The Survey Corps rested on a plain outside the forest. Not long after, Levi and Mikasa came back with Eren.
The leader breathed a sigh of relief. Allen was not snatched away, so he still had to fight. This time, he made a mistake. He did not expect that the roar of the female giant could attract the giant.
When the soldier came back, he saw Petra who was bandaging Orluo's right arm. When he saw that the two members of Levi's class were still alive, the soldier's expression softened slightly.
The leader looked at Levi's unnaturally shaking left leg and frowned: "Are you injured?"
Mikasa, who was looking after the unconscious Eren, lowered her head unconsciously. She had been a little reckless before and wanted to take the opportunity to kill the female giant, but the soldier was injured while trying to save her.
Levi's expression remained unchanged: "Well, I have some difficulty moving for the time being. What's going on with Petra and Allua?"
The leader's face darkened and he didn't answer for a while. This was not good news. Amin had already told him his guess about the identity of the female giant. Although it was not 100% sure, the leader had his own way of verifying it. At this time, Levi was injured.
Not good news.
Levi noticed that Erwin's expression was not very good: "What's wrong? Now that we are about to retreat, do you still need me to fight?"
The leader shook his head and looked at Allen lying in the car, wondering if Allen could defeat the female giant next time.
Erwin looked at Levi: "Ren saved Petra, but he was almost out of gas when he arrived, so he had to run away with her."
"That's right, if Petra dies, Orluo will also lose his mind and fight with the female giant, and he will definitely die.
If a giant attacks us during the retreat, let him deal with it. I want to see what level he is at now." Levi glanced at his injured foot.
Captain Alvin's eyes narrowed slightly: "Have you decided?"
Levi snorted coldly: "Let him step in temporarily. If he can't do it, forget it."
Captain Alvin smiled. He remembered what Hanji told him about Ren. He found it very interesting: "Then it depends on his performance."
On the grass outside the forest, members of the Survey Corps were resting and collecting the remains of their sacrificed comrades.
When they arrived, there were 232 people in 18 carriages (butterfly effect, the original number was smaller). At this time, there were only 145 people left. More than 30 of them died directly at the hands of the female giant, and the female giant's roar attracted a large number of giants.
At that time, the chariot and horse guard squad suffered many casualties, as well as the manpower lost when the formation failed.
This battle can be said to have been a complete failure. Not only did it lose a large number of manpower, but also most of the supplies, leaving only 9 carriages.
The Survey Corps has been devastated, its vitality has been severely damaged, and most importantly, it has achieved nothing!
After returning this time, I'm afraid there will be an order to transfer Allen to the military police regiment, and Captain Alvin will also be held accountable.
The recruits who were resting and feeding their horses felt heavy when they saw the rows of corpses wrapped in white cloth on the ground and on the carriage.
Because the recruits in the 104th issue did not participate in the battle to capture the female giant, and because the veterans took care of them, there were basically no casualties in this extra-wall investigation.
But now that they see so many people lost, they can't help but wonder how long they can survive. You know, this is their first time to conduct an investigation outside the wall.
Jean glanced at A Ming, who had a bandage on his head: "I have some doubts about my choice now. I really don't know how long I can live."
A Ming lowered his head and forced a smile: "Don't think about it. When you think about your own death, you won't have the courage to fight."
Rang was a little irritable, and A Ming comforted him: "Rang, don't regret the choice you made. All we can do is go all the way."
Jean snorted: "You are quite enlightened!"
A Ming was not angry either: "Look at Ren, he is checking the three-dimensional mobile device and is always ready to fight."
Covering his forehead, Rang was speechless: "Don't mention him, he is different from us."
Connie, who was feeding the horses on the other side, was also very frustrated: "I haven't been home for a long time. I wonder if I can go back?"
Sasha was also a little confused: "I haven't been home yet, so I don't know how everyone is doing."
Heavy losses and low morale are the current situation.
The group leader did not stay long, as it was not safe outside the forest, and directly ordered to set off.
Everyone got on their horses and the Survey Corps' convoy began to withdraw to the Kalanis District.
As they drove quickly, they naturally attracted a few giants to chase them, and some carriages loaded with the remains of victims inevitably slowed down and were gradually overtaken by the giants.
"Damn it! It's too close, we're going to fight!" Rang cursed, but it rained all night.
A Ming looked at a few more giants charging nearby and shook his head: "No, if this continues, it might be endless."
"What should we do?!" Jean shouted.
"We can only throw it away..." A Ming hesitated and did not say the words "companion's body" for a moment.
The two of them were silent for a moment. They were both smart people and obviously knew what to do.
Captain Levi, whose leg was injured, said to Ren, who was called over by him: "Go and clean up the two giants that are chasing us!"
"Understood!" Renn nodded and did not ask why he was allowed to go alone.
He slowed down his horse and came to the rear of the team.
Rang You on the carriage was surprised: "What are you doing here?"
"Work!"
Ren didn't waste any time and stood up directly on the horse. Invisible fighting spirit clung to the surface of the blade, and the blade shone with a cold light.
"Whoosh!"
The holder of the three-dimensional mobile device was fixed on the giant's forehead. When the giant tried to grab the telescopic rope, he had already galloped to the sides of the two giants' faces.
"Tsk! Tsk!"
Ren spun his body, and with a flash of sword light, blood flew up from the backs of the necks of the two parallel giants, and they fell to the ground with two thuds!
Since learning some techniques for dealing with giants from Orua and Nanaba, his operation of three-dimensional mobile devices has improved to a higher level.
After abandoning many flashy and redundant movements, his current fighting method is obviously much more efficient.
"So fast!" Jean looked at Ren in surprise.
Ren didn't stop and rode to the left rear of the team, where three giants appeared.
"Whoosh!"
‘Soul-cutting knife—Onikiri’
Ren flew in front of a 10-meter giant, and before he could open his mouth, he cut off his entire jaw with a knife!
After getting the ninth set of fighting skills from Karin, the first thing he did was combine fighting spirit movement with swordsmanship and swordsmanship. He couldn't yet integrate fists and kicks, but swordsmanship was his real way of fighting against the orcs.
There was a flash of blood, and then he chopped off the tendons of both arms of the giant with several knives, and one of the arms was cut off directly. He had rarely chopped giants with such violence before, but that didn't mean that he couldn't do it.
He used the giant with its chin cut off and its arms hanging down as a building. He quickly killed the other two giants, then jumped up from the giant's head and slashed the back of the giant whose arms had not yet recovered.
neck.
"Shua!"
Blood surged wildly, and the giant's head fell to the ground and rolled a few times. The headless body fell on the grass and began to steam.
Renn then changed to a pair of blades. It was very expensive to cut the giant with force.
He jumped on his horse again, and Tigulis had a tacit understanding with him, and he would come running over after every battle.
He stayed behind the team and hacked to death two more giants that came after him. One of them, a 7-meter giant, was decapitated by him, directly from the front of the neck and the back of the neck!
At this time, there were no closer giants behind the team.
"So he is already so strong." Amin, who was immediately responsible for taking care of the remains of his companions, was a little shocked. More than a month ago, Renn was not so powerful when he led them to the supply station.
Jean was also surprised: "He is growing very fast. Now he has 7 heads. It seems there is no need to throw them away."
A Ming nodded: "I don't want to do this unless I have to. How much force do you think it takes to chop off the jaw of a 10-meter-tall giant with one knife?"
Jean shook his head: "I can't do it anyway."
A Ming said hesitantly: "It's not just about strength. I feel that the way he cuts has some special skills. Otherwise, if he swings the knife so violently, he would have to change the blades immediately. But after cutting all the giants, he changed to a pair of blades."
Jean glanced at A Ming: "Now I understand why instructor Keith looks at you, a poor student, in a different light."
A Ming was a little embarrassed. When he met the giantess, he used verbal interference to save Rang's life, which made Rang look at him with admiration. He also admitted that he felt disgusted when he saw him and Allen together before.
Jean pondered for a while: "This is unreasonable. I observed it carefully before. Based on the degree of contact between his blade and the giant's muscle, even if the force is very strong, it should not cause such a big wound.
He just scratched the 7-meter-level giant's neck with the tip of the knife. The contact was not deep, and the giant's entire head was chopped off. The damage was too great and shouldn't be." Rang frowned.
"Maybe there is something we haven't discovered?!" A Ming thought thoughtfully.
Although the sacred fighting energy is invisible and qualityless, two people with keen observation still saw some clues. In fact, Renn did not mean to hide it, but he just didn't know how to explain it.
Instructor Keith actually noticed it, but he didn't ask.
Levi also saw Ren's performance, and his expression softened a bit. He was ready to take over for the next battle. It didn't mean that Ren was going to be a soldier commander. He didn't get promoted so quickly. He just temporarily took over the front-line combat command.
right.
Ren returned to the middle of the team and looked forward. The gate of Kalanis District was in sight, and Allen on the carriage had also woken up.
