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Chapter 23 - CHAPTER 23

Roar

Amidst the thunder of golden lightning, a bestial roar sounded full of defiance.

Showered in the golden radiance, Ymir in her jaw titan form pounds at Kevin; her claws, sharp enough to cut through the sturdiest metal, slice at Kevin.

Historia looks in amazement at Ymir, hope flashing in her gaze, but the next moment, despair overshadows her eyes.

Kevin, who was meters away from the fierce figure of the Ymir's Jaw titan, stood with no urgency, like there was no threat whatsoever.

Suddenly, his eyes start shining golden, flashes of thunder fall out from his body, and then in a flash of a moment, a titan body starts to form out from him; the muscles, bones, and veins all appear, and in the time it takes to blink an eye, a complete titan body emerges from where Kevin stood.

The twenty meters of Kevin's Titan form completely overshadowed the five-meter body of Ymir's Jaw Titan.

The previous hope, which appeared to be within the reach of Ymir, suddenly transforms into despair.

Ymir stands still, looking at the twenty-meter-tall titan in front of her; she seems to have lost her will to fight.

"Oh, what happened to the previous prep talk about following your heart? Has it already lost its way?" The mocking voice of Kevin reverberated.

Hearing that, Ymir wakes up from the stupor, and an intense rage ignites in her heart.

Roar

With a war cry, she lunges at his knee, trying to tear apart his leg.

But the next moment, the sturdy leg of Kevin's titan body suddenly lifts, and in a fluid motion, it appears at the lunging Jaw Titan, who is in midair.

Thump

Like a ball being kicked, Ymir's titan hurled through the air, getting smashed at the shade.

"Ymir!!"

Historia cries out loud, looking in worry at the wrecked shed.

The figure of Ymir's Jaw Titan slowly emerges from the debris; fumes rise from her damaged body.

"Oh, you survived that hit." Kevin says in surprise, "Looking at how fragile you appear, I thought that strike was enough for you."

"But it doesn't matter; soon you will be done."

Saying that, Kevin, with big strides, moves towards Ymir.

"Ymir!!" Historia cried, "No, please stop. Don't do anything to her. Please let her go."

Her pleading falls on deaf ears; Kevin, with no hint of stopping, continues to move.

Arriving at the wreckage of the shed, Kevin looks at the still deformed body of the Jaw Titan; the previous kick clearly deals a lot of injury to her.

Smoke rises from her damaged body.

"Did that hit really do her enough?" Looking at the still Jaw Titan, Kevin leans in to pick her up from the debris.

Rumble

Suddenly a flash of lightning appears from behind the debris.

As Kevin was crouched on the ground to pick up the Jaw Titan's body, Ymir, who had already left her Titan body and was hidden in the debris, again transformed into her Titan form.

Startled, Kevin didn't have enough time to react as the newly transformed Jaw Titan suddenly leaped and lunged at his nape.

With no time to intercept her midair, Kevin can only use his hardening ability to form a layer of hardened shell over his neck.

The turtle-like shell, which looked like it could withstand the hardest of hits, suddenly fell apart as the sword-like claws of the Jaw Titan fell upon it, like a knife going through butter.

Ymir's claws sliced through every layer of obstruction and cut deep in the nape.

Thud

Kevin's heavy twenty-meter-tall titan body falls to the ground, like a puppet who got his string severed.

"W-what!" Historia looks in surprise at the fallen body of Kevin' titan.

The sudden turn of events surprised her; when she saw Kevin picking up the broken body of Ymir, she lost all hope, but the sudden move by Ymir seems to have turned the table.

Ymir, without wasting a single moment, quickly lunges back at the fallen titan body, and with her sharp claws and tooth, she tears up his neck.

For the first time, Kevin suffers a loss, and just like how he had devoured another titan, now he is being torn apart in the same manner, his back shredded to pieces, his neck almost severed from his body, and his lifeless eyes lying there staring blankly in the void, likely lamenting his own carelessness.

Splatter

Kevin's head burst open with a final strike from Ymir.

"I—is it f-finished?" Historia, open-mouthed, looks at the blood-soaked figure of Ymir, who dismantles every body part of Kevin, likely venting her anger on his corpse.

Sigh~

Suddenly a heavy sigh resounded through the air.

"You really can't underestimate anyone." The soft voice thundered in Ymir and Historia's ears.

Both of their heads snap in the direction from where the voice sounded.

Looking there, they saw a human body emerging from the leg of Kevin's titan body.

"I am really being careless." Kevin materializes from his fallen titan body, gazing at the stout figure of Ymir's titan body, who stood on his titan body surrounded by mangled pieces of flesh and bones.

Looking at this brutal scene, a flash of relief appears on his face, then glancing at the horror-stricken face of Ymir, he says, "You really did a great job there." His voice sounded calm. "If I were not different from a Titan shifter, then that would have been my game over, but luckily for me, I am not a Titan shifter." Suddenly his voice takes a heavier tone. "And unluckily for you, I am not."

Rumble

Lightning strikes, smiting terror in Ymir's and Historia's hearts.

Both of them felt the despair for the umpteenth time.

The fully materialized titan body of Kevin quickly springs at Ymir.

His clamped and clawed hand bashed at Ymir.

Who tries to dodge the strike, but Kevin moves with such force that Ymir doesn't even get the time to move away from her position.

Thud

Splatter

The death-like hands of Kevin fall upon Ymir's titan body, which instantly pulverizes half of her body.

Picking up the bits and pieces of Ymir's titan body with her head and neck intact, Kevin directly throws her into his mouth, and after giving two to three chews, he swallows.

Instantly, a great energy travels through every part of his body; Kevin feels every cell of his being cheering.

While Kevin relishes in the feeling of getting stronger.

Historia blankly looks at everything as it happens.

Tears didn't fall out of her withered eyes; anger, despair, fear—nothing rooted out of her sterile heart—only a void seems to have dug into her being.

Kevin, having transformed back into his human form, walks up to her. Looking at her desolate expression, he doesn't say anything; he just quietly stands there.

His mind goes back to his past self, a man who greatly admired the world of fantasy, but now standing there, he feels the void in his desires.

He feels the chasm between him and his past.

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I don't want myself to become my past lazy-ass dude.

I want to evolve, I want to grow past my limitations, and I want to achieve the dreams, so to outgrow and surpass my limits, I am going to try, try every day.

That is what I can do.

Hello, my dear readers, Please point out the errors and criticize the bad writing so I can improve myself so I can surpass my limits.

Thank you. 👍

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