Ruler
Quotation, "Where am I" Regular speaking
Bold, you have leveled up, System notification
Italic, 'How did I get here' Thinking
Bold Italic explanation has leveled up, skills
Okay a few thing's one the memories item, that would drop if she killed anyone slightly important, the only reason she got one for Genevieve is because, she's an existence that's only alive because of a change Angelica brought, as such her memories were dropped, know these memories would drop from about any named character if they died by Angelica's hands, and I know a few of you didn't like Genevieve at all, to put it simple if the story stayed exactly the same with only Angelica being there as the difference then there's no point to this story, the only reason the story has been recognizable so far is Angelica's luck, if her luck stat was lower she wouldn't be able to keep up with the change's she's wrought, quite frankly Angelica's luck is by far her most useful stat, and will likely save her life more than it already has, Apofýgei Is a luck rewarded perk, that saved her life multiple times over alone.
850, 21 days after wall rose invasion
'Okay, so that's a lot better in person' I decide in reference to Eren's method of saving us, which was the exact same way as the story, so the next thing should be meeting up with Erwin.
"Eren!" Mikasa shouts while stabbing the crystal and actually making progress.
"Eren!" Mikasa shouts once again before getting him out
"Eren!" this time Jean shouts, concerned.
If you're wondering what I'm doing, nothing helpful, truthfully, I'm just trying to figure out what to do next, I mean there's not exactly much time until the time skip, so what am I supposed to do for those four years? Just be a scout? That sounds like it would get me nowhere, I mean Titans and quest are my main source of Exp, well there is quest but considering that quest have only been semi common for the past two months, I doubt they would be common through those four years, maybe settle down? No while having an actual child may bring some emotion, I don't want to risk them having me for a mother
"Angelica?" Historia asks while waving a hand in front of my face
"What?" I responded to her
"you spaced out are you okay?... also, when are you going to put me down?" she questions worried? Setting her down I say flatly
"About as much I as can be" I say trying to reassure her, though judging by the look on her face it didn't work, at least I think it didn't
Walking over to Eren who was brought to the ground while I was busy planning Historia checks Eren to make sure he's okay. Following her I stand there looking at the statue like crystal Titan.
'wonder if Eren did the same thing on the wall that Marley uses if that would drive them off' I wonder as Levi says
"That's what I call hardening. Even after cutting you away the Titan hasn't disappeared." Levi says while turning to Eren
"Pretty impressive, yeah?" Levi asks Eren
"That bottle..." Eren mutters under his breath before looking up at Levi and saying
"Oh, yeah! Right before I turned into a Titan, I drank that 'Armor' bottle..." Eren says recalling what happened
"Yeah. You couldn't do it at all before now, but you used the hardening power. And saved us all, in the blink of an eye, you devised and built all this. Yeah, the construction looks shoddy, but... I bet that's how the walls were made, too. In other words,... it's possible for us to plug that hole in wall Maria now. A lot of enemies and allies have died on the way, and getting this far hasn't been pretty, but for as ugly as it's been, look at the position we're in now." Levi says concluding his speech, and causing Eren to go into why did my dad do it thought line
Though he was interrupted when Sasha comes down a hole and says
"Captain! We've secured an exit!" She relays
"Armin's safe, and Hange and Moblit, too!" Connie says while coming through the hole
"Well done" Levi praises as Sasha and Connie rush up to us
"Eren!" Sasha shouts just before Connie asks
"You okay?" Reaching Eren Sasha drops to her hands and knees and says
"We're all safe, thanks to you! But to be perfectly honest, when you ran off prancing while crying like a baby... I thought we were doomed! 'It's over, over! Get it together nincompoop! Quit bawling like a snot nosed brat!' is what I thought." Sasha shouts rambling
"Hey" Connie says simply
"Let's go. We're going after that big-ass Titan." Levi orders
So, we slowly went into the hole and followed the path out, after a few minutes of moving through cramped tunnels we eventually made it to the surface, looking forwards after getting out of the hole, it's immediately obvious where Rod's Titan is due to the giant smoke cloud, once everyone is up, we were directed to the carriage we arrived in and set off to regroup with commander Erwin, it took a little bit of time before we regrouped with commander Erwin
"Erwin" Levi calls out as he sees him
Going to the cart Erwin asks everyone in it
"Everyone all right?" he questions concerned? Riding up next to him Levi responds with
"Hange's our only causality." Levi reports to Erwin, taking a look at her injuries
"Seems like nothing too serious. Well done, everyone." Erwin states before congratulating us
"I've got a whole slew of things to report, but first..." Levi says before Erwin asks
"What's that Titan?" Erwin question getting an almost instant answer of
"It's Rod Reiss, I think we'll need your call on this, Commander" Levi says
Taking a second to look around before making his call Erwin says
"Regardless, we don't have time to stand here and chat. Return to wall Sina." Erwin orders
"You're going to let that big ass crawl right up to the wall?" Levi asks I think in concern
"to Orvud distract, actually that's most likely where it's headed." Erwin elaborates
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Looking upon Rod's Titan I wonder
'I think with Heroic Moment my Constitution should be high enough to withstand the heat he's generating for long enough to kill him' I think wondering if I should ruin the story for the Exp
'no that wouldn't work he's a pure Titan I'll only get sixty thousand from him, plus I would look way worse, if I tried to kill it, and I might die' I realize before deciding not to attack Rod.
Hearing the Historia laying out flaws in the current plan, I ignore her in favor of debating telling them that Eren was able to use the power after touching the smiling Titan.
'I don't know how Attack on Titan ends so I think it would be stupid to rush Eren getting control of the founder, it should be till after Zeke and him team up' I think deciding not to give out the obvious solution is it only obvious because I have more information?
Looking down to the silver Ring still on my finger, might as well, observe
[Silvered Vow] "A sliver ring, of simplistic design, though it appears to have a empty slot in its center" |Q Legendary| This ring will increase magic damage by 20%
'Well, that's less than useless I mean I have no magic that deals damage, I actually have no magic that leaves my body, well I do have strengthen.' I think before rereading the description, remembering something
'hm wrong setting?' I think before pulling out False Ancestor's tear, and pushing it surprisingly easy into the empty socket
Congratulations you have gained you're first Arcane Focus, due to you skipping the tutorial would you like a brief description for Arcane Focuses? (y) (n)
'Am I getting sassed?' I wonder honestly not knowing, selecting yes
In order to use Magic outside the body, you require an Arcane Focus, you can only use the most basic of magical abilities without an Arcane focus.
"What The Fuck!" I scream extremely pissed off probably startling Everyone. Looking over to me quickly Historia asks
"Angelica are you okay?" she asks genuinely concerned, taking a few deep breaths
"I'm alright, I just realized something completely bullshit!" I say shouting the last part
"what was it?" Hange asks from the floor of the cart
"It has nothing to do with the conversation you were having." I state.
'are you fucking kidding me?' I question to I guess the floating box
No
'don't you think that something that useful should be given to me earlier?' I ask the box again
You would have received one at the end of the tutorial, but you did not do to you skipping the tutorial
This thing is definitely giving me sass, observe
[Silvered Vow] "A sliver ring, of simplistic design, and a small red gem its center" |Q Legendary| This ring will increase magic damage by 30% and stores up to 10,000 Mp currently storing 10,000|10,000.
'That's actually useful' I decide while keeping the ring on, looking around I have one thought
'when did we get into the distract' I wonder seeing as we're now in the city, so after taking a second to wonder how I could be so distracted to not notice entering a city, deciding to pay more attention to my surroundings from now on, I keep a closer look out, only really seeing the cloud of steam, and only if I look back.
Eventually we end up at the distracts Military base, getting let inside without any trouble we start dismounting and unloading
'doesn't Levi beat the shit out of Historia to get her to follow Erwin's plan?' I wonder trying to remember if it's this place
"Please gather your squad in the hall. The strategy meeting is about to begin." a scout says interrupting me from my thoughts
"All right." Levi confirms with the scout before turning back to Historia
"Historia. Forgot to tell you... we need you to do something" Levi states
"Yes?" Historia asks unsure what she needs to do, as I slowly position myself behind, her
"Erwin's orders. When this battles over, since you're the true successor to the throne... become the Queen" Levi reveals causing almost everyone to gasp or let out confused noises
"Is that one of the biggest promotions ever?" I question trying to think of bigger ones
Just ignoring me Levi continues
"The coup d'état was successful, but the people won't follow a regiment sitting at the top. What we need is a story to spread. That a true heir retook the crown from a fake." Levi says finishing explaining the plan
"I..." Historia says not really finishing her sentence
Raising his hand like a student Connie asks "Um, Captain? I'm sure you hear what Historia said earlier, but... Well, uh... by leaving her father, she finally broke free from that burden, I guess you could say..." Connie tries to convey before getting interrupted
"In the short version of what he's trying to say, it's kind of fucked up that after she finally let her past and family go that you're forcing her to become Queen" I say knowing where he's going and not wanting to deal with his delaying
"And do you feel the same?" Levi asks while giving me a glare
"You know better than to ask me a question like that." I state while being overly cheerful, and having cold eyes
"All right" Historia says suddenly electing an, eh? From Jean
"My next duty is to be Queen, right? Understood" Historia says in slightly defeated tone
"Historia..." Armin says concerned?
"Thanks for your concern. But whether or not it's forced on me is up to me to decide, I think. However... Captain I do have one condition" Historia says getting a questioning hum from Levi
"Since my fate is my own, I want to lay it all on the line" She states definitely
'hm guess this she doesn't get beat up? Though in the story there was a time jump from here to the briefing, unfortunately life doesn't work like that' I think off handedly
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So, I guess we're just standing her waiting for Historia to gear up, walking into the room Historia stops next to Mikasa
"When you're Queen, you can punch that runt in the face." she says making me not for the first time wish I could feel humor
Standing to the side of the table a garrison soldier holding a piece of paper starts speaking
"We've determined the location of Rod Reiss' Titan, it's southwest, approaching Orvud. At this rate it should reach Orvud District by dawn" the garrison soldier finishes relaying the information
"Understood" another garrison member says before turning to Erwin and saying
"Commander Erwin, we'd all like to hear what your plan is. How do you plan to evacuate the citizens in time?" The soldier asks probably wanting some brilliant strategy on how to save the people
"We won't evacuate." instead he got this
"W-What?" the man asks shocked
"We'll have the citizens remain in Orvud District just as they are." Erwin states causing a lot of people to look to each other in confusion before the man next to Erwin asks
"Are you insane?" really calmly, just lightly asking if someone's insane, lifting my hand infront of me I hold up three fingers, and slowly put them down right when it reaches zero, the same soldier grabs Erwin and yells
"What the hell are you thinking, Erwin?! Keeping the citizens in the city without evacuating?! By the time it's dawn that Titan will be all over us!" the man screams in Erwin's face while slightly shaking him
"That Titan is an Abnormal" Hange says matter-of-factly while putting her hand on the table
"What the hell does that even mean?!" the man shouts questioningly to Hange
"The target Titan is strangely attracted to high concentrations of people. Hence, Abnormal. It means the fellow will turn a blind eye to a small village, ignoring it in favor of reaching this fortified city, if right now, you were to evacuate the citizens within wall Sina, it would be drawn towards them, destroying the wall and all in it's path. In the end, it would reach Mitras, with the greatest density of people... and deliver a devastating blow to humanity. On our way back, we attempted to use Eren Jaeger's power to control Titans, but... Rod Reiss' Titan showed no reaction." Hange says explaining almost everything to them
"If we are to stop that Titan, we must do so outside the walls of Orvud District. For that to happen we must have the citizens act as bait. However, this does not change the fact that our first duty as soldiers is to protect the citizens. Supposing we're unable to halt the target, we'll take measures so that not a single citizen is killed, we'll announce an emergency evacuation drill for Orvud District, so that if needed, the citizens will be ready to evacuate at once." Erwin says stating his plan
Taking a second to look down before replying the garrison solder looks up and says
"It seems there's no other choice..." the man says semi quietly
"The body of our target is the largest we've seen. As such, it presents an easy target. Wall-mounted cannons should prove highly effective, but... if that's not enough to bring it down... the Scout Regiment will throw everything we have at it." Erwin informs
'why can't I skip cutscenes?' I think pointlessly
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Ignoring the ringing in my ear, watching Rod getting bombarded is quite the sight, though I do have to give credit to the soldiers reloading the cannons as they are doing it incredibly fast, if only there wasn't so many people around, I would test out some magic on him.
"Well, how's that...?" Erwin mumbles to himself before Rod starts moving again, signaling the ground cannon crews to fire
"The ground cannons seem even less effective." Erwin observes
"Of course, they are. The wall cannons barley hit the nape, even with the better angle. What's the problem?" Levi asks Erwin
"It's a mishmash of soldiers... Cannons they scraped together, superficial leadership, to top it off this is the northern region. Unlike the troops on the front lines, they have no battle experience. However, this is the best we're going to get, and that's a fact." Erwin recounts
"Yeah, that much is painfully obvious. Yet again, your strategy for the scouts boils down to another gamble. Just like anything else you conjure up." Levi states before Hange shouts from behind us
"Erwin! I brought the goodies! All the gunpowder, ropes, and netting I could find! We'll have to assemble it ourselves though. Oh and this! There's another on the opposite side. The triggers held in place, so when fired, it'll wind itself back up, just like O.D.M gear. So is the artillery doing any damage?" Hange asks after showing what looks like a wheel barrel with O.D.M gear strapped to it
Walking away from their conversation, I go up to Historia, taping her shoulder I say
"So since you're going to be Queen does that mean I should give you my updated will?" I say teasingly trying to get her mind off the situation
"Uh... Updated?" she replies after catching onto my statement
"Yeah, well my original said to give everything to Annie or Bertholdt, so..." I say telling the truth
"What not Reiner?" she asks while poking my chest, good to see it's working
"Well I really didn't like him that much." I say honestly
"You wanted to sleep with him." Historia points out
"Seeing a man lift a Titan over his head is attractive okay." I say defending my choices, we just sit in silence for a few seconds
"what did you update it to?" She asks while looking far off
"I'll tell you after." I say trying to reassure her
"You better" she tells, walking a short distant, I start moving barrels onto the net, taking a note of Levi, Jean, Sasha, and Connie leaving
"How should we do this? Let's see try to imagine we're wrapping up a nice gift for someone special" Hange says I think trying to motivate us? That or instructing us.
'hmm I could really fuck with Eren right now' I think while walking towards Eren, and right when he averts his eyes I wrap my arm around his neck and overly cheerfully say
"Hm, I'm not sure that you're that weak Eren I mean you can turn into a Titan" I say with the biggest smile on my face
Brushing my arm off his shoulder while turning towards me quickly, seeing him about to open his mouth I speak before he can
"No, you didn't say that out loud, I just could tell from that pitiful expression on your face." I say before turning away and leaving him to his inner monolog
While I do hear Armin's speech, I don't really pay attention to him as I have heard it before. Seeing Mikasa lift another barrel over her head I realize I haven't really checked for the growth rate on others before, observe
Name-Mikasa Ackerman
Title-Ackerman
Level-103
Strength-290
Constitution-200
Dexterity-308
Intelligent-82
Wisdom-20
Charisma-26
Luck-19
'Wow she's a lot stronger than last time, though I could still match her. And Eren's punching himself' I think before I'm interrupted by Eren beating the crap out of himself
Still stacking barrels, I take a quick look over to Rod's Titan to see him smash his face against the wall. Quickly grabbing the bucket by the barrel of water I pour it over myself, checking my arm
[Divine armament] "Angelica's dismembered arm reattached by Supernatural means, and healed thru Divine means" |Q Rare| this Arm will store a quarter of damage dealt to be healed later max 400 [400|400]
'Seeing as its full, I can be a little reckless... as long as I'm not crushed' I think to myself as a flash of yellow lighting happens to my left, pouring more onto himself Armin shouts
"We're good to go!" he shouts before he starts pushing the wheel barrel thing forwards. The next thing that happened was Erwin firing a red flare signaling Armin to fire the hooks from the wheel barrel. Letting go of the handles the wheel barrel thing moves forwards and hits Rod's hands before exploding, making it start falling
"Yes! it's losing balance!" Armin says as Rod's ginormous faceless Titan falls forwards
Holding a flare gun in his only arm Erwin shouts "Eren!" and out of the steam behind him Eren comes rushing forwards caring the net full of black powder barrels, as he's running along the wall Rod turns towards him, roaring as he throws the barrels into Rod's mouth Eren gets caught in the explosion as the barrels ignite in a massive explosion causing Rod's body to expand in unnatural ways, before the explosion breaks through the muscle and skin of his Titan.
"All troops! Finish it off with O.D.M gear!" Erwin says while sweeping his hand across his body
-67 Mp
Going after chunks of meat that were blown off Rod's body midair, I cut through them over and over again at extremely high speeds sometimes I use for sight to cut them before they get into my sight, seeing the massive blast before it happens, I try to make out Historia in the thirty seconds I have before it happens, managing to spot her I move towards where she'll be preemptively, when she crosses my path I grab her and place myself beneath her as we fall into a cart.
-1,000 Hp, Battle over you have gained 1 level in Strengthen, Fore sight. You have gained 3 levels in Pain resistance
Hearing the worried comments from the citizens around us, I let out a long "Owww"
While Historia gets up, I elect to just lie here, and not move much
"I am... I am Historia Reiss. The true ruler of the walls." Historia declares to the small audience around us
'aww, that's the right reaction, right?' I wonder to myself
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So, after defeating Rod, we all did different things to prepare for Historia's coronation, I made her a dress, and finished translating the book on the Titan war, but I also wrote something, seeing as The warriors are coming back soon, I decided I'm going to leave Historia something.
Oh yeah what I'm doing right now is watching Historia being crowned, though let me tell you Military formal attire sucks I might redesign it during the four-year time skip.
Right after putting the crown on her head the crowd goes crazy, I mean I can't hear a thing, well I can hear a mis-match of screams. So, I pay attention to the notification I got instead
You have completed quest To high Treason
To high Treason
Objective Save Eren (X)
Objective Estate Historia as ruler (X)
Bonus Objective Survive (X)
Bonus Objective Kill ? (X)
Reward 100,000 exp
You have gained 450,000 Exp
You have Leveled up x4 all stats have gained +8 you have gained 1 perk point
Due to Wisdom surpassing 150 you have gained the perk, Imparting
Due to Charisma surpassing 150 you have gained the perk, Silver Tongue
'Hm, I'll check those later' I decide as after finishing reading the level up screen
Since not much happened directly after the coronation I'll skip to when something interesting happens
Currently walking through a corridor with Historia and the rest the 104th that are still part of the scouts
"Hold on... you're seriously doing it, Historia?" Eren asks clearly worried
"Yeah, I am" Historia says angerly
"Mikasa was just joking about it! Right, Mikasa?" Eren asks desperately
"After you smack him, tell him this... "I dare you to hit me back."" Mikasa says seriously
"Damn you...! If it's not a real grudge, just forget it." Eren pleas
"If I can't do this, how can I call myself Queen?" Historia says with resolve
"Try and knock him out!" I shout with the same energy as my cheerful mask, but without the warmth from it
Gasping as she sees him Historia shakes for a few second before letting out a scream and rushes Levi and hits him in the arm, causing almost everyone to let out a "Whoa" almost everyone because I say
"That's it?" as I am really unimpressed with her hit, taking a few steps back while laughing Historia puts her fist up and asks
"How'd you like that?! I'm the Queen! If you got a problem-" She says before stopping at Levi's Chuckle?
"Thank you... all of you." Levi says sincerely tapping Historia's shoulder I say to her
"Historia to you mind if we speak in private? It involves my will" I ask her getting a nod as Jean asks
"Huh will? What about it?" he asks confused
"I have to get mine updated since Annie was the Legatee of my will, I have to update it." I explain while Historia drags me by the hand into a different room once we were alone, I pull an envelope out of my Jacket, and hand it to her.
"So, what's it say?" Historia asks after I hand it to her
"I divide up my effects between you, Armin, and Erwin." I start to List while handing her the book I wrote in different hand writing
"My house, and wealth which has been, valued enough to buy about half of an interior district still goes to Annie, and if she's unable to collect Armin, and should he be unable to, it will go to multiple Orphanages throughout the walls." I say finishing
"Why are you giving me your effects now?" she asks in teasing manner with concern in her eyes
"I'll tell only if her Majesty promises to keep it between us." I say while keeping my mask off
"oh ho, so we're using embarrassing nick names, okay Angel of Death." Historia says
"Wait angel of death?" I ask confused that my Title is actually known
"Oh, so you didn't know the monarch you've been given." she says while smiling
"You do remember I can't feel embarrassed right? Though who even came up with that?" I question her still not smiling
"Ugh, I can't believe I forgot that." she says distraught?
"I have no idea who came up with it, but a lot of the 104th started calling you that after Trost, its kind of just stuck." She explains
"So do you promise?" I ask getting back on track, looking me in the eyes Historia says
"Yes." she says promising, reaching for her hand I say
"Okay let's see if this works" and when I grab her hand, I activate Imparting
Her eyes widening, she pulls her hand back before looking me in the eyes for a few seconds before she asks
"What? How?..." she gets out shocked, if you're wondering I just showed her a falsified memory of Gabi, my fake mom telling me about Marley, The Nine Titans, and her fake reasons for coming to Paradis, Ymir and the paths, and finally her death, with her hiding me under the floorboards after she made me promise not to tell anyone.
"My Mother, she told me that all Eldians are connected by the path, I guess she was right" I say before Historia punches me in the face knocking me down to the ground, getting on top of me Historia grabs my collar and starts shaking me
"Why?!... Why did you not tell us after all this time?" She questions as tears fall from her face and onto mine
"I showed you why." I state while she keeps shaking me
"all that for a fucking promise!" she yells in my face
"What's even the point in telling me if you're not going to tell anyone else?!" She asks while still shouting in my face, grabbing her hand once more I use Imparting again this time showing her a Memory of us meeting as kids, playing together, and finally the time we spent as soldiers, starting with me seeing her in the lineup three years ago, and the times I annoyed her, showing her that along with not the feelings but the intention behind them.
Her eyes widening again she leans down and hugs me and through her crying I can make out a "Thank You." patting her on the back a few times I say
"I'm fucking scum." I realize while still comforting her
And that's it, a few things before I get to the stat sheets, a guest reviewer said that this story sucks and that I should give up writing, as I cannot reply directly to them, I'll say this. This is my first story, if it was an amazing one, I would be very surprised, very few people write a good story on their first try, I'm still trying to find what style's I like and what I'm good at. So, saying this story sucks without even trying to give an opinion on how to better it is not a helpful statement, and telling me to give up, I refuse to give up on a story just because it's not the best story out there, I love this story so I'm going to finish it, and when I'm better at writing I'll most likely redo it better. With that out of the way, the Silvered Vow Item, I did plan on most magic needing an Arcane focus, though I did not originally plan on what Item the focus would be. And Angelica and Historia's interaction during the end she originally just wanted to give her the book she gave her and tell her normally, but Imparting changed that plan. As for Imparting I'll leave the perk description to explain it.
Name-Angelica
Level-80 (66,450|80,000)
Title-Angel of Death, Fox's beloved, Scout, Divine seamstress |
Hp-3,840
Mp-3,390
Sp-6,830
Strength-198
Constitution-194
Dexterity-242
Intelligent-186
Wisdom-153
Charisma-154
Luck-244
Points-285
Perk points-10
Silver Tongue "You are very persuasive" +25% Chance to convince someone something
Imparting "Your legacy will never be forgotten" You are able to impart Thoughts, Memories, and Skills to another through physical contact
Author note, I didn't forget about Apofýgei Angelica let Historia hit her.