Even if those things would completely evaporate in just a minute or two, he still wanted to wipe them clean as soon as possible.
Levi landed on the street below and looked at the stiff corpse lying on the ground, then at Petra's worried face.
"Captain, the bleeding won't stop."
The blond man whose abdominal wound Petra was covering spoke softly. "Captain..."
Levi crouched beside the male soldier. "What do you want to say?"
"Did I really contribute to humanity? Or did I just die for nothing?"
Levi directly took his hand. "You contributed to humanity."
"You have already done enough, and it will be the same from now on. The will you leave behind will give me strength. I promise you, I will make the Titans go extinct."
The soldier's blood stained Levi's hand, but Levi, despite his obsession with cleanliness, ignored it all. He stared intently at the soldier before him, who had completely fallen asleep and would never wake again. He wanted to remember this man's face forever.
Petra's eyes grew moist as she lowered her head slightly. "Captain, he already..."
Levi looked up at Petra. "Did he hear me until the end?"
"Yes, he definitely heard you. That's why he looks so peaceful."
Looking at the blond soldier who had peacefully fallen into eternal sleep, Levi slowly stood. "That's good."
"Levi, we're retreating."
A group of mounted soldiers had already arrived at the scene. They were all from the Survey Corps, and the man at their head was the current commander of the Survey Corps, Alvin.
"Retreat? We haven't even pushed to our limit yet. Do you want my subordinates to die in vain?"
Seeing Levi's growing anger, Erwin immediately explained with the facts. "The Titans suddenly started moving north toward the city, just like five