Through life and death together.
Never leaving, never abandoning.
These were things humanity longed for, yet could only encounter by chance and never seek.
Lin Yan decided to cherish this precious bond—the most precious feeling in the world, and the one he could not bear to let go of.
Just as they were preparing to act, another incident occurred. Those shameless rulers could no longer hold themselves back and wanted to execute Erwin Smith.
They believed that as long as they dealt with the commander of the Survey Corps, they could completely dismantle the Survey Corps and eliminate their threat.
No one would ever touch their secrets again.
On the streets, everyone who saw the carriages was discussing it. All the military officers had gathered in the capital, and they were pushing forward the dissolution of the Survey Corps.
A gallows for Erwin Smith's execution had even been erected in the square.
Inside the courtroom.
Erwin Smith's hands were bound behind his back.
His face was covered in bruises. It seemed someone had tortured him for a confession. But this man was tough; they probably had not gotten a single word out of him. That was why they had shown their vicious true colors and were unwilling even to follow proper procedure.
"Losing the Survey Corps means losing humanity's spear."
The king sat high above them.
The king was still a puppet.
Those men sat there with sanctimonious expressions.
The four of them were the true holders of power.
"What protects us from enemy attacks is not a shield, but a spear that eliminates threats. If Wall Rose were breached at this very moment, you would allow the residents of Wall Rose to take refuge within Wall Sina. But food reserves were nearly exhausted during the evacuation a few days