Marley's Wrath
"Is that... Airship?" An Eldia Soldiers looked up at the few white shadows floating in the sky.
Yago also stood at the forefront of the position, his hands behind his back, staring at the Marleyan Airship.
The Airship moved slowly forward, their target the Middle Easterners Grayle Fortress. Yago and his men could see the Airship, and the Middle Easterners weren't blind either; they could see them too.
Many Middle East Soldiers were seeing Airship for the first time, so their eyes were filled with curiosity. Many pointed at the Airship, while experienced Veteran Soldier and commanders, having seen much of the Marleyan, could roughly guess what the Marleyan wanted to do when they saw the Airship.
Under the shouts of Veteran Soldier and commanders, the Middle East Soldiers quickly sought cover, because the role of Airship in war was nothing more than reconnaissance and bombing. The Grayle Fortress was extremely sturdy, and the Middle Easterners had great confidence in their fortress. The Marleyan bombing? What a joke.
It seems these Middle Easterners have never heard of Operation Marley’s Wrath.
The Airship brazenly flew over the Grayle Fortress. Due to the altitude, the Marleyan were not afraid of attacks from the Middle Easterners. How could they attack? Did the bearded Middle East Easterners think they could raise their cannons vertically and fire at the Airship?
Yago stared intently at the Airship, though he could only make out a small, blurry white outline. Selina walked to Yago's side and whispered, "Aren't you leaving?"
Yago slowly shook his head. "We're not leaving for now, because there's a better way. Also, Selina, how's the preparation going?"
Selina: "Don't worry, everything is ready. Everyone has made contact with other Eldia Forces. But, Yago, is it really necessary to be in such a hurry?"
Yago nodded. "As quickly as possible. The more Eldia Soldiers we recruit into the Restoration Army, the better our chances. We're facing more than just the Marleyan. Time is of the essence; we need to hurry. I've already made arrangements with Bagg; go ahead and do it."
"Understood." Selina immediately turned and left.
After Selina left, Yago's expression also became serious.
Suddenly, Transformation happened in the distance.
On the Airship, Magath stood by the porthole in the control tower, looking down at the Airship structure below. Beside Magath were three young, chubby-faced Warrior Candidate: Gabi, Falco, and Udo. Colt was there to look after Zofia was still in the hospital.
Although the Marley leadership was furious that Gabi's unauthorized actions had put Marley in a passive position in world opinion, Magath, as the captain of the Warrior Unit, couldn't bear to reprimand her. He had seen Gabi's hard work all along, and he had personally trained these Warrior Candidate, so he had a deep affection for them. Therefore, Magath hadn't said anything until now.
However, he could still see the strained relationship between the several Warrior Candidate. Gabi was clearly isolated, and she herself had become depressed, but with the war pressing, she had no time to worry about such things.
The Airship arrived directly above the Grayle Fortress.
Under Captain Marley's command, the hatch opened, but contrary to what the Middle Easterners had guessed, what was piled up beside the Airship's hatch was not piles of explosives, but rather pale-faced Eldians with fear in their eyes, wearing Armband and their bodies tightly bound.
Each of them carried a rudimentary parachute pack. Upon receiving orders, the Marley Soldiers did not hesitate to push all the Eldians off the Airship.
Suddenly, the sky looked like it was filled with dumplings falling from the sky, as white parachutes opened one after another, and Eldians slowly descended.
Reiner took a deep breath and was the last to jump out of the Airship.
The immense wind pressure whipped his body, and after descending to a certain altitude, Reiner suddenly pulled up his parachute. The huge pull immediately stopped his body, which had been falling straight down.
On the last Airship, Zeke crouched by the hatch, frowning as he watched the Eldians descend. These people had all been injected with Spinal Fluid; in other words, they were now Titan weapons that Zeke could transform into with a roar—this was the Marley’s Wrath.
Zeke watched the distance the Eldians were falling. If it was too early, most of Titan would probably fall to their deaths right after transforming; if it was too late, his roar might not be enough to stop them. So he had to control the distance.
The Middle East Soldiers also noticed the strange situation. One sharp-eyed Soldiers pointed at the parachutes in the sky and shouted, "Someone's here! There's someone strapped to the parachute!"
The Middle East commanders were puzzled. What were the Marleyan up to? Were they sending them targets to practice on? But Middle Easterners doubts were soon answered.
A moment later, Zeke's eyes narrowed. "Now!" Zeke took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and let out a long roar, "Awooo!!!"
In an instant, blinding Golden Thunder erupted from every descending Eldians. One after another, large swaths of Golden Thunder enveloped the sky above the Middle Easterners fortress, countless flashing Golden Thunder like divine punishment descending upon the world.
The Middle East Soldiers were stunned by what they saw.
From afar, Yago also witnessed this spectacular scene: vast expanses of Golden Thunder enveloped the entire fortress. Even from such a distance, Yago could still feel the blinding power of the lightning.
But seeing this scene filled Yago with only sorrow; those thunderbolts were the fate of the Eldians.
If the golden lightning is a harbinger of divine punishment, then the countless bizarre Titan that suddenly emerge from these patches of Golden Thunder are the call of the Death God from hell.
Amid the screams of terror from Middle East Soldiers, hundreds upon hundreds of Titan, still steaming, plummeted from mid-air like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The massive body crashed into various parts of the Grayle Fortress, and many unlucky Middle East Soldiers who couldn't dodge in time were smashed into a pile of mush.
Many Titan were unlucky; some fell headfirst and shattered into pieces, while others unfortunately hit the edge of a building with the back of their necks. After falling to the ground, these Titan twitched a few times before their bodies began to evaporate and dissipate.
However, many more Titan, steaming and swaying, managed to stand up.
Before the trembling bodies of Middle East Soldiers, countless Titan with vacant stares began their slaughter.
A Middle East Soldiers, Rifle raised, desperately yelled at his surroundings, "You demons! Monsters! Don't come any closer! Get away! Get away!"
However, around him, three Titan, each ten meters tall, had already stood up, one of them with a Titan leg hanging from its mouth.
Just as the Middle East Soldiers were brandishing their Rifle, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head and was lifted into the air.
When he realized that the Titan had grabbed his head and grabbed his body, all he saw was a gaping maw covered in slimy saliva.
"No! No! Don't eat me! No! Help! Ah! I don't want to die!" The Middle East Soldiers was terrified and desperate, even losing control of his bladder, but the Titan still stared blankly as he stuffed half of his body into its mouth.
Crunch, crunch, followed by a terrifying chewing sound that echoed throughout every corner of the Grayle Fortress.