Chapter 19: Where the Blade Goes
It is also as intoxicated as ever, because of the sparse population, even if human beings can only shrink within the city walls, but it will not seem crowded, there are still large areas of deserted and uninhabited land, in the context of this world without heavy industry, except for large forests and barren deserts, there are really no too high-grade buildings, therefore, it is extremely empty.
The core of the human race is within three walls, the outermost layer is the wall of Maria, which has disappeared five years ago due to the sudden appearance of giants, and then the current training corps is on the inner side of the Rossi wall, and in the innermost wall, most of the nobles are stationed, belonging to the city wall of Sheena.
The distance between the three walls was equal, and the interior of the Rossi wall was divided into several districts, located in the southern part of the Toloster district, in the eastern part of the Karanes district, in the western part of the Keloloruba district, and in the northern part of the Stoolsea district, and the Survey Corps was now part of the Toloster district.
Within the city walls, the factions guarding the human race can be divided into four camps, mainly the training corps, also known as the Sword of Crusade, which is composed of recruits who have not yet joined the official corps and instructors who are responsible for training recruits. After graduation, recruits can choose to join one of the Survey Corps, the Gendarmerie Corps or the Cantonment Corps. Anyone can choose to join the Survey Corps or the Cantonment Corps, but only the top 10 recruits in the final exam of the Training Corps are eligible to join the Gendarmerie Corps.
The Legion insignia is derived from the twin knives used by the Soldiers, which is different from the black and white wings that are evident on the Cloak of the Wings of Freedom.
The pair of wings on the cloak are overlapping bird wings, blue and white, symbolizing the desire of human beings to refuse to endure the humiliation of being caged like domestic animals and always yearn for freedom, which is also the regiment that Alan inspires to join. After being bullied by this instructor, he became more aware of the fact that scum is everywhere, although his results have steadily entered the top ten of the training corps, he has never considered the existence of the gendarmerie regiment, the kind of turtle cowering in the cage with teeth and claws. It's not the way he longs to survive.
Exhausted by this rigorous training every day, he was almost counting his fingers to get out of the control of this demon instructor as soon as possible, so even in the middle of the night, he still didn't sleep.
After a while, he found that in addition to him, there was another person who was not asleep, and from the back it should be the figure of Hoover, but why did he not sleep at this time, probably because of the habit of getting up at night. After a day of training, it was too exhausting, so Alan just took a brief look and fell asleep again, without paying much attention, but he didn't know that a few weeks ago, in such a night. Reiner and Hoover also disappeared together.
At the edge of the forest, it was the middle of the night when there was no one around. The so-called night of murder in the dark, when the wind is high and the fire is set on fire, it is really an appropriate adjective.
Historia was stunned as she looked at the volley of figures, and in a moment of astonishment, Sasha noticed hers too, and turned back. It happened to be opposite the four eyes of the figure, and in those eyes, Sasha even saw a trace of hesitation, and it was this trace of hesitation that saved her life.
"Ahh
The blade is slightly offset. It only slashed Sasha's shoulder, but the moment the blood rose, the tremendous momentum still pushed her and Historia back several steps.
"Who are you and why did you sneak up on us."
Sasha had already expected it, although she was also scared, but the eyes just now always made her feel familiar, and she had Lin Xiu's instructions in advance, so she was not so afraid, but Historia stood in place stunned.
"Give her to me, I don't want to kill you."
The man in a black suit said in a hoarse tone, and the tip of the knife in his hand pointed at Historia who was sitting on the ground, this action obviously frightened both Sasha and Historia, originally Sasha thought that his whereabouts had leaked, and he was discovered by Reiner to kill people, but now the result is completely different, this person's target is actually Historia.
The two looked at each other, and Sistoria seemed to have guessed something, and her body began to tremble, obviously, there were some things that Sasha did not know.
"Nope."
Sasha hesitated and rejected the other party's proposal, not to mention Historia's gratitude for bringing her food in the middle of the night, even if it was not acceptable for her to betray her companion and be killed by the enemy without any preconditions.
Born with a temperament, even crazy animals will calm down and get close to her, and she is called "goddess" by her contemporaries, and has a close relationship with Ymir. Always helping others, wanting to be useful to others, trusting and relying on Ymir.
This is what Sasha knows about Sistoria, and obviously this is not what the other party wants to kidnap her, and although her strength is better than most people, she is the worst among her companions.
"Then go die."
The man in black was obviously silent for a moment after a violent mental struggle, but he suddenly remembered the man's promise, and his originally hesitant eyes became sharp like a blade again, and he held the pencil sharpener in his hand and quickly killed the two of them.
"Draw your sword, Historia!"
Sasha anxiously urged her partner, the other party's sneak attack just now had made one of her hands powerless to raise now, although they were afraid of giants, but if they were just ordinary humans, it was obvious that they still had some courage to draw their swords.
It's just that Sasha completely miscalculated Historia, she seemed to be frightened by the unexpected event in front of her, and she didn't react at all, and after a while, she asked a completely inconsequential sentence.
"You...... Was that the man who sent me to kill me? ”
Historia's words did not have any effect on the man in black, Sasha bit at all, and at the last moment, he quickly activated the three-dimensional mobile device on his waist, pulled Historia up, and the cold light of the wrong blade refracted backwards to the deep forest.
"Sasa, you're hurt, leave me alone, run by yourself."
Historia exclaimed in surprise when she saw that Sasha's shoulder was bleeding all the time, and she didn't know what to do for a while, and it was impossible for her inner secret to be told and shared.
"What a stupid thing to say. Although I have no merit other than a love of food, I can't do such a thing as abandoning my companions, listen to me, as long as we get to the center of the forest, we will be safe. ”
Sasha believes. Once there, with Lin Xiu's skills, she would definitely be able to temporarily protect the two of them, but because of her arm injury, coupled with the fact that Historia had no combat power at all, her speed was gradually overtaken by the man in black behind her.
Sasha's brain is also running rapidly, the other party can use a three-dimensional mobile device, and except for Lin Xiu's instructor from the survey corps, everyone else is a member of the training corps, so that's to say. This person is obviously their inner ghost here, but why is he, is it the same person who assassinated the instructor last time?
But fortunately, the voice didn't sound like her companion Reiner, but that moment of hesitation made her have a bad premonition, could it be her companion?
Sasha very much doesn't want to be Reiner, on weekdays. He was always as enthusiastic as a big brother, but why did he do such a thing? Could it be that the instructor's guesses are all true?
"You have nowhere to run."
Suddenly. The man in black outpaced the two of them, and with a slash of his steel knife, he cut Sasha's power plant rope, and the figures of the two fell sharply from mid-air.
With two knocks, Sasha was already injured in one arm, and at this time he brought a Heatolia. It's not this person's opponent at all, even in the training corps, this person's skills are definitely among the best, and I'm afraid only Mikasa can completely suppress him.
"It's been said a long time ago not to make useless struggles."
The man in black said, approaching the two step by step. Sasha was anxiously thinking about how to get out, it stands to reason that after saying for so long, Lin Xiu should have found out a long time ago, but why hasn't he shown up until now?
Could it be that all the coincidences came together, and Lin Xiu happened to have something to do today or was lazy and didn't come?
"Reiner, why are you doing this?"
Sasha had an idea, although the other party's voice was very hoarse, and the shot was a level higher than Reiner's, she was also in a hurry to go to the doctor, so she had to use this way to attract the other party's attention, in order to buy time for the two to escape, but she didn't expect that as soon as she said this, the movements of the man in black were obviously stiffened.
"Is it really you?"
Sasha couldn't believe it, from the beginning, she thought that these were just Lin Xiu's bold guesses, judging from the five years they had been together, Reiner didn't look like such a person anyway, why on earth did he do this?
"Damn, why do you have to recognize me, in this case, I can only kill you."
Reiner did not continue to deny it, although he had always been very entangled in his heart about killing his companion, but if it was for the purpose of returning to his hometown, then the rest was no longer so important, and he could only say sorry.
Reiner's mind flashed with a hint of determination, and the steel knife in his hand was raised high and spun.
"Wow"
With a pleasant crisp sound, the two figures staggered by, and with one blow, it seemed that they were going to decide life and death in an instant.
Sasha let out a sigh of relief, Historia's eyes widened to determine whether what she was seeing was a dream or reality, and Reiner looked back in disbelief.
"Instructor!"
Sasha's voice was filled with joy.
"Instructor?"
Historia's voice was full of incomprehension, she couldn't believe that the lightning blade just now was swung by the instructor they called the demon, the hateful face still did not change in the slightest, and there was an indescribable confidence on the corner of her mouth, but why didn't it look as annoying as before?
"It seems that I, the instructor, really failed to teach a student like you, so the previous instructor also died at your hands?"
Lin Xiu was not afraid of Reiner, the steel knife in his hand had been withdrawn into the scabbard, as if nothing had happened, and he was approaching Reiner's figure step by step.
"Hmph, even if you kill a few more scumbags like you, it's just an easy matter, since you're here, it saves a lot of effort, today, don't want to leave here alive."
If there is still a hint of hesitation about Historia and Sasha. Then Lin Xiu is definitely the one that Reiner wants to kill the most at the moment, this annoying face, he will never forget no matter what, it is the existence that brings them a hellish life.
"Just you?
It's a pity, I think there should be one more. “
Lin Xiu's words made Historia and Sasha listen to the clouds, and only Reiner was shocked in his heart. Lin Xiu's sudden appearance Sasha's guess, thinking of the words and deeds of Lin Xiu in front of him were very different from the day, and he had a vague bad premonition.
In his heart, he didn't know how many secrets Lin Xiu knew about them, but no matter what point he was talking about, he couldn't let him leave alive today, and even Sasha could only say sorry.
"Huh"
A cold light came and approached Lin Xiu's vital neck, if this knife was slashed. There was no possibility of survival, but Lin Xiu stood in place for a long time, and at the moment when the blade fell, he dodged Reiner's inevitable blow with a wrong step, and drew the knife with his backhand in his hand, and the lightning and flint went straight to Reiner's neck, and for a moment, Reiner only felt that the air around him was suddenly wrinkled. From static to moving, Lin Xiu's shot was done in one go. There is no slightest dragging mud and water, and if you don't make a move, once you make a move, it is so fierce.
Reiner quickly retreated, he obviously underestimated Lin Xiu's strength, just the speed and sharpness of the knife just now. There is no one in their training corps who is no one, this person, has he always deliberately used illusions to confuse himself?
What else does he know? Could it be that his real purpose was to draw himself out?
His mind was constantly making estimates, although he was shocked by Lin Xiu's strength in his heart. But he was not so scared that he couldn't move, after all, if he reached an uncontrollable step, he could still urge the giant's power.
At this moment when he retreated, Lin Xiu had already chased after him, three steps and two steps, moving close to his body with strange steps, and at this moment, Reiner's blade was only half drawn.
Lin Xiu's eyes were quick, and he didn't give him a chance to draw the knife at all, and kicked his wrist with one foot, and half of the pencil sharpener that had been drawn out was bounced back into the scabbard.
Reiner had never seen such a strange fighting technique, but Lin Xiu would not give him more time to think, his shoulders were short, and his body seemed to be retracted into his arms, and Reiner was about half a head taller than Lin Xiu, and this time it was more like Lin Xiu was being held in his arms.
The distance of one inch is the limit of Lin Xiu's fighting skills, his fighting is a fusion of hundreds of schools, with the traction of Tifa, the original fighting skills, coupled with a special understanding of Jeet Kune Do, Lin Xiu naturally learned twice the result with half the effort, and now it has been slightly successful.
A punch hit Reiner's chest at a very short distance, and in an instant, the powerful explosive force made Reiner's breathing stagnate, but this was just the beginning, Lin Xiu's fist followed by three torrential rains, constantly hitting his chest and ribs on both sides, Reiner only felt that his consciousness was a little blurred under this fierce attack.
How strong is this instructor's strength, the strongest hand-to-hand combat he has ever seen before is Ani, but from the current point of view, even Ani, at such a short distance, is definitely not the opponent of this instructor.
One misstep turned into a thousand years of hatred, I'm afraid that except for Sasha, no one knows that Lin Xiu's strength is so strong, Reiner is crazy to get rid of it, but Lin Xiu is like a loach, constantly getting close to his body, and the distance is always maintained to the range that Reiner can't play and is most beneficial to Lin Xiu.
"Bang"
Lin Xiu kicked Reiner's body out with a sharp side kick, at this moment, at least three of his ribs have been broken, Lin Xiu's strength has reached twice that of ordinary people, and with non-stop training, this iron fist is down, even any ordinary person can't bear it.
It's so strong, this instructor is really strong, he has always used that kind of arrogant illusion to confuse everyone, pulling everyone into the trap he had already arranged, it seems that there is no way, you can only use the giant ability, although it is a little earlier than the agreed time, but only in this way can you complete the task.
Reiner's heart sank, and his fingers slowly moved to the corners of his mouth, obviously this is a prerequisite for entering the giant, Lin Xiu knows that Ani can become a giantess, and Reiner, who is in the same camp as her, obviously has such an ability.
"Looks like the portal has to be cleaned up today."
How could Lin Xiu give him such an opportunity, the speed was mentioned in an instant, and now he could play to the extreme, Reiner's pupils kept getting bigger, his ribs were broken, and the pain of the nerves in his whole body would be involved when he moved, therefore, the speed was not fast at all, and if it went on like this, it was very likely that Lin Xiu's blade would come first.
Although he wanted to leave a living mouth to ask something, but now it seemed that he was obviously unable to, Lin Xiu's murderous intent was together, and the murderous aura of that moment spread out, and even Sasha and Historia felt a cold current.
This is the strength of the instructors? It's scary, how can humans be so powerful?
At the moment when all eyes were focused on Lin Xiu, Lin Xiu's forward figure suddenly changed direction to the left and shot out, and another black figure volleyed into the air, fortunately, Lin Xiu had many combat experiences, so he could be physically and mentally consistent at this critical moment, otherwise this knife would definitely kill him on the spot.
"Go"
The person who came was also dressed in the same way as Reiner, carrying Reiner's figure with one hand, and evacuated instantly with the help of a three-dimensional mobile device.
"Male?"
Although this voice is weak, Lin Xiu can still hear it clearly, this voice is obviously not something that Ani can make, if he disguises his voice as sharp or hoarse or something, it is not difficult, but if he completely changes his voice and plays it so perfectly at this moment, it is almost impossible, unless he can remove his Adam's apple and put it back on, and the color of his hair is not golden.
Who exactly? How many of them are still pretenders? The mystery seems to be getting more and more complicated. (To be continued.) )