Welcome

"Niccolo!? Where did he go?! Where's my breakfast?!" Captain Jeff's duck-like howl echoed across the deck of the Courage early in the morning.

The Marley Soldiers on duty on deck were used to it. There were a total of 67 crew members on the entire Guard, including the Captain, but Captain Jeff, who was an alcoholic, had no idea how many people were on board.

Jeff's love of alcohol was well-known in the Marley military. If it weren't for the considerable contributions he had made within the Marley Navy in his youth, Commander Ance of the Marley Navy would have kicked him out of the army long ago.

Since the Navy needed to send personnel to continue investigating and monitoring the situation on Paradis Island, Commander Ance conveniently sent Jeff instead, to avoid Jeff participating in the battle while drunk.

At Jeff's call, a tall but flustered Marley Soldiers came running out of the kitchen carrying plates, panting heavily. Because he had gotten up so late, Niccolo hadn't even put on his cook's uniform, and his Marley Navy uniform was stained with oil.

"Clumsy as a clumsier, be careful you don't get chewed up by Titan on Demon Island." Jeff said, taking the plate from Niccolo and biting into a sausage bun.

"I'm sorry, Captain, I'll definitely be more careful next time!" Niccolo apologized repeatedly, but Jeff just waved his hand, clearly not taking it to heart.

Jeff carried the breakfast back to the Captain's command room.

Niccolo breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned around, he saw someone. Yelena patted Niccolo on the shoulder and said meaningfully, "Niccolo, we're about to arrive at Paradis Island. We'll have to trouble you to prepare a lot of delicious food, since there will probably be quite a few people."

Niccolo was stunned. What did this mean? But Niccolo had only recently joined the army and didn't have much interaction with this Yelena. However, Yelena's rank was higher than his, so Niccolo agreed and went to the kitchen.

Yelena glanced at Niccolo's retreating figure, then looked at Paradis Island, whose edge was already visible in the distance, a slight smile playing on her lips, before calmly walking towards the captain's command room.

The ship's horn sounded, Marley Soldiers standing on the deck could already see the port that the Marleyan had built on Paradis Island, a "Paradise" where those Eldians with disloyal intentions were exiled.

That High Wall, several meters high, was where the Eldians were exiled. Of course, the Soldiers on the "Courage" were here for the first time and did not know the specific situation on the island, so the Soldiers on the ship were not very vigilant.

At that moment, a Marley Soldiers on the Watchtower suddenly saw through his binoculars a dozen or so figures in Marley Navy uniforms frantically waving their arms on the High Wall, which was more than ten meters high.

"Report, Captain! There seem to be our Soldiers on the High Wall of the harbor!" The news quickly reached the Captain's command room. Jeff squinted, somewhat puzzled. "Our Soldiers? How could that be? Could they be crew members from the Tranquility? But how have they managed to survive for months without supplies?"

Jeff wasn't stupid; he instinctively sensed something was wrong, but then he heard Yelena's voice beside him, "Captain, didn't the Commander's intelligence say that the port here has supplies? Those Soldiers are probably relying on those supplies."

"That doesn't make sense either. Why didn't they evacuate with the Tranquility? What are they doing here? Wasn't it said that the demons on the island seized the Colossal Titan and the Female Titan?"

"Perhaps this was ordered by the Commander to leave Soldiers behind to monitor movements on the island."

Jeff, his hands gripping the table, shook his head again. "No, if it was men left behind by the Commander, why haven't we heard a thing for months? Order the Courage to slow down and immediately Send a Telegram to Commander to confirm the situation!"

A cold glint flashed in Yelena's eyes. She hadn't expected this drunken Captain to be so cautious. So Yelena slowly reached for her waist.

Jeff noticed Yelena's movements as well. His experience kicked in, and he instantly sensed the danger. He quickly drew his pistol from his waist, pointed it at Yelena, and shouted, "Yelena! What are you trying to do? Are you trying to rebel?"

The moment Yelena's hand grasped the pistol, Jeff pointed it at her first. But Yelena showed no panic; instead, she calmly looked at Jeff.

Jeff frowned and demanded, "Yelena, state your purpose, or I won't mind you dying here."

But before Jeff could finish speaking, a cold Gun Barrel was pressed against the back of his head.

The Black crew member Onyankopon, released the safety on his pistol and said, "Captain, put down your gun."

Jeff froze, but before he could react, Yelena pounced on him like a nimble cheetah.

Bang! Crack! A punch followed by a heavy elbow strike knocked Jeff unconscious.

Yelena clapped her hands, glanced contemptuously at the unconscious Captain lying on the ground, and then nodded to Onyankopon.

Soon after, the Marley Soldiers aboard the Guard "Courage" received orders from their Captain: the combat personnel would board speedboats and carry supplies to land on the island first, while the "Courage" would slow down and prepare to dock.

The naive Marley Soldiers had no doubts and immediately carried out the orders with great enthusiasm.

Boxes of supplies were loaded onto the speedboats, and then the Marley Soldiers carrying Rifle followed. A total of three speedboats, carrying more than thirty Soldiers, headed towards the port.

At this moment, the "Marley Soldiers" at the port seemed to have also noticed the Courage's movements, and two small boats were heading towards them. Strangely, there was only one person on each of the two small boats.

Bang! A purple Signal Flare rose from the port. When Yelena saw the Signal Flare in the command room, she knew the plan had succeeded, so she immediately ordered the remaining crew members on the Courage to assemble on the deck.

"Hey! Brothers! How are you? We're from the First Fleet's 'Courage' Guard. Which unit are you from? Are you brothers from the Tranquility'?" A Marley Soldiers on the lead speedboat shouted to his "comrades" on the approaching small boat.

Meanwhile, the "Marley Soldiers" on the opposite small boat raised his head, removed his helmet, revealing a head of short, black hair and black eyes.

Soon, several speedboats met, but a small boat from the port headed straight for the Courage, while another speedboat blocked the other three.

The Marley Soldiers asked, somewhat bewildered, "What does this mean?"

Yago looked up and smiled, "Welcome to Paradis Island."