A weakened Marley

A piercing whistle blared, accompanied by the roar of Marley Officer, "Quick! Eldia Forces, charge! All forces, move out! Let those Middle East bastards know the consequences of angering Marley!"

Deep in the trenches, countless Eldia Soldiers, dressed in the Marley Army uniforms but with silver Armband on their arms, looked tense and uneasy, their white uniforms stained with dust and blood.

In front of the trenches lay a battlefield reduced to scorched earth, riddled with craters of all sizes and littered with corpses.

After learning that Marley had lost its three Titan, the Middle Eastern Union launched a war. Marley, which had dominated the world for a century, had long made many enemies. The Middle Eastern Union is currently the only country to declare war on Marley, but there are definitely other countries behind it.

In response to the provocations from the Middle Eastern Union, the top leadership of Marley chose to retaliate with overwhelming force. They cannot tolerate any country having designs on Marley's hegemonic status. In the eyes of the top leadership of Marley is still the same Marley that dominated the world a century ago.

However, the Marley Army's first battle was brutally crushed before this small, nameless fortress.

The three Eldians combat divisions and one Marleyan Combat Regiment, a force of over 35,000 men, have suffered more than 7,000 casualties under the terrifying Cannon and barrage of the small fortress, while the Middle Eastern Army stationed in the fortress number less than 2,000.

This battle was a huge embarrassment for Marley and made the world realize that Marley was truly weak. So on the fourth day of the attack on the fortress, Marshal Calvi gave a direct order: the Nameless Fortress must be captured within one day.

Under the harsh reprimands of the Marley Officer, thousands of Eldia Soldiers gritted their teeth and charged out of their trenches toward the fortress they had stormed countless times before.

The Middle Eastern Army's counterattack was swift; a continuous whistling sound came from the sky. Some Eldia Soldiers looked up, and the next moment, boom!!

The rising flames engulfed several Eldia Soldiers, and shell after shell pounded into the charging Eldia Soldiers ranks, instantly staining the earth red with blood and fire once more.

"Ah! Help me! I don't want to die! Help me!" An Eldia Soldiers screamed in agony, clutching his blown-off leg, but none of the surrounding Soldiers stopped. Stopping meant death, as dozens of Machine Gun in the Middle Eastern Fortress began spitting fire.

The dense barrage of bullets tore apart the bodies of the Soldiers charging at the forefront.

At that moment, a thin figure rushed to the side of the Soldiers with the missing leg, pulled him forcefully, and dragged Soldiers into a shell crater nearby.

"Captain Selina! Save me! I don't want to die!" The wounded soldier grabbed Selina's arm tightly, as if he had seen a savior.

Selina's face was covered in grime and dried blood. She pulled out a tourniquet and tied it around the wounded soldier's broken leg. As for painkillers like morphine, their Eldia Forces didn't have any; only the Marleyan troops were equipped with them.

But Selina, seeing the despair in the wounded soldier's eyes, miraculously pulled a small syringe from her pocket and injected it into his arm. "Live well!"

After saying that, Selina grabbed her Rifle and nimbly rushed out of the trench.

Selina couldn't guarantee whether the wounded soldiers would survive; that was all she could do. But it was Selina's actions that earned her the support and favor of many Eldia Soldiers, and in just a few days, she rose from New Recruits to a captain.

Bang! The bolt was pulled back, the spent cartridge ejected, and a Middle East Soldiers in the fortress fell to the ground.

Selina barely made it to the blind spot of the fortress's firepower. Seeing the large number of Eldia compatriots who had been killed, she felt extremely distressed. Today's order was a death order; if the Eldia Forces dared to retreat, they would all be regarded as deserters and executed.

It could be said that the Marleyan truly regarded the Eldia Forces as cannon fodder, unaware that such actions had already sown the seeds of hatred in the hearts of the Eldia Soldiers.

Selina was also aware of this, which was why she came to the army. The Eldia Restorationists needed power, and these Eldia Soldiers with Rifle were their strongest force.

In the blink of an eye, the Eldia Forces had suffered more than half their casualties, and taking the fortress seemed like a pipe dream, but the Marleyan's backup plan had already arrived.

On the towering earthen slope, several figures stood, followed by two blinding Yellow Lightning and billowing steam.

An Armored Titan, its joints covered in spikes and wielding a massive shield, charged wildly toward the fortress.

A Cart Titan covered in iron armor also rushed towards the fortress, its iron tower on its back spewing out tongues of fire. This was the Cart Titan's Cart Squad.

At the very front of the two Titan stood another Titan unlike any seen before—a ten-meter-tall Titan with flowing golden hair and faintly visible red eyes, currently running wildly on all fours.

In the blink of an eye, they rushed to the side of the fortress. The Titan roared and stood up, with pale bone claws growing from Titan toes and feet.

Thud! The bone claws easily pierced the sturdy fortress wall, and the Titan, using both hands and feet, charged up the fortress in an instant.

"Titan!!" The Middle East Soldiers panicked. The giant suddenly swung his hand, and the bone claws on his fingertips shot out at lightning speed, the terrifying impact piercing through several Middle East Soldiers in succession.

At the same time, the Armored Titan, wielding a giant shield, crashed open the fortress gates, and the fortress's Machine Gun were completely unable to inflict any damage on the Armored Titan.

The Cart Titan seized the opportunity to rush into the city walls, and the Machine Gun fire from the Cart Squad on his back caused countless deaths and injuries among the Middle Easterners.

On the distant earthen slope, Zeke squinted and muttered, "Yago-san, things have turned out differently than we expected, Porco. How did he acquire the Titan Power? It seems we need to hurry."

Roar!! Amidst the soaring Yellow Lightning of electricity, the Beast Titan roared and clenched a giant rock.

Warhorses galloped across the vast grasslands, where the Survey Corps' main force stretched out in Long-Distance Scouting Formation. Under the power of their Thunder Spear, both ordinary Titan and terrifying Abnormal Titan could only fall.

Gradually, in the direction the Survey Corps was advancing, a blue trace appeared on the horizon, and the blue grew larger and wider.

"What's that?" Armin asked excitedly. Yago looked at the azure blue and said, "That blue expanse, that's the Ocean."

"The Ocean?! Is it the Lake of Salt filled with salt that the books talk about?!" Armin's face flushed with excitement.

"Yes, that's the Ocean, the Ocean that surrounds our entire Paradis Island."

(Look at the sea! What's on the other side?)