Inside the Royal Palace

Outside the Capital, upon learning of the Imperialists's Coup, Randy Vald, the Commander of the nearest Eastern Theater, quickly mobilized thousands of Soldiers to the Capital walls.

However, Randy now faces a very serious problem: the fifty-meter-high city walls of the Capital, hundreds of fully armed Coup Military Police on the walls, and dozens of Wall Defense Cannons are firmly blocking Randy's troops.

Due to the hasty journey, Randy did not bring Large-Caliber Heavy Weapons, so he was unable to break through the city gates and enter the capital to Capital. If he were to forcibly order his troops to attack the city walls, all of Randy's Soldiers would likely be wiped out by the Coup Military Police and the Wall Defense Cannon.

For a time, the Counter-Rebellion Army and the Coup troops faced off against each other.

Randy frowned. The only option now was to wait for Yago and the others who were on their way to the Capital. Only with the strength of the Titan Warriors could they have a chance to break through the Coup forces' defenses.

Meanwhile, inside the Royal Palace, a Guard rushed Palace anxiously, shouting, "Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened! The Rebels have entered the Royal Palace! The entire area around the Royal Palace has been sealed off!"

"What!" Keith's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this, but the commotion outside the hall quickly confirmed that what the Guard had said was true.

Arno led the Captain, and the few Guard in the Royal Palace were taken down. All the Royal Guard Maid were also arrested. Soon the Coup forces arrived at the tightly closed doors of the main hall.

At this time, there were only a dozen or so Guard and a dozen or so Instructors led by Keith in the main hall.

In her nervousness, Historia also removed the spikes from the Ring on her finger and ran down from the Throne to stand with Keith and the other Instructors.

"Your Majesty, you possess the Titan Power. If the Rebels breach the hall, we will cover your transformation and your escape," Keith said in a deep voice beside Historia.

But Historia shook her head. "Instructors, I won't leave. I need to know why those people staged Coup. Was it due to my dereliction of duty as Queen? I've been to the Marley Capital, and I know about the hostility other countries in the world harbor towards us Eldians. This makes it even clearer to me that we Eldians should no longer be divided and fighting amongst ourselves. We need to unite."

Bang!! No sooner had Historia finished speaking than the main hall doors were smashed open, and a large number of fully armed Coup Military Police surged in like a tidal wave.

Instantly, dozens of Rifle surrounded Historia and her group, and the atmosphere became extremely tense. The Royal Palace Guard also raised their weapons, and the Instructors, including Keith, gripped their Blades. Historia slowly placed her finger on the spike, and the sharp spike pierced her finger slightly.

But at this tense moment, Arno walked up to the Coup Military Police and raised his hand to signal, "Put down your weapons!" The Military Police obediently lowered their Rifle.

At that moment, one of the Instructors behind Keith stared intently at Arno, who was standing in front of the Coup Military Police. "You are... Arno Zot?"

Arno smiled slightly and replied, "Instructors Luca, you still remember me?"

Instructors Luca said coldly, "Arno Zot, 101st Class Training Corps Chief, graduated from Trost District in Year 842, and joined the Alford Orford District Military Police Brigade after graduation. I still remember your slogan: 'Forever be the bulwark protecting the royal family.' Is this how you protect the royal family?!"

Arno curled his lip in disdain. He had indeed trained in the Training Corps of the Trost District. If you were to count, Arno could be considered Historia and Yago's senior.

But faced with his former Instructors's questioning, Arno didn't bother to refute it. "Instructors, for the sake of our past relationship, please step aside. This time, our target is Her Majesty the Queen behind you, not you."

Before the enraged Instructors Luca could utter a word, Instructors Keith raised his Blades and roared, "Dream on!"

Arno's face immediately turned cold. "If that's the case, don't blame me for being ruthless." With a wave of Arno hand, dozens of Rifle were raised again and aimed at the Instructors and Historia.

"Wait!" Historia squeezed through the Instructors and came to stand in front of Arno. Because of her height, Historia had to tilt her head slightly to face Arno.

"You're looking for me. If your Coup is aimed at overthrowing me, please tell me your reasons. If it's truly because of my dereliction of duty, I will voluntarily step down from the Throne. We are all Eldians; we shouldn't harm each other," Historia said earnestly and sincerely.

Arno looked at Historia, who had stepped forward, and was somewhat surprised, so he remained silent and said nothing.

Sizzle! Boom!! Suddenly, through the windows of the main hall, a blinding Golden Thunder could be seen bursting forth outside, accompanied by a terrifying roar. A large amount of steam billowed out, and eerie Green Eyes flickered in and out of the steam.

With pointed ears, a mouth that stretched to its ears, bulging muscles all over its body, and wild Black Hair, the Attack Titan suddenly appeared in the Royal Palace, roaring to the sky, immediately attracting the attention of all the Coup Military Police. Many of the Coup Military Police were panicked and at a loss.

Upon seeing the Attack Titan's appearance, Keith and the Instructors were overjoyed. With the Attack Titan's power combined with Historia's Titan Power, these Coup forces wouldn't be able to cause any trouble. There were no Thunder Spear stored in the Capital, and the Wall Defense Cannon were all on the Capital walls. With just Rifle in their hands, how could the Coup's Military Police possibly deal with the Titan?

Although his subordinates were in a panic, Arno remained calm, or rather, he seemed to have anticipated this.

"Are you sure you can do it? You're half-dead, do you really think those Soldiers will listen to you?" Selina looked at the weakened Lance with some skepticism.

Yes, Lance woke up, but because his injuries were too severe, he was not able to move much for the time being. At first, Selina was also startled to see Lance awake, but perhaps because they were in the same boat, the two soon started communicating.

Regarding their current predicament, Lance also offered a solution. As the Commander of the Capital Garrison Regiment, Lance immediately recognized that the place where they were being held was the Dungeon of the Garrison Regiment's headquarters.

Although Herman betrayed Garrison Regiment, he could only control half of the Garrison Regiment Soldiers most Lance. The other half would not be able to join the Coup with Herman. Moreover, even the half of the Garrison Soldiers controlled by Herman not completely obedient to his orders. If Lance appeared in front of them, the Garrison Soldiers would definitely obey Lance's orders immediately.

If it weren't for this, Arno wouldn't have had to go to the trouble of luring Lance to a secluded Teahouse and then taking him down. Only after taking down Lance could Herman control half of the Garrison Soldiers to cooperate with Arno's Coup. Moreover, these Garrison Soldiers were unaware that they were participating in the Coup; Herman had used another pretext to mobilize Garrison Soldiers.

If Lance can escape the Dungeon successfully, he can immediately gather the other Garrison Regiment Soldiers to stop the Coup.

Although she was skeptical, Selina didn't have many options at this point.

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