The Outbreak of War: The Situation

The Laboratory Building, constructed entirely of steel, was impenetrable even to a dozen cannons, but to the Fate Titan, it was merely a trivial obstacle.

The Fate Titan plummeted from mid-air with a resounding thud as its massive body crashed to the ground. Its crimson eyes were fixed on the Laboratory door before it. Then, a crystalline, Hardening rapidly enveloped its fist. It raised its fist—BOOM!!

Crack! Looking down, boiling blood mixed with tiny, Hardening fragments— the Fate Titan's full-force punch had resulted in the destruction of his own fist, while only a faint white mark remained on the Laboratory door.

This solid steel door, a full meter thick, could not possibly be opened with ordinary force. With this thought in mind, the Fate Titan took a slight step back without making any move. In an instant, starting from the Fate Titan's feet, layers of white Hardening began to spread, like ink soaking into white paper. The white Hardening spread rapidly and soon reached the Laboratory door.

A special soft white Hardening rapidly seeped into the gaps of the pure steel gate. The Fate Titan watched as the Hardening continued to spread; the power of this War Hammer Titan was far more than just this.

A moment later, the Fate Titan's eyes hardened, and it took another step back as if gathering its strength. The next second! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Countless crystalline Hardening spikes protruded from the ground, one meter high, two meters high, even three meters high, and countless smaller Hardening spikes, forming a Hardening forest shimmering with various colors of light in the blink of an eye!

Through the gaps in the Laboratory's pure steel door, a series of teeth-grinding, twisting sounds of steel echoed continuously. Twisted creases appeared on the originally sturdy surface of the Laboratory's steel door, and tiny, Hardening spikes had emerged from the gaps and were constantly expanding!

Meanwhile, the Fate Titan was also ready. The pair of huge wings behind it had disappeared, and layers of bone armor similar to that of the Armored Titan were constantly being built on its body. The joints were also covered by layers of bone armor. In the blink of an eye, the Fate Titan became a heavily armored Titan that was even thicker and heavier than the Armored Titan!

Bang! Bang! Bang! The Fate Titan moved, crashing violently into the Laboratory door like a runaway chariot, each stomp on the ground producing a muffled thunderous sound.

The solid steel gate, its interior completely corroded by the expanding Hardening, could no longer hold its ground. At this moment, it was no more useful than a piece of tofu, blocking the Fate Titan.

In the Hera Province, the Middle Eastern Army has been completely rendered ineffective under the combined saturation firepower of the Far East Army's land and air forces. The Middle Eastern Army along the entire front is in defeat, and the defeat is more thorough and tragic than in any previous war.

Organized Middle Eastern Army were as conspicuous as lice on a bald man's head in the air of Far East people warplanes. After several rounds of saturation bombing, even the Courage Middle East warriors would be terrified. The complex terrain of the Hera Province was even more deadly. The complex terrain that was originally confident could stop the Far East armored army had now become the Middle Easterners' own death knell.

The large number of defeated troops were unable to quickly withdraw from the complex terrain of the Hera Province. The Middle Easterners were completely terrified by the large iron birds that made a buzzing sound in the sky and dared not gather together in an organized manner. The Middle Eastern Army in the entire Hera Province were in a chaotic and disorderly escape, and panicked Middle East Soldiers could be seen everywhere.

The Far East people seemed determined to completely annihilate the Middle Easterners resistance. A few nights later, Far East warplanes carried a weapon that would become a nightmare for all Middle East Soldiers. Nearly a ton of aviation gasoline incendiary bombs ignited the entire Hera Province. In one night, tens of thousands of Middle East Soldiers were reduced to ashes in extreme agony.

Countless once lush Forest have now been reduced to scorched earth, and the pungent smell of gasoline and the eerie aroma of meat permeate the Hera Province.

With its tiny wings fluttering, a small bird with a pale black head, half brownish-grey body and half white body, and a tail with feathers held high landed on a scorched log. Its small head turned nimbly, and its emerald green eyes took in everything around it.

Within the fluorescent blue Paths, scenes of scorched earth appeared before those star-like eyes. Although Eren was trying his best to restrain himself, the disappointed expression on his face still revealed the turmoil in his heart.

"Is this humanity's own 'The Rumbling'? Humanity, what is it all for? What's the difference between this power and the Eldians' Titan Power? As expected, nothing will change." Eren chuckled self-deprecatingly, then looked up, his star-like eyes fixed on a certain direction, as if he had seen something interesting there.

"It's all over! It's all over! Where did those Far East people get those big iron birds?! Our Middle East army is completely wiped out! Who can stop the Far East people now?" Inside the Allied Army's temporary Command Headquarters at Light Harbor, the Middle East representative was despondent, with an expression of utter despair, as if a family member had been killed.

However, what was unusual was that, apart from the Middle East representatives who looked as if they had lost their parents, most of the other countries' representatives appeared normal, and some of the Marley representatives even had a hint of gloating contempt on their faces.

Since news of the Middle Eastern Army's annihilation in the Hera Province reached the rear, countless military conferences like today's, where Middle East representatives are constantly lamenting, have been held.

"Ahem, alright, gentlemen from the Middle East, please calm down. Someone! Take these representatives away to rest, so as not to delay our military meeting!" Magath cleared his throat and gave a stern order.

Upon hearing this, the Middle East representative immediately jumped up, his eyes filled with disbelief. "Magath! What did you just say?! What do you mean?! Do you want to sabotage this?! Wait! Don't touch me! You bastards! Let me go!" A group of tall, burly Marley Guards, who had been prepared in advance, rushed into the conference room and, ignoring the curses and objections of the Middle East representatives, forcibly dragged them out of the conference room.

"Magath! You bastard!!" Bang!! The heavy conference room door slammed shut, silencing the profanities escaping the Middle Easterners's mouth.

Pfft! Someone couldn't help but laugh first, and then a small burst of low laughter filled the conference room. In fact, the representatives of various countries all knew in their hearts that the Middle Easterners had squandered its last bit of strength. Now, the remaining strength of the Middle East was even weaker than the Indi army that was just there to make up the numbers in the Allied Army. In other words, the Middle East was now a big, fat piece of meat that had lost its protection.

Without the Middle East, Marley now controls half of the Allied Army's territory. If all sides lean towards Marley, wouldn't every country have a chance to seize this lucrative prize...?

Some might ask, what's going on? The Middle East collapsing doesn't mean the Far East collapses; the Far East is the Allied Army's enemy! Now that the Middle East has been crippled by the Far East, shouldn't our Allied Army be more worried?

But to the relief of the representatives from various countries, Marley conveyed crucial information from the front lines to all nations!

"Lord Erwin, please!"