Wasn't this another suicide mission?
Daz wept in terror. "We're not blades to be discarded once we've been used. Are you treating us like Human Weapons?"
"This has to be a lie. How dare they toy with us!"
"They're sending us to die here today! I'm quitting!" After saying that, the black-haired soldier turned and left. The two girls beside him did the same.
As those three left, the other soldiers also began turning away one after another.
Perhaps this retreat would earn them a death sentence for deserting in the face of battle, but at a moment like this, they still wanted to be with their families.
With soldiers taking the lead, even if it meant certain death, they had to find a way to leave.
"Stop right there, you bastard. That's a capital offense!"
Daz had already left his position and headed in the direction opposite the inner city. "In humanity's final days, I want to be with my family!"
Cold sweat had appeared on Captain Wilman's forehead. He had gathered these soldiers himself, yet now some were voluntarily backing down. This was truly awful.
"Have you made your peace, you traitors? I'll cut you down right now!"
Wilman had already drawn his blade and charged toward the soldiers.
Pixis shouted again, "By my order, the soldiers leaving now are pardoned! Once humanity surrenders to its fear of the Titans, we will never be able to fight them again.
Those who have witnessed the terror of the Titans, leave this place.
And those who want their parents, siblings, and loved ones to witness that terror as well, leave this place."
The soldiers who had fled from battle stopped in their tracks. Between dying alone and dying together with their families, was there even a choice to make?
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