Two years later, in 850.

Around the world, major breakthroughs have been made in the study of internal combustion engines.

The power provided by the internal combustion engine exceeds the power of the steam engine, which means that the ironclad train, which cannot be pushed by the steam engine, can be propelled by the internal combustion engine.

Armored trains, tanks, battleships, planes...

The arms race continued between countries, and the idea of a series of weapons and equipment was proposed.

The countries of the Middle East, which are eyeing Ma Lai, have begun to make a move, and privately have the intention of uniting.

Several small frictions at the border have made the Marais government feel threatened.

The government made a decision to secretly lead the Captain Jike and several Marais soldiers to Parady Island to assist the four successors of the Armored Giant, the Oversized Giant, the Eno Giant, and the Giantess, Reiner, Bertot, Belliku, and Yani, to take away the power of the Ancestral Giants.

Jik received a death order that even if he couldn't take away the power of the Ancestral Giant, in the worst case, he must bring the power of the existing Giant back to Marai.

...

On the Marais ship, a blonde, unshaven man stood on the deck, leaning against the railing, looking out to the other side of the sea.

Jik Yageer, who is the heir to the Beast Giant, wears a red armband on his arm.

It was a sign of honor for the Marais, who were governed hierarchically in the Eldian control area of the Marais.

The highest rank is the honorary Marais like Jike.

As long as someone in the family inherits the power of the Wisdom Giant, all members of the family can become honorary Marais.

They enjoy the same treatment as ordinary Marais, and even if they leave the control area, they will not be embarrassed by Marais police officers, and even their families can receive various government subsidies and benefits.

In the second rank, there is the warrior candidate, the Eldian who wears a yellow armband, which means that he has the potential to inherit the power of some intelligent giant.

The rest of the Eldians all wore gray armbands.

That is, the most common Eldians, who are always at risk of becoming "giant weapons", have no human rights, and must live in fear in the control area, called human, captive "livestock".

After so many years, Jik has long recognized Marlai's opinion of the Eldians.

Yes, that's right, the vast majority of the Marais regard the Eldians as beings of the same rank as "livestock", or even a lower level.

Even an honorary Marais like him, when he walks down the street, he can feel that kind of scrutiny from all around.

If one day, there is a real danger of destroying the country in Malai, Jike believes that the Malay government will definitely put all the Eldians on the battlefield as "giant weapons".

It was a deep-seated discrimination, and even though the Marais were relying on the power of giants to occupy the position of world hegemon, constantly invading other countries, they looked down on the Eldians who sought their benefits.

However, it is not that Jik is incapable of understanding the thoughts of the Marais.

After all, the Eldians, Ymir's people, are the only human race in this world that can turn into giants.

For other races, even if they are injected with spinal fluid drugs, they will not make any changes.

If too much spinal fluid is injected, they can even die from poisoning.

The only ones who can turn into giants are the Eldians.

Man is a contradictory creature, and if there is more than one at the same time, there will be strife.

Not to mention the same race, even if it is one's own siblings, father and mother, there will be many contradictions, not to mention the "aliens" like Eldians who can become giants.

...

Facing the sea breeze, Jike looked far away at the edge of the horizon, the island that gradually came into view.

Although the name is Paradis, in fact, it should not be called an island, as an "island" is a bit large in size, and it may be more appropriate to call it a "continent".

He remembered something, his father and mother, exiled to that island.

Ironically, he is to blame.

It was he who reported his father and mother to Marlai, and this gave him the opportunity to become a candidate for the fighter.

He didn't mean to report his parents, he was really forced to do so.

His parents were complete fanatics of the "restorationists", and Jike was used as a tool by them from the day he was born, and all of his childhood with memories was spent in the "education" of those two.

"Jik, the history taught to us by the Marais is not right, our ancestors were not bad people..."

"Jike, why didn't you pass the test! You have the blood of the royal family in your veins, you have to become a warrior! We have to work hard for us Eldians! ”

"Jike... Jike... Jike..."

He spent each day under tremendous pressure, and it wasn't until he got to know Uncle Kushawar that he realized how horrible his parents' actions were.

Once their parents are caught by the Malai people, their whole family, including the only grandparents in the family who love Jike, will be injected with spinal fluid drugs by the Malai people, turned into innocent giants, and thrown into "paradise".

At the suggestion of Uncle Kushawar, he took the initiative to report his parents, saving himself and his grandparents, and was rewarded by the Marais for becoming a candidate warrior and inheriting the Beast Giant.

Before becoming a warrior, he and Tom Kushawar, the successor of the previous generation of Beast Giants, discussed a way to save the Eldians:

- Use the power of the Ancestral Giants to incapacitate all Eldians.

There is a huge chasm between Eldians and other races that cannot be bridged.

Essentially, the two are different life forms.

He and Kushawar believe that Eldians and other humans cannot co-exist in the same world.

Throughout real history, there have been only two kinds of relationships between the Eldians and other races.

Oppressed, and oppressed.

Therefore, if you want the Eldians to disappear into this world without pain, there is only one way, to sterilize everyone.

It sounds silly, but in a few years, there will be no more oppressed Eldians in the world.

Yes, in this way, the Eldians will be able to free themselves from this world without any pain.

As long as you are not born, you will not suffer.

Those children who are not yet born, they do not have to suffer discrimination from others, they do not have to live carefully, they do not have to say one day in the future, "I wish I had not been born in this world".

People in the world will no longer be threatened by "giants".

What a perfect plan, Gike named it "Euthanasia Plan".

All his actions are aimed at completing the euthanasia plan.

He was not loyal to the government of Marais, he was only loyal to himself who wanted to save the Eldians.

But... Looking at the island, he still sighed a little.

Back then, in order to save his mother's life, he revealed his mother's identity as a royal family when he reported it.

The royal family is very important to the Marley government, and it stands to reason that his mother will not be exiled, but for some reason, his mother was still injected with spinal fluid medicine, and even himself, after inheriting the giant of the beast, no one knows his royal identity.

There must have been some reason for this, but he couldn't find out.

At the moment, he was just thinking that there were two giants roaming that island, and his parents had become.

After so many years, I don't know if he can still recognize those two people.