Illusions of force
Narrates Armin
Armin: Do it Ereeeeen !
I.T: WUAAAA!
E.T: WUAAAAAAAA! * Throws the rock against the entrance, sealing the *
Year 850, for the first time, humanity had regained territory from the Titans, but had to pay a heavy price.
Erwin: Right now, everyone here is a member of the Recon Legion ! Offer your hearts! * Salutes with all the new members of the legion *
All: Yes!
Erwin: they managed to overcome fear, they are exemplary soldiers. I accept their hearts.
A month later, the reconnaissance legion, led by Erwin Smith, left Caranes, to establish a route to Shinganshina, where the mystery of the Titans is.
Erwin: COME ON ! * all moving forward * Now the 58th recovery expedition begins! All units!
End of the narration.
The troops advanced through the village in front of the entrance.
Hanji: Approaching from the left, a 10 meter titan! I have a lot of intrigue to know what is inside his stomach, but I will leave it to the support squad.
A couple of soldiers were attacking, one of them attacked but it was not enough.
Soldier: I lacked strength! * Moves away from the titan, but it internalizes him to attack *
Soldier 2: Defend the ranks !
Sasha: * turns to see the titan and gets scared * Aaaaah ! * someone grabs his head and makes him look straight ahead *
Soldier: Head to the front, leave it to the support team and move on.
-Conste that everyone is riding horses-
Soldier: Go ahead, go ahead !
Eren: * remembers the plan *
I remember.
Günther: The support team will escort us away from the village and then, we will be in titan territory, and from there, we will only rely on Commander Erwin's detection formation. We will stay here, understood?
E and I: * nod *
End of memory.
Eren: Lord Auruo, do you believe ... that my friends can defeat the Titans?
Auruo: what are you saying idiot? So what the hell have you been doing this whole month?
Eren: Huh?
Auruo: we have some knowledge, we must be able to face the Titans * bites his tongue *
The troops had already left town and were entering Titan territory.
Erwin: * raises his hand to the left * Prepare to go into formation! Do it now!
All the soldiers disperse doing the formation.
Rainer: See you later Armin * walking away to his position * don't go cowering! If you see a titan!
Armin: Same here.
Erwin: the front is a bit far, we are in a semicircular formation, so we will expand the range of vision and we will have a communication network, in this way we will advance and cover more ground.
Armin, in his position, was looking for some titan or some danger, but he only found a couple of crows, his who kept advancing.
Armin: (we'll be fine, calm down)
Pam, a trail of red smoke is flying into the air, signifying that there was a Titan in that direction.
I remember.
Ness: listen, the ones who will have contact with the Titans will be the ones in the front row. When they see a titan they will shoot red smoke, that will be the sighting signal, when they see the signal, they will confirm and replicate it, at that moment when the commander determines the location of the titan, they will fire a green smoke signal pointing the direction that it Training must continue, that way the training can successfully meet its objective, without having to face the Titans, however there will be times when we will not see a Titan in time, due to the terrain or other obstacles in the formation.
Currently with Sasha
Sasha: * passed by some destroyed house and sees a titan and it follows her * Aaaaah! * Turns his horse and starts to flee * titan, red smoke! * Tries to put the red smoke in his launcher but cannot because of fear and by the movement of the horse and it falls * Noooo!
Soldier: Brauus! Over here! * The soldier next to him threw the flare *
Soldier 2: Damn, the titan won't stop chasing her!
Soldier: Let's draw him to us. Braus! Come closer!
His horse ran and suddenly made a sudden movement and turn to the left, avoiding an attack from the Titan. Then the titan loses sight of Sasha, sees the soldiers and follows them.
Soldier: I'll take care of him, get away!
Soldier 2: Got it * moves away to the left *
The soldier guides him to the right and before colliding with a tree, he turns, dodging the tree and causing the titan to collide with the tree.
Sasha: Captain!
Soldier: return to your position, that one will no longer follow us.
Elsewhere
Armin: (it has been a while since they have released red smoke, this is very strange)
Ness [past]: soldiers remember, this strategy only works with Titans who have easy to predict moves.
Armin: * sees black smoke flying into the air * (black smoke, apparently heading towards the center of the formation) * loads the black smoke into his launcher and fires the signal * (no doubt it is * see that from some trees 2 soldiers come out on horseback and behind them they are followed by an abnormal titan * an abnormal
Ness [Past]: Freak Titans are unpredictable, so you must fight them.
Ness: mh, we don't have a choice, Sis, take care of the nape! I'll stop him in his tracks!
Sis: understood!
Ness' * draws his swords * (in this territory I am at a total disadvantage, the probability of success is very low, but I cannot allow the formation to break, Arlert must already be there, I will not allow a rookie to meet one of these * stands on his horse * We'll get this over with!) * throws a harpoon at the Achilles tendon, lunges, and cuts it, causing the titan to fall on his face *
Then he falls on the left side of the titan.
Ness: Now do it Sis!
Sis: * lunges towards the titan and cuts his neck *
Armin: They did! The captain did it!
Ness: we got it * sees his horse came back for him * Did you come back for me? That's why you are my favorite * he gets on and goes to his position *
But in the distance you can see something, something giant running in that direction.
Ness: What is that?
Sis: he shouldn't have paid any attention to the squad on the right flank, he's a freak. We have no choice
Ness: Sis, let's attack one more time! 2 in a row, it seems that we have very bad luck, it also seems that it is about 14 meters, it will cause us a lot of problems. * He turns to his left to see the titan, from what was far away, he was behind them, running at a unbelievably fast speed * What? * the titan passes in their midst, but they dodge it before it steps *
Armin: * throws the black smoke signal * What is that thing? It's very fast.
Ness: Don't let it get to Arlert!
Sis: Yes sir! * Throws the harpoon near the neck of the titan and launches towards him or her, but the titan stops him and kills him before he gets close, then Ness does the same, but the titan takes the harpoon string and slams it to the ground *
Then he stops and looks at the corpses and after a short pause he starts running.
Armin: * sees the titan and turns towards the center * that titan is different, he is not an abnormal, he has his own intelligence, he is like Izuku! He is a human in the body of the titan! Who is he and why? This is bad, what am I going to do, he's behind me, I'll die too! * Looks at his other horse and lets go * Go run! * The horse runs as fast as I can, dodging the titan then the titan runs faster, jump and fall in front of Armin to stop him * (that titan, no ... all the Titans, what are they looking for?)
Somewhere on the right flank
Soldier: * dying * someone, warn the others, that the squad on the right flank was annihilated. A female titan brought an army of Titans * a titan takes it and lifts it up * Is anyone there? * Opens her mouth to devour him *
With Armin.
The titan steps on and sends Armin thrown off his horse, and when he fell, the hood fell on him. Then the titan crouches down, stretches her arm towards Armin and lifts his hood, causing Armin to lift his head to see what a fart. The titan watches him and then, he gets up, walks away from him and goes in another direction. Armin sat on the floor not knowing what just happened.
Armin: What just happened, didn't it kill me? I take off the hood, and he looked, that thing looked at my face.
Rainer: Armin! * Arrived next to a horse *
Armin: Rainer!
Rainer: Hey, can you get up? Quick stand up, if horse you will end up dead before the end of the day, hurry!
Armin: * stands up and nods *
Then he gets on his horse and sets out with Rainer.
Rainer: I saw the sign of a freak titan, is that the one with a nice butt?
Armin: he is not an abnormal, he is a human in the body of a titan.
Rainer: What are you talking about?
Armin: wait, I have to fire the smoke signal * loads his shuttle with the black smoke *
Rainer: * hears a shot * wait * Jean approaches them * Jean fired for us! * Sees shots from the right side * Shots from the right flank? Why are they from that direction?
Jean: * stands next to them * the squad on the right flank has lost a large number of soldiers. Too many Titans attacked them, I don't understand the situation but, there are very fast Titans, we held them for a while but the detection tactic doesn't work, we've suffered a lot of damage, at this rate they won't exterminate!
Armin: it's the same direction the titan came from, was she leading the Titans there?
Jean: What her? * The titan realizes * What is a titan doing in this place? An abnormal one?
Armin: no, she is different, she is like Izuku and Eren, a person inside a titan.
Jean: How is that possible?
Rainer: but Armin, what makes you think that?
Armin: the only thing the Titans know how to do is devour people, that's why they kill humans, but that is not their true objective, when the superior Sis tried to attack his neck, holding him by the cable and Captain Ness took him from the cable and hit the ground, she doesn't kill to eat, she does it by choice. It's very different from the other Titans, when the armored titan and the colossal titan attacked the wall, she was the one who brought the Titans, I'm sure * Rainer was looking at him with Hate? * That means her goal is to attack the human race , no, I have a feeling that she is looking for someone, if my assumptions are correct she must be looking for Eren and Izuku !.
Rainer: To them? They are in Levi's squad, they are supposed to be in the right flank squad.
A and J: The squad on the right flank?
Jean: it can't be, in the battle plan it said that they were on the left flank.
Armin: in mine it said that they were in the vanguard of the right flank. I don't think they were wrong with those data.
Rainer: So where the hell do you think they are?
Armin: I am sure they are in the safest place in the formation and it is the 5th row to the center in the waiting.
Jean: Armin! It is not time to think about that, the smoke signal is not enough to demonstrate the danger that this titan represents, at that speed it will reach the commander and if it breaks the formation, we will all die.
Rainer: What do you want to get to?
Jean: that at this distance we can still attract your attention. We can buy some time until the others have retired, maybe we will have a chance.
Armin: But that titan has his own intelligence. From her point of view, we are mere insects, she will crush us in one fell swoop.
Jean: wait you mean it * a little scared * that thing really is scary.
Rainer: what's wrong with you, are you really the same old Jean? Because the one I know is a man who keeps thinking about himself.
Jean: Rainer, you don't have any sentimentality * change in attitude * I just wish not to end up with a pile of charred bones and that no one can recognize my remains! * Tightens the grip of the horse's rope * I finally know what we have to do at this very moment! We chose this job to help humanity, so help me! * Armin looked like this O-O *
Armin: * puts on the hood * Cover yourselves with your hoods, that way she won't be able to see our faces, she won't kill us if they don't know who we are. I'm sure he's not going to risk it.
Rainer: I understand, he is not going to risk killing someone who could be Eren or Izuku * smiling like only Rainer knows how to smile and puts on his hood * It is a relief to know this information, they do not know how lucky we are that that monster has bad view.
Jean: Armin, with all the time you spent glued to Eren you thought you were a disgusting coward * he puts on the hood * now I see that you are very reliable.
Armin: Thanks I guess, although I didn't like that you called me a disgusting coward.
More short time.
They got closer to the titan and Armin made a sign for them to go sideways, one left and one right, he went to the right.
Everyone was already with their swords out.
Armin: (She is going slower than last time, is she getting tired? If she picks up the speed from before, we won't be able to do anything, we have to stop her, we must do something now!)
Rainer: * was behind the titan *
Jean: * was on the left side * (alright guys, let's do what I told you, once we've got their attention, the formation can retreat to save. We just have to hold it as long as we can. Will cutting her tendon be enough? Achilles? If I do I will risk too much, I must be able to kill her)
Armin: (is aware of her weak point, she is completely different from the others, I think that killing her will be almost impossible, unless, it is impossible to kill her by the standards of an ordinary soldier * remember how Izuku, Mikasa and Levi slaughtered Titans with their swords * but maybe they could do it.
Jean stands on her horse and throws a harpoon towards the Achilles tendon, but the titan stops abruptly, avoiding the harpoon and doing a lot of destruction. Then she makes a movement with her hand making Jean's hood rise, then she sees Armin, but since she does not know who, she is going to attack him to capture him, she hits the horse and makes Armin fly away. She, too, bends over.
Jean: Armin! * Goes for his friend *
Rainer narrowly managed to dodge Armin's horse.
The Titan then approaches Armin and sees that it is indeed Armin, so she retreats.
Jean: Armin! * He sticks one of his harpoons into the titan's back, but she notices it * (he has reflections that are not compared to the others) * he approaches the titan, then the titan turns but Jean drops his harpoon and throws the another towards his right buttock, thus managing to avoid the titan's hand, then he turns around in front of the titan to then position himself on the titan's neck, in the air, and sees that the titan covers his neck * the neck?!)
Rainer: * down from everything, watching * Jean!
Jean: * turns around * (Damn, I have no escape! * Titan raises her right fist * She's going to kill me! Pulling the cable will be my end) * Titan turns to grab the cable, but Armin , who got up shouted something *
Armin: Jean you have to get revenge for the suicidal maniac of our group! * The titan stops his fist in the air *
Jean: (Armin * realizes his fist * the titan stopped!
Armin: She was! She was the one who killed them! They were with the others on the right flank! We must take revenge for them !
At that moment, the titan froze as if to say: Shit, I screwed up, I killed the targets.
Jean falls behind a tree: (What is happening? He is confused by hitting his head) * he gets closer to the tree to get a better look * (it's the worst moment to dec-) * he sees Rainer approach the gem titan speed and visibly annoying * Rainer!
Armin: That titan stepped on my best friend and my brother! I saw their bodies under their feet!
Rainer stands on his horse and leaps to attack. He throws a harpoon at the back of his neck and moves closer.
Jean: (goes straight for the nape! * Rainer charges the attack * He will kill her! The Titan was distracted with Armim!)
Rainer was about to reach the nape of the neck but the Titan turns her head to look at him, seeing Rainer's face of anger. And, he clenches his fist, holding Rainer inside. And it starts to smash and poof, smash it, making blood fly everywhere.
Jean: ah, ah! Hey Rainer! It's-!
Armin: * observed *
Until the titan's hand was sliced in half and Rainer came out, alive and bloody, she couldn't handle Rainer's power or ... maybe it was something else?
Out of the titan's hand, Rainer turns around, goes to Armin and takes him away.
Jean: (I can't believe Rainer got it, I had forgotten about Mikasa's achievements * runs off * Rainer is also a very reliable star soldier)
Rainer: We have bought enough time! Ningerundayo! (If it doesn't eat people, it won't take long to follow us)
The titan stops and runs towards the center.
Rainer: * running * Look, that female titan freaked out. And now he's running away from us.
Armin: (Impossible, because he's heading to the center flank? Still looking for Eren and Izuku?)