"Quick! Open the supply depot! There's unrest in the Liberio Eldian internment zone! We need to enter combat readiness immediately!" A Marleyan officer rushed to the supply depot with his men, shouting loudly.
Although most of the garrison in Marley's capital was stationed in the Siobeth District, there were still some Marleyan troops stationed in other important areas. These scattered forces mainly handled routine security duties and didn't carry much ammunition, so at times like this, they would all converge on various supply depots.
But no matter how the Marleyan officer shouted, the depot doors remained tightly shut. Just as his patience wore thin, a figure appeared on the watchtower.
The Marleyan officer immediately cursed, "Damn it! Open the door now! If the mission is delayed, even executing you a hundred times won't be enough!"
But the figure showed no intention of replying. Instead, he raised his hand and waved it. Under the stunned gaze of the Marleyan officer, dozens of figures suddenly appeared on the buildings on both sides as if by magic.
The long tubes tied to their arms and the strange equipment on their bodies left the Marleyan officer utterly confused. At that moment, the person on the watchtower spoke coldly,
"All of you, squat down and surrender!"
The Marleyan officer: "What? What are you talking about? Are you insane? And you—who are you people!?" He pointed at the Eldian soldiers on the surrounding buildings and shouted.
The only response he got was, "Squat down! Surrender!"
The Marleyan officer was enraged.
"Bullshit! I'll take this to the military court—!"
Bang! A gunshot rang out. A bloody hole appeared in the officer's forehead, and his body collapsed like a sack. Instantly, the Marleyan soldiers under his command fell into chaos.
The next moment, an Eldian soldier on the rooftop swung his arm and hurled a Thunder Spear. Boom!! With a deafening explosion and blazing flames, a massive crater was blasted into the ground. The terrifying power of the Thunder Spear immediately silenced the Marleyan soldiers, who all crouched down holding their heads.
These Marleyan soldiers were actually the lucky ones—because supply depots elsewhere had already been devastated.
"Fire!!" With a single command, thirteen destroyers from Paradis Island's naval fleet, docked at the Marleyan military port, opened fire simultaneously. Countless shells roared through the air toward pre-marked supply depots. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Meanwhile, the entire port was filled with blazing wreckage and shattered remains of warships. At the very start of the battle, the Paradis fleet had taken the initiative, bombarding and destroying every unprepared warship in the harbor. With that, Marley's navy was completely finished.
The commander of the Marleyan navy should consider himself lucky to have died alongside General Calvi. Otherwise, with the navy utterly annihilated today, he would have had no choice but to shoot himself out of shame.
In the darkness, flames erupted across Marley's capital, accompanied by the wails of countless Marleyan soldiers.
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Siobeth District. This area had well-stocked supply depots. Many Marleyan soldiers were already fully armed, quickly regrouping with their units under their officers' commands, preparing to march toward the Liberio internment zone.
A newly enlisted Marleyan recruit stood in formation beside a veteran, his face filled with panic and immaturity, listening to their Squad Leader's loud scolding.
At that moment, the recruit seemed to see something horrifying. His eyes widened uncontrollably, and he let out a scream.
The veteran beside him immediately whispered, "Don't shout! The Squad Leader will yell at you."
But the recruit ignored him. His body trembled violently, and he eventually collapsed to the ground in fear. The veteran frowned in confusion—was this kid really that scared? But the next second, when the veteran followed the recruit's gaze, his breath caught in his throat.
The entire Siobeth District shook violently as if struck by an earthquake. In the terrified eyes of all the Marleyan soldiers, an unprecedentedly massive Titan slowly rose from the ground. The 60-meter-tall Colossal Titan stood before the district, sending countless Marleyan soldiers into panic.
Once upon a time, the Colossal Titan had been Marley's proud ultimate weapon, a terrifying force that made countless nations fear and avoid provoking Marley. But now, this former guardian of Marley radiated horrifying heat as it trampled upon the capital itself.
Unlike Bertholdt's Colossal Titan, the one transformed by Floch had a far more ferocious appearance. Its mouth was filled with sharp teeth. While Bertholdt had always possessed a gentle and kind nature, Floch's heart contained only cold killing intent.
Crimson glowing lines lit up across the Colossal Titan's body. The temperature in the air rose higher and higher, becoming unbearably scorching.
The veteran's pupils shrank. Ignoring all orders, he grabbed the recruit and ran.
"Run! That's the Colossal Titan's explosive attack! Hurry! If you don't, you'll die!" Having served for decades, he had long witnessed the terrifying power of the Colossal Titan.
But there weren't many veterans like him. Most soldiers simply stood there in a daze.
The next moment.
A buzzing sound echoed—the explosion was so powerful it no longer sounded like a blast, but like a continuous hum.
The massive shockwave and pillar of fire unleashed by the Colossal Titan's nuclear-like explosion soared into the sky, visible even from dozens of miles away at the venue.
"What… is that?" Magath looked toward the Siobeth District, a bad premonition rising in his heart.
But at that moment, a sudden burst of intertwined golden and crimson lightning in the distance forcefully drew his gaze. Amid countless arcs of electricity, steam spread, and flesh, blood, and bone rapidly formed. An invisible pressure weighed down on everyone present at the venue.
A pair of hands covered in white bone claws tore through the steam, and a pair of crimson eyes emerged from within.
As the steam gradually dissipated, a Titan beyond description appeared before everyone.
A cold, exquisitely crafted bone mask covered its face like armor, revealing only a pair of crimson eyes. Its posture was upright and imposing. The original gray-white patterns of its body had vanished, replaced by refined gray-white bone armor that clung to its form like a masterpiece.
Its physique was nearly perfect. Even beneath the bone armor, one could clearly sense the terrifying power contained within its muscles.
The bone spikes protruding from its joints did not ruin its appearance—instead, they added a unique sense of majesty.
In short, the newly appeared Fate Titan earned only one evaluation from everyone present:
"So cool! Such a handsome Titan! With looks like that, it outclasses the other Titan shifters by miles!"
Oh, right—before letting Reiner go, Yago had taken a bit of his blood. It seemed the Armored Titan had quite the cosmetic effect.
"This! This! It's truly a perfect creation!" Doctor Ebson stared at the handsome Fate Titan, his face flushed with excitement.