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"The Survey Corps report predicted the titans would appear from the south. The precise location was the Shiganshina district, south of Wall Maria, where the titans broke through five years ago, and where the three of us had lived… so this was their next likely target, Trost, the district closest to Shiganshina."

Armin, Mikasa and Eren were on too of the wall, standing just behind the man who had saved them from their unlikely demise earlier.

"Dot Pixis is the highest-ranking commander of the southern territory, which includes Trost district." Armin thought to himself. "He has been invested with full authority to defend humanity's most important districts. And… he's also known as an inveterate eccentric…"

"Nope, still don't spot one…" Pixis muttered, looking down at the mindless titans below at the bottom of the wall. "I really wouldn't mind being eaten, as long as it was by a stunningly beautiful lady titan…"


In the streets, Kitz Woermann was looking up at the wall while still having a paranoid look on his face. "What could the Commander be thinking?! Meeting them without guards, when we still have no idea what they are…!" He thought to himself, gravely confused with what Pixis had in mind.

"Captain!" One of his subordinates walked up to him and saluted. "The troops are in formation."

Kitz turned to him and saw the soldiers who were to act as reinforcements for the operation. "Ah… very good…" He then raised an eyebrow upon noticing that almost all of them had dead looks, as if they lost all hope for living.


"I see…" Pixis said, crossing his arms after hearing Eren explaining everything to him. "So it turns out… the Legend of Sparda that was once thought to be a mere bedtime story, was actually true and you've seen demons appear in this town earlier… And that Sparda had two sons, one of whom had you as their child… hence your arm is like that…?"

"Yes." Eren replied, before bringing out the key that his father left him. "But that's only one thing. My father… the one who took me in… left me this key. He told me to go back to my house's basement and use this key… he said the basement was the answer to everything, after that he injected a serum into me that turned me into a titan… but I wasn't affected for long because of what I am… and he even knew about Sparda… which leads me to believe that the basement holds the answers to both titans and demons alike." Of course, he made sure not to tell anything about what was beyond the walls, since that was a secret mission given to him by Dante in order to solve by himself.

Upon hearing that Eren transformed into a titan, Mikasa and Armin widened their eyes in shock. He never told them about that. How Eren wasn't looking like a gigantic monster right now was a miracle itself. Mikasa considered asking Eren what exactly happened but she trusted him enough to have faith in his words.

"So you have the desire to go to this basement and get the answers you seek…?" Pixis asked again, as he seemed to understand what Eren explained.

"I do." He replied, looking down. Oh, he hoped that he was making sense right now and sounded convincing at the same time as well. "Can you believe me, sir?"

"Hmm…" the commander hummed to himself. "Well, assuming you are talking about that basement, you yourself don't have proof that those answers you believe in can be found there… so I think I'll just keep it filed away in my head for now." He then turned towards the three cadets. "Still… I expect I'll be able to get to the bottom of it, by and by. 'Til then, I'll personally guarantee your safety."

Pixis turned his attention solely towards Armin as the blonde teen looked intimidated with the commander staring directly at him. "Trainee Armin… is it?" he asked.

"Yes, sir!" he quickly saluted.

"Earlier, you mentioned that if we used the 'unknown power' or what-have-you, it would be possible to recapture this town, Trost district… Do you really believe that? Or were you just desperate to stay alive?"

Armin looked speechless for a few moments before speaking. "It was… both, sir…" Eren and Mikasa turned towards their friend, slightly confused. "What I tried to say then… is that Eren could use his right arm to carry that boulder over to the destroyed gate, and plug it up." Armin explained, pointing to the huge boulder that was placed near the riverway before he looked down. "It's just a thought that occurred to me, because I saw Eren able to lift even titans with his arm… but I was hoping the captain would at least sense the possibility that the power Eren possesses could help us get out of our current predicament…" Armin then looked up with nervous smile on his face. "Of course, I was also desperate to save our lives… and…?"

He didn't continue any further as Pixis now turned towards Eren and knelt down to the same level as the white-haired teen. "Trainee Eren…"

Eren already had a good idea of what he was going to ask.

"Can you plug up that hole?" asked Pixis.

The white-haired teen looked down at his arm for a few seconds before he grinned, clenching his fist afterwards. "Armin's idea was exactly my plan while I was fighting against the titans and the demons earlier…" he muttered. "And… it was thanks to this arm… that I was able to save my mom…" He looked up at Pixis with a determined face before saluting. "I'll seal the gate, sir! And I'll save this town, no matter what…!"

Armin and Mikasa were left staring at him, slightly taken aback with his answer. He seemed quite confident in himself, which was typical of him, but to have so much in it… especially since he didn't even know if he could really lift up that boulder…

Pixis smiled and slammed his hands on the teen's shoulders like a proud father. "Well said! You're a real man, my boy!" He then stood up and looked down into the streets belong before shouting. "Where's my council?! Let's work out a strategy!"

"Wha…?!" Armin was terribly confused, with his eyes telling the story. "But… right now…?! It was just an idealistic notion I had… the commander means to carry it out now…?!"

"Armin," Eren called out which earned the attention of his two friends. "It's fine… the sooner I can plug up that hole, the less titans we have worrying about. And add to that, if the demons appear again…" He then looked towards Pixis, who was greeted by two soldiers who seemed to be his subordinates. "But before we head on with the plan… we have a more fundamental problem… Commander Pixis sees the situation correctly. The titans and demons aren't our only enemy right now…" Eren narrowed his eyes and looked at the town beyond the inner wall.

Armin could only raise an eyebrow. "What…?"

The three were approached by Pixis, who was with his two escorts namely ANKA and GUSTAV, before he spoke.

"Every minute counts here. You're going to be heroes… young soldiers." He said, looking towards Eren, Mikasa and Armin.


The news of a strategy to take back Trost from the titans quickly spread like wildfire to the soldiers in the streets, as countless murmurs and chattering filled the whole place. Some were dumbfounded that there was such a plan, while some were traumatized about having to go back into that titan-infested place, and a few of them were mad about the higher-ups giving orders that would only lead to their deaths.

"A plan to take back Trost?!"

"How?!"

"You gotta be kidding! How can we do that, when we don't even have the technology to seal that hole…?!"

"What are they thinking?! Sending us back into Trost district is nothing but a death sentence!"

"As long as we can't plug that hole… all we can do is die defending Wall Rose…"

"Damn it… do the Commanders want glory that bad?"

Daz looked down, his face trembling from hearing of a plan to take back Trost from the titans' control. "Back… to that hell?" He then let out a frightened squeak, holding his head with both his hands. "No! I don't wanna die! I wanna see my family!"

"Daz! Keep it down!" Marco, who was beside him, was trying his best to console the traumatized soldier of his fears.

"Hey, you over there!" A commanding officer of the Garrison then stormed down to where Daz was. "I heard that! Do you intend abandon your duty, soldier?!"

"Yes, I do!" Daz shouted with tears in his eyes. "Us committing mass suicide won't accomplish anything!"

"What about humanity, boy… what about discipline?!" The officer said, pulling out one of his swords. "You know, I have the authority to execute you where you stand!"

"Go ahead…" Daz continued to cry, before pulling out one of his swords as well. "It's a hundred times better than being eaten by a titan…"

Daz's outburst caused more murmurs to occur within the soldiers in the area, as they looked on in both surprise and sympathy for the poor guy.

"Hey… did you hear that…?"

"I don't blame him, given the situation…"

In another part of the crowd of soldiers, Jean Kirstein stayed quiet and listened to two other female cadets who were also afraid of going back into Trost.

"You think someone over here will disobey too…?"

"Even I'd like to at least choose how I die…"

"Hey, you!" A Garrison soldier approached one of the girls, who looked afraid of his serious demeanor as he might have heard her talking about disobeying orders.

"Ah… I-I was only kidding…" she started to sweat nervously, until she heard what the man said.

"Do it!" he exclaimed with a hint of desperation in his voice.

"Eh?!"

"Make a big scene! With as many people as possible! Many of us in the Garrison aren't happy with the way things are run, either! We can take advantage of the chaos and get out of here!"

It was then that Jean decided to voice out his curiosity, finally speaking up. "Get out of here and go where, sir?" he asked.

The man flashed a hopeful smile. "I'm gonna go see my daughter! Whether we're here or not, that gate's comin' down!" he said, as if he had lost all hope for humanity to be victorious against the titans.


Eren and Pixis were walking along the top of the wall, with the white-haired teen following closely behind the commander as they discussed about the Dark Knight Sparda even further. It appeared that Pixis was quite curious about the demon's mindset, considering the fact that he was an actual demon.

"I'm intrigued that Sparda even fought for humanity, as the legend goes…" Pixis said, with his hands behind him. "We're told that before the titans took over the land… human beings were constantly murdering each other over tribal disputes and ideologies. With that, I must say that Sparda must have a foolish mind to think that humans cannot be considered monsters themselves."

Although he was supposed to be arguing that what his grandfather did was the right thing, Eren could only find himself nodding in response. "I agree. Humans can be as bad as demons if they choose to be, perhaps even worse. Although I don't really know his exact reason on why he did what he did." he said with narrowed eyes.

Pixis nodded, understanding Eren's response. "Back then, someone supposedly said… if a powerful, non-human enemy appeared, humanity would probably unite and stop fighting itself. It could have been Sparda himself who said those words… what's your opinion, son?"

"I've never heard of that before…" Eren frowned. "But… I think it's pretty stupid. Frankly, it's dull. Even now, when that 'powerful enemy' has driven us into a corner… along with a new one… we are far from united." he explained, thinking about both the titans and demons.

"Your personality's just as twisted as mine." Pixis chuckled for a moment, before regaining a serious look. "Indeed, it's as you say… but I believe if we don't all come together soon… even continuing to fight may be too much for us…"

Hannes, who was still looking down at the titans at the bottom of the wall with his squad, looked to the side and immediately took notice of Eren, who seemed to have caught sight of him as well.

"Eren?! He's safe?!" Hannes thought, before he saw Eren frowning and pointing his finger downwards. "Mm? Is he saying I should focus on my duty?!" He turned back to watching the titans with a scowl. "Little shit… I'm his superior officer…! But from his demeanor, I guess Mikasa and Armin are alright, too…" It was just now that the blonde man noticed who Eren was walking with, and he was right behind them. "What's going on? Why… is Eren standing right next to the commander?!"

"Ahem…"

Eren was tempted to move away when he saw Pixis taking a deep breath, but decided against it. "Should I cover my ears…? He looks really serious about it…" he tried to ask himself, but it was too late.

"ATTENTIOOOOON!"

A loud cry from atop the wall was surprisingly enough to gain the attention of all the soldiers down below, causing some to break off their thoughts about escaping their duty and running away from the titans. At the top of the wall stood the Chief Commander of the Garrison and another cadet beside him.

"Before I explain the strategy to recapture Trost district, allow me to tell you all a bedtime story!" Pixis shouted out. "A story so boring because you've heard of it hundreds of times and will make you sleep one way or another!"

"He's going to reveal it now?" Eren quickly realized that the commander was really going for it, and he could only hope for the best.

"More than a thousand years ago, before all of you were born and before the walls were created, there was war between many of the different tribes of humanity! Humans made enemies with themselves! But then came a bigger threat than any of them could imagine! Demons from the Underworld!"

There were various whispers among the soldiers regarding why the commander was telling them this, even some of the Garrison officers. Most of them already know about this particular legend, since it was quite popular within the walls and somehow gave hope to people that they too, will triumph against the enemy.

"But then, one demon shed light in humanity's future! The Dark Knight Sparda rebelled against his own kind and he alone banished all of the demons back into their world! From then on, he was known as a legend! A good bedtime story, isn't it?! Enough to make you sleep!" What happened next sent waves of disbelief towards all of the soldiers below. "Well, it's not! The Legend of Sparda is in fact, a real tale of a demon saving humanity from his own kind! Sparda is real! Demons are real! And the demons… are our enemy as much as the titans are!"

Various murmurs started filling up the streets again but this time, even the military officers down below have joined in. They were wondering what good will this nonsense do given their present situation. Although there were some who were listening closely and figured that there was more to this than what they might suspect.

"What the hell is the Commander talking about?"

"Demons? What does that have to do with our situation right now?"

"What is the Commander doing? There's no time for his games right now!"

"The legend doesn't end there, as much as we believed it did!" Pixis continued, which pretty much silenced every soldier below. "After thousands of years of protecting humanity, Sparda eventually settled down and made a family of his own! He bore two sons whose names were Dante and Vergil! Both inherited the power of their father, however they have clashed their blades many times because of a bitter rivalry between siblings! It took years for them to settle their differences, but they finally reached an impasse in the end! Dante dedicated the rest of his life to eradicating demons, while Vergil settled down and had a family of his own!"

He then gestured towards Eren, who answered with a salute and stood straight for everyone down below to see him.

"I want to introduce you to Eren Yeager of the Training Corps! He is the only son of Vergil, and the grandson of the Dark Knight Sparda! He carries the blood of a demon in his body, and he will be the one to seal the hole in Trost district!"

Everyone down below was naturally in a state of disbelief, but it was the cadets of the 104th who were the ones who were most affected of this revelation.

"Wha-?! E…Eren?!" Krista's eyes went wide in shock.

"What?!" Jean shouted out loud.

"Hey… I must've misheard the Commander just now… or am I just an idiot?! Well?!" Connie turned towards Ymir with a nervous expression on his face.

"Keep your trap shut for a minute… idiot." Ymir frowned at him before looking up again.

"He will use his right arm to pick up the boulder near the gate… carry it over, and use it to block the hole!" Pixis continued to explain, just as Eren raised his demonic arm for all of the soldiers to see. "Soldiers, your task is to protect him from the other titans… and possible demons… while he's carrying the rock!"


While Pixis was briefing everybody else below, a small group of soldiers were gather at a considerable distance away from them.

"We won't need to engage the titans?" asked Gustav in curiosity.

"S-Sorry. A trainee has no business cutting into the conversation…" Armin apologized, looking down in shame.

"No, that's all right. Go on." He urged the blonde teen to continue on, and Armin remained silent for a few more moments before finally giving in, taking a deep breath.

"Since titans react to and pursue groups of people… we can use that to our advantage, placing a large number of troops to lure many titans far away from the gate. That way, the majority of the soldiers won't need to have direct contact with the titans, and we'll keep them clear of Eren. Later on, we can use our cannons to take them down, thereby minimizing casualties. Still, we can't afford to leave Eren defenseless, so I think a small squad of crack troops should be there to protect him while he carries the boulder. And nevertheless, there's no way to avoid fighting the titans that come through the hole… overcoming the problem depends on the skills of that A-list squad. Eren himself can help with eliminating titans, but that will halt the operation temporarily."

"All right, got it… let's revise the plan based on your ideas." Gustav nodded, understanding Armin's plan.

Armin sighed. "The only thing is…"

"Demons… could… also appear…" Mikasa said, speaking for the first time ever since she got there. Truth be told, she was still a bit shaken from what happened earlier with them when they were surrounded and she actually thought she would die, so she needed time to recompose herself. Now she was starting to get herself back together.

Armin only nodded, agreeing with Mikasa.

And then silence followed after that. Why were they only talking about titans now that they were aware that there was another threat they needed to worry about? Gustav only looked down, as he didn't know any possible answer to that and neither did Armin. They didn't really know anything about demons since Eren was the only one who had information about those creatures.

"What…What were demons like…?" Anka spoke, turning to Armin with a curious expression.

"I'm not… I'm not sure…" Armin actually thought he had a pretty good idea of an answer to her question, but it wasn't. "I've only seen one kind of demon so far… but I'm sure they're not the only ones…" With that, Gustav, Anka and Mikasa all looked at him with wide eyes as if they were asking him for answers.

"W-What did they look like?" Gustav asked with a frown. If demons were going to be considered their enemy now, they must know what their appearance is.

"Hideous," Armin replied as he remembered how Eren fought off the scarecrows earlier. "I'm not really sure what they looked like exactly… but they had blades for their arms and legs. Unlike the titans, they lay waste to everything in their path… but their primary target seems to be Eren from what I remember. He called them 'scarecrows'."

Gustav's frown deepened, looking terribly conflicted. "From how you described them, they might be as terrifying and unkillable as the titans then…"

"Actually, they're not." That caused the three other soldiers around Armin to raise an eyebrow in confusion. "When Eren fought against them earlier, they were easily killed without him breaking a sweat. The problem would be is if they attacked in a group… there was a horde that appeared earlier and at one point, I thought Eren was going to be overwhelmed."

"Then that means… we can fight them?" Mikasa asked.

"I'm still not sure, we need Eren to answer that himself." Armin shook his head, before looking down. "He can surely handle scarecrows if he sees them, but the plan is predicated on Eren carrying the rock and plugging the hole. More so if something worse than the scarecrows show up. Since we have no guarantees of scarecrows or other demons appearing and become another threat, I have doubts about the operation."

Gustav took a deep breath as his frown disappeared, looking calmer than he was earlier. "It's natural to feel some doubt sending hundreds of troops to their likely deaths when the core of the strategy is uncertain… but I can understand where Commander Pixis is coming from." He explained, taking a quick glance at his superior officer. "One factor is time. Even as we speak, the titans are spilling through the hole. We'll have no practical hope of retaking the town once it's filled with titans. Besides that, the longer we wait, the higher the probability that Wall Rose will be breached, too. And there's one more reason."

He looked towards the soldiers down below, with the other soldiers around him doing the same thing as they understood what Gustav was trying to say.

"There's a limit to how far people can be pushed by fear alone…"


"Lift up that enormous stone…" The officer said, a dumbfounded look taking over his face as he listened to Pixis' words before turning his attention to the boy beside him. "Is that even possible…? Can that trainee even pull something like that off?!"

"It's a lie!" Daz cried out in denial while shaking his head repeatedly. "You expect me to give up my life for some nonsense like that?! What do you take us for?! We're… We're not disposable blades!"

Unfortunately, Daz's outburst had attracted the attention of many soldiers in return, making them all feel the same thing towards Pixis' so-called 'strategy', if it was even like that in the first place. Jean, who was just among those soldiers, could only look on and was unable to do anything. He didn't even know if he should go along with them or not.

"A human weapon, huh?"

"They probably figured most of us would believe that crap… how dumb do they think we are?"

"A kid lifting up a boulder… what a joke…"

"Hey, wait! Deserters will get killed!" The officer present at that area tried restoring order, to no avail. More soldiers were getting convinced about walking away from their duty.

"They expect us to stay here and die? Count me out!"

"Me too!"

"M-Me too…"

The commanding officers down below could only watch as more soldiers followed, lessening and lessening the troops who remained in formation. They didn't do anything at first because as much as they hated it, they sympathized with what the soldiers felt about what Pixis said to all of them.

"Hey… at this rate… we'll lose all discipline!"

"Oh, man…"

"Damn it…"

Kitz was the first to step forward and call out to the soldiers who were walking away, pulling out on of his blades. "I hope you're prepared to die, traitors! Right now! I'll cut you down before you take another step!" he screamed out.

"UP ON MY ORDER!" Pixis shouted again, enough that it was heard even by the soldiers who were leaving. "Anyone who leaves right now will go unpunished!"

"Wha—?!" Kitz turned to his superior with a look of disbelief on his face.

"If you have given in to your fear of the titans, you will never be able to stand against them again! Anyone who has succumbed to terror of the titans should leave this place! And…!"

His next words managed to get through the soldiers and made them stop in their tracks.

"Anyone who wants their parents, siblings, and loved ones to feel that same terror for themselves… should leave as well!"

The Garrison soldier from earlier widened his eyes as he could picture it; his daughter being taken right before him by a titan and he was powerless to do anything about it.

"That's the one thing… I won't… let them do… because my daughter… is my last hope." As he spoke those words, the soldiers began walking back towards their comrades, with the Commander's words leaving an impact on them and their love for their families and friends.


"I don't know if my arm is strong enough to pick up that rock…" Eren thought to himself, looking down at his demonic arm. "I know I'm able to overpower titans with this… still, I might need to activate that Devil Trigger Dante was talking about to be sure, especially if demons are gonna appear… although the question is…" he frowned upon remembering what he went through that led him to activating that power of his. "Can I do that on command…? The last two times I've gone into that state was because I got stabbed by my sword…"

"Trainee Yeager shall prove to all of you that he indeed carries the blood of the Dark Knight Sparda in his veins!" Pixis shouted, which caused Eren to look at him in surprise as a response. "I know it is hard and unlikely for every single soldier out there to believe that such a myth about demons is real! Therefore, he will show all of you it exists!" The Commander turned to Eren and gave a nod of approval.

"Why do this? Isn't my arm enough proof to show the legend is true? What is the commander thinking…?" Eren said internally, still looking at Pixis with a confused expression before he turned to the soldiers below. They all had their eyes towards him, and it was either they couldn't see his right arm up close, or they were overlooking it, which got the white-haired teen to narrow his eyes. "I get it now… the commander wants me to show it to everyone… in a direct way that all of them can see it." He turned back to Pixis and nodded in understanding, before looking at his arm that was clenched into a fist. "I have no idea if this will work… but screw it, I'll give it a shot…"

Eren closed his eyes and threw his Devil Bringer up into the air, and almost immediately a blue aura covered his whole body and started making his white hair levitate. The giant spectral demon appeared behind him, his eyes turned red and his right arm glowed brightly. Eren slowly lowered down his arm and looked at his own self, intrigued and amazed that he managed to activate this ability at will.

"I never thought I'd actually be able to do this on command…" Eren said to himself in amazement. "So this form makes me stronger…? I wonder why Dante never taught me how to properly activate this." He frowned, remembering just now that his uncle never really taught him anything about the Devil Trigger, except mentioning it just one time, when he stabbed himself to awaken his powers.

Pixis himself had widened his eyes upon seeing what the young man just did, and he even took a few steps back out of disbelief. "What power…" He already believed Eren in his claim about Sparda and demons being factual but now that was seeing it, even he couldn't hold in his confusion, interest, and curiosity all at the same time.

Armin and the others were also able to witness it and although they saw Eren in that state earlier, him and Mikasa weren't able to stop their jaws from dropping now that they are seeing it first-hand. Anka literally fell on her butt in slight fear from the spectral demon that was behind Eren, but Gustav helped her up and even calmed her down. Mikasa couldn't say anything apart from she was wide-eyed like everybody else although she was just slightly worried if Eren really knew what he was doing right now.

"T-This is…" Armin breathed out, struggling to calm himself. He was apparently wrong about Eren being a full-blooded demon, but what he was showing right now made it look like he really was. "...Eren's true power…"


Gasps and words of disbelief filled the streets below, and just the sight of Eren's Devil Trigger form was enough to draw out fear from the soldiers. Some of them once again considered leaving, this time it was because of the boy atop the wall instead of the titans. Other soldiers resorted to sticking together as if it was a way to stay courageous while some tried, but only weakly managed to raise their blades in preparation to 'take care' of a new threat.

"That boy…" Kitz breathed out, before gritting his teeth. He was right all along about the kid being a monster. "Commander! Get out of there before that monster kills you!" he tried to scream out, only for his fellow officers to tell him to be quiet.

"What… What the hell is this…? That's… what Eren really is…?" Connie gulped nervously, even he couldn't keep up with what was happening.

"He has the blood of a demon, huh…" Originally, Ymir had a look of shock on her face upon seeing what Eren transformed into before regaining her unamused expression. "Never thought that old story was actually real…"

"You think?" Krista looked back at her friend in confusion, before her eyes looked terribly worried about something. "I'm actually scared now… w-what if… w-what if we suddenly end up fighting both the titans and demons? We might not be able to make it out alive."

"If that happens, I'll protect you." Ymir flashed Krista the usual smile she gave the blonde girl.

"Demons… are real…" Jean muttered out, finding himself staring at the spectral demon that was blazing behind Eren. The legend of the Dark Knight Sparda was actually a story his mother would usually read to him before sleeping during his childhood and at one point, Jean imagined what would it be like if demons really existed.

"Eren… is a demon…?" Sasha mused to herself, looking up at the white-haired teen atop the wall. For some reason, she wasn't as scared as the other soldiers who were practically about to shit themselves out of fear. All she did was repeat that particular question in her mind, like as if she was telling herself that the Eren she came to know about during their days in the military camp until now, was a completely different person than she had thought.

"Demons… exist…? W-What…?" Reiner stood with Bertholdt and Annie, and the three cadets all shared the same look of shock on their faces.


After a good minute of remaining in his newfound form, Eren decided to put an end to it. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes as the aura that coated his body disappeared. The spectral demon from behind him was already gone and as he opened his eyes, they were back to being emerald in color.

The white-haired teen to the Commander, who was still staring at him in bewilderment. Eren managed to snap him out of it by saluting and then bowing his head, forcing Pixis to clear his throat to regain composure and then once again facing the mass number of soldiers below.

"And that, soldiers… is your proof!" Pixis shouted out, which amazingly brought everyone else out of their own trances and back into reality. "Demons do exist! And so do the titans! If we don't come together as one against both of those threats, humanity will be wiped in the blink of an eye!" He gestured towards Eren again. "Trainee Yeager willingly seeks to help humanity to face not only the titans, but the demons as well! Now… are you willing to fulfill your role as soldiers, in the face of humanity's enemies?!"

The attention was brought back from Eren towards Pixis as the men below; cadet, officer, and superior officer alike, contemplated about his words. But that didn't last long for Pixis had begun to speak once more.

"Let's talk about what happened four years ago! About the operation to reclaim Wall Maria! I don't think I need to remind you of it… 'operation to reclaim' sounds good, doesn't it?! But it was really just a way for an overburned government to reduce the number of umemployed they had to feed! What no one dares to say is that we have been able to survive within the wall's narrow confines… because your brothers and sisters in arms were forced to go outside of it! That sin belongs to all of humanity, including me!"

The conflicted looks on the soldiers' faces started to slowly to morph into serious expressions by now.

"The residents of Wall Maria were a minority, so an open war never broke out! But what about next time?! If Wall Rose is breached, it won't be nearly enough to sacrifice 20% of the population! Behind our final barrer, Wall Sina, we could only afford to feed half of the world's surviving human beings!"

What came next was the final nail in the coffin, as the desire to take back Trost district from the titans grew and grew inside the soldiers' minds. Their blades were raised and ready for battle, the looks on their faces signified that they were prepared to dedicate their hearts, and their gazes showed their determination despite all.

"If humanity dies out, it won't be because of the titans or demons! It will be because we annihilated each other! We cannot die inside yet another wall! Given the choice… DIE HERE!"

It was the beginning of the operation to reclaim Trost district from the titans.


Damn, what a long one! This took time because I was hyped to see Chapter 124 of the manga, but since now I know what it's all about, I have no reason to get hyped anymore lol. Okay now, Eren has finally revealed to everyone properly, in his Devil Trigger no less, his true heritage and as well as the truth about the existence of demons. Thank Pixis for adding it in his inspirational speech. Next chapter, we start the operation to take back Trost from titan control. Can Eren really carry the rock towards the gate and seal it? He most likely can, but then again, titans are in the way and demons can also appear too… tune in next chapter! :)

Thanks to Sunwolf27, the plan for the DMC5 arc is now set and I finally have a premise for it. It's gonna be a while before this arc happens because it's supposed to be 5 years after DMC4. But since we already have a timeskip in AOT, I think you all know when it will happen. Really dude, thank you for helping me out. You're the first to do so.

Suggestions are welcome, just PM me.

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

-Lance