In a deserted small village, three squads of members of the Survey Corps began to intercept the female giant.
"laugh!"
A bloodstain appeared on the female giant's arm, and Ani quickly discovered that these people were obviously much more wary than the previous waves of people. They usually left at the first touch, and never took the risk of attacking the back of her neck, but just hung around her. .
After Ren reminded the group leader, the group leader especially emphasized the danger of the intelligent giant to the people of the Survey Corps.
The old experience of dealing with odd-shaped species may not work. If you encounter them, just delay or retreat. And based on Eren's loss of strength or coma after turning into a giant, Alvin formulated a "bloodletting" tactic.
There are currently a total of 14 people in the three squads besieging the female giant in the village. Two people have been killed. The person in charge is Dilk, a veteran who has joined the Survey Corps for almost ten years.
He was very cautious and did not try to take down the giantess' head. Instead, he asked people to delay the progress of the giantess and keep causing wounds on the giant. The leader said that this might consume the giant's physical strength!
But even with such caution, the interception teams of three classes soon suffered casualties.
Ani felt troubled. The bloodletting tactics of the Survey Corps hit her weak point. Once too much energy was consumed, subsequent actions would be very troublesome.
She deliberately showed a flaw and stopped guarding the back of her neck. Sure enough, two people seized the opportunity and slashed at the back of the giantess' neck, but they didn't know that the giantess had the ability to harden her skin.
"Crack!"
The sound of breaking blades was heard.
"What's going on? Why can't it be cut?" An investigator took advantage of the opportunity and slashed the back of the giantess' neck with a look of astonishment.
"Snapped!"
The female giant slapped the investigator to the ground with a backhand, and the ground was stained red with blood.
"boom!"
The giantess jumped up and whipped her leg in the air towards the two investigators who were trying to cut the tendons in her feet.
"Bang! Bang!"
Two investigators were kicked into the wall of the house, blood spattering.
Seeing this, Dilk forced himself to calm down and fired another purple flare into the sky: "Stop everyone, don't stop me!"
"But, further ahead is the center of the formation!" said one of the investigators, sweating profusely.
"Believe the leader, he said before that if you encounter a wise giant and you can't stop it, don't stop it, retreat!"
Without hesitation, the three squads retreated decisively. Ani was a little confused, but she did not pursue them, or she had no time to pursue them.
In this way, the female giant walked diagonally through the long-distance enemy-seeking formation. Many people along the way saw the purple flares and chose to intercept them as long as there was suitable terrain.
Although the investigators knew that they might be facing an intelligent giant and were careful, many people still died. Mainly because the female giant's skin hardening ability and excellent fighting skills were too difficult to deal with.
From tearing apart the formation, to changing direction and chasing after Levi Ban, the female giant killed more than thirty people along the way. This was because Amin discovered it early, determined that the female giant was intelligent, and fired a purple flare, otherwise More people are going to die.
"Plop!"
An ordinary giant fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust. Renn put away his blade and jumped on Tiguris' back.
From now on, even after they fired the red flare, the regiment leader did not see the direction of the green flare.
The enemy search squad in the first line had to fight against the approaching giants. Sometimes a few giants would sneak into the second line. He had already killed two ordinary giants. Fortunately, there was no female giant on his left wing, so everyone could still support them.
Ren rode forward and caught up with Sasha in front: "Sasha, did you see the green flare that changed direction?"
Sasha was confused: "We were heading east before, but after changing direction once, it was gone. We haven't changed direction since some time ago!"
Frowning, Ren looked at Sasha's squad leader: "Senior, there seems to be something wrong with the formation. Where will we end up if we continue like this?"
The squad leader also had sweat on his forehead: "There seems to be something wrong with the right wing. After the signal bomb was launched to the east not long ago, the leader didn't know why he didn't change the direction. A little further on, we will reach the Forest of Giant Trees!
There are big trees that are 70 to 80 meters high. Except for the middle column that can pass through the forest, we have to go around the forest! "
Ren didn't know why. He was a little confused now. He couldn't remember anything. He could only roughly guess that the leader and the others were planning to do something in the forest.
The forest of giant trees was already in sight, and Ren even saw Mikasa and Connie behind him, and they were already chasing after him.
Ren asked: "Mikasa, what's going on over there?"
Mikasa seemed to be thinking about something. As long as Allen was not involved, she was actually very calm: "Seniors asked us recruits to gather and intercept the giants trying to enter at the outskirts of the forest."
Connie looked puzzled: "What about the formation?"
Mikasa said calmly: "There is no longer any formation."
Before anyone could say anything more, Sasha's squad leader said: "Recruits, tie up your horses and get up the tree immediately."
Everyone got off their horses and led the horses to a corner of the woods. There was no need to worry about the Innocent Giants attacking the horses. They generally did not attack animals, with the exception of "Monkey Brother".
A group of recruits used three-dimensional maneuvering devices to fly to the giant trees that were 80 meters high. The recruits stood on the branches 30 meters above the ground and were waiting. These branches were also thick and they could even lie on them.
After a while, a group of Unsullied Giants were attracted. They stared at the dozen recruits on the tree with their claws and teeth bared under the tree. Some giants even started to climb the tree.
Unsullied giants are not very intelligent, but they are not wooden poles. They also have some animal instincts and even simple learning abilities.
Connie looked at the dozen giants under the tree with a cold sweat: "I said, what are we doing? Isn't it time to retreat? Why are we here?"
After thinking for a while, Mikasa said: "What might the leader be planning?"
Sasha was very puzzled: "Why don't we know anything?"
Because Lang Mie does not allow information to be leaked, the regiment leader is actually right, there are really two spies among the recruits! A Ming just accidentally told a certain Tiehanhan about Allen's location.
Realizing something, Mikasa's face condensed slightly: "Maybe she is on guard against something. The leader feels that we are not worthy of trust."
Connie looked confused: "We can't be trusted? What have we done?"
Seeing this, Ren explained: "It's not just that we can't be trusted, it's that few people are trustworthy!"
With a curious look on her face, Sasha asked: "Ren, do you know anything?"
Renn did not hide anything. The problem did not lie here. There is a high probability that there are no spies among the people here: "Eren can turn into a giant, which means that the Armored Titans are also transformed from humans. It is very likely that they have sneaked in. Anyone Anyone who has been in the group for less than 5 years is not worthy of trust!”
Mikasa thought of Allen. She was a little uneasy and stared at Ren: "Are you saying there is a traitor among us?"
Ren spread his hands: "Obviously, remember, don't say what I said today. There is no problem on our side, which means the spies are not here, but it is hard to say on the other side."
He didn't know who was a spy, but these people in front of him were not. It was impossible for Mikasa, and it was impossible for Sasha. Connie was born in Lagago Village, not far from Dow Jones Spa Village. Considering Connie's character, he was The possibility of being an armored giant or super giant is almost zero.
Everyone was silent for a while, and Connie, who had some reaction, said: "It must be something very important, but we don't know what happened on the right wing, so we can't speculate."
Connie was right. The smart people on the right, A Ming and Jean, had already guessed that the group leader wanted to capture the female giant, but neither of them publicized it.
And no one here knew what happened, so they couldn't speculate.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
There were constant sounds in the forest of giant trees, and it felt like a dozen cannons were bombing.
Everyone was confused. Reiner on the other side was a little uneasy and didn't know whether to help. As for whom, it was hard to say.
Reiner and Berthold did not take action in the end. Now the senior's order is that the recruits must wait in the trees. If they dare to leave now, there is a high probability that they will be suspected. This is why Renn did not go in to help. .
In the forest, after sacrificing more than a dozen members of the support team who were trying to stop the female giant, Allen's Levi team finally led the female giant into a trap.
The weapon invented by Han Ji, countless steel thorns penetrated the body of the giantess, binding her tightly.
But the hardening ability of the female giant left the group leader and others helpless. Just as the group leader was about to explode, the female giant opened her mouth and howled.
"Scared~"
Not long after, Ren and the others heard a desperate roar outside the forest.
"Boom! Boom!"
After the giant under the tree heard the howl of the female giant, he stopped trying to catch the recruits and rushed directly into the forest!
After hearing this voice and looking at the abnormal behavior of the Unsullied Giant under the tree, Ren suddenly realized that he finally remembered some details and knew that the leader and the others had failed.
