Finale: Struggle

With a flash of sharp light, a large chunk of flesh from the nape of the neck was sliced off, and a Red-Eyed War Hammer Titan, which had just approached within ten meters of the Attack Titan, collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Mikasa glanced at the dented Blades in her hand, casually knocked it away, and with a backhand press on the hilt, drew another pair of gleaming Blades from the sheaths on either side of her thigh. These were her last Blades. Looking around, the vast battlefield was filled with the dissolving bodies of the Red-Eyed Intelligent Titan.

As Eren's Founding Titan Power continued to deplete, the number of Green-Eyed Intelligent Titan under his control dwindled. By now, all the Green-Eyed Intelligent Titan had been wiped out. Despite the desperate attempts of the Fortress Titan and the Armored Titan to stop them, the sheer number of red -Red-Eyed Intelligent Titan proved overwhelming, and more and more of them were beginning to advance on the Attack Titan.

Fortunately, with Mikasa, a super-strong fighter, protecting them, and with Zeke, summoned by Eren, relying on the terrifying suppressive power of Zeke 'Beast Titan, they were able to barely maintain the current situation.

Inside the nape of the Attack Titan's neck, Eren suddenly and uncontrollably coughed up a mouthful of blood. His eyes were bloodshot, and several small cracks appeared on his face, from which blood seeped out.

Just now, realizing that the situation with Pieck and Annie was also dire, Eren, with his last ounce of Founding Titan Power, managed to communicate with Lara Tybur in the Paradis prison, exchanging his freedom for her help. But the price was that Eren felt his body was about to explode.

His heart pounded so hard it felt like it would burst out of his chest, and a sharp ringing filled his ears. Pfft! He uncontrollably coughed up another mouthful of blood. Eren gave a bitter smile. "Annie, you need to do your best. Time is running out. But, Yago, you should be able to sense it too, right? If you can hear it, you bastard, feel it!"

Eren was certain that Yago was aware of everything happening before his eyes, because the most obvious sign was that no matter how intense the battle against the Titan was, the Colossal Titan had never appeared. If Yago had truly become a puppet of the Hallucigenia, then the Rescue Squad might be facing thousands upon thousands of Colossal Titan, enough to burst the entire Scarlet Base.

The Armored Titan raised its bone shield and slammed it down, instantly crushing the head of a Red-Eyed Intelligent Titan. Having destroyed one Titan, the Armored Titan raised its head, its body swaying slightly as it looked around.

The Fortress Titan, true to its name, is like a Colossal, mobile Fortress. Despite being besieged by dozens or even hundreds of Red-Eyed Intelligent Titan, it continues to advance slowly, knocking down and crushing one Titan after another under its feet.

The Paladin Titan, with its four hooves spread wide, formed a strange combination with the Flying Claw Titan. With the Paladin Titan's superior mobility and the Flying Claw Titan's unique attack methods, wherever its Iron Hoof trod, the Red-Eyed Intelligent Titan bled profusely.

The Sea-Swimming Titan, in coordination with the crowned Jaw Titan, used their long tails and claws to tear apart the bodies of one Red-Eyed Intelligent Titan after another.

The most conspicuous of all was the seventeen-meter-tall Beast Titan. Wherever the Hardening fragments of the projectiles landed, countless bloody storms erupted.

Back of his neck, Reiner gritted his teeth. Everyone was working so hard; he absolutely couldn't let them down!

Leaving aside the Armored Titan raising its twin shields once more, let's turn our attention to Annie, on whom Eren has placed high hopes.

The sudden appearance of the Fate Titan caught the Female Titan off guard. In the chaos, half of the Female Titan's head was blasted off, and under the repeated heavy blows of the Fate Titan, the Female Titan almost fell from the Hardening platform tens of meters high.

The granulation tissue on her face continued to wriggle and repair the wound, and Annie was still somewhat dazed inside the back of her neck, but the furious fists of the Fate Titan would not stop just because she was dazed.

Bang!!

The Fate Titan, with its bloodshot eyes, trembled, its powerful arm bending into a grotesque deformity, its enormous fist now a bloody mess.

The Female Titan remained in a punching stance, her Hardening fist stained with blood and bits of flesh. A tear slid slowly down Annie's cheek from the back of her neck, her light blue eyes glistening with tears.

"Yago!"

The Female Titan moved with incredible speed, reaching the Fate Titan before it could even react. Her fierce whip kick was as fast as lightning. By the time the sluggish Fate Titan raised its arm to block, crack! A clear sound of bone breaking rang out, and the Fate Titan's right arm went limp. With both arms paralyzed, the Fate Titan was then met with the Female Titan's relentless barrage of attacks.

Hardening iron fists, elbows, and knees—all sorts of weapons—rained down on the Fate Titan's body like a storm, spraying blood and bits of flesh as if they were free.

The 17-meter-tall Fate Titan was completely powerless against the 14-meter-tall Female Titan, like a giant sandbag, which was utterly astonishing.

Inside the Female Titan's nape, Annie's blue eyes had turned bloodshot, grief and anger filling her face. She was angry, truly angry. She was angry at that bastard above for using Yago against her—no, not against her, but deliberately to annoy her!

The Fate Titan before them was nothing but an empty shell, lacking any of the strength of Yago or any other Fate Titan. Not to mention, back on Paradis Island, Annie had sparred with Yago's Fate Titan quite a bit. Even if Yago held back, he was still far superior to this scumbag.

The current scumbag is not even as good as the Fate Titan when they met in the Giant Log Forest, let alone the Fate Titan after it was strengthened by the power of several Titan Power.

"Get out of my way!" Annie shouted viciously. The Female Titan suddenly leaped up, then twisted and slammed a punch straight at the head of the swaying "Fate Titan".

Boom!! The massive body, now headless, collapsed to its knees, kicked off the platform by the Female Titan. Its grotesque head was carelessly tossed to the ground, its crimson eyes losing their light, before crumbling into dust with a final stomp by the Female Titan.

The Female Titan suddenly raised her head and looked at the Fate Titan, who was connected to the giant tail of the Hallucigenia high above.

In the pure white room, a short figure held a chess piece. His body suddenly stiffened, and several images seemed to flash across his face, which was indistinct.

"Heh, that's really surprising. I thought she would be a sentimental girl, but I didn't expect her to be so ruthless."

Suddenly, a slow, slightly stuttering voice rang out from across the room, "You... you... know nothing!"

"Still struggling!?" Bang! The short man slammed his fist on the chessboard, and his previously emotionless voice finally showed a hint of anger.