"Moses, Moses—! I... I haven't seen my son, Moses."
A small incident occurred at that moment. An elderly woman rushed into the street and stopped the Survey Corps' procession.
There was no doubt that her son had died during the expedition beyond the walls, swallowed by a Titan. Yet Moses' death had produced no contribution, no gains, and thus held no meaning at all. It had merely been a worthless, tragic death.
To a mother, her son himself was the greatest meaning. One could imagine the blow this outcome dealt Moses' mother. Clutching the last remaining piece of her son's body, she wept until her voice broke, and the once-lively crowd instantly fell silent and mournful.
Lianye let out a soft sigh and stepped away from the onlookers.
The coming upheaval was nearly upon them, and he needed to make some adjustments and preparations as well.
He had only just spent more than ten days traveling to reach the Inside Wall Area, yet he already had to face the next challenge. Lianye could not help but smile bitterly. Couldn't he be allowed even a little time to rest? After all, he was merely an ordinary human Summoner.
In other words, Lianye was still essentially an ordinary person.
But that bitter smile quickly turned into a disdainful, proud expression. He was now also a legendary hunter who possessed the Hero Ability of the Pride Stalker—and a true hunter never rested.
"Phew... These things really suit my taste better."
Lianye drained a bowl of meat sauce soup in one gulp. Though the flavor was somewhat rough and nowhere near the refined cuisine of the twenty-first century, it was far better than the crudely roasted meat he had eaten in the Outside Wall Area.
As Lianye's physique steadily grew stronger, surpassing that of an ordinary human and becoming closer to that of a fierce beast such as a lion, he could easily digest even raw meat.
However, compared with that wild and uninhibited, crude way of life, Lianye still preferred the modest comforts of an ordinary person, even with the abilities of an ultimate hunter.
After finishing the black bread and meat sauce soup he had ordered, Lianye propped up his chin and briefly wrestled with whether he wanted to be human or not.
Wanting to be human meant properly paying and leaving. Not wanting to be human meant dining and dashing.
Feeling his completely empty pockets, Lianye could not help shaking his head with a bitter smile. It seemed he could only be a beast for once. If he activated his ultimate and ran off now, it probably would not be too embarrassing, right?!
Just as he was skillfully mocking himself in his mind, Lianye suddenly felt the ground tremble.
If it had only been a fleeting shudder, people might have thought it was merely an illusion.
But what followed was a violent shaking like a small earthquake, and the restaurant instantly descended into chaos.
"This is bad! Run!"
"What? Is it an earthquake?"
"Don't worry about that—get out of here!"
The other customers could no longer sit still. Screaming, they scattered and fled.
Lianye, meanwhile, slowly rose to his feet. His restrained aura continuously climbed toward a godlike state, his heart pounding rapidly as his enhanced senses keenly caught the presence of every prey within 5,500 yards.
"Ahhh... the scent of prey..."
End of Chapter
Colossal Giant
The afterglow of the setting sun cast a sacred, gentle radiance over the magnificent medieval walls and town.
If not for this earth-shaking "tremor," today would still have been an exceptionally peaceful day in the Inside Wall Area, within Shiganshina District.
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