Finale: Hardship
Crack!! The Sea-Swimming Titan's long tail lashed out, and the wolf-headed Beast Titan's entire wolf head was smashed open, its body collapsing limply. But as one Beast Titan fell, even more Intelligent Titan surged forward.
The two Jaw Titan grabbed the legs of the Sea-Swimming Titan from the left and right, tearing at it with their jaws. But the Sea-Swimming Titan had no chance to deal with the two Jaw Titan, because its left arm was held tightly by the Armored Titan, its right arm was only half left, and its only remaining fighting power, its long tail, was pierced by the arrows of several War Hammer Titan when it had just ripped apart the Wolf-Headed Beast Titan.
With a ripping sound, the jawed giant clinging to the Sea-Swimming Titan 'Sea-Swimming Titan leg bit off its heel, instantly causing the Sea-Swimming Titan to lose its balance and roar as it was about to fall.
At this critical moment, a fist hardened with Hardening slammed into the chest of the Armored Titan that was gripping the left arm of the Sea-Swimming Titan. Bang! Blood and flesh splattered everywhere!
With a terrifying roar emanating from its gaping maw, the Attack Titan pulled its arm out of the Armored Titan's chest, stomped its feet on the ground to gather momentum, and leaped forward with its massive body accelerating. Its hands formed claws, easily grabbing the heads of the two Jaw Titan the Sea-Swimming Titan's legs and pulling them over with the momentum.
Seeing the two Jaw Titan struggling in his hands, the Attack Titan's mouth steamed, and without hesitation, he slammed the two Jaw Titan head to head, squeezing them with both hands. Crack! Crack! Two crisp sounds rang out, and the heads of the Jaw Titan were crushed like two large watermelons.
It was at this moment that the Cart Titan arrived behind the battered and bruised Sea-Swimming Titan and pulled the pale and exhausted Aili from the back of its neck.
The Attack Titan casually tossed aside the mangled remains of the Jaw Titan in its hand, looked around, and saw that besides Aili, Porco's Flying Claw Titan had also exhausted its strength. Ivanor and Bazel's Fusion Titan were still rampaging through the Titan horde, but their speed was getting slower and slower. There were too many Intelligent Titan surrounding the Fusion Titan. If it weren't for Mikasa constantly using her Thunder Spear on the Fusion Titan's head, the Fusion Titan would probably have fallen long ago.
Although Reiner's Armored Titan was wreaking havoc, its movements were slowing down, its chest was heaving more and more, and although the visor on its face was closed, a lot of steam was still escaping from the gaps, indicating that its strength was about to be exhausted.
Currently, only Pieck's Cart Titan and Eren's Attack Titan are performing relatively well in the entire Rescue Squad.
Bang!! Using the Hardening sword-hammer she had snatched from a War Hammer Titan, the Female Titan smashed the heads of the two Armored Titan blocking her way. But as soon as the two Armored Titan fell, the Female Titan's gaze toward the Fate Titan was immediately overwhelmed by the dense swarm of Intelligent Titan.
There were far too many! The number of ancient Intelligent Titan blocking the Rescue Squad's path was simply overwhelming. Even though their strength was less than half of what it was in life, their Hardening number of thousands was still enough to induce despair. Moreover, writhing flesh continued to emerge from the Hardening beneath the Fate Titan —meaning these Intelligent Titan were still constantly resurrecting?
"Eren! This can't go on. There are too many enemies. If we keep going like this, even if we exhaust ourselves, we won't be able to get close to Yago. We have to think of something. Aili and Porco can't fight anymore, and Reiner doesn't look like he can hold on much longer either." The Cart Titan shouted to the Attack Titan while constantly dodging attacks from the Titan around it.
Clang!! Raising his hand to block the broadsword swung down by the War Hammer Titan, the Attack Titan seized the broadsword from the War Hammer Titan and then swept it horizontally with great force. Thud thud thud! The enormous impact, along with the broadsword, sliced several Intelligent Titan around the Attack Titan in half at the waist.
A cratered broadsword fell from the back of the Attack Titan's neck. Eren's expression was more solemn than ever before. He had anticipated that the operation to rescue Yago would be difficult, but he still underestimated the power of the Founding Titan, or rather, the Hallucigenia.
The little bit of power that Big Eren had borrowed from Founding Titan Ymir was no match for the Hallucigenia itself. Eren had originally intended to save this little bit of power as the key to forcefully enter the Paths and awaken Yago, but given the current situation, before they could even get close to Yago, their entire Rescue Squad would be torn to shreds by countless Intelligent Titan.
"What should we do? This is inside the Scarlet Base, and we can't approach Yago from the air like we did in that Fate!" Eren frowned.
"Roar!!!" Suddenly, Reiner's Armored Titan roared. Although it was trying its best to hold on, dozens of Intelligent Titan were pressing down on the Armored Titan like madmen. The Armored Titan's Hardening shields on its arms were covered with scars, claw marks from the Jaw Titan, slashes and arrows from the War Hammer Titan, and burn marks from the flames of the two Red Fire Titan.
Finally, bang!! The Armored Titan was crushed by dozens of Titan. At the same time, the massive Fusion Titan also let out a wail. Under the frenzied attack of hundreds of War Hammer Titan, one of the Fusion Titan's Iron Hoof was smashed off, and the massive body of the Fusion Titan swayed and lost its balance.
The Rescue Squad was in dire straits.
"Let's take a gamble!"
This is a very clean and tidy room, everything is so well-organized, with a plain white bed, plain white sheets and duvet cover, and plain white chairs and desk.
The room was square, with a window on each wall, and outside the windows was a vast expanse of azure starry sky.
Inside the room, three small figures sat around a desk; they seemed to be playing chess.
Two figures, one tall and one short, sat on either side of the desk. Beside them, a little girl dressed in rough linen clothes stood quietly, carrying a small bucket.
The two seated individuals were playing chess at the desk, their hands moving rapidly.
"Sometimes humans are really strange. Even though they know it's impossible to succeed, why do they still waste their lives like moths to a flame? But that's also why I enjoy watching you humans make choices. Humans have the most complex and varied emotions of all living beings."
"The essence of life is nothing but constant death and rebirth, but emotions can always make the essence of life very complex and fascinating. Sometimes, a single thought of a human can cause thousands of lives like his to vanish. Humans, tsk tsk tsk," the short man said with a sigh.
"Correct, Fate, forward, stability, no need..." the tall figure in front of the short man stammered.
"Hmm, I know, I know. Don't worry, it'll be done very soon, very soon. Everything you want will come true, very soon. As long as we Fusion together, it will all be achieved~~" The short man's tone was full of seductive charm.
Beside the two, the girl carrying a small bucket remained silent, her pale eyes devoid of any emotion. However, following the girl's arm, a long, strange worm covered with countless long legs was continuously crawling towards the two figures, one tall and one short.