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(POV Erwin)
"What has happened? Another attack of the titans?”
"N-No... I don't think so... unless these learned to act discreet... or rather, to shrink to go unnoticed by others."
“ So what happened, Hange? ”
“E- Erm… someone has robbed us. Most of the military equipment to face the titans has disappeared!! ”
““ What?!! ””
After the captain and I question Hange, she finally tells us why she was so alarmed. It turns out that all the equipment used by the militia soldiers had disappeared!!
This was quite serious… without those pieces of equipment, now the effectiveness of the militia to fight against the titans had decreased greatly! It was certainly worrying... the idea that they did it to disarm us in a future attack by the titans crossed my mind... and that terrified me enormously!
…it really seems like the chances for humans to continue to exist was getting smaller and smaller!!
“…perhaps it was moved by the higher-ups? That makes sense, this way it is impossible for us to make more expeditions outside the walls.”
“…”
The explanation that the captain gives was quite plausible… or I really wished it were! Well, I think it was much more possible than the alternative that Hange mentioned that the titans had more abilities that we still didn't know about... that would certainly be the worst thing that could happen to us!
“ What's up, Hange? ”
But when the mood in the room calms down a bit since the captain and I had thought about what probably happened, Hange's face continued to show affliction. Therefore, it was inevitable that Captain Shadis would ask her again about what was happening.
“T-This… I don't think this was done on orders from the higher-ups, Captain. There is an injured person… they pierced his foot with a sword and knocked him unconscious to silence him… if it had been an order, then there should be no need for that.”
“ What?!! ”
“B-Besides… also those people entered the research building…”
“ I-It's not possible… did they destroy all the information we had about the titans?!! T-That can't be... right?”
In truth, this seemed more and more like something that titans would do to put humans at a disadvantage! Although maybe the information we have on the titans was very limited, the disappearance of the work of several years that we had obtained at the cost of sweat and blood of many people would also be a serious blow! It may even be worse than the theft of military equipment!!
"N-No, well... It seems they just searched the whole place, but there's no evidence that they destroyed anything... J-Just... They just stole something from the research building too, Erwin."
"...what was stolen?"
“E- Ermm … the crystals that had been stored in that place”
““…””
Things were getting more mysterious… it didn't make much sense. If the people who were stealing wanted to get some money for the equipment, that was unlikely. To use these, a good amount of training was needed… also, it would be very easy to discover the ones responsible for the altercation once they used them.
And their taking the crystals made even less sense! Despite all the research on these so far, no use for them had been discovered… so they were worthless! At most, these had become a test among soldiers or a kind of medal for killing a titan!
“…perhaps they are extremists? Of those crazy people who think of titans as gods? ”
“…”
...what the captain says made some logic. For those crazy people, surely those crystals had a higher value... as far as is known, these were the cores of the titans, so they would probably be like relics or objects to worship for them.
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But if it was them, the worrying thing was the reason for stealing military equipment... unless-
“ This is bad, if it's those crazy people, they may be planning an attack on the city!!”
It seems that the captain had reached the same conclusion as me. Haaa~ Apart from the titans, now we also have to deal with some crazy people inside these walls… things keep getting worse.
"T-This... I-I think it's not about that, captain "
While the captain got up quickly and upset from his seat to surely report this to the high command, Hanges intervenes again to avoid it... what else was there to say? Or rather, why the hell hadn't she said everything from the beginning? If Hange had explained everything clearly and quickly from the beginning, then we would not have to be assuming things!
"...A-A message from the possible person responsible for this was also found in the investigation building..."
"Damn it, Cadet Hange Zoe, tell everything you know now!! Or do you want me to send you for interrogation to get all the information you have?!!"
“Y-Yes!! On the wall was written the message:
“I'll borrow all this equipment… also the crystals from this place since it looks like you guys don't have a use for it. Don't worry, I'll return it... well after I no longer need it. So please be patient.
Thanks for everything.
Atte. Lord Angel
Postscript. I'm sorry one of your soldiers got hurt a bit.”
““…””
With both of our intense gazes on her, Hange finally explains everything she knows. Unfortunately, this still left a lot of doubt… no, it might even increase it! Also, without a doubt, those words seemed more like a mockery of the person who did all this!!
“ Who the hell is “Lord Angel”?!! ”
“T-This…”
“…”
Well… I had an idea of the identity of the person, and possibly Hange as well since she looks at me as if asking permission to speak. I can only nod as the captain's eyes are now on me… the last thing I wanted was for them to think I was involved in all of this!
In the next few moments, Hange begins to explain everything we know about the redheaded boy we ran into when we went to rescue people in the third wall area.
Meanwhile, I was trying to think of that boy's motives…from my first meeting with him, he didn't seem to have any animosity against the military…or humanity. In fact, at that time he and the two girls who accompanied him had eliminated a good number of titans and helped many people.
But I certainly can't know what that boy was looking for either... but it was clear that now that he had stolen almost all the military equipment, this would make him a priority to find and interrogate!
Although... for some reason, I feel like this wouldn't be that easy.
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(Alexander POV)
"I understand, I understand, I missed you too, now please put me down"
“…I had thought that nothing could surprise me now that I had seen those titans, but… it seems that I was wrong! What the hell is that thing?! ”
"A plant... a large plant, it seems."
“You don't have to worry, this plant obeys Alex-san's orders. It usually doesn't attack people…”
"…normally? That's not reassuring, you know?!!”
A few days after we had borrowed the city's military equipment inside the second wall, I decided to get my Venus out of its poke-ball. There were two reasons for this, the first was to check that this one wasn't too damaged after stopping that huge cobra earlier.
…yes, I was quite surprised when it attacked my Venus with its fire breath! That scared the hell out of me!! Thank goodness, it seems I had gotten my plant back into its poke-ball in time. The only damage it had was some of its vines and mouths destroyed by that cobra's struggle.
That sounded bad, but... in perspective, my venus hadn't damaged even 10% of its being! If you considered it as a single individual, it was probably even much larger than a 50m titan…in fact, that was also the other reason why I had summoned this one now.
Since I might have drawn the attention of the militia in that city, it was good to stay hidden for a while. I didn't want any trouble now. And if there was an exploration from them, it's hard not to notice this citadel that I had built… that's why I needed my Venus, it could well spread over several walls of it and hide the place a bit!
Although I think we hid our trail well, it never hurts to be cautious.
Well, I must say that I was a little surprised that when it came out of its poke-ball, it had quickly caught me with its vines… that was why Horo was a bit upset about all this.
…no, well… certainly for those who saw it for the first time it was quite surprising. I had to stop some of the soldiers who were in this place to prevent them from attacking my Venus. Their faces showed almost the same fear as when they saw the titans!
Either way, my big plant's actions weren't because it was anger or anything like that... it was that this one just was still as loving and affection-seeking as before. The Venus had taken me to the two large meat grinder flowers with many teeth that were the core of this one for me to pet a little.
"Well then, Horo -san and I will go hunt down some titans, Alex-san."
"...yeah, I don't want to be near that thing for now"
“I-will continue with what I was doing...”
"It's fine"
The girls, seeing that I would probably be busy for a while, each decide to leave to do some of their current duties. The first two, Horo and Saeko went every afternoon outside the walls of this citadel and killed some of the surrounding titans.
The second one doesn't surprise me that she does this, she was always trying to get stronger after all. As for the first… Horo probably just wanted to walk around a bit… since she couldn't consume crystals that fast, I could only think that was the reason. But I'll keep those words to myself as I don't want her to think I'm comparing her to a dog...
Anyway, I'm glad she's going together with Saeko. If something happens, at least both of them could escape from the place without any problem.
As for the last girl…she had been doing something I had asked her to do. I remembered that I had a lot of snake bodies in storage, and leaving them there didn't do much good. So I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to create armor with the skin and scales of these for my own force that I was trying to develop in this place!!
I don't know how much it would help to defend a person from the teeth of the titans, but… without a doubt it was much better than just wearing normal clothes that didn't offer any protection!
For that reason, Shigure who had a respectable blacksmithing skill had been working in the past few days inside a blacksmith shop to create said armors.
When I'm done with the last thing I wanted to do I should also go help her… I had planned to train at least a hundred people, and equipping them all with armor would be much faster if I worked on it too.
…also maybe it will be of any use that I raise the level of my own blacksmithing skill.
"Well... then it's time to do that~"
After watching the girls leave, I turn my attention back to my Venus…or more precisely, to the two large-toothed flowers in front of me.
For a while now, it had maintained to get stuck at the 9th limit of the first soul realm… but it wasn't because its talent was much worse than my other monsters! The main cause of this was because it had to redirect the 'nutrients' this one got towards the mouths that had plants that were useful for alchemy!
So now that I didn't need it to do that, it was time to help my Venus move forward!! And of course, in this world there were more than enough resources to achieve it!
Well… making it eat some titans would be a bit troublesome… these would have to be chopped up to do so! So for now let's start by giving it some of the red crystals I had...