The next morning, the temporary station of the training soldiers at Wall Rose.
The temporary station of the training soldiers was a street in the small town under the wall. At this time, a group of training soldiers were having breakfast. The atmosphere was very dull, and the rising sun could not clear away the gloom.
Many familiar faces will never be seen again, and now there is even no way to collect the bodies of our dead companions, if there are any remains.
They don't have to participate in the war today. As for taking the initiative to participate in the war? There is no one at all. Even those training soldiers who have overcome their fear feel very tired and do not participate in the war.
Renn, who had finished breakfast, put on his three-dimensional mobile device and rested for the night. At this moment, he was full of energy and ready to join the battle.
When he was walking on this small street wearing a three-dimensional mobile device, he found that many people looked at him strangely.
Christa stopped him in surprise: "Ren, why are you wearing a three-dimensional mobile device? We don't have to fight today."
Only then did Ren realize that the others didn't know about his initiative to join the war, so he didn't think much about it: "I accepted the invitation and took the initiative to join the war, and was temporarily incorporated into the support squad of the garrison corps."
Lowering his head slightly, Christa asked: "Aren't you tired? We have sacrificed many people, Neil is also dead, and everyone is in a very low mood."
Ymir mocked: "I didn't realize it before, but he is actually a lunatic. He is not afraid, sad or tireless. I already regretted letting you join his class. Fortunately, we have graduated, Christa.
Let’s stay away from him from now on.”
Ren wasn't angry either. He felt that Ymir's poisonous tongue was hopeless: "Really? I don't think there's anything wrong with me. I shouldn't be the only one who took the initiative to join the war, right?"
Ren looked around and found that everyone was looking at him silently. Jean, Sasha, Reiner, Ani, Connie, Amin, and Mikasa all stared at him without speaking.
Only then did he realize that he was abnormal. No one took the initiative to participate in the war except him. Lenaani and the others had just killed their teammates, and their mentality was a bit broken. Mikasa Amin was imprisoned because of Eren, and he was afraid that something would happen to Eren.
There is no way to understand this at all.
Jean found out that Marco hadn't come back and felt very uneasy. Sasha hadn't recovered yet. Connie was confused and didn't know if he should go to the Survey Corps.
As for the others, I'm sorry, they are not experienced warriors, they are not made of iron, they are just a group of recruits with no combat experience. They fought for a day yesterday, experienced the fear of facing giants, and saw their companions bitten by giants.
Damn it, they really are not in the mood to take the initiative to challenge today.
Daz, who looked decadent, suddenly became excited: "Ryan, do you still have humanity? You even looked a little excited just now!
Aren’t you sad about the death of your companion? Do you really want to go back to that hell?”
Ren was stunned. Yes, why didn't he feel sad? Mina, Thomas, Neil, etc. who died were obviously his friends. Is he tough enough, or has he become cold-blooded?
Hell? Haha, what a familiar word! For some reason, he suddenly thought of those two years in another world, which was his first time traveling through it.
After joining the Knights of Thorns, Karen was frightened and frightened when he went into battle for the first time and faced those two-meter-tall orcs with ferocious faces!
Because after actually setting foot on the battlefield, the ruthless atmosphere and the brutal life-and-death fight finally made him realize that people will die when they are killed. His life is not valuable at all. He is not a son of destiny, even if he dies, it will be nothing.
There is one more dead soul!
At one point he wanted to give up or even run away. If it weren't for the seniors in the team who took care of him, he would have died on the first battlefield.
As he gradually became stronger and braver, his fighting spirit gradually deepened, and he received several orc heads, he was accepted as a guard by Captain Gray. During that time, he became very obsessed with his increasingly powerful power.
Then he swelled and felt that he was good again. He could kill the orcs alone without changing his face, and his achievements were enough. He felt that he was qualified to be the leader of a 10-man team. Captain Gray just shook his head and told him not to worry.
Then one time, after he and a large force of the Knights destroyed a small tribe of two hundred orcs, Captain Gray issued a very ruthless order.
He ordered the execution of the old, weak, women and children in the orc tribe.
The butcher's knife was swung down, blood was everywhere, and there was no mercy. Karen, who couldn't bear it, turned her head away.
Gray looked at Karen, who was trembling slightly, with a calm expression: "Karen, do you think I'm cruel?"
Karen's eyes were red: "Not cruel, not cruel at all! Female orcs are no more fragile than male orcs, and orc children can kill ordinary adults as long as they are slightly older! Elderly orcs are also very dangerous, so they are not cruel at all!"
"Yeah?"
Gray looked up at the sky and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Karen, you know? It's best to have a great and noble reason when wielding the butcher knife, such as for justice, for peace, for humanity, and for the glory of the royal family.
, for the glory of the empire and so on, it is best to be so great that you are so noble that you deceive yourself!"
"Karen, you are very kind. There is nothing wrong with that. No matter what people say, they would rather be with kind and gentle people than with cold-blooded people."
Karen lowered her head and looked at the blood-stained land, her voice a little hoarse: "Although it sounds naive and childish, can't we and the orcs live in peace?"
Shaking his head, Gray said calmly: "It's difficult, at least for our generation, there is no hope. Orcs have their civilization, but humans and orcs are not the same species. Orcs have very strange voices and very primitive writing, making it difficult for humans to communicate with them.
."
The voice paused, and Gray's expression was very strange: "In the past, some careerists or saints tried to communicate with orcs or live in peace, but there is no basis for trust between humans and orcs. No matter what the starting point of those people is, now they have been infamy for thousands of years."
Approaching Karen, Gray looked directly into his eyes: "Now that humans have the upper hand, the orcs are retreating steadily, and no one is willing to negotiate peace with them. And..."
"But if we continue to fight, the hatred will only get deeper and deeper, and the sacrifices on both sides will increase." Karen lowered her head and said.
With a solemn expression, Gray's voice was a little cold: "You are right, and I understand the truth. But in the past thousand years, more than half a million knights have been killed on the borders of the empire, and more than a million civilians have died!
Karen Reinhardt, let me ask you, can you risk your infamy for eternity and carry millions of dead souls to negotiate with the orcs?"
"cannot!"
Before Karen and Gray could continue their conversation, a livid knight came over to report that he had discovered the orc's granary.
Gray's expression suddenly darkened, and he turned to stare at Karen: "Although it's a little early, but now is a period of frequent wars. Come with me, and I will take you to see hell."
Orcs are carnivorous animals, and the granary is a meat warehouse. There are arms, legs, heads, etc. of humans and animals hanging in it. Various internal organs are placed neatly and divided into categories, but the blood stains on the ground cannot be washed away.
Karen vomited and was so dizzy that he was able to kill orcs alone at that time, but he still had to be supported by Captain Gray to get out, and Gray just looked a little ugly.
He asked why Gray could be so calm.
Gray did not answer, but asked him: "These are people you don't know. What would you do if you saw your relatives and friends in there? When you see the relatives, friends and loved ones who get along day and night arranged neatly?"
Karen didn't know how to answer at the time. He actually saw an acquaintance, a best friend from the Knight Academy and a friend who joined the Knights of Light Shield.
At that moment, he even wanted to be an ordinary person! I don't know why he persisted. Not long after, the otaku Yao Hua died, and the one who survived was Karen Reinhart.
After that, Karen went crazy. He became very cruel and bloodthirsty towards the orcs, and even the senior knights sometimes felt their scalps go numb.
After winning a certain battle, Karen was slaying an orc whose arms had been broken off. By this time, his skills were already very good. The orc, who had been unlucky for eight lifetimes, kept wailing for an hour without dying.
A dozen knights who joined him at the same time were so frightened that they could not speak. They never imagined that this humorous and optimistic young man could be so crazy!
"Karen, you... you don't have to do this, just give him a good time!" a friend of Karen advised.
Karen kept moving her hands and turned to look at him with a "smile": "Orcs are not human beings and do not deserve sympathy, just like people do not sympathize with chickens and ducks. I am not a virgin bitch. Wait a minute, he will be there soon."
If you go to hell, you will be liberated when the time comes."
Karen maintained her "spring breeze" smile: "How about you guys come and learn too? There are many skills that don't weigh you down."
"Ugh~"
The knight vomited and everyone ran away.
The senior knights around them all walked away, and they would not be able to eat if they continued to watch.
At that time, Karen's body was covered with orc blood, and his white leather armor was stained with blood. He was very focused on his "work", and with his neurotic smile, he could join any villain organization in the world without any hindrance.
There is no pressure to directly act as the villain BOSS!
Because this orc was captured by him, and he was already the team leader at this time, no one cared about him. Until Captain Gray couldn't stand it anymore, he killed the unlucky orc with a sword, and the orc should be very angry.
Thank him.
"What are you doing? Captain, this is my prisoner, I'm busy!" Karen glared at Gray with an unhappy expression.
Gray sighed, his face a little tired. Karen was not the only one who had seen "hell", but no one was more crazy than him.
"Although you have not joined us for five years, I have to tell you the truth of history."
The warrior killed the demon, but he was also contaminated by the demon's blood. In order to prevent Karen from becoming a crazy person, Gray made an exception and told Karen the "truth of history" in advance.
The effect was very good, Karen returned to "normal", except for being a little silent, and became the hot-blooded and poisonous young man again.
As for what the "historical truth" is, Karen or Ren don't want to think about it at all.
Memories flowed by like water, and to outsiders, Renn only stayed there for a few seconds.
Renn looked at Daz who asked him why he wasn't sad, afraid, and why he wanted to go back to that hell.
"Ha! Haha! Hahahaha!" Renn suddenly laughed like a nervous maniac.
Everyone was shocked and looked at him like a madman.
Ren's eyes widened and he walked up to Daz with a strange expression. Perhaps his current expression was too scary. Daz sat down on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Ren, what's wrong with you?"
Ren just looked at Daz with a "smile": "You think that is hell? So you are afraid? If you had seen a real hell, wouldn't you be scared to death?"
Daz shouted unwillingly: "Not everyone is as powerful as you and can kill so many giants!
You can't understand the powerlessness of a weak person like me when facing a giant!"
Hearing this, Ren squatted down, and Daz subconsciously put his hand in front of him. He thought Ren was going to beat him, but Ren just stretched out his hand and pulled him up.
Ren stood up and looked at the dazed Daz. He thought of the first time he fought an orc when he was still a "weak chicken" and was trembling with fear.
His expression returned to normal, and Ren said calmly to Daz: "No one is born strong. When I was as weak as you, I also thought about escaping and even knelt down to beg for mercy!
Why I finally picked up the knife, I can’t even remember the reason.”
He said nothing more and ignored the training soldiers with different expressions around him. With a firm look on his face, he ran towards the front where the troops were stationed under the Wall of Rose.
Karen has died in the battle at the border of the empire, and the one living now is soldier Ren Ackerman!
Everyone watched his lonely figure disappear at the end of the street, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little weird.
Watching Ren disappear, Amin felt a little dazed. He suddenly felt that the backs of Ren and Allen at this time were somewhat similar.
He somewhat understood that Allen and Renn had very different personalities, but they could talk happily every time. It was not just that they had the same goal, but a similar trait, similar to Expelling the Titans and Fighting for Freedom.
Doesn't matter.
Mikasa watched in silence as Ren walked away alone. She had never been able to get along well with Ren, the Ackerman who suddenly appeared, and she didn't know him very well.
Christa watched him disappear at the end of the street, her eyes suddenly became firm.
Rang was holding his hair and struggling, his expression changed several times, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Ani said calmly: "I have known him for so long, but I just realized today that he is so crazy. No wonder I feel that although he is very popular, he always feels out of place."
Reiner subconsciously replied: "Yeah, what a strange guy."