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Chapter 201 Contact (Subscription Request)

Personal? Pet?
In the past cognition of several people, these two words could never be related to giants.

However, the facts are right in front of us.

The giants that they had to risk their lives to kill were actually pets kept by certain people or forces.

"Could this be just a prank?" After a long time, someone finally couldn't help but speak.

"Prank?" Others looked at him as if he were a fool.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" The man realized that he had made a fool of himself, but still tried to make amends:

"No, it's not impossible. Or maybe our predecessors who went out to explore the wall before accidentally discovered this special giant, and then they suddenly had an idea and played a joke on us."

The man's voice became lower and lower as he spoke, and it was obvious that he himself did not believe this statement.

"Captain Evans, are we going to take it back?" After taking down the incredible scene in front of him with a notebook, Ilse turned to look at Evans who had been in deep thought and asked.

Take it back?

After thinking about this idea for a while, Evans slowly shook his head and said:
"Although this place is very close to the Trost District, it doesn't mean that we won't encounter giants again."

"This little giant, although not very big, is not something we can bring back safely."

"This matter is likely to be related to the secrets behind the giants. It is an important event that can determine the future of mankind. We must not make any mistakes."

Evans ordered solemnly, "Now, everyone return to the wall as quickly as possible and report this to Captain Alvin!"

"As ordered!"

"As ordered!"

That night, Evans and his team reported their findings to their team leader, Alvin.

The next morning, an elite team led by Levi, the strongest fighter in the Survey Corps, brought back the dwarf giant and the tree trunk with the words engraved on it.

Afterwards, members of the Survey Corps' Hange's Squad began conducting various experiments on the dwarf titans.

Five days later, the experiment produced a significant discovery.

Inside Wall Rose, the Survey Corps headquarters.

In a conference room, the commander of the Survey Corps, Alvin, and core members of the Corps are listening to a report on experiments with Titans.

Hanji, who is the most obsessed with and knowledgeable about Titans in the army, is excitedly describing her discoveries.

"Captain Alvin, with this discovery, the danger of exploring outside the wall will be greatly reduced."

"The cute and charming giant is about to be stripped naked layer by layer and placed in front of us. It's exciting to think about it!"

The scene of uncovering the secret of the giant seemed to appear in front of Hanji's eyes, and her whole body couldn't help but tremble.

boom!
Levi chopped Hanji's head with a knife: "Idiot!"

"Oh, my head hurts so much," Hanji immediately squatted on the ground holding her head.

"Don't be careless. Our current judgment that the giants' ability to move around at night will decrease may not be accurate."

"Even if it is accurate, the Survey Corps' soldiers' ability to move at night will be limited."

"And don't forget, there are also the odd species. Does the rule that their activity ability decreases at night also apply to the odd species?"

"And..." Alvin knocked on the table and said, "Will the power behind the scenes who keeps the Titans as pets allow us to discover the secrets of the Titans?"

After seeing that everyone present began to take it seriously, Alvin continued:

"I have a feeling that the secret hidden in the deepest part of this world will soon be discovered by us. I don't want anyone to lose their life due to carelessness at this time!"

Everyone present also heard the concern and care in Alvin's words.

"understand!"

"Don't worry, Captain Alvin. I won't die easily before I get the secrets of the giants out!"

"Tsk, no giant can kill me!"

"."

"Then, our next target is here," Alvin pointed at the map in front of him.

Where his finger was pointing was an icon of a forest.

Giant tree forest!

Among the information that Evans class brought back, the news about the pet giant was even more shocking at first glance.

But Alvin was more interested in the traces of large-scale human activities discovered by Evans and others in the Giant Tree Forest.

Regarding the Maria Wall recapture operation half a year ago, Alvin noticed a record that a large number of combatants changed their routes.

Thinking about the person or force that left the words on the tree trunk, Alvin's intuition told him that there seemed to be some connection between the two.

Over the next two months, the Survey Corps conducted several exploration missions outside the wall and confirmed that the Titans' mobility was indeed greatly reduced at night.

Several explorations in the Giant Forest also allowed the Survey Corps to target the urban area east of Wall Maria, which was renamed the City of Desay.

The summer nights on Paradis Island are not hot and humid, and the refreshing evening breeze makes people feel particularly comfortable.

Outside Wall Rose, a team of Survey Corps soldiers headed eastward in the night.

It is an elite team composed of members of Levi's team and Hanji's team.

"Come to think of it, I haven't encountered any strange species in the recent explorations outside the wall!"

A girl with short chestnut hair suddenly spoke up.

"Oh?" Hanji recalled what Nifa said, "It seems to be true. I almost encountered strange species every time I explored before, but I haven't encountered them much recently."

Hanji pondered for a while and felt that it was probably related to the power behind the scenes. He raised his glasses and murmured, "I really want to catch these people more and more!"

"haha"

"It's over, squad leader Hanji has started again"

Nefa looked at Hanji who was starting to go crazy again and couldn't help but move a little further away from her.

In the second half of the night, the group had already walked most of the distance and were only more than 20 kilometers away from their destination.

"Stop!" Levi, the leader, stopped his horse and pointed to a forest not far away, saying, "Rest for an hour before continuing on our journey."

After saying that, Levi headed towards the woods first, and the others followed closely behind.

Because of the existence of an unknown force, the group did not light a fire, but instead ate dry food in the dark, huddled together to rest and recover their strength.

Just when everyone had rested and were ready to set off again, the sound of horse hooves sounded from a distance.

"somebody is coming!"

"Aren't we the only ones out exploring tonight?" "Is it that unknown force?"

"Captain Levi, what should we do? Should we capture them?"

"Hide first, get ready, and wait for my order!" Levi recalled Alvin's instructions in his mind and quickly gave the order.

Soon everyone hid themselves, but it was difficult to deal with the horses they were riding.

Soon, the sound of horse hooves stopped, replaced by the sound of jets from the three-dimensional mobile device.

The hissing sound is very slight in the daytime, but it seems quite clear in the quiet night.

"coming!"

"Does the enemy also have a three-dimensional maneuvering device?"

"It seems that Alvin was right not to report the matter of the giant."

With the help of the moonlight, Levi could see the person clearly.

The leather uniform and the three-dimensional mobile device. If it weren't for the pattern of a black crow on the uniform, Levi would have thought he had met a member of a certain legion.

Bang! Bang!
With the sound of landing, two figures landed on the ground.

The two are members of the Desai City Forest Ranger Team, and their main responsibility is to protect the safety of civilians who come out to cultivate crops at night.

He was a person with better physical fitness selected from more than 10,000 people. After Mu Sheng solved the problem of how to block the information in his mind, he was given blood and became Mu Sheng's follower.

Although the increase in strength is small, the recovery ability of holy light and the existence of holy light fighting techniques also allow these people who were temporarily selected less than a month ago to have the ability to resist giants.

Although they can only deal with night giants at present, as long as they train for another year or two, they will be able to catch up with the well-trained legion soldiers.

"It's okay now, Cole. The giants nearby have been mostly cleared out by Lady Iori and the others. They won't affect the planting team." said the younger of the two.

"Let's check this forest before going back. It's better to be careful." The older man was more cautious.

"Okay! Wait then, what is that?"

"Go! Catch them alive!" Levi rushed out from the tree in an instant and rushed towards the two people on the ground.

The rest of the Survey Corps also rushed forward. Facing members of the unknown force, everyone used all their strength.

Unexpectedly, the other party had no ability to resist at all, and was knocked unconscious and captured by Levi and others as soon as they met.

"So weak? Is this really the mysterious force that Captain Alvin talked about?" Eludo of Levi's squad looked at the two people who had their equipment removed and tied up in surprise, and asked with some doubt.

"That should be the case. Look at the patterns on their clothes," said Petra, a girl on the team.

"Captain Levi, what do we do now? Should we take them back to headquarters?"

"Since we've already alerted them, let's interrogate them here. I'll leave it to you, Hanji. Find out more information about this force as soon as possible."

Levi said expressionlessly that the unexpected event had ruined all their previous plans, and now they could only improvise based on the information they got from the interrogation.

At this moment, the two people who were knocked unconscious actually woke up with a groan.

Seeing the clothes of Levi and others, the two recognized their identities.

"Running dogs of the royal government, bah!", the young dependent said hatefully as he looked at them.

The elderly relatives sat there in silence, seemingly muttering something in their hearts.

"The running dogs of the royal government?" Hanji realized the key information from this person's words: "So, you are the ones who participated in the battle to retake Wall Maria?"

"Bah! Bullshit recapture operation, it's just an excuse for the corrupt officials to make us die."

"These people are more damnably evil than the giants. One day, the Holy Light will purify them all!"

"Evil? Holy light?" Hanji and others looked at each other and realized that this was the secret of this force.

Hanji then continued to ask questions and guided the young follower to reveal more information.

It was unclear whether this person hadn't noticed or didn't care, and he told Hanji and the others the information they wanted to know without reservation.

What about the holy light, the god Mosai, the messenger of God, and how they escaped to the city of Desai step by step based on the fact that the giants' ability to move decreased at night.

This information also made Levi, Hanji and others immersed in it, as if they were listening to a fantasy story.

"So it was that Lady Iori and a few people like her who fought Juran continuously for a whole day and killed thousands of giants?"

Hanji was a little unconvinced and said, "How is this possible? Even if they don't need to rest, the gas tanks of the three-dimensional maneuvering device have run out of gas long ago."

"Hmph! How can you comprehend the power of God Mosai? Lord God can refill those gas tanks with a wave of his hand," the young follower said to Hanji with disdain.

"Well, if your God Mosai is so powerful, why didn't he save the 25 people who fought in the recapture battle?" Hanji continued to question.

"What do you know? Only those who hold onto hope in desperate situations can be blessed by the Holy Light."

"Those people gave up the idea of living, no wonder God Mosai didn't save them!"

Hanji curled her lips and didn't continue arguing with this person. Instead, she brought up Iori again.

"You said that your Lord Iori and his companions fought non-stop for a whole day and killed more than a thousand giants."

"Don't they eat or drink all day?"

"The greatness of the Holy Light is not something you can understand." The young follower looked at Hanji and others with contempt.

Hanji felt more and more that the other party was a brainwashed person by a cult, and agreed to look at him with contempt.

"If the Holy Light is so great, how come it doesn't know that its believers are in danger?"

"Oh!" The young follower smiled inexplicably: "How do you know that Holy Light doesn't know?"

As the young retainer finished speaking, his companion beside him also raised his head and looked at Hanji and the others with an inexplicable smile.

The strange reactions of the two made Hanji and the others feel uneasy, and they had a bad feeling.

Just then, a series of galloping horse hooves sounded from a distance, from front, back, left and right.

"Enemy reinforcements are coming!"

"Is it because of the disappearance of the two? But how could it happen so quickly? And from the sound of it, we are surrounded."

"It doesn't look like they found out that the two of them are missing and came to check on us. It looks more like they knew about our existence and came to encircle and suppress us!"

Hanji didn't know what was happening for a moment. Was it only the holy light?
"Get ready to fight!"

“There are quite a few people coming, but if their strength is similar to these two, then there is nothing to be afraid of!”

The soldiers of the Survey Corps quickly prepared for battle.

Soon, dozens of people wearing Black Crow uniforms appeared in the forest and surrounded the few people.

"Survey Corps, Levi?" Iori looked at the short man with a stern face in the crowd. Although he used a questioning tone, his expression seemed very certain.

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(End of this chapter)