On Yago's face, patches of golden lightning were reflected in his pupils.
"It really is… spectacular…"
Many Eldian soldiers were also seeing this kind of scene for the first time. A whole group of soldiers stood there, stunned with their mouths agape.
When Serena returned after arranging matters, she also saw the astonishing scene above Grayle Fortress. A soldier beside her couldn't help asking,
"What's going on? What are those?"
Serena's fists clenched slightly, and there was a trace of anger and sorrow in her eyes.
"Those… are our compatriots. Our Eldian compatriots—people who have been brutally tormented by the Marleyans."
Yago didn't know exactly how the Marleyans treated these Eldians who were used as weapons, but one thing was certain—these Eldians had definitely not volunteered to become weapons for the Marleyans.
This was the current state of Eldians living in Marley. They had absolutely no dignity as human beings.
If before this, Yago had only wanted to protect the people on Paradis Island, then at this moment, seeing the scene before him, he made up his mind to save the other compatriots outside the island.
The slogan he had once shouted on a whim—Eldian Revival Army—suddenly felt incredibly heavy.
One enormous body after another fell around Reiner. Some Titans even waved their arms in midair, trying to grab Reiner as he continued descending with his parachute.
But Reiner's gaze was incomparably firm.
After silently muttering a few words in his heart, Reiner pulled a dagger from his pocket and slashed it fiercely across his palm. Bright red blood immediately seeped out, and golden lightning began wrapping around his body.
Amid the surging steam, a pair of golden eyes lit up.
The Middle Eastern soldiers inside the fortress were also barely recovering from their panic. Under the hoarse shouts of their commanders, the surviving Middle Eastern soldiers began attempting a counterattack.
At this moment, the fortress's artillery—especially the seven or eight anti-Titan cannons—began showing their power.
The Middle Eastern artillery was nothing like the heavy, inaccurate wall cannons on Paradis Island's walls. Well-trained Middle Eastern gunners could take down a slow-moving Titan with just one or two shells.
Inside the fortress, artillery fire roared everywhere.
Outside the fortress, the Marleyans naturally didn't just stand by watching. At this moment, they launched a full-scale assault. Large numbers of well-equipped Marleyan soldiers charged forward.
At a time like this, the Middle Easterners had already been half-crippled by the Titans. How could the Marleyans possibly hand over the credit for victory to the Eldians? Besides, the Marleyans truly needed a great victory.
At an artillery tower position—
"Fire! Quickly! Fire!"
A Middle Eastern commander wrapped in bandages shouted hoarsely, while the soldiers under him skillfully loaded shell after shell.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Several Titans approaching them were immediately blasted to pieces. But there were still one or two whose napes hadn't been destroyed. Dragging their shattered bodies, steam rising from them, they continued crawling toward the Middle Eastern soldiers.
"Quick! Keep going! Blow these damned devils apart!"
"Sir! What is that?!" a Middle Eastern soldier screamed in terror, pointing at the sky.
The Middle Eastern commander raised his head, but he only saw a massive shadow blocking out the sun.
Because it was falling too fast, he only vaguely saw a pair of golden eyes.
"That is wha—"
The commander had just muttered a few words when—
BOOM!!!
A gigantic body crashed down from the sky. The immense impact instantly smashed the entire tower into ruins, sending dust flying everywhere. Over a dozen Middle Eastern soldiers and their commander were torn to pieces along with the building.
The shells stored inside the tower were also detonated. A massive fireball erupted.
The Armored Titan, its entire body covered in hardened armor, slowly stepped out of the flames. It twisted its body slightly, and crackling sounds echoed from its bones.
Its golden eyes swept across the surroundings.
Soon, the Armored Titan locked onto another tower.
Crack, crack—
The hardened armor on its face opened, and thick white steam poured from its mouth. Layer after layer of hardened bone armor condensed over its arms, quickly forming two bone shields.
The Armored Titan crouched to gather strength, then charged toward the tower like a war chariot.
Puchi! Puchi!!
More than a dozen Middle Eastern soldiers' eyes bulged out. Blood poured from their mouths, mixed with shattered internal organs. Bone spikes pierced through their bodies—some of them even skewering several soldiers in a single line.
Not far away, a red-eyed Titan with flowing blond hair was darting through the fortress.
The pale bone spikes protruding from its limbs helped it climb up and down buildings. Even when it twisted its body, the pale bone spikes from its claws shot out like arrows.
"Aim at it! Blow it apart!"
Some Middle Eastern soldiers adjusted their cannons, trying to target the constantly moving Claw Titan.
But in the next moment, before they could fire—
A thick, powerful giant tail swept across the artillery position.
The Sea-Diving Titan, with its grayish-white body, let out a long, shrill roar.
One artilleryman who had narrowly avoided being swept away by the Sea-Diving Titan's tail crawled desperately to a cannon. With a fierce expression, he prepared to fire at the Sea-Diving Titan.
But the moment he touched the firing cord, he felt a bone-deep chill.
Crack… crack…
The soldier and the cannon froze solid together, turning into an ice statue.
The Sea-Diving Titan glanced at the unlucky man, then continued charging forward without looking back.
On the path of the Marleyan advance, the Cart Titan carried the chariot squad on its back. Its body was covered with iron armor as it ran forward on all fours with all its might.
Because the Middle Easterners were now in complete chaos, the Cart Titan easily reached the fortress gate.
The Cart Titan lowered its head, and a figure jumped down.
The man, with a gloomy expression, sliced open his palm. Golden lightning descended.
The Crimson Flame Titan puffed out its cheeks, then suddenly opened its enormous mouth.
Flames like something straight out of hell poured out.
Nearly three-thousand-degree flames poured onto the fortress gate. Soon, the metal-covered gate began twisting and deforming, quickly turning into a mass of molten iron and blackened charcoal under the Crimson Flame Titan's fire.
In less than half an hour, Grayle Fortress was completely breached.
At the front line, General Skor held up a telescope, his face filled with excitement. He kept praising loudly,
"As expected of the Marley Warrior Unit! With such brave Titan warriors, how could our Marley possibly lose a war? Hahaha!"
Zeke watched as Grayle Fortress was steadily broken through.
After confirming it was safe, Zeke also jumped from the airship with a parachute on his back.
He had to take control of the overall situation.
After the Marleyans entered the fortress, he needed to control the Titans inside the fortress, preventing them from attacking Marleyan soldiers.
Once the fortress was completely captured, these Titans would no longer be needed.
The Marleyans had no intention of keeping them around. That would be far too troublesome.
If they needed them again next time, they could just capture another batch.
So how should these Titans be dealt with?
The usual method was for Zeke to control the Titans and make them personally tear out the flesh from their own napes.
This—was war.
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