Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

"What nonsense are you talking about! Let's run away together!" Hannes urged.

“Yes, Allen, let’s get out of here quickly,” Carla shouted as well.

Although she didn't know why a giant hand had emerged from the ground to save her, nor why her son had suddenly changed so drastically, Carla didn't want Allen to take the risk.

But clearly, the Eren before us is no longer Eren; he is someone named Isaac.

"When facing an enemy, there is only one option: annihilation. There is never any such thing as retreat!"

As Isaac spoke, he quickly carved a transmutation circle on his palm using a piece of pebbles he had picked up from the ground.

"I don't care what kind of monster you are, just go to hell now."

He placed his hand on the rubble ruins beside him, and as the blue lightning ruins began to twist and deform, two sharp spikes pierced towards the giant's eyes.

Stab it!

Spikes pierced through the giant's eye and down to the back of his head. He clutched his bleeding eye and roared, his enormous hands flailing wildly around him.

"What are you standing there for! Move back!" Isaac shouted when he saw that Hannes didn't react.

"Ah... yes!"

Hennis hurriedly agreed, picked up Carla and ran towards the back with Mikasa in tow.

"Wait, Hennessy, Allen hasn't..."

“Trust him,” Hennessy said. “Alan’s eyes… are completely different from before, and that…”

Alchemy was something they couldn't understand, which had a great impact on them.

Seeing the group walk away, Isaac looked at the giant who had broken free of the spikes and grinned maliciously:

Have some fun!

……

The giants' rampage continued, as they poured in through the breach in the city walls.

"Hahaha……"

Isaac was a little out of breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Is this really how my dream works? Even the enemies are designed to be this strong?"

Looking at the various giants that had been pierced by thousands of spikes, Isaac felt somewhat ashamed.

It would have been easy to pierce their hearts, brains, or any vital part of their bodies, but it just wouldn't have killed them. They continued to struggle toward Isaac, their eyes still glazed over.

"Do you expect me to turn this into a thermobaric bomb?" Isaac looked at the giant, who was riddled with holes but still moving around energetically, and his eyes gradually turned fierce. "It would be a disgrace for any enemy to survive my attack."

He quickly drew a transmutation circle on the ground, and the giants were impaled by spikes that emerged from the ground, so they were unable to move for a while.

"Hey! Allen, are you alright?" Before he could finish drawing, Hennessy appeared in front of him again.

"How come you're back so soon?" Isaac asked Hannes in surprise. "Well, it's a dream anyway, so it's normal for some things to go wrong."

"What are you saying, Allen!" Hennessy didn't give Isaac time to react, grabbed him around the waist, launched his 3D Maneuver Gear, and quickly flew away from the scene.

"Put me down! I haven't killed these bastards yet!"

“It’s too late. The ship is about to leave, and the Rose Wall will be closed soon,” Hannes said. “Thanks to you for delaying the giants’ advance, many people have been able to evacuate safely.”

Looking down at the large number of giants pinned down, Hannes once again sensed that Isaac was no ordinary person.

Before long, he led Isaac to a ship filled with refugees whose eyes were filled with despair. This atmosphere made Isaac feel that this was not an ordinary dream.

"Allen!"

When Carla saw her son return, she ignored her foot injury and ran over to hug him tightly.

"Thank goodness, you're alright."

Hennessy watched the scene unfold, his eyes filled with delight. Then, his expression turned serious, and he asked, "Allen, who exactly are you?"

Isaac gently pushed Carla aside and announced in a loud voice: "Private First Class, Fifth Company, Amestoris Brix Military District—Isaac."

Chapter 378: Second Personality?

Amestris? Brix Military District? Isaac?

They had never even heard of these things before.

"Allen? What's wrong with you? Are you sick?" Carla shook Isaac's body, her face full of worry.

“It doesn’t seem to make any difference to tell you, after all, the technology and industrial level here are so backward.” Isaac looked at the ship he was on, which was a model from several years ago.

"Allen, I have a question for you." Hennessey's face was tense at this moment, and he looked at Isaac with fear, "That ability to conjure up a giant hand... are you even human?"

Humans have a desire to explore the unknown, but this only applies to a portion of people. Most people will feel resistance and fear, which is only natural.

Most of the people inside the walls were the latter. When Hannes saw Isaac's alchemy skills, which allowed him to fight giants, he instinctively felt a sense of fear.

“Of course I’m human,” Isaac laughed. “It’s just alchemy.”

"alchemy?"

"Through understanding, decomposition, and the science and technology of construction, it is possible to transform the structure of objects for use in combat; what I use is alchemy."

Isaac's words were so overwhelming that Carla and Hennessy were completely thrown into a state of confusion, while Mikasa remained expressionless, seemingly unaffected by anything.

“Alan.” Carla suddenly grabbed Isaac’s shoulders and hugged him. “No matter what you become, you will always be your mother’s child, and that will never change.”

“…Hmm.” Although he wanted to argue, Isaac knew now was not the time.

Just then, he heard someone calling him from behind.

"Eren! Mikasa! Are you alright?!"

Armin ran towards this place; it turned out he had also successfully escaped the area and boarded a refugee boat.

“Oh, Armin, it’s been a while,” Isaac greeted with a smile.

"Shiganshina District is finished... Giants are everywhere..." Armin clutched his head in fear, the image of the hideous giants devouring humans constantly stimulating his brain, which would become his nightmare.

He didn't even dare to close his eyes, for fear of dreaming of those terrifying monsters opening their blood-red mouths and swallowing him whole.

He looked up and found that Isaac had been smiling at him the whole time.

“Allen… why can you still laugh… why are you so calm?” Armin asked in a trembling voice, “Aren’t you afraid?”

He couldn't understand his friend's behavior at all.

"Oh, because it's nothing to be afraid of, isn't it?"

Armin paused, then suddenly realized: "Isaac?"

"it's me."

"I see……"

Armin suddenly realized that Allen's 'second personality' had appeared.

During the time Isaac and Allen switched bodies, although each time was short, the observant Armin noticed that sometimes Allen would suddenly faint while chatting with the two of them, and wake up a few seconds later with a different personality.

Although 'Allen' has this kind of personality and talks nonsense that they can't understand all day long, he gives people the feeling of being exceptionally mature.

If Eren was like a friend of Armin's age to Armin, then Isaac was like a reliable older brother to him.

The same body gave rise to two completely different personalities.

Armin, who loves reading, immediately diagnosed Allen's condition as a case of dissociative identity disorder.

In Armin's eyes, Isaac is Eren's second personality.

And because Armin saw Isaac as almost omnipotent, whenever the two of them encountered danger or difficulty, he would shake Eren's shoulder and shout, "Eren! Use your invincible second personality to think of a solution!"

This left Allen completely baffled at the time.

Armin looked at Allen, who was playing in the water on the edge of the ship, and asked, "Isaac, what should we do now?"

He believed that Allen's 'second personality' would definitely be able to find a way to help them overcome their difficulties.

"The destruction of Shiganshina District is just the beginning. Judging from the layout of the city walls, you only have walls on the outer ring, but you don't have walls separating the areas inside. So it's safe to assume that not only this area, but the entire outermost layer will soon be occupied by the Titans," Isaac said.

Although he spoke of cruel things, there was not a trace of fear in his eyes. This stood in stark contrast to the other refugees on the ship, whose faces were filled with despair, sorrow, and terror.

Isaac continued, "Moreover, the outermost layer is the main production area for livestock and agriculture. If something happens there, it means that we will face a shortage of food resources for a period of time. At that time, we will have two possible outcomes."

"Which...which two?" Armin swallowed hard.

Carla and Hennessy also perked up their ears.

“First, your king should quickly send soldiers to reclaim some of the areas the giants haven’t reached and establish a defensive line there,” Isaac continued, playing in the water. “Obviously, based on what I know of you here, that’s not realistic.”

"What about the second scenario?"

"The second possibility is that they will send all the refugees back to outside the Rose Wall in order to reduce the number of people detained. Of course, I don't know the method, after all, the politics played by high-ranking people is not my forte."

Armin became worried: "Then wouldn't we be..."

He also believes that the second possibility Isaac mentioned exists, and could potentially occur.

"Isaac! Tell me! What should we do!" Armin shook Isaac, who was still playing in the water, in fear, but Mikasa pulled him away.

"That's enough, Armin. Don't put pressure on Isaac," Mikasa said calmly.

"but……"

“It’s alright,” Isaac said with a smile, pulling his hand out of the water.

He opened his hand, and three gold coins lay in his wet palm.

"This is……"

“Everyone has their own price tag, and the people inside the Rose Wall are people too,” Isaac laughed. “Bribe the local officials to get status, and then use the remaining money to open a shop or find a decent job, so they have absolutely no reason to kick us out of the walls.”

Before anyone else could speak, Hennessy said first, "It's definitely feasible. I know people who became military police around the same time as me, and I'll go and persuade them."

"Wait a minute, Allen..." Armin stared at the gleaming gold coins in Isaac's hand, his mind reeling. "Where did you get these gold coins?"

“Of course it’s in the lake. You think I’m really just playing in the water?” Isaac laughed. “The lake water contains a small amount of gold, so we can just collect it.”

He took the gold coin from his hand, revealing the transmutation circle engraved on his palm.

Chapter 379: Seeking Refuge

The ship slowly sailed into the Wall of Rose.