"Damn it, why are there still so many Titans here?" Yago narrowly dodged a Titan's hand, the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment rapidly venting gas and carrying Yago flying to another cluster of houses.
On the ground lay the corpses of five Titans, already evaporating.
Yago frowned as he looked in Eren's direction. The signal to begin the operation had been sent a long time ago—what was going on over there with Eren?
And at this moment, after Eren transformed into the pointed-eared Titan, he lost control and actually threw a punch at Mikasa.
The three elite garrison squad leaders responsible for protecting Eren were also shocked. Rico said unwillingly,
"Damn it, so many soldiers were sacrificed, and in the end we still failed!"
"Not yet. We still can't determine Eren's condition for now!" another garrison squad leader, Ian, said calmly.
Rico could only fire a red signal flare indicating that the operation had encountered an accident.
The red signal flare sent a chill through everyone's hearts.
"Did we fail?" Yago sliced the nape from behind a Titan and looked at the red signal flare rising into the air.
"Eren, don't let us down. Everyone has placed their hopes on you." Yago knocked away the damaged blade in his hand. In front of him, more than ten Titans were walking toward him.
The number of Titans here still exceeded Yago's expectations. Perhaps it was the enormous attraction Eren possessed after transforming; relying only on the three garrison squads around Eren simply couldn't stop so many Titans.
Yago drew a brand-new blade. A wound in his palm kept emitting steam. Although he didn't know how Eren was attracting Titans, Yago also possessed Titan power. He cut his hand and suppressed the wound's recovery, and sure enough, it attracted a large group of Titans.
But there were still quite a few Titans rushing toward Eren's direction.
"Come on. The human in front of you is healthy and young—top-quality meat for sure. Just be careful not to break your teeth!" Yago looked at the Titans ahead and said with a low laugh.
Whoosh! A fifteen-meter Titan suddenly smashed its arm down at Yago.
Yago fired his grappling hook in time, the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment swiftly pulling him aside to dodge!
"Hahaha, come on! Let me see how many seconds you bastards can survive under my blades!" Yago shouted with a hint of madness. In his pitch-black pupils, a flash of crimson light passed.
In midair, Yago made several consecutive leaps, and three or four Titans fell one after another.
Another Titan fell. Crack! The blade embedded into the Titan's nape. Yago exerted force to cut, but his expression suddenly changed—the powerful resistance blocked the blade from going any further.
Without thinking, Yago immediately gripped the handle, released the already dulled blade, and swiftly extended the handle toward the scabbard at his waist.
But Yago's expression suddenly froze. The scabbard was empty. Without Yago noticing, all the blades had been used up, and Yago had already slain thirteen Titans.
The next moment, Yago felt a tremendous force strike his waist. A drooling eight-meter Titan grabbed Yago from atop a fallen Titan.
Several fifteen-meter-class Titans nearby also swarmed in, while a few three- to four-meter small Titans scurried around chaotically.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Yago was instantly crushed beneath a pile of Titans.
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On the other side, "Roar!!!!" A pointed-eared Titan held a massive boulder as tall as itself and walked step by step toward the breach in Trost District. Every step it took made the ground tremble.
Rico widened her eyes.
"So it really… succeeded?"
Armin, who had successfully awakened the out-of-control Eren, came to Mikasa's side and said anxiously,
"Mikasa! Eren has regained his senses! Now as long as we protect Eren and get him to the breach, we'll succeed!"
Garrison squad leader Ian clenched his teeth, looked at the many Titans frantically closing in on Eren, and roared,
"Everyone! Defend Eren Yeager to the death! At the cost of your lives, you must protect him and get him to the breach!!"
Rico also quickly fired a signal flare indicating that the operation would continue.
"Everyone, no matter the cost, draw the Titans' attention. Do you understand?" the garrison officer said to the trainee soldiers in front of him.
Jean said, "So that means we can't let a single Titan get close to Eren. All right! Let's go, everyone!"
One after another, figures leapt down from the wall, desperately stopping the Titans that were trying to approach Eren.
On a wide street, more than a dozen Titan corpses had already evaporated halfway. At the very center, several Titans were squeezed together.
Bang!! Suddenly, a huge blood-covered fist smashed through a Titan's body and emerged.
The next second, "Roar!" A tremendous roar burst out from within the Titan's body. Boom! A powerful force blasted apart the Titans that had been crowded together.
White steam filled the air. Within the steam, a pair of crimson eyes—boom! boom!—a towering body stepped onto the ground. A seventeen-meter-tall figure radiated overwhelming pressure, and the wounds on its chest gnawed open by ordinary Titans rapidly healed.
The Yago Titan has arrived.
Opening its massive mouth filled with sharp teeth, the Yago Titan let out a terrifying hiss. That roar seemed to draw the attention of more than ten nearby Titans, which also roared as they charged at Yago from all directions.
The Yago Titan stepped forward with its left foot and actually assumed a very standard stance—knees bent in a half-crouch, arms raised, clearly preparing to fight.
A single hook punch blasted the entire head of the Titan in front of it skyward from the neck up. Yago then grabbed two Titans charging at him, seized them by the necks, and slammed them into a nearby building.
...
"Annie, left side!" Connie warned. Annie immediately reacted, quickly jumping aside as a six-meter Titan snapped at the spot where she had just been standing.
Even battle-hardened Annie nearly met disaster. She couldn't help but grow tense about Yago's safety.
"Jean!" Marco looked anxiously toward Jean on the ground. Jean was gritting his teeth, his face covered in cold sweat as he desperately pulled the trigger, but the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment showed no response at all.
"Damn it! This cursed piece of junk!"
Jean raised his head just as a Titan reached straight out to grab him. He couldn't spare time to check the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment and immediately turned and ran, with the Titan chasing after him.
Worried about Jean's safety, Marco immediately activated his Vertical Maneuvering Equipment to catch up with that Titan, looking for a chance to take it down.
"Squad Leader Rico! We've eliminated quite a few Titans on the left, but Titans are still streaming in endlessly from the right. We need reinforcements!" a garrison soldier said anxiously to Rico. There were simply too many Titans. They only had one squad dealing with the right side. Even though Rico's squad was elite among the garrison's elite, they couldn't withstand so many Titans, and their losses were severe.
Behind Rico's glasses, her eyes were filled with calm. Her tone was equally steady as she said,
"Request support from Mitabi's squad. Eren is already very close to the breach. We must protect Eren! This is our last hope!"
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