Two years ago, in the winter of 851.

"Are you kidding, how can doing such a thing liberate the will of the ancestors!" Jike said loudly.

He found it hard to believe that the method Ian had said, the way to free Ymir, sounded like complete nonsense.

"The people of Ymir, when they inherit the power of giants, can see the memories of past users of the power of giants." Ian said calmly, "It's usually just a few memory fragments, and it's rare to look forward a generation, but I saw the memories of the ancestors when I inherited the Warhammer giants. ”

"It was two thousand years ago, and I saw her life, that her ancestor had a will of her own, and that her soul was still bound by the orders of the first King Frieze, and I had a vague sense that she was looking to me for an answer to a question, an answer to freedom and love."

"Even so." Jike took a hissing breath: "Let me let go of everything to live with my mother, how can this kind of thing be so that the ancestor can find the answer?" ”

"Mr. Jike, I'm not trying to force you." Ian stared at the heat coming out of the coffee cup: "I hope you can find something that really makes you feel happy, just like you said, I hope you act for your own selfishness, for your selfishness, to live well with your mother." ”

"But. . . What does this have to do with the Ancestors? ”

"Do you know why the power of giants is passed down from generation to generation?"

"Is there any particular reason for this?"

"Because King Frieze gave orders to his slave Ymir"

Ian stared into Jike's eyes.

"You can't let Ymir's bloodline be cut off, after the daughter dies, let the grandchildren eat the backbone, and after the grandchildren die, let the next generation of grandchildren eat the backbone, and pass it on from generation to generation."

"In the afterlife, I, Eldia, will also rule the earth with a huge body."

"This is the order that King Frieze gave to his descendants before he died."

"The original giant, only the ancestor Ymir, but after her death, her three daughters ate her backbone by order of King Frieze, and split the power of the giant into three."

"After that, Ymir's bloodline continued to disperse, and the three giants dispersed again, becoming the existing nine giants."

"The Eldians that exist now are actually all descendants of Ymir, and the reason why our blood reacts with the spinal fluid of giants, the reason why we can become giants under the action of giant spinal fluid, and the reason why giants have the habit of eating people, is actually all derived from the words of the original King Frieze."

Jike was stunned for a moment, and slowly opened his mouth and said: "You can't let Yumir's bloodline be cut off, after the daughter dies, let the grandchildren eat the backbone, and after the grandchildren die, let the next generation of grandchildren eat the backbone, and pass it on from generation to generation."

Jike slumped in his seat: "Is this the source of the giant's power?"

"That's right." Ian nodded: "Mr. Jike, you are the inheritor of the beast giant, I hope you can do me a favor, I hope you can act according to your own selfish intentions, if you can make the ancestor change his mind, he can change the power of the existing giant, maybe one day in the future, we Eldians will no longer be dependent on the existence of the ancestor, we will become a free people." ”

"But it may be too grandiose to say this, I am trying to pursue a way to liberate my ancestors, and I say it selfishly, because I don't want to die, I don't want to live only thirteen years, I want to live to be a hundred years old, and live my life as wonderful as possible."

Jike lowered his head and thought for a long time, and said, "I know, then try as you say, boy." ”

Jike, who was in the coordinates, stared at Ian.

"What is your answer, boy?"

The surrounding scenery changed again, and everyone saw a hellish sight.

That is, the initiation of the earth's song

A super giant with only a skeleton, leading all the super-sized giants to the outside world.

The dark red flames corroded the earth, the white steam obscured the sky, and the humans scattered in all directions, but they were inevitably crushed by the giants.

Humans couldn't stop the advance of the super-large giants, and the earth's roar destroyed everything, and everyone looked up, trembling under the footsteps of the super-large giants, and trembling for the mountains of corpses and blood under the earth's sound.

Then the screen keeps rewinding and comes to the island.

They saw Hesteria, the princess, attending various events, she was glamorous, but when she was alone, she rarely smiled.

Then there's Ian, who works day and night in the form of a Warhammer Giant.

Time continues to go backwards, and further on, he is almost every day in factories, shipyards, aircraft factories, glass greenhouses, gunsmiths .

There didn't seem to be a day when he wasn't busy, he never rested, and time went backwards to that peaceful afternoon.

The sun shone on the earth, and the teenage child, sitting in the shade of a tree, held his plate with a glass of ale and a sandwich with sliced sausages, leaning against the thick trunk of a tree, closing his eyes, feeling the sun and the breeze.

The scene is constantly changing, and everyone sees themselves.

Pique yelled at the Eldians in the control area.

The night Eren and Mikasa kissed

For the first time, Erwin leaves the wall to learn the truth about the world and looks at the sea in the moonlight.

On the night before his expedition to the Wall of Mary, Levi poured his bottle alone towards the campfire

Hanji crossed his waist and laughed at the "armor" in front of him.

Dinah and Jike hugged each other, shedding warm tears

Hannes shoots rockets, Ymir eats fries and chicken nuggets, Armin stands on a steam train looking out over the plains, Mick transforms into an armored giant and suppresses the Warhammer giant.

Countless images flashed, and everyone made their own choice.

In the end, everything froze and stopped at the girl holding the sandpot.

The girl, with buckets of sand in a sand can, piled up giants one by one.

She carried the bucket from afar, staring at Ian as he stretched out his hand.

"Ancestor Ymir, this is my answer!" Ian said, "You have to make decisions of your own will!" ”

"Whether you choose to pile sand at the coordinates or come over and hold my hand, it's your own decision!"

"You may love King Frieze, but for his orders, you made giants, it was your own choice!"

"I was looking forward to Heatheria as a princess, but she is no longer bound by me!"

"I'm the same myself, and today I've made my own choice!"

"I'm just offering you another option, if you choose to travel with me, come and hold my hand!"

"There are still many scenery in this world that you have not seen, and there are many funs that you have not experienced, love is not the whole of life!"

"I know you've been waiting for two thousand years ago, waiting for someone to set you free."

"But the only one who can free you is yourself, whether to stay here or let me end it all is up to you!"

"Also, if you don't come here today, there will be more and more giant power stations in the future, you can think about it yourself!"

"For the rest of my decade, the Giant Power Station will continue to be built!"

Ymir looked back at the countless giants of sand standing behind him.

She suddenly dropped the bucket and ran towards Ian.

It was her own choice, she threw away the bucket and she, like Heatria, broke free from the "bondage" with her own consciousness.

She took Ian's hand, and in that moment, countless fragments of memories flooded in.

Ian felt her emotions, and she continued the power of the giants for the orders of King Frieze.

Because she loves King Flitz, although she loves King Flitz, she doesn't like to pile giants, she doesn't like to stay in this cold coordinate.

She was bound by her love for King Frieze, but she now found another answer in Heatria and Ian, and in many others.

That is, follow your own selfishness.

She received the answer from 2,000 years later, and made her own choice of free will.

From the moment she pulls everyone to the coordinates.

(End of chapter)