Glory For Mankind | AOT [book 1]

Ch.19:Titan Bait

After Ruvik and Mikasa snapped out of their disbelief, Armin and Connie helped them getting Headquarters by switching put tanks. When Mikasa explained to them what just happened, they couldn't believe it either, also witnessing the titan fight its own species.

This lead to Armin suggesting they use the titan by luring it to Headquarters, that way it could take out the titans surrounding the building. It was the perfect solution to solving their problem.

Armin swapped tanks with Ruvik, resulting with the Captain transporting Mikasa, and Connie transporting Armin.

The group made their move, guiding the titan to HQ by taking out any titans that could distract it from staying in the right direction to the building.

To Ruvik's surprise, it actually worked.

They successfully lured the rogue titan to where the titans were gathering, and it was tearing them a part one by one.

With that settled, Ruvik and Connie crashed into a hole that a titan had made in the wall, making it inside the building before their tanks were empty.

"I can't believe that actually worked!" Connie yelled, relieved to still be alive. "Armin you're a freaking genius. "From now on, I consider your word as law."

Ruvik sighed. "Good thing I had enough gas..."

"Mikasa? Captain Ruvik?" The group didn't notice Jean until he spoke. Bewildered about what he was seeing, just seconds after he thought he was going to die. "What's going on?"

Connie was more than happy to explain about their new secret weapon, resulting in Jean thinking they were crazy for obvious reasons. Tired, Ruvik walked passed Jean and joined the other cadets down the hall.
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Unfortunately, the soldiers couldn't refill their tanks, because the supply room was overrun by seven 4 meter class titans.

On the bright side, they had Armin.

"Alright, so if we time this perfectly, this much ammo should do the trick." Armin explained his plan.

Step one, we lower a group into the area by a lift, to get the titans attention.

Step two, when the titans come in range, the group fires in all four directions simultaneously, blinding them.

Step three, before the titans have time to recover, seven of us will swoop down from the ceiling and strike their vital regions.

"I know it's a hell of a risk, but it's our only chance." Armin continued. "Seven people have to slay seven titans in one blow, at the same time. We're going to need the best of you, the seven soldiers most gifted and indebted with their pairing blades..."

Reiner was the first to praise Armin's form of strategy. "Seems like a sound plan."

"When we get right down to it, the risk is the same for everyone, it doesn't really matter who goes." Annie pointed out, making everyone more nervous about the circumstances involved with the plan.

Armin's confidence began to falter. "Look, I-I'm willing to be talked out of this. One half baked strategy isn't our only option, right?"

Marco was quick to praise him. "Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. C'mon, what we're looking at, for our only option, it's pretty well thought out. If we give this our all, we might actually pull this off.