~Chapter 9 - Titan sighted!~
"TITAN SIGHTED!" a voice filled with horror cried out loud. "A 15 METER CLASS ON THE LEFT SIDE COMING FROM THE FOREST, IT'S COMING RIGHT THIS WAY!"
I heard the cry from a soldier, judging by how loud the voice was the soldier must be pretty far forward. I shifted on my horse, while balancing myself to not fall off, and then tried to see the titan that he had talked about.
I shaded my face with my right hand from the sun that blocked my view.
And there it was. The 15 meter class titan that was coming from the forest.
It was huge.
"Oh my god…" I breathed.
The titan had blonde hair and a creepy smile on his wide lips. It had a muscly body and his long arms were hugging the nearby trees.
The forest itself was enormous, the forest contained millions and millions of humongous trees, or how Levi would express himself, big-ass trees.
I saw as Keith and the advance guards make a left turn and rode right into the forest. The rest of us continued straight forwards.
Just as Keith and the advance guards vanished inside the forest, another titan appeared just a few trees away from the other one.
The same voice that cried out last time raised his voice and yelled. "ANOTHER TITAN APPEARED; A 20 METER CLASS AND ITS HEADING RIGHT THIS WAY!"
2 soldiers yelled back to the others that they'd handle it. As we continued, the two soldiers exited the formation and rode towards the titan on his right side.
They were trying to lure him back into the woods.
That's understandable; the 3DMG was useless without trees or tall buildings for our hooks to dig into.
But what happened next was not understandable; the titan didn't pay attention the two soldiers that had sacrificed themselves as luring bait. Instead, it continued heading for the formation.
There were only 2 choices left for the two soldiers. Either they continue try to lure the titan back into the forest, which they would fail miserably at, or they start their 3DMG and try to defeat the titans as good as it goes.
Just as expected, they chose the latter one.
The two of them started their 3DMG and shot their hooks to the titan, as they twirled around the titan, another soldier joined in.
The titan, which was a deviant, shot his arm towards one of them and managed to grab one of the soldiers.
The horror that was shown on his face burned into my mind. I wanted to start my 3DMG and help him, but my body was paralyzed from the shock.
The titan opened his smirking lips and revealed his rows of surprisingly white teeth. His mouth widened and a loud scream was heard as the jaws slammed shut.
I tried to look away, but couldn't.
What the hell is going on? I thought over and over again. Do something, (f/n)! Do something now! Why can't I move? Why am I still on this god damn horse! I need to save them; I need to help them before the rest get killed, so why am I not moving?
Blood dripped to the grass, leaving a red pool of blood.
The second soldier was right behind the titan and had a clear view to the nape. He shot his hooks down on both sides of the nape and dove with the swords ready but was stopped when the titan started shaking himself and jumped around. The lines that were attached to the titan kept the 2 soldiers stuck. The moves by the titan made the remaining two soldiers look like they were stuck on a deadly merry-go-round.
As the titan continued to shake, the soldier that was so close to exterminate the titan a few second ago was swung down to the ground face first and landed with a horrible crack which confirmed his death.
The titan turned his head and faced the last remaining soldier and his black hair was flipped to the side. Within a second, the titan reopened his jaws and bit towards the soldier.
I saw it as if in slow motion, I saw with my own eyes as the third soldier was devoured by the titan. I saw how the head that once belonged to the brave soldier that sacrificed himself trying to save the rest of us dropped to the grass.
Blood, oh my god so much blood! I yelled in my mind. I could have done something….why didn't I do anything? This is my entire fault; if I did something they might be alive right now. Why…(f/n), why didn't you do anything? Are you afraid?
The shock kept my tears away as I mentally blamed me for everything. I pushed the thought away and decided to scold and punish myself later.
Squad leader Fragon and Sayram quickened their pace and were now in front of us, they were going to fight the deviant. Levi, who has been beside me the whole time, fastened his speed and catches up.
"You, what do you plan on doing?" Fragon asked and stared at Levi.
"What do you think?" Levi answered with a question. "Isabel! Farlan! (f/n)! Let's go!"