Mounted on his horse, Bai Yu watched Ming and Kali descend from the sky and praised them.
"Nice teamwork. Nothing went wrong."
Forget complicated maneuvers-Kali could now more or less keep up with their basic teamwork, and that was already quite good. After all, even after roughly a month of training with Bai Yu and the others, she had only improved greatly compared to her former self. She still had a long way to go before matching them.
During their previous Titan suppression battles, Bai Yu had stepped in many times when her life was in danger.
Her progress really was fast, but the gap really was enormous, too.
Along the way, Kali took turns fighting alongside each of the three, gradually adapting to their rhythm. Of course, Bai Yu and the other two had slowed their pace somewhat.
These Titans... why are there even more than before? Has Marley been disposing of a lot of mainland Eldians lately?
With a whir of cables, Bai Yu fired his grappling lines and killed an ordinary Titan about five meters tall nearby. Then he looked at the signal flare rising into the sky, puzzled.
One member of this Scout Squad had just died fighting a Titan. Only half of his torn body had fallen to the ground. Bai Yu picked it up, pressed his lips together at the lingering fear and unwillingness on the man's face, and handed him over to his comrades. Then he fired a pink signal flare and headed in another direction.
Suddenly, Ming spoke.
"It's dangerous around here."
At those words, Bai Yu pulled on the reins, and his horse quickly stopped. He scanned their surroundings. In the distance, he could just make out a forest-their planned resting point.
"What's going on?"
Bai Yu frowned deeply as