The Titan That Spoke
After slicing open the nape of a 10-Meter-Class Titan, Mike landed on the roof, panting.
The surrounding houses were filled with the evaporating corpses of Titan. After a long battle, Mike proved himself to be the second strongest human Soldiers, having killed most of the dozen or so Titan, leaving less than five Titan hovering around him.
After slaying so many Titan, Mike's Gas and Blades were almost used up. Fortunately, he bought time for the main force, and the South Squad should have already escaped and completed their mission.
After chipping away the nicked Blades, Mike looked at the last pair of Blades in the scabbard, then at the Titan at his feet. One of the Titan had an extremely bizarre appearance: a three-meter-tall body, a head like a pointed cone, and two enormous eyes. It was incredibly ugly.
As dusk approached, Mike breathed a sigh of relief, put the hilt of his knife back into the clasp under his arm, and slowly sat down to recover his strength. He also whistled to call his horse.
Mike has already achieved his goal of delaying the Titan. There's no need to risk his life against Gas and the Titan with his last Blades. He can wait for the horses to arrive or for night to fall, and then he can safely make his way back.
As Mike relaxed, he noticed a Titan slowly approaching him from a short distance away.
"This Titan is strange. Is it Abnormal Titan? Its entire body is covered in hair." Mike's Soldiers alertness made him immediately stand up, draw his last Blades, and prepare for battle. He had to be extremely careful with Abnormal Titan.
"That's... How is that possible! My horse!" Mike's pupils contracted sharply, his face filled with disbelief, because in front of him stood Titan seventeen meters tall, covered in thick hair like a monkey, holding a horse's carcass in its hand.
It's common knowledge that Titan don't attack creatures other than humans, so how could this Titan do so?!
Mike was filled with doubt and uncertainty, but all his muscles were already tense. The closer he got, the stronger the oppressive feeling emanating from the Beast Titan became.
A bead of cold sweat rolled down Mike's forehead, and his palms, gripping the Dual Blades, were also damp with sweat.
The Beast Titan drew ever closer to Mike, until Mike was less than fifty meters away.
Finally, Mike couldn't take it anymore and decisively pulled the trigger. The Gas- powered launcher on his waist of the Omni-Directional Mobility Gear fired the sharp grappling hook straight at the Beast Titan. Faced with unknown danger, the best way was to kill it outright!
"Huh, so rude?" The next moment, Mike was stunned. The Titan in front of him was actually speaking human language—a talking Titan?
With a sizzle, in the instant Mike was stunned, the Beast Titan stretched out a hand larger than the head of an ordinary Titan and blocked the hook that was aimed at its neck.
The Beast Titan's eyes were full of interest, but its hands moved quickly. It grabbed the steel cable behind Mike's hook anchor and pulled hard. The powerful pull instantly flung Mike into the air, causing him to lose his balance.
The Beast Titan seemed to have found a new toy, and casually tossed away the horse he had been holding.
With a dull thud, Mike was slammed to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Enduring the excruciating pain, Mike struggled to lift his head, his lantern-sized eyes fixed on the hideous three-meter-tall Titan.
The Titan opened its massive mouth towards Mike, about to shove him into its mouth amidst Mike's terrified gaze.
"Wait." Crack, a pair of hands larger than a three-meter-tall Titan crushed the Big-Eyed Titan's head, sending its lantern-sized eyeballs flying.
Wiping the blood off his hands, the Beast Titan stared with interest at the Omni-Directional Mobility Gear on Mike's waist and asked, "What's this thing called? It lets you fly around like that?"
The Titan spoke, a phenomenon never seen before, which left Mike completely stunned, staring blankly at the Beast Titan crouching before him.
"Huh? Don't you understand? We should be speaking the same language, right? Are you mute?" the Beast Titan asked, puzzled.
Mike was enveloped in immense fear and remained silent. The Beast Titan sighed in a human-like manner, "Fine, take it back. But you actually used swords as weapons, did you discover that the Titan's weak point is the nape of their necks?"
The Beast Titan muttered to itself as it reached out its hand toward Mike was lying motionless on the ground.
Mike closed his eyes in fear, but the enormous hand deftly removed the jetpack from Mike's back, then stood up and prepared to leave.
Mike opened his eyes and looked at the Beast Titan's back. The oath he had made with his subordinates in the past came to mind: the Survey Corps was not afraid of sacrifice, and the Soldiers under the Wings of Freedom were always willing to Dedicate Your Hearts for humanity!
Mike struggled to his feet, his arms trembling as he raised them, gripped the Blades, and roared at the Beast Titan, "Stop!"
"Huh? So you can talk?" The Beast Titan turned around in surprise, but seeing Mike's resolute expression, he quickly looked disappointed. He knew they couldn't communicate like this, so he casually said, "You guys do it."
As soon as he finished speaking, several Titan that had been standing still suddenly started moving and staggered toward Mike.
"No! Don't come any closer!" Hearing Mike's scream, the Beast Titan turned around and continued walking.
But suddenly a fifteen-meter-tall Titan appeared in front of the Beast Titan. Looking at the Titan's robust body, scarlet eyes, and mouthful of sharp teeth, the beast was astounded.
The Beast Titan reached out and scratched his head. "You Titan, I don't think I've ever seen you before."
"Roar!!" In the next moment, the Fate Titan's terrifying punch slammed directly into the Beast Titan's head.
Yago, standing on the back of the neck, naturally knew that this monkey-like Titan was also a Marleyan Titan Warriors.
As the fist slammed into the Beast Titan's head, a layer of Crystal enveloped the Fate Titan's fist.
The Beast Titan realized something was wrong when it saw the Hardening fist of the Titan in front of it.
"No! You are..." Before the Beast Titan could finish speaking, its Hardening fist had already smashed into its head, like an iron hammer smashing a walnut. The next moment, the monkey-like head turned into crumbs like tofu.
The immense force even sent the Beast Titan's seventeen-meter-tall body flying backward.
The Fate Titan roared and charged decisively toward the fallen Beast Titan, its fist aimed directly at the back of the Beast Titan's neck. Unfortunately, the Beast Titan's neck was covered by a layer of crystals similar to those of the Giant Beast Titan Fate Titan.
"Roar!" The next moment, the Fate Titan stopped its futile attack on the Beast Titan's nape and instead tore off the Beast Titan's long arms.
Having seen the memories and the information he learned from Annie, Yago, who was on the back of the Fate Titan's neck, knew that the Beast Titan had a terrifying ability to throw stones, and the powerful force of the stones it threw could easily penetrate even the Armored Titan's hard armor.
"Who are you?!" the Beast Titan head had just recovered most of its shape and was steaming, asked haltingly.
But what responded to it was the immense power of the Fate Titan. After tearing off all four of the Beast Titan's limbs, Yago controlled the Fate Titan, Hardening both of its fists and bombarding the Beast Titan's nape.
Bang! The 10-Meter-Class Titan's corpse fell beside Mike. Mike struggled for a few moments, only to see a figure draped in the Wings of Freedom cloak use the Omni-Directional Mobility Gear to kill the last Titan surrounding Mike.
As the Wings of Freedom cloak turned around, Mike couldn't see the face of the Scout who had saved him. The hood and mask concealed the face of the petite Soldiers, with only a few Blonde peeking out from under the hood.