What were you doing before the end of the world? Are you going to be an assassin?

The three of them looked up at the sky, but to their surprise, there was nothing there.

Reiner was just about to breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that he was too nervous and was hallucinating, and then he saw a flash of green appear above his head.

That's the cloak of Wings of Liberty!

Bertolt was quick-witted and quick-handed, and he swung his knife to cut the green cloak in two.

Annie, who was standing close to the eaves, saw more than Reiner and Bertolt. Two sharp blades were hidden behind the cloak!

"Small……!"

Before the word "heart" was uttered, the attention of Annie, Reiner and Bertolt was all drawn to the cloak.

Annie's heart suddenly contracted. The ring with spikes had already spread out its ferocious fangs. Could it be that?

Swish~ The sharp blade in Bertholdt's hand easily cut through the cloak, revealing the dark cloudy sky above.

Immediately afterwards——

【disappear】!

The mysterious light on the first floor of the supply station appeared again.

It was as if a second sun had appeared in the eyes of Annie, Reiner, and Bertolt.

High-altitude assassination!

Connor threw out the cloak just to attract the attention of the trio!

After [Disappear] worked, Connor swung the knife based on inertia, and with just one swing he cut Reiner and Bertolt's necks.

Then he landed on his feet, bent his knees to absorb the impact of landing, and suddenly swung his sword to both sides again. The left sword pierced Bertolt's eyeball, and the right sword pierced Reiner's eardrum.

The blade hit the bone, and Connor instantly dropped the knife and pulled it out again. At this time, Annie was looking at him in horror.

【Sixth sense】!

When you are spotted by the enemy, the enemy's movements will slow down in your vision.

Connor drew out the double blades again like an extension of his arms. He stepped on the back of the unconscious Marco and stabbed straight into the neck and heart of Annie, who in his eyes was already extremely slow.

"I... don't... want to... die..."

23. Practice more if you are not good at it

Outside the Trost District, a large group of Survey Corps soldiers wearing Wings of Liberty cloaks were galloping towards them.

"Really? What happened inside the wall again?"

They set out early in the morning and rushed to the occupied Shiganshina District, but the Giants they met on the way were all gathering towards the north (Trolst District is north of Shiganshina District). Even though the Survey Corps was busy advancing, they noticed the abnormality of the Giants.

Hanji, who was good at analyzing intelligence, immediately reported his conclusion to Captain Erwin. The captain himself was also clear and immediately issued an order to retreat even though the Shiganshina District was right in front of him.

Another off-wall investigation ended in failure, but they also caught up with new information that the off-wall investigation would never discover -

Originally it was supposed to be the living area of humans, but now countless giants were pouring in. What's more, three black flares appeared in front of the Trost area, and there was a large cloud of steam rising.

The Trost district seems to be too urbanized!

"I'll go over first, and I'll leave the giant outside the wall to you."

Beside Captain Erwin, the "Dwarf Giant" Captain Levi lightly threw off the stirrups and jumped onto the saddle, his body almost still on the horse that was constantly moving forward and bumping, and he aimed at the tower on the side and flew up.

"Yes! Captain Levi!"

Inside the wall, Connor's assassination was successful, but also failed.

Connor was already very fast due to his [Sixth Sense], but Annie only needed to move her fingers to make the spikes on the ring cut her skin.

The two knives that stabbed into Annie's neck and heart were almost triggered simultaneously with Annie's transformation. The two Bertolt and Reiner behind her, whose necks were chopped off in half and whose heads were pierced by the sword and almost crushed, still had some consciousness. The high alert when they were discovered by Marco worked, and they barely got time to transform by relying on the characteristics of the giant.

"He's not dead?"

Under the high temperature steam caused by the transformation of the Colossal Titan, Connor could only pick up Marco, who was knocked unconscious by [Disappearance], and fly to a high tower in the distance, otherwise Marco would have been rescued in vain.

He remembered that in the middle part, the Captain failed to kill Reiner even though he cut his throat and pierced his chest with a knife, but Connor didn't expect that he pierced through the brains of Bertolt and Reiner and tried to prevent the neural transfer but failed to completely kill the two giants. Later, Reiner was beheaded by a lightning gun and recovered his brain tissue, facial features and facial muscles within the same day, and Zeke was half-dead from the explosion but was still hanging on.

These people who possess the power of giants are so difficult to kill!

How did Ymir manage to easily kill the leader of the four lurking members who had just entered the island, the Jaw Titan Marseille, with a sneak attack?

Could it be "The Road" and "The Original" again? Someone didn't want Bertolt to die here?

Connor admitted that he was a little too greedy and wanted to try his best to solve all the problems in human form, but unfortunately he was still too inexperienced.

Fortunately, his assassination was not completely ineffective.

Because of their severe injuries, the Armored Titan transformed by Reiner and the Female Titan transformed by Annie have not been able to get up from the ground until now. Bertolt's transformation was not a complete transformation. He just barely constructed his upper body and used his ribs to protect the Armored Titan and the Female Titan under himself.

The three giants couldn't display any decent fighting power for a while.

Connor kicked Marco awake and asked him to put the blade back into his sheath. At the same time, he took out the flare gun in his arms and fired three black flares into the sky.

In the Survey Corps, red flares represent the appearance of a Titan, green flares represent a new direction of advance, and black flares represent the appearance of an extremely dangerous and unpredictable anomaly.

The timing of Connor's attack wasn't great but it wasn't too bad either.

Originally, he thought that if he could stay after completing the battle mission, he would wait until night when the Titans were at their weakest, and then join forces with Captain Levi and Mikasa, the two Ackermen who had rested well, and the Titan transformed by Eren to attack the hometown trio.

But after completing a series of protection missions, he really couldn't remain indifferent to Marco's experience.

Especially since he saw it.

On the other hand, Allen was not crazy and still had enough physical strength. He would definitely not give up after seeing the Colossal Titan. Although Allen's strength was not strong at this time, he could restrain as many as he could.

As soon as Eren comes, Mikasa will follow. An Ackerman is already in hand, and more importantly, the large force of the Survey Corps is very close.

When Connor discovered that the hometown trio was planning to silence Marco, he was using Eagle Vision to observe the situation, and he could already see the Survey Corps over the city wall.

He believed that his flare would definitely be seen by the Survey Corps, especially the strongest human fighter, Levi.

The changes in the front part of the Trost District also attracted the attention of the garrisoned troops, and the three black flares made everyone shocked.

"That's the Colossal Titan???"

"The only thing that can destroy the city wall is the Colossal Titan. If we can kill it here, we won't have to worry about it in the future!"

Connie, who witnessed the Colossal Titan breaking through the door, said excitedly that this was how Eren called on them to go up the wall and fight the Colossal Titan.

"Send out the elite squad." Commander Pixis gave the order decisively.

"Has anyone seen Marco? Is Marco back?" Rang looked around in the crowd. Normally, the soldiers who had carried out the luring mission would have returned by now, and Rang and Connie and others had just climbed up the wall not long ago.

"Hey, Jean, over there...isn't that the location assigned to Marco's squad?" Connie suddenly remembered that the location where the black flare rose and the location where the Colossal Titan appeared...isn't that the area Marco is in charge of?

Jean thought of something that frightened him, and after hesitating for a moment he said, "...I want to go down too..."

"Hey, Jean!"

Connie stamped her feet and asked, "Why is Rang so impulsive?" After complaining, Connie followed Rang and flew down.

At the edge of the hole, Eren, who had just blocked the door, had no time to get excited and celebrate with Mikasa, Armin and the escort class for the first time that mankind had regained lost territory from the Titans, when he saw the Colossal Titan appearing prone.

"Colossal Titan...I will drive all of you out without a single one left!"

Allen's eyes were burning red as he rushed towards the block where the Colossal Titan appeared.

Just as Connor calculated, Mikasa followed and flew over.

A dwarf figure has also appeared on the city wall.

Ackerman, the strongest man in the human race, has seen the chaos in the city.

"Hey, can anyone explain to me why the city has become such a mess after being out for less than a day?"

A group of stationed troops and several training soldiers covered a giant as it rushed towards the Colossal Titan that broke through the door.

There is also a soldier from the Survey Corps chopping down the Colossal Titan.

What's going on? Where should I go? Who is my enemy?

The captain's brain completed his thoughts like cutting through the Gordian knot - just cut it!

24. For Whom the Bell Tolls

The half-sized Colossal Titan was still huge. The high-temperature steam on its body easily ignited all the houses around it. With just a wave of its slender arms, the surroundings were turned into a sea of fire.

I will set hell on fire!

Bertolt is no longer concerned about lurking in search of the power of the Founding Titan. He is just hoping that the female Titan and the Armored Titan transformed by Annie and Reiner will wake up soon so that the three of them can kidnap Eren and go home.

"Captain Levi! Mikasa! Eren!"

Connor was blown away by the steam again, his face burning hot. After hooking onto the tower again, he shouted to Levi who came to help.

"What?"

Levi casually cut the back of the neck of a Titan and stood not far from Connor, looking coldly at the wreaking havoc on the Colossal Titan.

The identity given by the prism worked. Levi still trusted Connor as a soldier of the Survey Corps. At least he trusted Connor more than the Titans.

However, Levi's impression of Connor was only that he was injured during the investigation outside the wall and stayed inside the wall.

More important than Connor is whether there is something under the ribs? Levi squinted and looked under the Colossal Titan.

"The enemies are three intelligent giants. The Colossal Titan will spray high-temperature steam to disable the three-dimensional mobile device. The spray will consume muscles and make it impossible to move."

"The armor on the Armored Titan is very hard, so it's hard for a blade to work, but the joints are weak."

"The Giantess has partial hardening capabilities, is fast and can restore body parts first."

The captain's grip on the blade tightened. When did such an excellent soldier appear in the Survey Corps? He not only survived the battle with the Titan alone, but also obtained crucial intelligence? Why didn't they find that this Connor had this ability when they investigated outside the wall before?

Hanji, take a look at what other people are doing with giants, why don't you just become a freak of a species?

"well done."

Levi complimented calmly, he usually didn't compliment people much.

Now that he has obtained targeted intelligence, it is time for him, the "strongest soldier in the human race," to take action!

Rush!

"So hot!"

Captain Levi's charge was blown back by the Colossal Titan, and his face had the same unhealthy blush as Connor's. They both inhaled the high-temperature steam on the way to the charge and burned their trachea.

"Alan! Alan!"

Connor intercepted Eren, who was running in from the door but was not as fast as Captain Levi, as well as Mikasa, Armin and the rest of the escort team on his shoulders and back.

Alan was running and suddenly braked to a stop in front of Connor, and the person hanging on him almost crashed into the tower.

"what?"

The giant tilted his head, revealing a puzzled expression.

The meaning is undoubtedly: What are you standing there for? Let's go together!

"I need you to get under the ribs of the Colossal Titan and drag out the other two intelligent Titans."

Connor explained to Alan that the skeleton of the Colossal Titan became a natural shelter for the Armored Titan and the Female Titan, allowing Annie and Reiner to recover safely between the ribs.

The Colossal Titan has a limited amount of muscle that can be used to spray steam, and is not good at attrition warfare, but it has no problem holding off until the other two companions have recovered.

"There is also a Marco who cannot move on top of Ian's tower. Send him back and set up a quarantine zone to prevent those Unsullied Giants from rushing over. Keep as far away as possible!"

"Rico, the strongest fighting force of the garrison, I need you and your elite squad."

"Soldier, tell me what plans you have."

Levi took several breaths of the air after the rain, then exhaled the hot air in his chest, coughed twice, and asked.

Levi adheres to the principle of believing in his choice and trying not to regret it. At this time, he has handed the choice to Connor, who is familiar with the intelligence, just like he trusts Erwin, Hanji, Levi's team and every soldier in the Survey Corps.

It's good to deal with such a trustworthy, strong fighter who doesn't talk nonsense. Connor immediately said: "We keep harassing the Colossal Titan from a medium distance to make him spit steam and consume his muscles, and cover Eren's surprise attack to drag out the Female Titan and the Armored Titan."

"Let Eren deal with the Armor of the Armored Titan. You should know some joint techniques, right? It's normal that you can't defeat him. You just need to contain him. Do you understand?"

"Me?" Alan, who had transformed into a giant, felt that familiar feeling again. "I'm the key figure again?! No problem, I've already completed the last mission, I believe you!"

"Since the female titan has partially hardened, I think Captain Levi and Mikasa can easily cut the tendons in other parts of her body."

Captain Levi nodded. As long as there was no damn steam, it would be easy to cut a giant.