Arc 10The Eldia Revival Army

Yago took command of the Warrior Candidates, turned Selina’s Restorationists into the Eldia Revival Army, and recruited Aili as an undercover ally. As Marley forced the Third Regiment into a battle at Grayle Fortress, Yago prepared his soldiers to fight while keeping rebellion as a last resort.

  • Yago stopped Bagg from withholding supplies, secured food and equipment for the Third Regiment, and was ordered to receive Marley’s Warrior Candidates.
  • Yago met Gabi, Falco, Zofia, Udo, Colt, and Aili at the camp while Selina learned that Pulei and other Restorationists had died protecting their group.
  • After learning that Jack and many Restorationists had died in Marley, Yago revealed his identity to Selina and persuaded her to form the Eldia Revival Army under his leadership.
  • Yago secured more supplies for the Third Regiment as war began, while Erwin and Levi investigated the spread of Restorationist ideas on Paradis Island.
  • The disastrous assault on Grayle Fortress convinced Yago that the regiment might have to rebel, and Aili overheard his secret plan before Yago defeated her in Titan form.
  • Yago absorbed Aili’s Sea-Swimming Titan Power, then offered her a place in the Eldia Revival Army as an undercover Warrior, which she accepted.
  • Yago returned to find Marley had positioned five thousand troops behind his regiment and ordered an attack without retreat, and he chose bazookas to target the fortress’s defenses.
  • Yago led the Third Regiment toward Grayle Fortress as Colt and the Warrior Candidates carried ammunition, and an Eldian soldier fired a rocket at a Middle Eastern machine gunner.
Chapters 226–250 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 226Taking action

Selina confronted Bagg over the Third Regiment’s stolen supplies and risked taking a beating to secure what remained. Yago intervened, defeated Bagg’s men, and beat the quartermaster until he begged for mercy.

  • Selina accused Bagg of withholding the Third Regiment’s supplies, and Bagg challenged her to endure a beating in exchange for the trucks’ cargo.
  • Selina accepted because her soldiers desperately needed food, ammunition, and medicine, despite her subordinates’ protests.
  • A Marleyan soldier swung at Selina, but Yago stopped his hand and sent him to the ground.
  • Yago knocked down Bagg’s soldiers and confronted the quartermaster.
  • Yago repeatedly slapped Bagg until Bagg fell to his knees and pleaded for him to stop.

Ch. 227Military orders

Yago forced Bagg to hand over his supplies after stopping his shot, winning the Third Regiment's gratitude. As Yago prepared to leave, new military orders directed Marley's Warrior Candidates to join the regiment at the front.

  • Bagg drew a pistol and fired at Yago, but Yago caught the muzzle between his fingers and crushed it.
  • Yago threatened Bagg with a military tribunal, then demanded the supplies from his trucks in exchange for letting him go.
  • Bagg surrendered the supplies and promised to provide the same amount regularly, while the Third Regiment's soldiers cheered.
  • Selina approached Yago to thank him, but he startled her by calling her name before telling her to keep doing her best.
  • Yago prepared to leave the camp, then received orders transferring Marley's Warrior Candidates to the Eldia Third Regiment at the front.

Ch. 228The candidates

Gabi traveled with the Warrior Candidates to the front lines, still shaken by the Marleyan who had nearly killed her. As Aili accompanied the children to their destination, Yago decided to remain at the Eldia Third Regiment's camp, where the candidates' arrival could bring the Marley Warrior Unit and the Titans he wanted within reach.

  • Falco worried about Gabi's silence, and Zofia suggested it stemmed from the Marleyan who had nearly strangled her.
  • Colt brought snacks to the candidates, and Falco offered Gabi her favorite apple pie, prompting her to smile.
  • The sleepy Aili woke, ate far more than the others expected, and soon fell asleep again.
  • Carlos announced that the train would soon reach its destination.
  • Yago chose to stay at the Eldia Third Regiment's camp because the candidates' arrival might bring the Marley Warrior Unit and Ebson's Intelligent Titans there.

Ch. 229Arrival and the Desert

Colonel Koslow arrived at the Eldian Third Regiment with the Warrior Candidates, while Yago prepared to meet them. In the desert, Ebson’s experiment produced several Artificial Titans, and one attacked him as he ordered Bill to intervene.

  • Colonel Koslow arrived at the Eldian Third Regiment with elite guards and ordered the Warrior Candidates to line up.
  • Aili stumbled while getting out of the vehicle, and Koslow disapproved of her clumsiness.
  • Selina and Yago received word of the candidates’ arrival, and Yago set out to meet them.
  • In the desert, Bill asked Ebson whether his plan was going smoothly as three bound figures began to transform.
  • Golden lightning and steam filled the sky, and several enormous Artificial Titans emerged from the experiment.
  • One creature dove toward Ebson, who ordered Bill to teach it a lesson.

Ch. 230Submission

Ebson forced a vengeful young man and two others to submit, then prepared to use a bottle labeled “Y.N.” At a camp, Yago met Colonel Koslow and the Warrior Candidates, whose memories and fear of him drew his attention to Gabi and Aili.

  • Bill defeated a brown-haired Titan shifter and brought him before Ebson, who taunted him about his family’s execution and offered him a chance to avenge himself on Marley if he submitted.
  • The young man agreed to submit, and the other two people present followed; Ebson took out a bottle labeled “Y.N.” and reminisced about Norman.
  • Yago sensed something wrong as he approached the camp, while Falco and Gabi recognized him as the man who had frightened Gabi before.
  • Yago greeted Colonel Koslow and examined the Warrior Candidates, identifying Gabi, Falco, Zofia, Udo, and Colt.
  • Yago asked about Aili, and Koslow explained that she was the Sea-Swimming Titan Warrior; Yago recalled seeing a white shape beneath the sea.

Ch. 231Longing

Yago met the Warrior Candidates at the Eldia Third Regiment camp, while Selina’s Restorationists learned that Pulei and several comrades had died after Fusi betrayed them. That night, Yago and Annie thought of each other beneath the same stars.

  • Koslow introduced Yago to the Warrior Candidates, and Gabi ran into the camp after hearing his unsettling welcome.
  • Selina rejected the idea of recruiting the brainwashed candidates and ordered the Restorationists to watch them without drawing attention.
  • A soldier told Selina that Fusi had betrayed Pulei and that Pulei and several others had killed themselves to protect the group; Selina collapsed and withdrew to her tent.
  • Yago approached Aili Ambas, the Sea-Swimming Titan Warrior, and found her timidly eager to please him.
  • Yago thought of Annie under the stars, and Annie, walking with her father on Paradis Island, looked up and wished him well.

Ch. 232An idea

Yago worried about the threat posed by artificial Titans and decided to observe the Warrior Candidates at the Third Regiment before acting. After learning that the Eldia Restorationists had suffered devastating losses, he saw an opportunity to bring them under his control and redirect their cause toward revitalizing Paradis Island.

  • Yago considered the danger of Ebson creating more intelligent Titans and resolved to watch the Warrior Candidates before deciding whether they threatened Paradis Island.
  • Yago heard Selina crying on the Back Mountain and learned that Jack and many Eldia Restorationists had died during a rescue attempt in Marley.
  • Selina worried that the surviving Restorationists and the rescued families might not be accepted on Paradis Island.
  • Yago saw a chance to persuade the younger Restorationists to abandon restoring the Eldia Empire and support Paradis Island instead.
  • Yago approached Selina, telling himself that persuading the Restorationists to join his cause would help Eldians and Paradis Island.

Ch. 233The New Boss (Part One)

Yago confronted Selina about the Eldia Restorationists, and she attacked him to protect the group’s secret. After overpowering her, he revealed his Titan healing and removed his disguise, identifying himself as Yago Norman, an Eldian from Paradis Island; Selina was left stunned.

  • Selina shot at Yago after he said the Eldia Restorationists’ future was bleak, but he dodged the bullet and was wounded in the shoulder.
  • Yago stopped Selina from firing again, but she drew a dagger and attacked him, determined to kill him to protect the Restorationists.
  • Selina stabbed Yago in the palm, and he subdued her with a chokehold before asking why she would risk her life for the group.
  • Yago healed his palm with Titan Power, and Selina accused him of being a Marleyan Warrior.
  • Yago removed his disguise and told Selina that he was Yago Norman, an Eldian Titan from Paradis Island, leaving her unable to process the revelation.

Ch. 234The new boss (part two, double update)

Yago persuaded Selina to unite the Eldia Restorationists with the Eldians on Paradis Island and revealed his plan to free their people. Selina pledged the Restorationists to his command, renamed them the Eldia Revival Army, and promised to bring its core members to meet him.

  • Selina apologized to Yago after learning he had saved Eldia Restorationists and their families.
  • Yago told Selina that Jack had asked him to save the families and children, then urged her to unite with the Eldians on Paradis Island.
  • Selina questioned whether the island Eldians wanted unity, and Yago admitted the idea was his while insisting it was their best chance.
  • Selina pledged the Eldia Restorationists to Yago and asked him to give them a new name.
  • Yago named them the Eldia Revival Army, revealed that he possessed the Fate Titan, and Selina promised to gather its core members.

Ch. 235Signs of war

Selina announced the Eldia Revival Army’s goal of uniting Eldians and reviving their nation, while Yago continued his undercover duties in the Marley military. When Colonel Koslow revealed that war had begun and the troops were moving to attack a Middle Eastern fortress, Yago decided to secure more supplies and medicine for the Eldian soldiers.

  • Selina told the Eldia Restorationists’ core members that they would become the Eldia Revival Army and work to unite Eldians and revive their nation under a hidden spiritual leader.
  • Yago visited the training grounds, tried shooting a rifle, and missed four of his five shots.
  • Yago entered the Warrior Candidates’ training grounds and pressured Gabi into joining the others in greeting him as Officer Loa.
  • Colonel Koslow told Yago that war had begun and that Marley’s forces were ordered to attack the Middle Easterners’ fortress.
  • Yago decided to obtain more supplies and medicine for the Eldian troops, many of whom belonged to the Eldia Revival Army.

Ch. 236Scrounging Supplies (Double Update)

Yago pressured Bagg into handing over a large haul of quartermaster supplies for the Third Regiment. Meanwhile, Levi warned Erwin that Eldia Restorationist ideas and information about the outside world were spreading among Survey Corps soldiers, and Erwin left to investigate.

  • Yago arrived at the quartermaster's camp and demanded fifty crates each of several supplies from Bagg.
  • Bagg reluctantly let Yago load the supplies into more than a dozen vehicles and watched them leave for the Third Regiment.
  • Levi told Erwin that Eldia Restorationist talk and rumors about the outside world were radicalizing Survey Corps soldiers and reaching the public.
  • Erwin put on his Survey Corps uniform and cloak, declared he would investigate, and left with Levi.

Ch. 237Radicalism

Floch refused Daz’s attempt to recruit him into an anti-outsider organization, while Yelena pushed the Marley Volunteers’ propaganda campaign to advance the Eldia Euthanasia Plan. The chapter ended with Zeke overseeing the Titans’ assault on a Middle Eastern fortress.

  • Daz asked Floch to join an organization spreading hostility toward humanity beyond Paradis, but Floch refused and said he wanted to focus on killing Titans.
  • Yelena told Onyankopon that provoking tensions and publicizing Eldians’ oppression in Marley were necessary to ensure the Eldia Euthanasia Plan succeeded.
  • Yelena monitored events on Paradis and expressed confidence that Zeke’s leadership would bring the Volunteers success.
  • The Red Fire Titan burned much of a Middle Eastern fortress while the Beast Titan hurled rocks into it, and Zeke watched the attack from the Beast Titan’s nape.

Ch. 238Whether to fight

Sasha impressed Coris with her sniper skills while Marleyan prisoners faced suspicion among the Scouts. After Yago brought a huge cache of supplies to the Eldia Third Regiment, Selina asked why the Eldians still had to fight for Marley, and Yago weighed the dangers of leaving the war against Marley’s eventual losses.

  • Sasha hit the same target spot with all six shots, and Coris praised her as a gifted sniper.
  • Coris continued teaching the Eldian soldiers to use rifles and training future naval personnel, despite gossip and hostility toward Marleyans.
  • Yago returned to the Eldia Third Regiment with truckloads of weapons, ammunition, food, and medical supplies.
  • Selina asked Yago why the Eldians still had to fight for Marley and whether they were trying to recruit for the Revival Army.
  • Yago reasoned that the Revival Army could not safely disappear from Marley’s view and that fighting as a Marleyan Eldian unit bought them time.
  • Yago recalled that the war would devastate both sides, leaving Marley too weakened to dominate the world after its eventual victory.

Ch. 239Zeke's dream

Zeke dreamed that the Eldia Euthanasia Plan would be rejected by Eldians, Eren, and Yago Norman, leaving him shaken by doubts about the plan. After waking and accidentally punching Porco, Zeke questioned whether Eren and Yago would truly cooperate with him.

  • Zeke dreamed that Ksaver urged him to carry out the euthanasia plan, while anguished Eldians and unborn children accused him of taking away their right to live.
  • Zeke begged Eren to understand his plan, but Eren rejected euthanasia and proposed trampling the world instead.
  • Yago Norman mocked Zeke's plan as a naive fantasy, and Zeke attacked him in the dream.
  • Zeke woke after punching Porco, who had come to summon him to the command room.
  • Zeke realized the plan might face uncertainty, questioned whether Eren would cooperate, and grew deeply suspicious of Yago Norman.

Ch. 240The battlefield

The Eldia Forces charged Grayle Fortress and were nearly annihilated by the Middle Easterners’ artillery and machine guns while Marley’s soldiers forced them forward. Yago watched the slaughter with the Warrior Candidates and resolved to find another way to protect the Eldia Revival Army, or consider rebelling against Marley.

  • Aliti and Abrit discussed Grayle Fortress’s defenses before a stray bullet killed Abrit as Eldian soldiers began charging toward the fortress.
  • The Middle Easterners opened fire with heavy machine guns and artillery, devastating the Eldian Forces while Marley’s troops aimed their rifles at the Eldians to prevent their retreat.
  • Yago, Selina, and the Warrior Candidates watched the battle from a trench, where the children were frightened by the shelling and Gabi noticed Colonel Koslow was absent.
  • Yago recalled that Koslow had been wounded by shrapnel and had left Yago in temporary command of the Warrior Candidates.
  • After the battle, fewer than fifty Eldian soldiers returned unscathed, and Yago vowed not to waste the Eldia Revival Army and considered rebellion against Marley as a last resort.

Ch. 241The plan

Yago and Selina prepared to rebel against Marley after the Eldia Third Regiment received orders for a doomed assault on Grayle Fortress. As they discussed eliminating the Marleyan Supervisory Unit and escaping by train, Yago heard someone behind them.

  • Selina questioned orders sending the two-thousand-strong Eldia Third Regiment to attack Grayle Fortress's heavily fortified southern strongholds, and Yago decided rebellion was their only option.
  • Aili taught the Warrior Candidates battlefield survival tips, but Yago mocked them, prompting Gabi and the other children to vow to prove their loyalty to Marley.
  • The Third Regiment reached the stone forest south of Grayle Fortress and settled into camp as Yago and Selina secretly left to discuss their plans.
  • Yago told Selina the regiment would hold its position, eliminate the Supervisory Unit, and flee to Tepar Station if their rebellion was exposed.
  • Selina asked about the soldiers' families in the Liberio Internment Zone, and Yago said he would seek help from the Marley Volunteer Army.
  • Yago heard a faint sound behind him and called out, "Who's there?!"

Ch. 242A Hidden Secret Exposed

Aili was discovered after overhearing Yago and Selina’s plans for the Eldia Revival Army, but she refused to join because her family lived in the Liberio Internment Zone. Yago fought her when she chose to protect her family, and the chapter ended as Aili unleashed golden lightning.

  • Yago and Selina cornered Aili, who admitted she had accidentally hidden in their military vehicle and overheard their conversation.
  • Aili confirmed that she knew about their plans but said she could not betray Marley because her family lived in the Liberio Internment Zone.
  • Selina tried to shoot Aili, but Yago stopped her and decided to handle the Marley Warrior himself.
  • Yago repeatedly tripped and knocked down the inexperienced Aili, provoking her until she roared that he had asked for it.
  • Golden lightning erupted from Aili’s body.

Ch. 243Sea-Swimming and Fate

Yago transformed into the newly strengthened Fate Titan and fought Aili’s Sea-Swimming Titan. The battle continued as Aili attacked in fury, while Yago remained confident and had yet to use the War Hammer Titan’s power.

  • Yago and Aili transformed into the Fate Titan and Sea-Swimming Titan, revealing their changed forms to Selina.
  • Aili was shocked to discover that Captain Loa could transform into a Titan, while Selina admired Yago’s imposing appearance.
  • The Fate Titan beckoned to the Sea-Swimming Titan, provoking Aili into charging and slashing at him with her fins.
  • Yago used Jaw Titan hardening to catch Aili’s fins, dodged her spiked tail, and threw her over his shoulder.
  • Aili recovered and attacked again with her fins and tail as Yago taunted her and said he had not yet used the War Hammer power.

Ch. 244The Battle's Outcome

Yago’s Fate Titan defeated Aili’s Sea-Swimming Titan after overcoming her freezing mist and countering her attacks with Hardening. Aili survived, leaving Yago ready to speak with her as dawn approached.

  • Aili’s Sea-Swimming Titan froze and shattered the Fate Titan’s arms with mist from her tail, then pressed her attack while Yago regenerated.
  • Yago exploited Aili’s weak combat skills to kick the Sea-Swimming Titan across the valley, and his arms recovered.
  • Yago spread Hardening across the ground and impaled the charging Sea-Swimming Titan with crystal pillars.
  • Yago cut off the Sea-Swimming Titan’s tail and struck her head with a spiked Hardening hammer, stopping her without hitting Aili in the nape.
  • Yago dissolved the Hardening and prepared to talk with the unharmed Aili.

Ch. 245Aili

Yago defeated the Sea-Swimming Titan and captured Aili, then tried to persuade her to join the Eldia Revival Army. Aili refused because she feared Marley would punish her family, and Yago put a knife to her neck.

  • Yago emerged from the Fate Titan and pulled the unconscious Aili from the Sea-Swimming Titan's nape.
  • Yago and Selina restrained Aili and questioned her after she woke, with Yago pretending to threaten her with a heated dagger.
  • Yago offered Aili safety if she cooperated or joined the Eldia Revival Army.
  • Aili remembered her mother's warnings and feared Marley would harm her family, so she refused to join.
  • Yago called her refusal a shame and pressed Selina's knife against Aili's neck.

Ch. 246A strange Titan Power

Yago swallowed Aili’s blood to try to claim her Sea-Swimming Titan Power, but it merged into the Fate Titan Power instead. He then freed Aili and asked her to serve as an undercover Titan Warrior for the Eldia Revival Army, leaving her stunned by the offer.

  • Yago tasted Aili’s blood and entered his mental space to watch her memories and absorb her Titan Power.
  • Aili’s Sea-Swimming Titan Power merged with the Fate Titan Power, giving Yago none of the Sea-Swimming Titan’s abilities.
  • Yago cursed Ebson and left the mental space, unaware that the dark-red threads around him had faded.
  • Yago cut Aili’s ropes, prompting Selina to reach for her pistol and Aili to wonder why he had spared her.
  • Yago asked Aili to join the Eldia Revival Army as an undercover Titan Warrior, promising that only he and Selina would know her identity.
  • Aili raised her head in surprise at Yago’s proposal.

Ch. 247Joining

Yago welcomed Aili Ambas into the Eldia Revival Army, and the group left the valley after Selina threatened Aili to keep quiet about a stain on Yago’s coat. Elsewhere, Ebson raged over a failed experiment and blamed someone he called a liar.

  • Yago accepted Aili Ambas into the Eldia Revival Army and reassured Selina that Aili had joined in good faith.
  • Yago told Aili that her written statement could help protect her from Colonel Koslow, while Selina remained suspicious of her.
  • Yago prepared to take Aili and Selina back to camp, and Aili agreed to call him Boss.
  • Selina threatened Aili after Aili noticed that Selina had spread a yellow stain across Yago’s coat.
  • Yago, Selina, and Aili drove away from the valley, leaving the Titan battle site behind.
  • Ebson found his experiment had failed, smashed his fist into a wall, and cursed someone as a liar who deserved to die.

Ch. 248Outside the laboratory

Ebson left his laboratory with Bill and his creations after recalling the man he resented, while Litt remained determined to avenge his family on Marley. Meanwhile, Yago returned to the Military Camp with Selina and learned that something bad had happened.

  • Ebson lost his temper in the laboratory, and Bill threatened Litt, Bazel, and Ivanor when Litt mocked the doctor.
  • Ebson emerged, declared the laboratory no longer useful, and led Bill and the three creations away.
  • Ebson told Litt that it was not yet time to take revenge on Marley, and Litt vowed to make the Marleyans regret destroying his home and killing his family.
  • Yago doubted Selina's claim that a bird had stained his coat, but accepted her explanation and threw the coat away at the Military Camp.
  • The Third Regiment's soldiers were relieved when Yago and Selina returned, but Yago received very bad news.

Ch. 249A way forward

Yago discovered that Marley had placed thousands of troops behind the Eldian Third Regiment and ordered it to attack Grayle Fortress without retreating. He found a way to use bazookas against the Middle Eastern fortifications, while Gabi and Falco prepared for the battle.

  • Yago learned that Marley had positioned five thousand troops behind his Third Regiment and ordered it to launch an all-out attack on Grayle Fortress without retreating.
  • Selina explained that the natural-rock fortifications in the Stone Forest would be difficult to breach, and Yago rejected using Aili's Sea-Swimming Titan or artillery.
  • Yago realized bazookas could fire through the fortifications' windows, found a crate of them in the supply depot, and ordered Selina to train the soldiers to use them.
  • Falco worried about the coming battle and urged Gabi to stay safe, but Gabi called him a coward and vowed to show what a Warrior Candidate could do.
  • Zofia teased Falco about his concern for Gabi, and Udo laughed along.

Ch. 250The outbreak of battle

Marley and the Middle East fought a fierce battle at Grayle Fortress as Yago led the Eldia Third Regiment toward the enemy bunkers. Gabi grew increasingly eager to prove herself, and the chapter ended as an Eldia soldier fired a rocket at a machine gunner who had spotted him.

  • Marley and the Middle Eastern forces exchanged heavy artillery fire across three fronts at Grayle Fortress.
  • A Middle Eastern squad prepared to defend its bunker, wary that Marley’s Titan Warriors might attack.
  • Yago led the Eldia Third Regiment toward the bunkers while Colt and the Warrior Candidates carried ammunition behind them.
  • Gabi resented being kept out of combat and hoped to distinguish herself to advance her Warrior Candidate career.
  • A Middle Eastern machine gunner spotted an Eldia soldier, who aimed a rocket launcher and fired before the gunner could finish raising the alarm.
Arc 10 of 20
Arc 10 of 20