"So fast! We can't hit them at all!" Inside the armor on the back of the Cart Titan, the members of the Panzer Unit were panicking. In their field of vision, those five figures in midair were like phantoms—no matter how much they poured out their heavy machine gun firepower, they couldn't catch them.
At this moment, the Cart Titan was also running for its life. Behind it, the Survey Corps soldiers clung tightly in pursuit, Thunder Spears exploding nearby from time to time, putting immense pressure on Pieck. Porco was in her mouth, and the Panzer Unit members were on her back—the safety of her comrades, whom she spent every day with, weighed heavily on her.
Although the Panzer Unit couldn't hit the Ackermans, the firepower net formed by several heavy machine guns still temporarily blocked their advance.
But then, with an unremarkable gunshot—bang!—one of the heavy machine guns inside the armor suddenly went silent.
Sasha had a piece of dried meat in her mouth, kneeling on one knee, holding a sniper rifle. Calmly, she pulled the bolt and quickly fired another shot.
Bang! Another heavy machine gun fell silent.
"There's a sniper!!" The surviving Panzer Unit members realized something was wrong and shouted loudly to warn their teammates, raising their guns—but through the narrow observation ports, they couldn't see any trace of the sniper.
Before he could think further, a scorching bullet pierced his forehead. Of the five heavy machine guns, only one remained, still putting up a desperate resistance. Perhaps the deaths of his comrades made the last Panzer Unit member foresee his own fate. In the end, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Miss Pieck! Run!"
Bang!! As the final heavy machine gun fell silent, Sasha finished chewing the dried meat in her mouth and began reloading.
With the Panzer Unit wiped out, Pieck immediately realized it, and soon spotted Sasha on a nearby tall building.
"You bastard!! Damn it!" Pieck shouted angrily from within the nape. The Cart Titan's speed surged again as it charged fiercely toward Sasha.
At this moment, Sasha had already reloaded. Facing the incoming Cart Titan, she showed no fear. The distance was close—she didn't even need to aim. She raised her hand, rapidly emptied her bullets, and immediately activated her Vertical Maneuvering Equipment to leap off the building.
All five bullets struck one of the Cart Titan's eyes. Pieck instantly lost vision in one eye. Just as she was about to adjust her position, she forgot—without the Panzer Unit's firepower net, the bloodthirsty Ackermans had already drawn their cold blades.
By the time Pieck saw A-One suddenly appear before her, it was already too late.
Slash! The sharp blade met no resistance. A-Five instantly severed the Cart Titan's heel. With a twist of the hilt, the Ackerman—who pursued ultimate sharpness—discarded the slightly worn blade and immediately drew two brand-new ones from the sheath. The gleaming blades traced a beautiful arc through the air.
Slash! Slash! The blades danced, flesh and blood spraying. The service of the Ackermans' lightning-fast blades that the Beast Titan had enjoyed not long ago—the Cart Titan now got to experience it as well.
At the same time, the Cart Titan's limbs were all severed.
"No! No! No!" In her panic, the A-One in front of Pieck disappeared. Immediately after, she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. In disbelief, inside the nape of the Cart Titan, she saw the situation below her for the first time.
Because of the complex armor on the Cart Titan's back, the nape was wrapped in layers of interlocking leather. A-One bypassed the nape entirely, choosing a point no one had ever thought of attacking.
She charged directly beneath the Cart Titan's neck, drew both blades, and mercilessly slashed downward. The Titan's scalding blood poured over her, but A-One paid it no mind, cutting straight through the Cart Titan's neck.
When Pieck—stabbed through the abdomen—was dragged out by the blood-soaked A-One, she curled up in pain. Upon seeing A-One's somewhat familiar face, she couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile. It wasn't their first meeting. Pieck clearly remembered this black-haired girl who had chopped off her hands the moment they first met.
The collapsing body of the Cart Titan began to evaporate. Porco, who had barely regained a bit of strength, gradually emerged from its mouth. But the moment he opened his eyes, he was met with several cold blades.
The Cart Titan, the Claw Titan—eliminated!
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Siobeth District.
"Damn devil! Go to hell!!" A Marleyan officer, covered in blood, roared as he raised his rifle with no bullets left and staggered toward Jean Kirstein.
But before he could reach him, Connie knocked him to the ground with a heavy punch from the side, letting out a painful wail.
Jean Kirstein's expression grew serious as he looked around at the hellish scene. Because of the Colossal Titan's nuclear-like blast, most of Siobeth District had been reduced to ruins. Beneath the broken walls and rubble, who knew how many Marleyan soldiers were buried.
Fortunately, since Siobeth District was a military zone, those stationed here were all Marleyan troops. Otherwise, countless innocent civilians would have died here as well.
A single attack from the Colossal Titan had instantly killed thousands of Marleyan soldiers in Siobeth District. Most of the remaining soldiers had also lost the will to resist. Under the shouting of the Revival Army soldiers wearing red armbands, the surviving Marleyan soldiers all crouched down and surrendered.
But there were still quite a few Marleyans like that officer just now. They crazily cursed Connie, Jean Kirstein, and the other Eldian soldiers. The soldiers from Paradis Island might not understand why these Marleyans were so desperate to throw their lives away.
But the Revival Army soldiers were completely unfazed. When they encountered stubborn ones, they showed no mercy—smashing them with rifle butts until half their teeth were knocked out, and they quickly became obedient.
"Connie, do these Marleyans really hate us that much?" Jean Kirstein's gaze was complicated.
Connie patted his shoulder.
"Don't think too much about it, Jean. This is war—some things are unavoidable. Think about the comrades we lost to the Titans. War is cruel."
Jean Kirstein sighed upon hearing this and turned to leave with Connie.
The Marleyan officer knocked to the ground by Connie was still muttering and cursing: "Damn Eldian devils... all deserve to die... die..."
At that moment, a young Revival Army soldier walked up to him, frowning. The young man was at the age of hot-blooded vigor and had long been enraged by the oppression of Eldians by Marleyans. How could he tolerate this now? He kicked the Marleyan officer straight in the mouth.
"Shut up! You're annoying!"
The hard sole of the boot knocked out two of the officer's teeth. The intense pain forced him to shut his mouth immediately.
The unrest in Marley's capital gradually came to an end. The sounds of explosions and gunfire slowly faded.
Armin supported the somewhat weakened Floch, looking at the half-destroyed Siobeth District. Armin let out a sigh, but Floch's gaze remained firm.
At the military port, Hange stepped out of the command room, looking at the gradually calming Marleyan capital, and sighed:
"Looks like it worked, Erwin. Seems I'm not such a terrible commander after all."
On the sea, aside from the warships of Paradis Island and Hizuru, all other nations' fleets had been reduced to wreckage. Only unarmed merchant ships and vessels remained.
From this moment on, the master of Marley's capital would change.
Victory was in sight.
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