Two years ago, Palladium Island.

It was a winter night, with a bitter cold wind howling and snow falling in the sky, and a steel ship arrived in port.

Jike, wrapped in a padded jacket, disembarked under the supervision of soldiers with guns.

He looked very haggard, with chapped lips, a long beard, and a rough man.

The man waiting for him at the port was Ian.

Jike now knew that the young man who led the Marais prisoners of war on their tour of Paradis Island was actually one of the most powerful men on Paradis Island.

No. Maybe he's the one with the most power.

It's hard to imagine that a man so young could stand at the pinnacle of power on Paradis Island.

"It's getting late, let's go get a cup of coffee first, Mr. Gik."

After being searched by the soldiers, Jik shook Ian's hand, which was covered in a layer of hard hard crystals.

This is the power of the Warhammer Giant, it turns out that Paradis Island went to great lengths to capture the Warhammer Giant in order to inherit it to the man in front of him.

Jik understands that it is Ian warning him.

His giant power has not been sealed by the Ancestor at this moment, and there is a high probability that the Ancestor Giant is not here.

was able to achieve such fine control, and the man in front of him had a terrifying control over the power of the warhammer.

Jik understands that the Beast Giants can never be a match for the Warhammer Giants.

However, he didn't come here to fight in the first place.

Jik and Ian were alone in a small room, brewed coffee on the table, steaming hot.

"yes. Do you want us to take in the Eldians in Marais and provide them with work and shelter?"

Ian picked up his coffee cup and took a sip.

"But there's one thing I don't understand, Mr. Jik, why are you doing this, have you given up on your euthanasia plan?"

"To be honest, I still think the euthanasia plan is the right one." Jike looked up at the pale ceiling: "But. Now I don't have the ability to complete this plan. ”

"The strength of Paradis Island is far beyond my imagination, I don't even know who the power of the Ancestor is in the hands of, who the Ancestor Giant is, let alone use the power of the Ancestor, it is impossible for you to let me come into contact with that person."

"So, I can only settle for the next best thing, at least within my ability, to save some more Eldians, save the children, and my grandparents."

"Maybe it's for my selfishness," Jike looked down, staring at the smooth surface of the coffee, where his face was reflected.

He remembered his mother, Dinah Flitze, who had hugged him a year earlier, and in fact, he felt very happy, even happy.

"Mr. Jik, I can grant your request, after all, the island is already short of people." Ian said, "But we can talk a little bit more about your thoughts on the euthanasia program. ”

"Today's meeting, let's end here, I will mobilize some people to help you go to the aid of the Eldians of Marais, and establish a stable area on the island of Paradis."

After that, another few months passed.

Jik sometimes stays on the island, sometimes transporting the Eldians he has saved.

The Paradian Islanders, near the port, founded towns and educated newcomers.

After all, the group of people who received it was completely unaware of their character and abilities, and if left unmanaged, could lead to the breeding of crime.

But Palladium doesn't use guns and old ideas to educate newcomers, as in the Marais control area.

Jike attended classes with the immigrants on the island, and the teacher explained to them the truth of how the world works, no longer dividing human beings into which people, but according to class, into rulers and the ruled.

Jike was shocked to hear this theory, and he discussed it a lot privately with the teacher.

But in the course of the discussion, he discovered that this theory, for the Eldians, had a fatal hole.

For other peoples, this theory may be true, but for the Eldians, it can only be used as a trick to fool people, and it is just to get these fleeing Eldians to work honestly for Paradis Island.

When he discovered the loophole, Jike was disappointed.

Sure enough, only the euthanasia plan is suitable for the Eldians.

However, he was incapable of realizing this plan, and he was caught in a vortex of realism and nihilism.

On the one hand, he wants to make the Eldians disappear into this world, including himself, and he also longs to disappear and die.

But on the other hand, he misses his mother very much, and he knows it very well that her mother is on this island, but he doesn't dare to face her, feeling that once he sees her, he will deny everything he has been doing.

He himself has denied his euthanasia plan, so where is the right thing to talk about?

This philosophical quagmire made him feel crazy and tormented for a while.

Until that day, Ian made another appointment with him.

"Mr. Jike, I've heard you're interested in the ideas we're promoting in Anding, aren't you? I would like to ask you, what do you think about the euthanasia program now? ”

"I still think that the euthanasia program is the only way for the Eldians to be freed, the power of giants, a force that should not exist in this world."

"Why do you think so? You see, on our Paradis Island, how many people have been helped by giants to create a better life, what do you think of that theory? ”

"I'll admit that I was really attracted to that theory at first, but I realized one thing, as long as there are Ancestors and Giant Powers, it's just a simple lie."

"Because the Ancestors can modify the memories of the Eldians?"

"That's right."

"But, have you ever thought that we can change the people in the Anding Zone by modifying our memories, why don't we do it?"

"It's just because the ancestors of this generation don't want to adopt such extreme methods, but there have been similar events in history, such as the construction of the wall, the 145th generation of kings brought their own people, came to the island, just because of his own ideas, he brainwashed millions of people, for the Eldians, there is no real freedom at all! For example, I can stand here and talk to you now, but only out of the mercy of the ancestors! ”

Jike was in a mood and kept talking.

"All Eldians are just vassals of the Ancestors, and with a single thought from the Ancestors, they can make us all commit suicide! We can't call ourselves a complete 'man' at all, but a slave who can't resist! The lives of our Eldians are not respected! ”

"What a coincidence, Mr. Jike, I think the same way as you." Ian smiled: "But, I felt it when I inherited the Warhammer Giant, the original Giant, the true Ancestral Giant, the Ancestor Ymir two thousand years ago, she passed something on to me when I inherited the Warhammer Giant. ”

"I don't think the power of giants is wrong, but I also don't agree that this kind of ancestor alone can ignore life, ignore human consciousness, and determine the future status quo of our entire race."

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

"I have an idea that may free Ymir's soul that has been wandering for two thousand years."

Jik stood on the deck of the ship, looking out over Paradis Island.

"I'll just let you try it for now, boy."

(End of chapter)