Eren, transformed into his attack titan form, moves towards Kevin.
The heavy thuds of his steps hammered on the hearts of dumbstruck soldiers.
Mouths opened, they look at Eren's incredible transformation; the things that they have never thought of in their lives just happened in front of their eyes: a human turning into a titan.
Although unimaginable and incomprehensible, they still move on the order of their captain, Ian Dietrich.
With a shout from the top of his lung, the soldiers immediately wake up from their stupor, and while maintaining some distance from Eren, they also start to move.
Everyone keeps one eye on Eren and the other in the front.
After all, it is the first time they are cooperating with a titan.
Bertholdt looks at the Titan Eren transformed into.
'So this is the missing Attack Titan.' Bertholdt thought, a slightly puzzled expression on his face, 'But how does this titan get inherited by Eren?'
Initially, when Eren appears in the attack titan form, Bertholdt also believes it to be the founder's titan and almost rushes toward it, but with the appearance of Kevin, the idea of Eren being the founder's titan immediately dies down.
After all, in comparison to Eren, Kevin looks more convincing.
'Well, it doesn't matter; soon it will also fall in our hand.' Bertholdt thought with conviction, his eyes following Kevin's titan.
Resolve burns in his heart to reach the conclusion of their mission, for which they have remained five years away from their home and destroyed countless others.
Looking at Kevin, Bertholdt thought, 'Today is going to be your final day, Founder Titan.'
Fighting spirit ignites in him; thinking of the victory in sight, Bertholdt almost let out a small smile.
'Just a little more; once I reach there, you will be finished.' The shortening of distance causes him to become excited; only the figure of Kevin remains in his vision, his mind solely focused on him.
Swiss
The next moment—the sound of something tearing through the air sounded in Bertholdt's ears.
"W-wha..." he cried out in panic.
A large hand zooms in on his eyes; the thick fingers, the size of his own, quickly wrap around his body and restrain him.
Everything happens too fast for Bertholdt; before he could understand anything or even get startled, he finds himself between the jaws of the Attack Titan.
"Uh??" A confused sound echoed from Bertholdt; the next second, the teeth fell on his body.
With it, chaos begins; the soldiers who were marching for the battle scatter in disarray, and panic and fearful voices sound.
"Arghhhh...it kills someone."
"This is Titan; we shouldn't have trust in it."
"Kill it, finish him; this is no human."
The delicate balance instantly breaks; the trust, which was fragile to begin with, gets shredded.
"Why? Eren..." Armin looks in a daze at the fifteen-meter-tall titan, parting the dark hair, where green eyes shine intensely.
Armin's mind goes blank; unable to understand what is going on, he knows Eren, but now looking at those green eyes, Armin feels there is an unknown person inside there.
Sigh
Ian Dietrich lets out a defeated sigh. "Have I bet on the wrong move? Is there really no chance for humanity to fight back against the titans?"
Looking at the scattered soldiers, Ian feels like he has lost the battle; the humanity is lost.
"Ber...tholdt" Reiner's eyes become vacant; the scene of Bertholdt getting crushed between the Attack Titan's jaws continues to replay in his mind; the confused eyes of Bertholdt at his last moment flash before his eyes.
Horror paints Annie's face. The flashback of the day when they lost Marcel repeats in her head, overlapping with the image of Bertholdt.
She almost breaks down, thinking about her failure; she feared she would never be returning to her father's side.
Thud
Thud
Eren, the Attack Titan, starts moving toward Kevin, his shining green eyes fixed on Kevin; gone was the earlier familiarity from his gaze; instead, coldness and anger stared at Kevin.
Suddenly the whole atmosphere transformed; with Reiner, Annie, and others radiating bleakness, Eren and Kevin became the center of attention.
Swiss
Suddenly surprised gasps sounded from the panicked soldier.
"What is he doing? Does he want to commit suicide?" The soldiers look in confusion at Armin as he makes a sudden movement, and using the ODM gear, he lands near Eren's titan form's neck.
"Eren." Landing on his shoulder, Armin looks at the tense radiating eyes. "Why are you doing all of this?" Armin said in desperation, but Eren, like he doesn't care about anything, continues to advance without any reaction.
Not getting any kind of gesture, Armin thought depressingly, about how today everything happened that doesn't make sense, from the appearance of titans to now Eren suddenly having the ability to transform into a titan.
Silence fell over the place with the pleading of Armin, which got broken the next second.
"So, this is what you have got." A powerful voice reverberated throughout the air.
The soldiers, Armin, Reiner, and Annie—everybody stares in shock at Kevin.
"It spoke." A soldier tremblingly points his finger at Kevin. "A titan actually spoke."
Madness started to creep into their minds.
Wide-eyed and open-mouthed, they stare at the ongoing scene with trembling hearts.
Hearing Kevin, a twenty-meter-tall titan, speak, everyone stood shocked while Eren continued to advance, like that didn't surprise him.
Kevin, in astonishment, looks at Eren, the attack titan, who previously looked weak but now radiates coldness and immense power.
A small smile crept on Kevin's titan face, creeping out the soldiers more.
"Amazing, that was a nice move." Kevin sounded amazed. "But if you think that with the addition of the Colossal Titan, you will be able to stop me, then you are simply being delusional."
His words don't affect Eren, but to the soldiers they create further unrest and chaos; using the ODM gears, some soldiers start to run away from there.
"Eren, what is going on?" Armin, standing on the shoulder, asks Eren in confusion, "Tell me, Eren, what is going on? Are you hiding something from us?"
Hearing the words of Kevin, Armin quickly feels that something different is going on, which Eren is aware of, so he tries asking him, but Eren, in response, brings his hand toward Armin.
Looking at the approaching hand, Armin doesn't dodge; instead, he lets Eren grab him.
No fear appeared in his eyes, as he knew Eren would never harm him.
Picking up Armin, Eren carefully puts him on a house roof.
Then, without even glancing at him, he continued.
Armin looks lost, standing there; he just gazes in the direction of Eren.
"Eren..."