Questions

"Yago, you bastard, I'll remember this grudge, and I'll get my revenge sooner or later!" Eren said, covering his face with his hands.

Yago chuckled and scratched his head, then hooked his arm around Eren's shoulder. "Hey! What are you saying? Eren, we're best buddies. It was just a little accident. Why are you making such a fuss?"

Eren: "A little bit?" Instantly, scenes from the Paths and the Shiganshina district flooded into his mind, and the pain on his face seemed to intensify (see Chapter 174 for details).

"As expected! Let's take revenge now! Yago! Take this!" Eren was clearly furious, raising his hand to rush forward, but unfortunately, Section Commander Eren was suppressed by Commander Yago in both rank and strength, and in the end he could only grit his teeth and "magnanimously" forgive the respectable Commander Yago.

"Alex, notify all Officer of the New Army above the Section Commander and all corps Officer that an emergency military meeting will be held this afternoon. Attendance is mandatory. Also, notify Prime Minister Pyxis and the Parliament to send representatives." Back to business, Yago, having emerged from the Paths, now realized he had to stop Ebson immediately; otherwise, not only the Eldians, but all of humanity might suffer.

"Yes, Commander!" the young Soldiers outside the door answered loudly, then hurried off to carry out the Commander's orders.

Eren frowned. He had emerged from the Paths earlier than Yago, so he didn't know what Yago had experienced there. But judging from Yago's serious expression, Eren guessed that something big must have happened. "What happened? A military meeting? Is it related to the war?"

Yago took a deep breath, then nodded, his tone slightly heavy. "Yes, Eren, there's a battle we Eldians must fight. We don't know how many brave Soldiers will sacrifice themselves in this war; they may die on foreign soil, on land that hates us Eldians..."

Eren was silent for a moment, then asked softly, "Do we have to fight?"

A flashback to Ebson's madness crossed Yago's mind, and he smiled bitterly, "I don't know either, but we can't rely on a madman, especially a Scientist who's mad. Besides, joining the war now is also an opportunity for us Eldians to re-enter the world stage. The Rumbling Intimidation is ultimately a last resort."

Hearing the rumbling of the Rumbling, Eren's face suddenly stiffened, and his green eyes dimmed. After a long silence, Eren suddenly asked Yago out of the blue, "Yago, tell me, what do you think freedom is?"

Upon hearing this question, Yago was stunned. This question sounded rather suggestive, reminding him of an old friend.

But Yago glanced at Eren, Eren was looking at Yago with a sincere expression, seemingly expecting Yago's answer.

"Freedom, ah, the word is simple, and the freedom I believe in is also simple: follow your heart, be firm in your will, not be controlled by other desires, and have faith in the future," Yago said with a smile.

After listening to Yago's words, Eren thought for a moment, then laughed along. He walked over to Yago, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Is that so? Then Yago, you're not free at all."

Before Yago could ask Eren what he meant, Eren walked out of the office. For some reason, Yago felt that there was something extra about Eren's back. At this moment, Alex also reported that the meeting notification was completed, so Yago put aside the question of freedom for the time being. The upcoming military meeting was the most important thing.

"What? Join the war against outsiders? Or help the Marley? That's impossible! Aren't we all clear enough about how those Marleyan treat us Eldians? Why should we help them? On the battlefield, can you guarantee they won't stab us in the back?" A young Officer from the New Army shouted excitedly at a high-level military meeting on Paradis Island.

His words resonated with many young generals, and the topic of today's military conference was raised by Yago: the recent World War launched by the Far East Countries. Indeed, this war outside the island has evolved into a war affecting two-thirds of the world.

Thanks to the formidable Military Technology and unknown biological weapons of the Far East Countries —the kind that can infect humans and transform them into short-lived Blood Titan — the Far East Army swept through the country with unstoppable momentum. In just a few months, almost the entire Middle Eastern Union territory fell, and more than a dozen nearby small countries surrendered to the Far East.

In addition, some speculators noticed the strength of the Far East. For their own benefit, dozens of countries, led by the Light in Europe, formed World Alliance. In response to the Far East's previous declaration of war against the world, the World Alliance simply chose to verbally admit defeat.

Furthermore, it declared that the World Alliance was led by the Far East, indirectly expressing its submission to the Far East naturally would not refuse this allegiance.

Where there is submission, there is also resistance. Former mortal enemies, Marley and the Middle East, have surprisingly united in the face of the powerful Far East. Although the entire Middle East is almost under siege, with the help of Marley, more than 100,000 Middle Eastern Army were able to withdraw to the Marley border, avoiding total annihilation.

In response to the increasingly terrifying Far East and the looming World Alliance, which is relying on the Far East's power, Marley also appealed to other countries that had not yet expressed their support to form an alliance to resist the brutal Far East.

Of course, the countries mentioned here do not include Paradis Island or the former Marley Capital, which was controlled by the Eldia Revival Army. In other words, the Marley never considered Paradis Island as a country.

However, few countries are willing to join Marley and the Middle East in confronting the Far East. The strength of the Far East Army has been evident to all. Aside from a few Indi countries that have explicitly expressed their support, some Africa and Asia countries have verbally expressed their support but are unwilling to deploy any troops. Most countries have chosen to remain on the sidelines.

Under pressure, Marley even extended invitations to the Orient countries, but the Orient countries are now led by the Hizuru. Since the Hizuru did not express its opinion, the Orient countries naturally did not respond. Of course, the meager military strength of the Orient countries could not compete with the Far East.

Amidst this highly volatile global situation, Yago, as the Commander-in-Chief of Paradis Island and the leader of the Eldia Revival Army, proactively proposed at a high-level military meeting that Paradis Island and the Eldia Revival Army jointly send troops to participate in this war!

None of the Officer present were afraid to participate in the war, but Yago said that their enemies were the Far East and the World Alliance forces that were subservient to the Far East. This puzzled and even disgusted the Officer. Those were the enemies of Marley! Why should we Eldians help the Marleyan? They have enslaved our compatriots for hundreds of years!