All the Eldia people across the world were enveloped in "Paths," listening as judgment descended in this final moment.
Twenty kilometers from Chen Si, Zeke was frozen in a diving posture, panic fixed on his face, his hands seeming to cradle something. Above his head, Levi's long blade was about to strike his throat. Everyone was frozen like this, utterly motionless.
Chen Si tilted his head toward the starry sky. Everyone around him was motionless, yet he alone could move freely. After sending his last wisp of mental energy into Yasuo's mind, he fixed his gaze on Eren, an infinite distance away, but could not make out his face.
"To all Subjects of Ymir: my name is Eren Yeager. Through the power of the Founding Titan, I am speaking to all Subjects of Ymir. At this very moment, all the hardened walls on Paradis Island have been undone. All the sleeping Titans will begin to move.
My purpose is to protect Paradis Island, where I was born and lived, to protect my family and my people. They have done everything they could for peace. Yet this world has not cherished that hard-won goodwill and mercy. Instead, it has continued to await Eldia's destruction, yearning all the more to exterminate every Subject of Ymir on Paradis Island.
For the world, that hatred accumulated over countless years will not end until every person on Paradis Island and all the Eldia people have vanished from this world!
And I cannot accept such a world. I will command every Titan within the walls to trample all the land beyond this island, until every person outside this island has been eradicated from this world!"
Eren's voice was exceptionally cold. Gone were the hoarse, desperate roars of his weaker days; in their place was utter calm.