Titans Built from Sand

"Temee!!" Eren punched Zeke squarely in the face with a furious thud.

Although Yago and the others' bodies may exist as consciousness within the Paths, their five senses are no different from those in reality. In other words, being hit in the road hurts just as much as in reality. Eren probably understands this best.

But Zeke knew nothing of this. Having just arrived on the road, he was unfamiliar with it and only knew that he could command the Founding Titan with his royal blood.

So, caught off guard, Eren's fist slammed into Zeke's face, the force so great that Zeke was sent flying backward.

"Ouch~ That really hurts." Eren didn't follow up with another punch because Yago pulled him back, while Zeke, who had been punched, also gasped as he got up from the ground, touching his bruised face.

It was no wonder that Zeke was stunned when he touched it; he felt a distinct indentation on his face, deep enough to fit his finger inside.

Yago was equally surprised, because it seemed as if a piece of Zeke's face had been gouged out out of thin air, leaving a dark hole. When Yago saw Zeke insert his finger into the hole, Yago even felt a tingling sensation.

Zeke himself was also surprised. Although there was no mirror, he could guess what his face looked like, and exclaimed, "As expected of the Road? What a magical place." However, despite his admiration, Zeke was still puzzled: why hadn't the Founding Titan appeared yet?

Logically, the Founding Titan should have obeyed his commands instantly, given his royal bloodline. But what's going on? Why haven't we even seen a trace of the Founding Titan?

Zeke was puzzled that the Founding Titan hadn't arrived, but Eren on the other side didn't care about that; all he wanted to do now was continue beating that bastard Zeke to a pulp!

"Damn it! Yago, stop holding me! Let go!" Eren quickly broke free from Yago again and lunged at Zeke once more. Zeke retreated, saying sternly, "Eren! If you keep doing that, Big Brother will fight back!"

Eren, however, didn't care about anything else at that moment, shouting, "Oni, you son of a bitch! Zeke! Don't run away!"

It turned out that Zeke had turned tail and run away when he saw that things were not going well. Eren chased after him in a rage. At this moment, Yago felt uneasy. Ever since he appeared on the road, he had had a faint sense of unease. It felt like a vampire was biting him and sucking his blood.

Despite his discomfort, Yago quickly caught up with the two. No matter what, he had to stop Zeke's Eldia Euthanasia Plan.

But how can we stop it? The current Eren isn't the Big Eren from before; how can a hothead like him move his Great-Grandmother?

Thinking of what Big Eren's Memories had said to the Founding Titan in his memories, should he repeat it himself? Perhaps it would move his Great-Grandmother? But were those words appropriate to come out of his own mouth? Yago imagined himself imitating Big Eren's weathered appearance, embracing his Great-Grandmother, and saying touchingly, "You've been waiting for me to liberate you, haven't you?"

Ugh~ Yago's hair stood on end, and he felt a chill run down his spine. Next one, next one.

During their chase, the three suddenly found themselves in another open sea of sand. As they climbed over a Sand Dune, A, who was lagging behind, looked at the sea of sand in front of him and his pupils suddenly contracted, as if he had seen something that shocked him.

Zeke and Eren also stopped, and the three of them stared in disbelief at what was happening before them.

Between them, on the boundless sea of sand, illuminated by the Heaven-Piercing Light Road, countless Titan made of sand stand tall in the endless sea of sand, each a Titan being comparable to Colossal Titan.

The oppressive presence of a single Colossal Titan is enough to paralyze an ordinary person, but when thousands upon thousands of Colossal Titan appear before you, the overwhelming sense of oppression and the feeling of powerlessness and insignificance reach their peak.

Even though these Titan were just piles of sand, Yago, Zeke, and Eren were all intimidated by their terrifying aura and dared not make a move. The three of them simultaneously uttered the same word. "The Rumbling!"

It was only at this moment that the three of them perhaps understood how the Eldians had ruled the world in the past. Faced with such a terrifying the Rumbling, no matter which country or army, they had no choice but to prostrate themselves and surrender.

Even if Big Eren's Memories had seen the Rumbling in his memories, the feeling from someone else's perspective and experiencing it firsthand are completely different. Moreover, what's in front of him isn't the Rumbling, but just a Colossal Titan made of sand.

Meanwhile, among the Colossal Titan formed from countless sand dunes, a small figure slowly carried a bucket of water. This small, inconspicuous figure drew the attention of all three. Yago and Eren, needless to say, had both met Founding Titan Ymir.

As for Zeke, perhaps relying on the connection of the royal bloodline, he immediately became certain that the figure was the Founding Titan. Without hesitation, the three of them rushed towards the Founding Titan.

As Zeke ran, he shouted at his Great-Grandmother, "Ymir! Heed my command! I am Fritz, a descendant of the royal family! Now! Deprive all Eldians of their fertility!"

On the other side, Eren was equally defiant, shouting, "Founding Titan Ymir! The Founding Titan Power is within me! Don't listen to that bastard Zeke!"

Zeke: "Eren! You foolish Little Brother! The Founding Titan only obeys the commands of the royal bloodline. Don't cause trouble for your Big Brother!"

Eren: "You're talking nonsense!" Eren grabbed a handful of sand from the ground and threw it at Zeke, covering Zeke's face in sand.

Whether it was their shouts that actually caught the Great-Grandmother's attention or not, the Founding Titan, carrying the water bucket, did indeed turn around and head towards them.

Yago felt a blur before his eyes, and suddenly he was teleported to Eren and Zeke's side. The three of them seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall and fell to the ground. At the same time, Founding Titan Ymir, appeared in front of them carrying a bucket of water.

Yago sat up and gazed at Founding Titan Ymir of the Titans, who could be considered the creator of the Titan Power. Ymir had delicate features and neat, well-groomed bangs.

Her pale gray eyes were completely expressionless, and she was still wearing the same linen clothes she wore when she was a slave. She didn't look like the legendary Founding Titan of the Eldians at all.

Zeke, upon seeing his Founding Titan Ymir, was filled with immense excitement. He fervently shouted to his Great-Grandmother, "Ymir! I am of royal blood! Heed my command! Now, immediately, eliminate the fertility of all Eldians!"

However, the Great-Grandmother did not respond to Zeke's command. She quietly turned her head to look at Zeke, then, as if remembering something, squatted down, grabbed a handful of sand from the ground, wet it in her bucket, and then smeared the sand on Zeke's face.

Zeke instinctively tried to dodge, but he suddenly found that his body was petrified and he couldn't move at all. He could only let the Founding Titan Ymir smear wet sand on his face. In the blink of an eye, the holes on Zeke's face were immediately filled with flesh and blood again.

After repairing Zeke, the Great-Grandmother turned to look at Eren, seemingly finding no wounds on Eren, before finally turning her gaze to Yago.

The moment those light gray eyes looked over, Yago's heart skipped a beat.