Chapter 35 - Trost Reclamation

" Hiiiiiiiiiiii wh...what.....yo...you monster!" screamed a random soldier while pointing at Asriel. He was frightened so much that he fell down on his butt and soiled himself. In most of their eyes, Asriel looked like a grim reaper coming after for them, glaring at them menacingly, slowly taking their souls. In fact, Asriel hadn't even made a move.

" Hiiiiiahhhhhhhhh...Wh...what....ARE YOU!!???!!!!? SHOOT!!! KILL THIS MONSTER!!!! CANNONS!!! SHOOOOOOOTTTTTT!!!!" screamed Kitz in hysteria as he backed away hurriedly on his butt. Rico and Ian stood their ground, blades at the ready but their whole body was soaked in cold sweat and they were shivering ever so slightly.

[Wha..what is going on? Why are they acting like they have seen their worse nightmare?] thought Eren and slowly looked towards Asriel's back. Christa and Armin too looked towards Asriel in surprise.

" Hmph, pathetic," said Annie in a cold voice.

"...." Mikasa didn't say anything but her eyes were cold and looking around but she wasn't just looking around randomly. She was calculating how to cleanly and efficiently kill them.

The people manning the cannons didn't know what was going on down there but they also felt the dread from Asriel as he readied his blades. Then, they saw that people were falling down where they stand or were screaming left and right. It was at that moment, they knew, they were gonna get f.u.c.k.i.e.d up. Fear slowly crept up their spines, so when they heard Kitz command, they immediately opened fire, all aiming at Asriel.

*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *SOUND OF CANNONBALLS CUTTING THROUGH THE AIR*

" LOOK OUT!!!" shouted Eren.

Eren summoned his Susanoo like half titan form to protect everyone, trying to shield Asriel with his titan hand stretch out, not towards the direction of the cannonballs but instead covering above Asriel and others. He knew his hand won't be able to stop the cannons, his face was filled with worry and desperation, hoping to stop the cannonballs and protect them but it was useless.

Mikasa and Annie both hurried to push Asriel out of the way but Asriel had other plans. He strengthened his blade with harden crystal, jumped on top of Eren's hand and threw them at the cannonballs. He thought about deflecting the cannonballs towards the wall to expose the wall titans but decided not to. He then quickly jumped back, making a dent in Eren's hand and hugged both Mikasa and Annie while making a 'rise' gesture with his hand. A crystal dome came out of the ground and covered them. All it took was 5.4s to accomplish what he did.

*HUGE BOOOOOOMMMMM*

Dust and steam blocked the view of everyone else so they had to wait with bated breath to confirm if those monsters had died or not.

" Armin, try to convince them that we mean no harm to them.....well.....not yet anyway haha," said Asriel after retracting his crystal dome. Mikasa and Annie were still clinging on him refusing to let go, making Crista pout. The titan started to decompose making more dust to kick up and cover their movements, giving time. Christa hugged him from the front and gave a victorious smile towards the two making them roll their eyes at her while earning a wry smile from Asriel. They separated a while later.

" Eh!! Why me!!??" asked Armin.

" Umm...." Mina tried to say something but she was ignored so she just squatted down near Eren and started drawing circles on the ground with a teary face. Eren was ignored too so he joined Mina to draw some circles.

" Cause you look harmless and.....smart?" said Mikasa.

" Why was there a slight pause?? Why a slight pause!!??" shouted an Armin who looked like he was on the verge of crying.

" Don't worry Armin, you can do it, " cheered Christa with her signature dazzling smile.

" Not you too, " facepalmed Armin.

" Well, we could all just charge straight in and kill all of them, " suggested Annie.

" Please don't do anything reckless...I'll try to convince them.....please just don't do anything reckless." pleaded Armin with a wry smile. He had given up trying to talk to them. Asriel laughed a bit seeing this and then turned his attention towards Eren.

" Eren, nice job, you saved us. Didn't know you could turn into a titan, " said Asriel playfully turning his attention to Eren.

" Yeah, Eren, you were the chosen one, you were supposed to kill them not join them," mocked Annie, hands folded.

" Wha...what chosen one?? What are you guys talking about??" asked Eren.

" Dunno, Asriel made me say it." shrugged Annie while turning to look at Asriel which made everyone else to look at him.

" *cough* Anything else that you have remembered, Eren?" asked Asriel, coughing a bit to hide the awkwardness.

" All I remembered is that the bas.e.m.e.nt. My house bas.e.m.e.nt, my father said it would all make sense if we get there. I'm like this because of him if we go there we might figure out what the titans really are. Dammit! If he knew..... " replied Eren getting angrier by the minute.

" Eren! We don't have time right now continue it later, we still need to get past these imbeciles, so Armin, you're up, good luck," said Asriel and pushed Armin outside the dust.

" Wa..wait! I'm not ready yet!" screamed Armin as he was pushed out. When he came out there was a slight silence as everyone looked at him, surprised that he managed to survive.

" Ah ha ha ha, " Armin smiled wryly towards them while scratching the back of his head.

" One of them survived!!!!" (soldier 1)

" Shoot him!!" (soldier 2)

" Kill him!!!" (soldier 3)

" Wait! wait! please wait!!" pleaded Armin.

*Woosh*

The dust and steam covering the rest suddenly dispersed with a sudden gust of wind. It was Asriel who swung his blade and blew their cover.

" Who will kill who now?" asked Asriel with a cold smile.

" Ah for f.u.c.k sake, just kill me already and be done with it. Stop scaring us," said a frustrated soldier who was frightened out of his mind that in the end only anger was left.

" Eh?" (Asriel) (AN: imagine him doing a surprised Pikachu face)

An awkward silence reigned over the place while everyone looked at that particular soldier.

" What!? I'm sick of soiling myself twice already! I don't want a third time!" replied the soldier grumpily. Many people facepalmed that day.

" CANNONS!! READY UP ALREADY!!! OPEN FIRE!!! SHOOT!!!" screamed Kitz.

" Arrrr-minnn!" shouted Asriel in a 'hurry up and do something' tone. Armin quickly composed himself and like in the anime he got into a salute and started passionately shouting stuff about strategic and tactical benefits that Eren can bring to turn the tide of the battle.

Hearing his speech everyone was awed and started questioning themselves.

" WHO CARES ABOUT THAT SHIT! SHOOOOOOT HIM!!!!!" (Kitz)

" That's enough Kitz, I'll take care of it from here." (??)

" WHO DARES STOP ME!!! I'll HAVE YOUR HEEeaaaddd ah Comm...Commander Pixis, " (Kitz)

" Do you not see his splendid salute?" (Pixis)

" B...bu..but Sir, they are...." (Kitz)

" I've just arrived but I'm informed about the situation here. You go command the reinforcements. I think that I should listen to what they have to say," commanded Pixis.

" S...sir....I don't....think....*glup* Yes Sir!" as Kitz was about to continue speaking his mind he was glared by Pixis so he stopped and obeyed the command.

" Come, you lot, we have a lot to talk about," said Pixis and started to lead Asriel and the others up the wall.

They walked for a period of time before finally coming to a stop on top of the gate section of the wall. Pixis seemed to be looking for something but the group stayed quiet and waited for him.

" *sigh* I guess it is too much to hope that there would be beautiful female titans," sighed Pixis looking down the wall.

" Actually sir, I've seen one before and I have to say, she was a real beaut, " said Asriel with a chuckle, looking at Annie from the corner of his eyes to see her reaction. Annie had a slight blush on her face so when she felt that he was looking at her, she turned her head away to the side, feigning ignorance.

" Oh! Really!? Do you think she is here in Trost right now?" asked an excited Pixis.

" Well, I don't really know sir, last time I saw her was 5 years ago." (Asriel)

" Ahh that's a shame," (Pixis)

Silence once again reign the area.

" Well then let's get down to business," (Pixis)