The battle of trost arc: 5 years then

The world was no longer the same.

"Excuse me"

She, Uta Krugenberg, was a veteran scout. She had fought fiercely outside of wall maria once, and managed to kill 3 10 meter titans all by herself.

But at a cost. Her squad was eaten right in front of her as she cut through the napes of the titans but it was too late to save them. They had already been half eaten and they'd lost too much blood.

"I'm… so sorry"

She said as she stood on top of her dead comrades.

She had to take the bodies back to get a proper burial, right? She would feel wrong to leave them to rot or get eaten out here, in the lands of titans.

With the sound of rumbling in the grounds, she knew what to do next. But, before leaving her dead comrades, she held their hands and promised that one day.

"I'll find a way to make up to you guys"

And as that sound was revealed to her as the steps of titans, she immediately jumped and fired her left hook to a tree beside her, using her gas for propulsion.

Though she had killed 3 10 meter titans, she was still unskilled with the omni directional maneuver gear. She had close to no gas left, and she only had two blades. If she had more gas and three more blades, she could kill the titan and bring the bodies back.

—Inside the safe walls of rose, Uta was walking through the market and was looking at the foods the merchants were selling. Some of them were selling food and some were selling jewelry.

"Excuse me, how much for one loaf of bread?"

Uta asked as she stopped in front of an old woman's stall. She then proceeds to step closer to inspect the bread the old woman was selling.

"They're free, dear"

"Free?"

"Yes, I have no much time left in this world, so I want to do something nice until I meet my end"

[—coming from an old woman… Wow, that was a bit of a mouthful.]

"Can I take one?"

"Of course you can!"

And so she took one loaf and waved goodbye to the old woman.

——Near the gate of Trost where she would be stationed after noon, she leaned her back against the thick hard 60 meter walls.

"Yo! Uta!"

"Huh? Oh, It's just Nicola"

"You have your gear on right?"

"Yeah, I'm wearing it right now"

"Great!"

"Why?"

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—————————————————boom.

The earth rumbled and there was a loud sound from the other side of the wall. She couldn't see what was on the other side but there was a massive shadow on the ground.

The moment she realized what it was, my hands jolted and the hook from my gear fired to the very top of the wall. Uta ran to Nicola and hugged him tightly, then she used the gas for propulsion.

The next second, a strong gust of wind passed through her feet, making her less stable than before. But she was able to get to safety, hanging on the wall.

"Nicola, you can use your gear, right?"

"Y-yeah… not like you though"

He said as he fired his hook to the wall. Uta let go of him and told him to go to the top and see what was going on.

Nicola quickly jumped to the top of the wall.

[So you're the one who's responsible for the shiganshina disaster…]

The shadow was still there, the shadow of the colossus titan.

Looking down below her, she saw smoke and then it revealed a massive hole on the wall.

Out comes from that wall, a ten meter titan.

That titan could eat the civilians that were still confused and frozen in place. It could take precious lives and end many dreams.

It walked through the moat——

"——AHGGG!!!"

Before it could walk away from her, Uta quickly hooked herself to the titan and sliced through it's nape.

[I'm not expecting anything from you… you're not the same one that ate them.]