"But why did I die? Mikasa, weren't you in the rear guard?"
Mikasa stepped up to Annie. "Annie, I more or less understand the situation now. Sorry to ask out of personal concern, but did you see Su Yang's class?"
"At least, I didn't see any class make it over the wall."
Reiner raised his left hand and pointed in a certain direction. "Now that you mention it, Armin is over there."
Mikasa immediately went to Armin. "Armin?"
"Armin, how are your injuries? Are you okay?"
Armin nodded.
Seeing that, Mikasa let out a breath of relief. "That's good. Where is Su Yang? And what about Eren? When we split up for combat earlier, I went straight to the rear guard, so I don't know the exact deployment... Armin?"
"Eren is dead. Su Yang is at the gate, serving as the main force of the vanguard.
"I'm sorry. Other than me, the other five members of Class 34 have all died!"
After saying that, he immediately lowered his head. His only brother had died right before his eyes, and had died saving him. His heart was filled with regret, and tears streamed from his eyes.
Sasha's pupils constricted as she stared in disbelief at Armin, who was kneeling on the ground and crying softly. "How could this happen?"
"Class 34 was almost completely wiped out? How could that happen? If we had faced the Titans head-on, we might have ended up the same way."
The other trainees looked at one another, unsure of what they should do.
"Eren died in my place. I didn't do anything. What am I supposed to do now?"
"Armin, calm down. This isn't the time to grieve. Get up."
When Armin stood up, Mikasa immediately turned around. "Marco, as long as we eliminate the Titans