The Warrior Unit
After hastily handing the appointment letter to Yago, the Marley Soldiers immediately drove away from the camp without looking back, as if staying even a moment longer would bring him bad luck.
Yago, holding the letter of appointment, slowly walked into the Military Camp with great interest. As soon as he Military Camp, he saw a number of Eldia Soldiers carrying Rifle slowly gathering around him.
However, Yago didn't think these people were there to welcome him; at least Yago couldn't see any friendly expressions on their faces.
Yago stood there calmly, while the gathered Soldiers made way for a female soldier in Marley uniform who walked straight toward Yago.
Female soldiers? That's rare.
Selina approached Yago, first scrutinizing Yago. Seeing his excessively youthful face, Selina was somewhat bewildered. This guy probably wasn't even twenty years old! What were the Marleyan thinking?
Despite her dazed state, Selina calmly extended her hand and said, "You must be the new commander of the Third Regiment? I am Selina, the Vanguard Unit captain Third Regiment welcomes you, sir."
Upon hearing this, all the Eldia Soldiers turned their gazes toward Yago.
But Yago's next action surprised them. Yago naturally extended his hand to shake hands with Selina, and said with a smile, "Thank you all for your welcome. I am Loa Rosé, just call me Loa. Also, everyone doesn't need to gather here, please feel free to move around. By the way, Captain Selina, is there a tent here for me to rest in?"
Yago's gentle and mild attitude surprised Selina and the Eldia Soldiers. They knew that even the best-mannered commanders of the previous Third Regiment had shown them contempt and treated them like dirt. Of course, all those commanders had "accidentally" died on the battlefield.
Selina was also unsure whether the friendly attitude of this Commander Loa was genuine or feigned. After all, previous Marley commanders would bring along a Supervisory Unit composed of Marleyan, and everyone should know the role of the Supervisory Unit. But later, perhaps because the Third Regiment's reputation as Cursed Unit spread far and wide, or perhaps because the Third Regiment was really used as cannon fodder, fewer and fewer Marleyan were willing to come to the Third Regiment.
Even Yago's previous commander was forced into this unit because he deserted during the battle. The accompanying Supervisory Unit consisted of Marley Soldiers had committed minor offenses. These men were arrogant and condescending, bossing around the Eldia Soldiers. The lewd commander even harbored evil intentions towards Selina. Of course, on the second day of the battle, this commander was "accidentally" blown to pieces by the Middle Easterners, and all the Supervisory Unit members also perished.
The commander who came today, Loa, was all alone. Was this young Officer cowardly? Selina wasn't sure, so she could only instruct a Soldiers to take Yago to the commander's tent.
Just as Selina was confused by Yago's attitude, Yago also secretly glanced at Selina, because he recognized the name. He had heard it from Jack, the blind leader of the Eldia Restorationists. Before Jack died, he had uttered some fragmented words: army, Selina...
Yago chuckled. Eldia Restorationists? Goodness, that's quite interesting. Yago vaguely guessed Selina's identity, but Yago didn't intend to get involved; the Eldia Restorationists' goals were different from his.
Once inside his command tent, Yago casually flipped through some documents.
At the tent entrance, an Eldia Soldiers was furtively watching Yago. Yago, with his keen senses, spotted the Soldiers immediately, but he didn't bother to pay him any attention.
Inside the brightly lit tent, several people sat quietly in chairs; this was the tent of the Marley Warrior Unit.
Inside the tent, Porco and Reiner looked at each other in silence, while the Sea-Swimming Titan Aili quietly huddled in a corner, nibbling on a bag of dry rations.
The newly joined Red Fire Titan, Newt Sam, rested his hands on his forehead, his expression gloomy. No one knew his past, and of course, no one noticed the hatred hidden in Newt's eyes. Newt looked like a down-on-his-luck middle-aged man, perhaps much older Zeke.
Finally, sitting in the first seat was naturally the Marley Warriors captain, Zeke Jaeger.
Zeke sat with his legs crossed, engrossed in a newspaper. When he came across a report about the Train explosion in the Rhine Province, the Marleyan's outrage and anger at the cruelty of the Middle Easterners made Zeke want to laugh.
Just then, the sound of a huge creature running and military vehicles driving by suddenly came from outside the tent. Zeke put down his newspaper, and the others also perked up. Aili hurriedly stuffed the dry rations into her large bag.
The tent flap was suddenly flung open, and a resolute-looking Magath led his group inside. Zeke immediately led the way, standing at attention and saluting, "Captain Magath!"
Magath, signaling everyone to sit down. Zeke was taken aback when he saw the people behind Magath, especially those few little kids.
"Colt, Falco, Gabi... what's wrong with you?" Zeke looked at the Warrior Candidate in front of him with great surprise, then turned to Magath, not understanding why Magath would bring these children to the front lines.
Magath's second-in-command, Koslow, answered Zeke's question, "For Warrior Candidate to become a Marley warrior, outstanding ability and absolute loyalty are essential, and isn't the battlefield the perfect place to prove these qualities?"
Zeke remained silent.
At this moment, Pieck, leaning on his cane, also entered the tent. After being transformed into Titan for several months, Pieck was temporarily not used to walking upright on two legs after returning to his human body.
With Pieck's arrival, the Marley Warrior Unit was now complete, including all the Warrior Candidate. Colt and the Warrior Candidate sat at the very back, listening to Magath's orders.
"The Ministry of Defense has high expectations for our Warrior Unit. Our Warrior Unit are also the most important force in changing the course of the war. Zeke, as the War Chief of the Marley Warrior Unit, you bear the heaviest responsibility. We hope you can set the best example!"
Zeke stood up and said loudly, "Rest assured, I will lead the Warrior Unit to fight valiantly for Marley!"
Magath and then issued orders: according to intelligence, the Middle Easterners have recently been gathering strength for a counterattack, and the Warrior Unit need to fully cooperate with the Marley forces to crush the Middle Easterners' offensive.
Of course, Magath had also made arrangements for the Warrior Candidate. He turned to Koslow and said, "You're in charge of the Warrior Candidate for now. I need to stay with the Warrior Unit. Don't overdo it; they're still just kids."
Koslow nodded, but inwardly he disagreed with Magath's words. They were just Eldians, so what if they were Warrior Candidate? Weren't they all doing it for Marley? Koslow made a silent vow: for Marley's sake, he would select these Warrior Candidate for the most dangerous frontline unit, so they could prove their loyalty to Marley.