Disclaimer: I don't own Attack on Titan, Devil May Cry or any of its characters…

Consider this the start of Volume 3 hahahahaha!


Over 100 years ago, the human race faced extinction… due to the appearance of its 'natural enemy'.

The humans who managed to survive construct three immense walls, one within the other. And thus, they won 100 years of peace.

However, five years ago… that peace came to an end.

The Colossal Titan destroyed the gate of Shiganshina… and the titans, released from 100 years of hunger, laid waste to the human race again.

The humans abandoned their outermost wall. Twenty percent of the population and a third of their domain was lost. The human race was forced to fall back behind the second wall.

However… at the same time, humanity awakened.


(Year 850, Wall Rose, Trost District)

A huge crowd of people were flooding the streets, excited for their heroes to pass through as they were about to go on another expedition outside the wall. Various cheers could be heard from the townsfolk as the soldiers rode their horses towards the gate.

"Here they come!"

"It's the Survey Corps' main force!"

"Commander Erwin! Please drive the titans away!"


And so, five years later… the Survey Corps, unafraid of the horror that the titans bring, attempts to blaze a path beyond the wall.

Humanity was concentrated in the Corps its funds, its best people - and it's hopes.


Eren Yeager was one of the people who stood within the crowd, also looking excited to see his childhood heroes set out from the wall. With him were Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert, and both of them were astonished, to say the least. This was one of the few times where they would personally witness the Scout Regiment leaving the wall to explore the land beyond.

"Hey… look!" Eren pointed towards a man with short, straight black hair styled in an undercut, as well as narrow, intimidating dull gray eyes with dark circles under them. "It's CAPTAIN LEVI, the strongest soldier alive! I hear that in battle, he's as strong as an entire brigade!"

Levi tiredly looked at Eren and his friends and saw their looks of amazement. "Tch… noisy brats…" he muttered under his breath.

"Those kids and their envious looks… if they only knew what a clean freak you are, it'd burst their bubble!" A woman with shoulder length dark brown hair that was tied in a high ponytail rode together with Levi on their way to the gate. She also had square, thick-rimmed glasses strapped around her head to keep them from falling off.

The sound of the gate opening happened just a few moments later, and the Survey Corps thus began a new expedition beyond the wall.

"The gate's opening! From here on, it's titan territory!"

"We'll recapture the town that was stolen from us five years ago!"


This Survey Corps given this duty included humanity's brightest.

Their ready wits have improved the survival rate of the Survey Corps dramatically… but even now, when troops are sent into titan territory, the casualty rate is over 30%.

That's how much stronger titans are than humans.


In one of the ruined towns outside of Trost, a titan had a soldier in its mouth as he tried to stab the monster in the eye with his blade. He looked to be severely wounded with blood dripping from his head as he struggled to hit the titan's eye.

"Just… you watch…" he groaned out in pain, before coughing out a handful of blood. "One day… No… One of these days… humans… are gonna destroy you…" He glared at the titan. "The human race will be the survivors… in the end… You are all… nothing…"

The sound of ODM gear firing its grappling hooks followed as it reached the titan.

"...to Captain Levi…"

*SLASH!*

With incredible speed, Levi rushed towards the titan like a spinning helicopter blade and quickly dispatched of it, before landing on a nearby rooftop. The soldier looked happy as Levi arrived, but that was cut off early when the titan fell to the ground as a corpse, taking him along with it.

Levi turned back for a few moments, checking to see if that soldier was alright. Having no sign of him anywhere, he turned his attention to surveying the area before him. "One on the right… two on the left…" he thought to himself, seeing various titans roaming the streets beyond.

A female soldier with shoulder-length light ginger hair and amber-colored eyes then landed beside the captain. She was PETRA RAL, one of Levi's subordinates.

"Captain! I've gathered reinforcements!" she cried out.

"Petra! Look after the soldiers below!" He ordered, turning towards her immediately. "Whoever's left, send them after the one on the right!"

"Eh…?!" she said, dumbfounded.

"I'll clean up on the left!" With that, Levi took off and headed for the two remaining titans to the left to finish the job. "You all have such… interesting faces!" He fired his gear towards the building behind one titan, moving behind it before slashing through its nape with ease. He then used the momentum from his flight to rebound back towards the building and head for the last one, who reached out to grab him in mid-air. Levi then threw his blades towards the titan's eyes, cutting off its movements before he landed on top of its head.

"Woah… keep still…" he said, struggling to maintain his balance on top of the blinded monster. "If you don't, I'll never get…" he quickly replaced his blades with new ones from his gear. "...a clean cut of your flesh."

He jumped up into the air, before firing his gear at the titan's nape. Spinning in mid-air, he used the momentum of his movements to deliver a huge cut on the back of the titan's head, killing it before he landed on the nearest rooftop.

"Tsk!" He said in disgust, seeing some titan blood getting into his sword handle as well as his cloak. "Got it all dirty. Damn it… this is what I can't stand in titan-killing." He quickly wiped off the blood from him and his blade before heading back since he was all done here.

"Hey…" he called out, landing back on the ground as he walked up towards his subordinate who was trying her best to revive the fallen soldier from earlier. "Petra, what's his condition?!"

"Captain…" she said, looking up at her superior. "The bleeding… won't stop…"

Levi remained indifferent, but that was his usual look most of the time. It's because of this that nobody really knew what was going on in his mind, or what he could be feeling in particular. This turned into surprise, however, when the soldier coughed up blood and struggled to speak.

"Cap...tain…"

Levi quickly knelt down and looked at him in alarm. "What is it?"

"W-Was I… of any use… to the human… race…? Or… am I… gonna die… useless…?" He muttered in a weak voice, shakily raising his hand.

The captain still looked indifferent for a few more moments before suddenly grasping the soldier's hand tightly with his own. "You've done more than enough… and you'll do more. The resolve you leave behind will give me strength." Levi said with a determined voice, his face becoming more serious. "I swear to you… I will eradicate the titans!"

"Captain…" said Petra, gaining Levi's attention. "He's… gone…" The man looked down at his fallen comrade for a moment in surprise, before regaining his scowling expression as Levi let go of his hand.

"Did he hear me to the end?" said Levi with a small tone of sadness in his words.

Petra nodded. "I'm sure he heard you. I mean… it looks like he's sleeping peacefully…"

"Good, then…" Levi nodded as well, before the sound of horses galloping towards them caused both to turn their heads at whoever it was.

The blonde man who appeared to be the one leading all of them was the one to speak. "Levi! We're retreating!" he spoke.

"...?! Retreating…?!" Levi was shocked at his sudden order for a few seconds before scowling at the man. "Tch, we haven't even made it to the border! You mean my troops died in vain? I'm sure you have a good reason for aborting the expedition, don't you?"

"The titans are after the town! They've started moving northward as a group!"

That single line was enough for both Levi and Petra to widen their eyes, as they did not expect something like that.

"It's just like five years ago." The blonde man said, narrowing his eyes. "They may have already… broken through the wall!"


And that ends this short side-story! Next chapter, we'll get back to Eren and the others with the continuation of the Battle for Trost. This was only just a chapter to introduce Levi like in the manga, which like I said, I aim to follow as much as possible in some arcs like this one, but I also have my own twists.

GOOD NEWS! Although I am sad that nobody wanted to help me out, I still managed to finally create the DMC4 arc for this story! I'll be getting elements from its storyline while doing my best to make it fit in with the world of Attack on Titan. It's not gonna come after the you-know-what reveal, and it's actually gonna happen sooner than you might think ;)

Another good news is that I have made my decision regarding the devil arms. Yes, I have decided that they will also be appearing here but I won't say when. Just keep it in mind. Regarding which devil arms specifically, I'll be going with the DMC3 ones since everyone who is a fan of DMC is already familiar with them and they seem to be the most remembered.

Goodbye… and good night! BANG! *too sweet gesture*

-Lance