False honor
"More than a hundred years ago, the Eldia People Titan oppressed humanity for thousands of years. Over a thousand years, hundreds of millions of humans were devoured by the Titan."
Since the birth of Founding Titan Ymir human, humanity has lived in the shadow of the Titan. The Titan Power has trampled countless nations, peoples, and cultures. Human history is a history of Eldians slaughter soaked in blood.
However, the expansion of power also led to a split within the Eldians. The eight Titan Power, rebelled, and it was during this time that the well-known hero, Helos, rose to prominence.
He used unparalleled wisdom and extraordinary Courage to successfully instigate a civil war among the Titan families, weakening the Eldians rule. In the end, he joined forces with the Tybur family, who had abandoned the darkness for the light, to defeat and expel King Fritz, who possessed the Founding Titan Power, forcing him to flee in disgrace with some of his subjects to what is now Paradis Island.
This is the history that everyone knows!
Willy Tybur at the audience below the stage and loudly recounted this well-known story. Behind him, the best opera company in Marley was also vividly performing the scenes that Willy had just described.
The audience clapped along enthusiastically; to them, it was just a performance, what was the big deal?
"However, the legend is true. King Fritz still possesses the immense Founding Titan Power, and he commands Colossal Titan, capable of flattening thousands upon thousands of the entire world, to stand on Paradis Island."
In other words, the Colossal Titan on the island could destroy our world at any moment. We Marley sent Titan Warriors squad to infiltrate Paradis Island to deal with this threat, but unfortunately, we failed and lost three Marley Titan Warriors."Willy's tone suddenly turned somber as he spoke of the Rumbling of Paradis Island.
Whispers immediately broke out in the audience. Most of them didn't understand what Willy meant. The Rumbling was, after all, just a legend Willy Tybur's expression, he seemed to the Rumbling it was real.
Willy, seeing the whispering audience below, had achieved his goal. A smile crept across his face as he loudly revealed the secret the Tybur family had kept hidden for so long.
"The Rumbling is real, but does anyone know why King Fritz, with such power, still failed and fled to the island?"
Because there was no hero Helos in history; the real hero was Carl Fritz, the 145th King Fritz of Eldia!
Carl Fritz abhorred the Eldians' millennia of slaughter. He repented for the crimes committed by the Eldians. After inheriting the Founding Titan Power from his ancestors, he conspired with the Tybur family to lead the Titan War and created the Marley hero Helos.
Carl Fritz led the vast majority of his subjects to Paradis Island and forbade anyone else in the world from disturbing the island's peace; otherwise, the Rumbling of thousands of Titan would destroy the world.
But this was just an excuse from Carl Fritz. This benevolent and wise man acknowledged the evil of the Eldians and was prepared to have his Titan Power taken away. Everything he did was to atone for the evil of the Eldians. However, before that, he hoped to live a peaceful life on the island with his people.
Therefore, Carl Fritz swore Vow Renouncing War. His descendants who inherited the Founding Titan Power would obey King Fritz's wishes and refrain from waging any more wars, instead quietly awaiting the final moment with their subjects. The hidden truth was revealed, but the scene fell silent; everyone was clearly shocked by the bombshell revelation.
What? The Eldians was actually the Eldians king, King Fritz? What kind of situation is this?
Standing by the window, Yago laughed in exasperation, punching the wall. Cracks immediately appeared on the wall, spreading from his fist.
Willy's voice carried clearly into their room, and both Yago and Reiner heard the story Willy was telling very clearly.
"Idiot, Reiner, what do you think? Isn't Carl Fritz an idiot?" Yago rarely got this angry, and the only reason Yago was so angry was that Carl Fritz was indeed a truly bizarre and eccentric individual.
Reiner didn't speak; he hadn't heard anything Willy had just said, and after listening, he genuinely felt that Carl Fritz was mentally unstable.
Willy continued his speech, "For the past hundred years, the Tybur family has been shamelessly stealing this honor of defeating Eldia rule. The reason I'm exposing this false honor today is because I realize that a real crisis has arrived."
Snap! The lights came on, and countless enormous black shadows appeared on the curtain behind Willy, including the most menacing of them all.
"The Paradis Island is currently in turmoil Carl Fritz has vanished, and the Founding Titan, which wields the Rumbling, has fallen into the hands of an extremely dangerous individual. Paradis Island is now completely occupied by radical Eldians, meaning the Rumbling, capable of destroying the world, could occur at any moment. At this critical juncture for humanity's survival, I choose to reveal this secret to the world and expose the hypocritical honor that the Tybur family has upheld all along!"
(Dear readers, I'm so sorry. I think I caught a chill from being caught in the rain Muzi. My head feels heavy and my thinking is a bit sluggish. I wrote this chapter in a very confused state and couldn't continue writing at the end. I'm really sorry. Maybe I should take some cold medicine. I feel terrible.)