Erwin

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*BOOM*

The impact that reverberated across the outer walls caused Law to swivel his head. The massive cloud of dust that had been caused from the crash cleared up as numerous wailing soldiers ran for their lives.

'What is that?' When the dust had cleared, Law found himself looking at what he believed was some form of a humanoid creature, judging from the body shape and human features.

He recalled back to when he was first told about the types of devil fruits from Corazon. There were 3 types: paramecia, logia and zoan. He perfectly recalled the memory, and matched up the creature in front of him with the zoan type.

Although the memory was from a decade ago, Law had replayed every moment he had with Corazon in his head millions of times that it would be an insult to forget them.

He took his mind away from Corazon and got emotional, getting back to the fight at hand.

'Must be some type of zoan…maybe mythical?' He deduced. One thing was for certain, this was no ordinary creature.

As he saw the scrambling forms of soldiers desperately running away from the jaws of the nightmare inducing creature, his legs kicked into gear and started running.

'Looks like August wasn't lying.' He had been expecting fights as August had said, but was surprised that his first one had come so fast, it had not even been a week since he joined!

"Shambles!" He flicked his fingers in his free hand, swapping with a nearby soldier who was a second away from being cut into pieces.

*CLANG*

His sword scraped against the claws of the beast, causing a series of sparks to fly across the battlefield.

He slashed again at the titan, aiming to cut the large creature into pieces, but the titan seemed to be surprisingly agile for its size and effortlessly dodged the attack.

*ROARRRRRR*

The beast flung itself towards Law, sending a flurry of swipes at Law who was barely managing to hold on.

Law retreated further and further, narrowly dodging attack after attack. He noticed a small rock on the ground, and a plan formed in his mind.

As he continued backing up, he kept his eyes on the small rock until the time was right…

'Now!' He swapped with the rock, appearing right behind the titan and his sword preparing to strike. He aimed low, his plan being to reduce the titans mobility to zero by slashing the heel.

*SWOSH*

*SHATTER*

He swung his sword at the heel, but instead of the sword cutting through flesh like he envisioned, he could only watch in shock as his sword shattered into two.

Looking at the titan's hell, instead of flesh and blood, he saw that the area was covered in a crystal like substance.

The crystal like substance travelled to his foot, and the titan sent a back kick to Law who

coughed out a glob of spit.

"Huff…Huff…" Law tried to catch his breath, looking at his sword that had been broken into pieces.

Perhaps if the titan had the ability to speak he would have spent the time mocking Law for his futile efforts, but he didnt and instead pounced on Law again, taking advantage of Law's predicament.

"Shit! Room!"

A small blue sphere left his hand and expanded, covering the area around them. As the blue sphere engulfed the titan, he noticed ever so slightly that the titans legs got into position to dodge.

'That's what your expecting'

Law pulled his sword back and swung it, prompting the titan to leap in the air, but Law had already anticipated this.

"Got you! Shambles!"

A massive cannon appeared on top of the airborne titan, slamming into it and sending the titan sprawling to the ground.

Before the titan could get up, he swapped with the cannon, appearing on top of the dazed Titan. Holding his broken sword, it was covered in a blade of green like energy before Law thrust it through before it could harden.

"Gamma Knife!"

He shoved the blade further in while the titan screeched in pain. His sword vibrated as the force of organs and internal body parts exploding shook his blade.

The titan let out an unholy roar, instinctively making Law want to cover his ears, but he didn't. Even as the titan thrashed and rolled about, Law kept his grip on the beast through his sword. He coated his blade in more energy, pushing the substance further and further into the creature's body until it ceased.

*SHINK*

Law pulled his broken blade out of the titan, resting on top of its broken form.

'That technique took a lot out of me…I really need to increase my stamina.' Law noted, still breathing heavily from the exchange with the Titan.

He drifted in and out of consciousness, eager to fall asleep, but something stopped him. He recalled when August forced him to stay awake and save lives, and later on when he learnt that no lives were lost because of him.

'If I can just stay awake…I can try and save as many people as possible'

With those thoughts, Law steeled himself and shook his body awake, eager to help the survivors.

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The aftermath of the battle of the wall wasn't a pretty one.

In the clean up, mangled body parts were found across the battlefield, showing the devastation of the battle. Recognisable faces usually accompanied them, and they were usually faces full of pain and regret.

There were countless casualties on either side, and the bloody battle that they went through should be something no human should have to participate in, but in a world where humans are persuaded by their sins, war is inevitable.

Despite the battle being won against the Titan pirates, a slight sombre mood permeated the air because of the whole ordeal.

The celebration party was much quieter than expected, and instead of drinks celebrating their victory, they spent honouring their fallen comrades they had formed bonds with over the past few days.

At the end of the day everyone was so exhausted that they fell asleep instantly, too tired to be plagued by the horrors of war in their nightmares.

They left the bloodied land the next day, eager to get away from the constant reminder of their horrors. August travelled with the remaining group of soldiers, all the way to the capital to finally meet King Erwin in person.

If there's one thing August knew about kings, it was they were just ordinary people with less sleep and more workload, so when he actually met Erwin in person he wasn't all too surprised to see how he acted.

"Is that really you?" August asked, sounding surprised.

"Of course it is, you heard my voice through the snail." Erwin answered in a 'kingly' tone.

"I mean how can a king get away with that haircut? It should be a crime."

Erwin laughed, touching his hair. "Well I do make the laws, I can just as easily remove them."

August chuckled, bringing Erwin into a hug and patting him on the back, "It's nice to finally meet you."

"You too."

After pulling back from the hug, they gave each other a look of acknowledgement before Erwin gestured to the room behind him.

"Come. We have much to discuss." Erwin walked into the room, August following behind him.

"Drink?" Erwin offered, sitting down in his chair. August took a seat beside him and shook his head.

"I don't drink alcohol, dulls the senses. Bad for a guy like me who fights all the time.."

Erwin nodded, agreeing with the statement. Luckily for him he wasn't a fighter.

"If a King can't have a good drink every once in a while to relieve stress, then what's the point in staying here?" Erwin laughed, taking a gulp of his drink.

"Do you want me to answer that? Believe me, I've seen numerous times what hobbies Kings and rulers pick up in power…and lot's of them are horrifying."

Erwin sighed sadly, "I've also heard…some rumours about some rulers I was better off not knowing. It's scary what power can do to a person, it changes them."

"Is that how you think? I think power just allows people to do what they've always wanted. Once a person has that kind of power, they are free to do what they wish with no punishment, so they do it."

"It could be. In any case, I'm glad I was raised well and didn't turn out that way!"

"That I can toast too." He poured a small amount of alcohol into the glass and toasted to him.

"Here's to Erwin! A King who isn't a piece of shit!" August shouted, and a reluctant Erwin raised his glass to toast to that strange statement.

"First of all, I'd like to thank you for helping us. Without you, no one would be able to stop Darius and his crew"

August shook his head, "My job is to protect the innocent and kill the guilty, and Eldia is innocent while the Titan pirates were guilty. You should thank my leader who sent me here"

"Haha…You're a very humble person aren't you? Despite being sent here, you protected us to the best of your ability, and I imagine even without any orders you would have come here to protect us if you were informed about the events here, am I wrong?" Erwin questioned.

August blushed slightly, "Not particularly, but the main person you should be thanking is Dragon."

"I'll thank both of you. In the future you will probably be presented with a similar choice, and I trust you will make the right one." Erwin cleared his throat, "Anyway, we need to get down to the main order of business, I will assist the Revolutionary Army and its goals."

"That's it? No negotiations? No promises? Forgive me for being suspicious, but you seem very willing to join"

Erwin sighed and said, "To be honest with you, I've wanted to join for a long time, but my own self doubts and advice from my councillors have prevented me from doing so. However, after this incident, my mind is made clear." Erwin finished his drink and placed his glass on the table, sitting up and walking to his desk.

He scoured through it, a minute later finding what he was looking for as he returned with a piece of laminated paper.

"Allow me to pay you back for saving this Kingdom and show you something we have been working on for a long time. We knew the walls couldnt last us together, so we began working on something to protect us some time ago, something which would help both of us in the long run"

Erwin placed the paper beside August who inspected it with a keen eye. August's eyes lit up with realisation a moment later as he was 99% sure he knew what this was a picture of. Not getting ahead of himself, he turned to Erwin and asked, "What are they called?"

"Thunder spears"

[A/N: I feel like giving the revo army odm gear would sorta take away the fact they are in one piece and turn it into aot, so I went with thunder spears, which with all the technology doesn't seem too far fetched to be made. Of course, August most likely won't be using them, as his power far exceeds it]