More than thirty battleships, over a hundred submarines, and upwards of three hundred frigates, transports, and other vessels sailed out of the Marley Capital, now a corpse-strewn ruin. The ships floated through the air, crossing the sea almost instantly to arrive near Paradis Island.
Every face aboard those ships belonged to a Marleyan Chen Si had once met on the Marley Continent: Mrs. Guss, Uncle Drew, the old man at the hotel...
The next second, bolts of lightning flashed across the ships, blasting everyone into clouds of blood. At the same time, the unmanned fleet approached the coast of Paradis Island. The warships turned their guns toward the island, and thousands of cannons fired in unison, reducing the shoreline to a field of severed limbs...
Countless soldiers poured onto Paradis Island. Mikasa, Eren, Historia, Annie, Erwin-countless familiar faces met gruesome deaths.
Chen Si's eyes snapped open. He sat up in the soft bed, gasping for breath, his back soaked in sweat and fear flickering in his eyes. He had clearly left the battlefield behind, yet a powerful sense of impending danger surged through him.
"Mm..." A soft murmur beside him interrupted his thoughts. He looked at the beautiful woman lying in bed, and much of his panic faded.
Chen Si slowly climbed out of bed, slipped on his slippers, and stood up, rubbing his head. He was a little surprised that he had suffered a nightmare. Those innocent Marleyans in his memories had probably all died by his hand, along with many more elderly people and children. A suppressed heaviness flickered in his eyes.
Chen Si walked slowly to the enormous floor-to-ceiling window. His gaze turned toward the gradually brightening sky before he began surveying the mansion the citizens had built for him without compensation.
At dawn, the luxurious mansion,