Valhalla

After Eren had spent a little time being intimate with the two women.

The voice of the warrior standing guard came from outside the door:

"Your Majesty, everything is ready outside. Please make your way over."

Hearing this, Eren released the two women and said to them:

"Just stay here without worrying, and wait for me to come back tonight to enjoy myself properly."

The two women nodded at his words, and Eren walked out when he saw this.

Once outside, he saw the soldier standing guard and the small giant, and said to the soldier:

"Keep watch over them. Until I return, no one but me is allowed inside."

The soldier answered, "Yes." This time, Eren did not ride the giant, leaving it here to guard the place instead. After all, he did not feel at ease with only these warriors here.

Eren mounted a horse and followed the soldier leading the way to his destination.

Upon arriving, he saw Flock and the others, along with the army behind them, and said:

"Warriors, we have reaped a great harvest today. Every warrior present will receive two gold dragons. I deeply mourn those who fell in battle, but their sacrifice will not be in vain. I have already sent them to Valhalla."

Two gold dragons might not seem like much, but at modern exchange rates, they could actually be considered twenty thousand yuan. Just because Robert gave tournament champions tens of thousands of gold dragons did not mean that gold dragons had little purchasing power. It was mainly because Robert paid no attention to money and spent extravagantly. By the time Robert died, the Iron Throne owed the Iron Bank several million gold dragons.

Eren continued:

"Valhalla is a divine hall built by our Titan God Yeager specifically for warriors who die bravely in battle. As long as you die bravely in battle, the god will welcome you into Valhalla."

"In Valhalla, you will have eternal life, endless fine wine, inexhaustible delicacies, and the eternal enjoyment of battle."

"Of course, the great god will turn away those who forsake him, as well as those who cling to life dishonorably in battle."

"And today, those warriors of ours who died in battle will all go to Valhalla. As for the warriors gravely wounded in battle and now near death, who cannot go to Valhalla because they did not die in combat, I have spoken with the god. As long as they become giants and fight for him for two years, spreading the deterrent power of the giants across the continent, the god will welcome them into Valhalla as well."

"Modun, bring all the gravely wounded warriors here."

Modun nodded, turned back, and waved to his subordinates. Fifty-two gravely wounded warriors appeared, all missing arms or legs, their wounds still bleeding.

Eren walked up to them and said:

"Rest assured, warriors. The god is with you. In Valhalla, your missing arms and legs, along with your injuries, will all be restored. There, you can enjoy eternal happiness. Fine wine, delicious food, and battle will always be with you. Go to Valhalla and enjoy eternal peace."

"Now is the time to use the days you have left to dedicate your hearts to the empire. The glory of the empire is with you. Dedicate your hearts!"

With that, Eren saluted them, pressing his right hand firmly over his heart and holding his left hand behind his back.

Seeing this, the commanders and warriors followed Eren in saluting and shouted:

"Dedicate your hearts!"

"Dedicate your hearts!"

"Dedicate your hearts!"

Of course, Valhalla did not exist. Eren had made all of this up. But with the Coordinate Space, creating a Valhalla was still possible. By intercepting those who died or became giants within the Coordinate Space, their souls would effectively remain bound to the Coordinate after death.

And in a world where magic existed, the importance of souls went without saying. If he ever encountered magic that required sacrificing souls, or needed soul power, he could simply draw out these intercepted souls and use them.

After saluting, Eren entered the Coordinate Space and found the branches belonging to the gravely wounded within the pillar of light,

turning them into giants. He also intercepted the souls of those who had fallen in battle earlier and altered their memories, having them mold giants for him. Once they finished, Eren would restore their memories and make them all have the same lifelike dream. This dream was the fabricated Valhalla, where they would obtain eternal peace.

After all, Eren was a man of his word. If he said he would take them to Valhalla, then he would take them there.

This time, Eren directly instructed them to mold fifteen-meter-class giants. After all, the five-meter ones last time had only been a trial, so Eren had not made them too tall. This time, he needed them for battle.

And when there was no fighting, these giants would sometimes serve as horses to haul things. They were much more useful than horses, with built-in solar power. No matter how many kilometers they traveled, their fuel consumption was just a beam of sunlight. They were ideally suited to this kind of physical labor, and would also need to put their abilities to use in building cities in the future.

Of course, when Eren said he would use them for two years, he meant two years. After all, people would be the last thing he lacked in the future. After two years, he would let them enter the Coordinate as dream wanderers, occasionally having them visit their relatives and friends in dreams to make their faith a little firmer.

Meanwhile, in reality, dozens of pillars of light suddenly flared, and fifty-two giants stood upon the earth.

As Flock and the others watched the giants before them, they felt nothing but relief that the giants were on their side. They truly could not imagine anyone capable of contending with giants.

Of course, this world still had beings capable of matching giants, such as gods, dragons, and sorcerers. But the gods did not manifest, and although dragons were very powerful, with some even growing to hundreds of meters in size, they were now extinct. Even if they were revived in the future, their numbers would be too few to pose a threat.

Of course, if it were like the days when the Valyrian Freehold still existed, when hundreds of dragons swept across the skies together whenever they mobilized, Eren would certainly have to avoid their might if he saw them. After all, with hundreds of dragons, there was probably no way to destroy them all at once apart from a natural disaster like the volcanic eruptions that destroyed Valyria.

What Eren was doing now was the same as Valyria had done in the past. The Valyrians had also started as nomads, and somehow obtained the power to control and hatch dragons. From then on, they relied on dragons to dominate the world. At their peak, with hundreds of dragons, who could rival them?

And now Eren also wanted to follow the example of the Valyrians of old and conquer the world through giants. Valyria had possessed hundreds of dragons at its peak, while he would one day have a Giants Corps, including Colossal Titans. By using the Rumbling to deter the world, he could likewise dominate it.

Looking at these fifteen-meter-class giants, Eren's heart filled with anticipation for the future, but just over fifty giants were not enough.

"Warriors, these giants were transformed from our former comrades. In two years, they will go to Valhalla. Our comrades who died earlier, and their relatives and friends, will visit you in dreams and tell you about their lives in Valhalla."

"Of course, a traitor like the one I turned into a giant earlier will never go to Valhalla. He will remain a giant forever to atone for his sins. If he dies in his giant body, he will also go to hell to be punished."

"So, warriors, there is no need for fear or confusion. The god's mighty power will always be by your side."

Eren spoke fervently to the warriors. Then he turned to look at the giants.

He then said to the commanders, "Gather all the captured supplies together and make flatbed carts. These giants will help transport the supplies."