The Great Titan War ii
Book Two
Volume 7
Ch. 96 The Great Titan War ii
Pov.
-Colt-
The battle shook the entire city
There wasn't a single civilian in sight so we had no problem making a mess of everything
Falco ducked under my blade as it grazed Erens chest
His blade was heading straight for Erens throat but he hardens his forearm and knocks it aside
Just before he could smash Falco into the ground I slam my fist into his jaw
Eren loses his balance and falls on his ass
Before Falco could pounce on him, Eren kicks him in the chest
I extend my arms to catch Falco as Eren jumped to his feet
He pulls his arm back, creating a spear from his hardening and before I even caught Falco it was already digging through our abdomens
We release our Susanoos
We were free falling when he began charging at us
Once we land on his spear we jump over the edge
We simultaneously summon our Susanoos a second time
Just as Eren was about to retrieve his spear I dig my fist into his temple and Falco does the same to his side, together obliterating his head
I was about to grab his nape when the ground began shaking
We fall back as sharp pillars of his crystallized hardening explode from the ground
"Falco!"
He nods
His sword turns into a bow and he shoots four arrows straight into the southern sky
Then, once the quaking stopped we lounged back into the fight
We ducked and weaved his hardening, trying to close in on him
There wasn't anything we could do, he kept shooting pillars out from the ground
Thanks to our eyes we were able to see every move, but that didn't keep him from knocking us back
"Shit!" Falco growls
He Holds his hands out to the ground as he manages to block the pillar right underneath him
"Falco!" I fall back
I raise my blade over my head as I spot the small plane flying across the sky
"Finally" I smile
My blade multiplies its size by about two fold
Its length was about twice the height of my Susanoo and about 3.5 meters thick
I rest it on my shoulder as I get into a suitable stance
Eren raises his arms
I swing the massive 30 meter sword across the field as three beams of his hardening shot out from the ground and headed straight for Falco
Pov.
-Falco-
Just before Erens spear could get to me, a massive fist grazed my Susanoo
Wait.. is that?
Armor?
It's Reiner!
Colt manage to cut all the pillars from the base including Erens shins in half
He falls back as Annie landed right beside Colt
Erens legs grew back as he jumped to his feet
After Annie made sure Colt was alright the three of us lunge at Eren
Colt shoots three arrows from afar and they slam into his chest
His hardening tanks all three just as he caught my fist and blocked Annie's shin with his own
He jumps onto the same foot he blocked Annie with and he slams his heel onto Rieners jaw
He grabs his ankle before he went soaring through the sky and swings him around, knocking Annie on her ass before he tosses him at me
Colt races past Reiner and I, as we pulled ourselves up
He's used up a lot of his chakra so his Susanoo has gotten slimmer
We managed to figure out how to activate this power in a span of 3 days it's only natural we'd run out of juice so soon
He wasn't using any weapons so you could tell he was running on fumes
We all jump to Colts aid
Eren kept blocking and knocking us back one by one, but we didn't let up for a second
I grab Erens wrist
I yank him, Riener digs his fist into his gut and slams him into the ground
Annie puts his legs in a hold as Colt rose an axe made from Rieners hardening over his head
The ground began shaking
Eren was ready to use that same attack he did to keep Colt and I off him, but it was too late
Colt was within half a meter from his nape, ready to finish this when a sudden explosion send us into different directions
~
-9 years ago-
-Falco-
"Hehe" I giggle
Papas going to be so super proud of me
"Papa!" I shove Colt aside as he opened the door
"Watch it, you idiot!" Colt growls
"Look, dad!" I hold my report card up as he puffed at his cigar
"What's that?" he mumbled
"A's, even in Military and Physical Education!"
"Yayy!" Mama claps
"My teacher said if I weren't an Eldian, they'd make me a general straight out of high school!"
"If you weren't Eldian, huh?"
"Yeah, are you proud of me, papa?"
…
He sighs
"Become a warrior and I may even pat your head, kid"
Become a warrior?
"Yes sir!" I salute
…
The following year I became a warrior candidate
It's when dad told me our true intentions
I was so obsessed with making him proud I went on with it without a problem
A year after that, Gabi became a candidate as well
"Falco!" Someone shouts
~
"Falco!" I hear again
"A-Annie?" I sit up
"C'mon you have to get up" she pats my clothes from the rubble
"What the hell just…"
I look up at the hundred meter Titan
Wait.. that's…
"Eren" she says
We were too late…
"Colt and Riener are getting ready to attack, you think you can-"
"No, I've used to much chakra"
"Chakra?"
"Look, it's best if I sit back. You should tell Colt to do the same"
"O-okay" she nods "let's get you somewhere-" she stops, after feeling the rumbling
We both turn our attention back at Eren
He was glaring right at us
"C'mon" Annie quickly helps me up
We switch to ODM and we began flying out of there
"Dammit." I curse under my breath, as Eren took a step towards us
"We're not gonna make it!" Annie shouts
The shadow of Eren foot dawns over us as he readied to stomp on us
"Shit" I turn around
I have to summon Susanoo
I mean, what else can I do?
I watch as his foot got closer by the second
That was until there was a sudden flash of light from far above
"What was that?" Annie asks as we got clear from his massive foot
"N-no way…" I watch as the massive colossal Titan still falling from the sky slams his fist into Eren's face
"Armin!" Annie laughs
"Wh-what?" They crash into the ground sending a shockwave throughout the entire city
There was about 20 blimps circling around the city
"What the hell is going on?"
"C'mon, we have to help while he's down!" She shouts over the raging winds
"Right" I nod
We head straight for the wrestling titans
I spot Riener and Colt across the battlefield just as Armin lets out a painful roar
Eren had him in a tight arm lock
Once his arm finally snaps he rips it off
Armin rolls over
They were so huge it looked like they were moving frame by frame
They both get back up, but just as Eren swung at him he disappears
We looked around for Armin when an explosion at Erens nape sends him stumbling forward
Armin's colossal Titan pulls Erens into a chokehold
Eren leans forward before slamming the back of his head into Armin's face
He lets out a painful roar so loud I thought my eardrums would explode
Wait..
No, that roar…
It's just like Zekes…
I look over at the walls
Seconds later they slowly began falling apart
"C'mon we have to help him!"
"What? No way, there's nothing we can do!" Annie shouts
We have to try
He woke the titans within these four walls
If we don't defeat him now Armin will be overwhelmed in no time
…
"C'mon, it's time to retreat" I hear Levi "Armin has this handled if not your father should be on his way"
"Where's Mikasa and everyone else?"
"They're retrieving Colt and Reiner"
But before I respond I felt my body flinch all of a sudden
It felt as if an electric shock ran down my spine
And everything… it almost felt as if everything stopped moving
The ground began shaking
It got so bad the buildings began crumbling down all around us
Seconds later we heard what sounded like a monster, a dragon was the very first thing that came to mind when I heard this deep sinister roar
I look up expecting to see a dragon but all I saw was a ring of light surrounding the city
It was so bright we had to cover our eyes
Wait.. was that… dad?
What felt like hours went by as I waited for the light to dim down
Once it finally did…
…
There were hundreds of them
So many of them that their steam blocked out the sun and clouded the sky
Hundreds of the same exact titans that resided inside the walls rained down upon the city
…
Pov.
-Kara-
-3 days prior
"R-relinquish?" Senior Willy asks
"What other choice do you have?"
…
"Eren promised he'd spare our nation if we turn you in"
"You must be delusional if you really believe you stand a chance, old man." I take a seat at their table
"Maybe we should just take our chances"
"Don't be ridiculous, we only have one week until the entire continent is leveled"
"No, we only have seventy two hours to make a decision"
"You wanna get smart with me?" I light a cigar
"It's the only choice we have"
"You want to settle on a choice that will result in the slaughter of billions of innocent lives, and that is only IF he decides not to kill you, even after turning me in"
…
"Let's get one thing straight. Not you, nor any army on this continent can defeat me, okay? So no matter what you do, no matter what you say. I will get what I want."
…
"What exactly do you want?" He asks
"I want your loyalty and full cooperation. After that, we discuss with you our plan of attack."
"Attack? Shouldn't we be more worried about defending ourselves from those monsters?"
"It's hopeless, he already managed to activate the titans within the walls, so if we defeat him the rumbling will end. Plain and simple"
"But I thought you were the founder, how is it that he has this power?"
"It appears that.." Armin was ready to explain to them but I cut him off
"What's done is done, I don't plan on explaining everything to you brutes"
"Brutes?!"
"The point is, it's happening and I'm the only one who can stop it"
…
"Now, do us all a favor" I open my arms
…
They publicly announced their surrender within the hour and we began making preparations once the palace was seized
"After we arrive I'll create a runway for you to land on the port, alright?" I tell the pilot that brought us here in the plane "there you will leave us three. Armin and the rest of his squad will stay aboard and you will only take flight when you see the signal"
"Right" he nods
"Okay, right it down and repeat it back to me"
"What are we supposed to do?" Falco asks
I couldn't help but crack a little smile before having to listen to the pilot
"Good, make sure it sticks." I tap my head "I'm not going to repeat myself"
"Yessir" he nods
"You two wait for me out back" I point at Colt and his brother
After getting that cleared out I head over to the table where the maps of the continent and our island had been laid out
"Alright, I want EVERY Eldian Woman and Child evacuated alongside everyone else. EVERY Eldian Man will stay behind and defend the Northern shore"
"Defend? How do you expect them to do that?"
"Them? No Willy, you got it all wrong. We're in this shit together"
"Wh-what? I don't understand how you're planning to-"
"Ten-thousand years ago, after my Father annihilated Ymir's army she erected Wall Maria, Rose, and Sina"
"Ymir wasn't the one who Erected those walls, it was King Karl Fritz. After Amaterasu dwarfed her army she stopped conquering land beyond what is now our continent. Twelve centuries later King Karl Fritz purposely sparked a civil war which led to the Eldians defeat. Then, in order to avoid any more bloodshed he used his power to turn his army into colossal titans that were used to erect the three walls" Willy smiles finally making himself useful and probably thinking he made me look stupid for not knowing our history
"Right," I smile
His little smile fades away after realizing where I was going with this
"Wait.. no this is insane…"
"I want you to have twenty-one airships ready. Only twenty of those will contain thirty Eldians each" I mumble with the cigar in my mouth as I make sure the map of Paradi was facing the right way
I look around making sure everyone understood
"Twenty-one airships, twenty with thirty Eldians EACH" someone repeats
"Good boy. Now.."
"If you finally plan to pay for your sins. Why not send the women, maybe the children as well. They're monsters as well, no? They'd be useful on the battlefield" someone says behind me
Everyone stops what they were doing
I was waiting for the guy to say he was kidding, start laughing or something
But he didn't…
"What's the matter, soldier?" I ask
It was a Marleyan general
"I'm just saying we'd better our chances if every one of you devils-"
Before he'd go on I train my 9mm to his forehead
"What if we send your wife, your child. Maybe your mother and your siblings to the front lines. What reason would you have to fight?"
He doesn't respond
"Look, we're not going to tolerate this kind of language anymore, soldier. Whether you like it or not, everything and I mean EVERYTHING belongs to me now"
…
"I'd rather die than take orders from a de-"
I pull the trigger
His head jerks back and his knees buckle before his face slams into the ground
I toss the handgun aside
"I don't care who you are, Black, White, or even Eldian. If you have this foolish ideology I want you to go ahead and put a bullet in your head."
Nobody utters a word
"Right, let's get back to business" I sigh
…
-to be continued