Life of Maverick: In the Land of Giant Man Eaters

-Chapter 16: Know Thy Giant Enemy-

~YEAR 846~

The new year had dawned, and despite the still colder than usual weather, the central government decided that now was the right time to commence the reconstruction operations of Shiganshina's outer gate.

The new gate design by the Garrisons' engineering corps was finally finalized, now they just had to wait for the factory cities to construct the individual parts and finally assemble the damn thing, the only problem was the existence of the giant man eaters that were responsible for destroying the gate in the first place. For while the sun was clouded, it still provided the titans with just enough energy to continue their never-ending pilgrimages towards the breach in the outer wall, all for the sake of consuming all of humanity.

Luckily the experienced Survey Corps had been on the defensive, dealing with any marauding titans that got too close to the breach, which allowed the Garrison to work on fortifying the entrance to the district. And many a scout were more than eager to sink their blades into the napes of their great enemy, especially those who were injured in the last expedition.

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Somewhere outside the borders of the Shiganshina District

Moses maneuvered himself behind his lumbering foe with a hardened look, for he was eager to make up for the many months he was out of commission. Ascending towards the titans exposed nape, he pulled on the levers of his grips and squeezed his lower triggers, letting the compressed gas inside his main unit push him forward. And with a two bladed strike the nape was sliced off and the grinning beast was brought down.

However, his decent onto the ground was not soft one, as his footing was uneven, causing him to tumble across the field. He slowly picked himself up while retracting his anchors, tuning out the sounds of battle around him as began to mutter to himself.

'Stay a couple more days she said...at least until the new year...would have landed no problem...'

The scout continued to stew in his own anger, that is until a series of loud thumping's brought him back, turning around he saw a titan heading towards him with its arms stretched out. He grabbed ahold of his blades, ready for another fight, until a loud squeal sounded off causing bot man and titan to turn in the direction of the noise.

"SQUEEEEEEEE"

Seconds later the titan was tackled and skewered by the tusks of a large glowing boar. It used the titan to bash away at others in its way, before dislodging the squirming beast and proceeding to maul it. Moses was left stunned at the sight, despite being told it was an ally to the scouts it still sent a shiver down his spine to see it crash and tear its way through the horde, especially when he first saw the massive swine come out of a nearby forest and charge into battle. As he watched the boar tear into the titan's nape another scout on horseback rode up to him.

"Snap out of it Moses! Caesars' got that one taken care of!" Of course the large swine had a name, for even the mounts of the scouts were active members of the regiment, and thanks to a certain superhuman, the boar was considered one. Moses huffed and whistled, calling out for his horse, Buckley. As he rode off, he took one last glance at Caesar and was surprised to see the swine look back at him, its single functioning eye glowing a blue ethereal light, just like its famed rider. He couldn't help but gulp down as he felt another chilling sensation, either from the glow, or from the steaming and bloody bits of nape that it had in its mouth.

He shook his head, trying to regain his focus. It nearly cost him his life once, so he made a promise to himself that it wouldn't happen again. Setting his sights on a titan that had caught a scout he began to stand atop his horses back, only to watch as a glowing spiked club flew towards the titan's head and shattered it like a rotten fruit. Before it could descend it suddenly went flying backwards towards the one who threw it.