ғᴀɪᴛʜ ➪ ᴀᴏᴛ

𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 15

"The time is nigh. I will have you actively participate, my young soldiers"

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You could hear Commander Pyxis giving a speech to the soldiers below while the rest of you were planning things out.

"We don't actually need to fight them?" A soldier asked as you all stood in front of a map of the city.

"Sorry, I know it's not my place to interject"

"It's all right. Just go on with what you were saying"

"Right. Titans are generally drawn to large groups of people. If enough of us collected in the corner away from the hole, we could lure the titans away from Eren's path. The titans will be grouped together, so we can use our cannons and avoid casualties. Of course, we can't leave Eren defenseless. We'll need a modest bad of elites to act as his bodyguards. Also, there may be titans that enter through the hole. He will depend on the competencies of his bodyguards" Armin explains.

"Okay, got it. We can alter the plan around that"

"This strategy depends on Eren being able to move that boulder. But there is nothing to assure us that he is able to do it" Armin tells them.

"Of course. I worry, too. Sending people to their death is no laughing matter. But I can understand what the Commander is thinking"

"Yes. Time is an issue. Titans are still lumbering into Trost as we speak. The longer we wait, the more titans fill the town and our chance to succeed decreases" The female says.

"With that, the chances of wall Rosa being breached increase as well" the male soldiers says.

"There's something else, too. There's a limit to how we can suppress our fear" the female says.

'She right. Not all of us have the guts to do this plan. Everything is on Eren who barely even knows what his powers are. We're betting everything on this one plan' you turned back to Eren.

You could hear screams from those down as it was very vague but it was about the plan.

"Anyone wishing to leave will be given by my orders not be charged with treason! Those who have seen a titan firsthand will not be expected to relive it again! Anyone that knows the horrors of a titan, leave us! Additionally, whoever knows the horror of a titan but wants their own family to experience the same horror, leave us!" Pyxis yells out.

You looked over the wall to see soldiers stopping as they then walked back. You sat on the side as you didn't want to interrupt the commander but you still want to see and hear.

"I want to tell you a story that happened four years ago. Namely, the operation to retake wall Maria. I'm sure all of you know this already. Officially, we labeled it reconnaissance. But in fact, it was little more than an exercise in population control" Pyxis says as you realized what he was saying. They knew they would die and they didn't care about throwing those lives away.

"We let ourselves believe a lie because the deaths of our fellow human beings allowed us to survive. The guilt is ours. We have a debt to pay back to humanity. The citizens of wall Maria survived due to many casualties. But what about this time? If wall Rosa succumbs, the repercussions will be immeasurable. The resources within wall Sina cannot support half of those who live there now. Humanity will be wiped out not by titans but through killing each other. We can't kill each other at this wall. If we must die, let us die here in battle!" Pyxis says.

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You sat on the side as you waited. Supplies were being brought up as soldiers moved all the cannons to the corner of the wall.