Chapter 55: A Final Glimpse

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The sun dips lower, casting an orange glow across the battlefield as your wings cut through the misty haze of steam and blood. You push forward, each beat of your wings heavy with exhaustion. The silhouette of Eren's founding titan loom ahead, skeletal and monstrous, marching with terrifying purpose. Every colossal titan below churns the earth beneath their feet, sending tremors through the air.

Suddenly, Jean's voice booms out. "They're about to attack!"

Your squad grips tightly to your feathers as you peer ahead. An army of Warhammer titans stands in formation, bows and spears made of pure hardened titan flesh aimed right at you.

You grit your teeth, heart racing, and dive.

The air whistles past your ears as the Warhammers release their barrage. Arrows slice through the sky, whizzing past your face as you twist and turn, wings folding and snapping open with precision. One arrow grazes your shoulder, another slices through the tip of your wing, but you push on. The pain doesn't matter.

Then you screech, signaling your group to move out.

Reiner jumps from your back with a mid-air bite, transforming him once more into the Armored Titan. His roar echoes as he crashes into the ground, charging headfirst into the line of Warhammers, tackling the nearest one to the ground. He doesn't give it a chance to recover, ripping its arm off and crushing its head beneath his foot.

Jean takes the opportunity, launching himself from your back toward Pieck. She's still impaled, struggling against the Warhammer's trident. But the distraction gives her an opening. Gritting her teeth, she ejects from her titan, scrambling down the rod of the trident with pure desperation.

"Come on, Pieck!" Jean shouts, flying in close.

"I'm working on it!" she snaps, slipping on the smooth surface but catching herself. "ODM gear would be real damn nice right about now!"

Without slowing down, she bites her thumb and shifts again, the Cart Titan snapping into existence just as she hits the ground. She lunges, jaws wide, clamping down on the Warhammer that impaled her. There's a sickening crunch as she bites clean through its head, the titan crumbling to dust in her mouth.

"Get out of here!" Jean yells, hovering nearby with his blades drawn.

Then another titan charges in, crushing her head. But Pieck escapes, panting. "Do you think the Cart Titan's useless in a fight?"

She shifts again, body snapping back into form as she slams her massive jaws into its torso. "The Cart Titan's endurance is unmatched," she growls between transformations. "I can keep going until my body gives out. I'll fight until my last damn breath!"

She shifts. Again. And again. Every transformation sends a shockwave through the battlefield as she tears through enemy titans, unstoppable in her sheer persistence.

"Jean!" she screams, voice raw. "Go! Use the detonator! End this already!"

Jean glances at the explosives still dangling from Eren's nape. His jaw tightens. "Damn it... Fine!"

He rockets toward the nape, ODM hooks propelling him forward. But the Warhammers aren't done yet. Titans rise from the bones, forming more spears and arrows. They close in, blocking Jean's path.

"Shit!" Jean curses, realizing he's out of thunder spears. He's defenseless.

You don't think-you just move. Wings tuck tight, you dive, talons outstretched.

Connie grips your feathers tight before leaping off at the last second. His blades flash as he latches onto one titan, slicing clean through its nape.

You slam into another Warhammer, claws digging into its chest as it wrestles against you. It thrashes, snapping a spear into existence and thrusting it toward your side. You twist, but not fast enough. The spear cuts deep, slashing through your flank.

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