Thud! Armin dropped to his knees nearby. He had stood frozen in place the entire time, overcome with terror and crushing guilt.
"Eren!" Mikasa hurried to check Eren's wounds.
"Dig them out for me..." Eren's eyes shifted slightly, his face almost expressionless.
"All right." Mikasa nodded, drew her blade, lifted Eren's shirt, and forcibly dug out the two bullets.
Eren did not cry out in pain once.
Three kilometers away.
Gal boarded the airship Tailor had seized.
"Tailor, the best target would actually have been that blond fellow with the slicked-back hair. Still, nicely done," Gal praised him.
"That blond fellow is the Colossal Titan. Blowing his head off might not kill him. But the man I killed was undoubtedly a leading figure in the Survey Corps. Their morale must have taken a serious blow," Tailor said flatly.
"Why did you bring this corpse?" Tailor turned to Reiner's body and frowned.
"Reiner is dead. The Armored Titan will soon be reborn in someone unknown. I wanted to bring him back so Professor Mogwin could see whether he can pinpoint where the Armored Titan will be born," Gal said slowly.
"Hey, Tailor, getting that body took me quite a bit of work, you know," Moriarty spoke up.
"Whether Mogwin is even willing to remain loyal to Marley is another question," Tailor said coldly.
"He wasn't necessarily wrong, either," Gal said evenly.
They had all guessed that Mogwin had leaked intelligence about the Titan army to the Survey Corps. Otherwise, the Survey Corps would have been annihilated without any chance to fight back.
"All troops, heed my command! Advance!" Erwin shouted.
The force of several thousand began a rapid march toward Cliff Harbor.
Two airships slowly descended, and the twenty-nine remaining advance assault soldiers, including all the members of the