall we?"
I swear I hear a voice in the back of my mind just as I launch myself two meters into the air straight towards the very first soldier leading the attack
I slam my feet onto his chest completely obliterating every bone in his ribcage as I knocked him off his horse
I toss my sword at the next guys face before landing right beside his dead corpse just as both of our front lines slammed into each other
Some chump hops off his horse and charges at me
I raise my blade slicing his body in half before he'd get too close
His body splits in two perfect halves, each of which fall to my sides
The next guy backed eoff as he fumbled to get the bullets into the chamber of his puny little toy so I dig both my blades into his abdomen
He drops his weapon from the agonizing pain and I raise him off the ground
His blood pours onto my face before I quickly turn around after hearing someone else cock their pistol
I use his body as a shield till he realizes he was shooting his buddy
I kick the pitiful creature off my blades and the other guy catches his body before I slice both their heads off
I turn around after hearing some idiot screaming at the top of his lungs as he charged at me and I pierce my blade through his chest
I slam my foot on his stomach, freeing my blade
"Kehehe" I grit my teeth
A grin outstretched across my face as I watch them trampling in like insects
-to be continued