Chapter 424: Mission Accomplished, Seal Released: Salvation or Destruction?

"Move quickly, what are you all standing there for?"

The captain of the Garrison Regiment let out a roar.

Everyone reacted belatedly, suppressing their fear, remembering that they were members tasked with protecting the wall, and all pulled their Vertical Maneuvering Equipment, flying about like bees.

After the wall shattered, the Colossal Giant and the Armored Giant disappeared.

Jiraiya landed at the very front of the massive breach in the wall, like a Shield, his Blade curled and broken from constant hacking and slashing.

Mindless Giants kept rushing out; even with Jiraiya blocking them, there were still stragglers crossing into the city.

"Ah!"

A soldier of the Garrison Regiment let out a painful howl.

An agile Giant grabbed him tightly, as if holding a Laoshu, the immense force crushing his ribs and internal organs.

Crunch.

The soldier was tossed into its mouth, the crisp sound of bones being bitten through ringing out continuously.

"It's an Abnormal!"

Eren looked anxious, but he was completely unable to help, only able to describe the terror of the Abnormal to Jiraiya.

But it was clearly unnecessary worry.

Although Jiraiya was exhausted, he still maintained a high fighting spirit; the Abnormals, which far exceeded ordinary Giants, were killed by him like chopping melons and vegetables.

Gradually, the soldiers of the Garrison Regiment began to consciously help Jiraiya, forming a circle to protect and assist him, aiming to prevent him from exhausting his stamina too much and being unable to cycle it, ensuring Jiraiya could kill the maximum number of Giants.

They were clear about their own weakness and none of them tried to be heroes.

"Chaos, slaughter, death, war..."

Jiraiya raised his eyelids, looking at the desperate crowd and the continuously emerging Giants, sighing inwardly.

Can no world avoid the ravages of war? Is peace nowhere to be seen? 【Killed fifty Muku, seal 10% released...】

Just as he killed a mindless Giant, a game notification sound appeared in his ear.

The already exhausted Jiraiya suddenly felt a surge of energy like a hot current pour into his parched shell, replenishing his vitality.

"Everyone, go evacuate the civilians, leave the rest to me!"

Jiraiya suddenly urged the soldiers who had been helping him to leave. "Stranger, what nonsense are you spouting? If it weren't for us, you would have been eaten by the Giants long ago!"

Watching Jiraiya chase them away, the people of the Garrison Regiment were also stunned. Although Jiraiya's combat power was indeed very strong, the Giants seemed endless, continuously running in from outside the wall.

They had already lost over ten soldiers killed by Giants in their attempt to help Jiraiya kill them.

If not for them, Jiraiya would have been overwhelmed by the swarms of Giants long ago.

"Arrogance has its time and place; now is not the time for hubris!"

The captain of the Garrison Regiment frowned, reminding Jiraiya with an unkind tone.

This was no game; once the situation was not under control, countless civilians would die.

Jiraiya did not respond. Facing the questioning looks of the crowd, he suddenly threw away the weapon in his hand and then slammed both palms onto the ground.

"Earth Style: Swamp of the Underworld!"

The ground suddenly became soft and began to shake, then, like a swamp or quicksand, it began to sink rapidly.

Over a dozen Giants that lunged over swayed left and right, unable to even stand steady, and were swallowed by the quicksand in an instant.

"This is?"

The captain of the Garrison Regiment, including his team members, all stood frozen in place, as if forgetting they were at the edge of a fallen wall where Giants roamed.

First, the Giants, which hadn't been seen for hundreds of years, kicked down the wall.

Then, a stranger capable of rivaling the strongest human, Levi, protected the wall with ease amidst hundreds of Giants.

Finally, he actually released an ability that looked like Magic?

Were they dreaming? "The power is decent!"

Jiraiya nodded slightly. Although only one-tenth of his strength was unsealed, his current strength was already comparable to a Jonin.

Being full of energy himself, he could release more Ninjutsu than an ordinary Jonin.

"Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!"

Taking advantage of the gap while the Giants were submerged in the swamp, Jiraiya pressed his hands together, consuming chakra wildly, and a massive wall of mud rose from the ground, repairing the breach in the wall at an extremely fast speed.

"The chaos isn't enough; he cannot be allowed to repair the wall!"

Having just snuck into the wall and witnessed everything, Reiner didn't even have time to be shocked by the Ninjutsu Jiraiya displayed. Seeing the wall breach continuously recovering, he gritted his teeth and rushed out.

Although it was chaotic now, the city hadn't been destroyed severely enough; once they snuck into the city, it would be easy for problems to be exposed.

This concerned safety, so there could be no carelessness. The entire incident of the wall falling was a plan from a distant Empire.

As Warriors capable of transforming into intelligent Giants, they were dispatched to this island full of mindless Giants for the sole purpose of sneaking into the city and reclaiming the power of the Founding Titan contained within the bloodline of the Nobles inside the walls.

Failure was not an option, not even with the slightest risk.

Boom!

The sound of a heavy object landing came from behind the soldiers of the Garrison Regiment.

In the blink of an eye, two people were smashed away by a giant fist, hitting the wall like rotting meat.

The missing Armored Giant appeared again, launching an attack toward Jiraiya, who was gradually restoring the Earth Flow Wall at the breach. Every step it took, the stone bricks of the street shattered; it was like a tank charging headlong.

With a roar, the Earth Flow Wall was smashed open, creating a large hole.

Although the life level of these intelligent Giants was low, their four-dimensional attributes were exceptionally high.

Especially their strength, which was at least 【40】 points.

This was the level of strength only a Taijutsu-type Shadow-level ninja, like the leader of Kumogakure, could possess.

Indigenous humans could only rely on their Vertical Maneuvering Equipment to harass and attack like mosquitoes and flies; once caught by a Giant, they would die instantly.

Even an ordinary Jonin from the ninja world, unless they were a Taijutsu freak like Might Guy, would be broken through by the Giant's brute force.

This is the difference between worlds.

Although Giants have unbalanced attribute development, they possess unique advantages.

"Intelligent special Giant, stop your attack, we can talk."

Jiraiya did not attack directly, but instead shouted toward the Armored Giant.

Reiner, hidden within the body of the Armored Giant, was startled, thinking their plan had been exposed, but as his eyes darted around and he saw the confused expressions of those nearby, he immediately understood.

"What a fool; if the plan had been seen through in advance, Bertholdt Hoover, you would be a sinner of the Marley Empire!"

Clearly,

it was when the Colossal Giant was nearly killed by the opponent just now and was saved by his own intervention that Jiraiya saw the clues.

After all, ordinary mindless Giants would not have the habit of saving their own kind.

"We only need to remain silent."

Reiner had no intention of negotiating; if the mission failed, he could not imagine what he would face upon returning to his homeland.

There was only one path before him, and that was victory.

With his right arm held horizontally in front of him,

the Armored Giant assumed a charging stance, using his right arm as a Shield, and violently rushed toward Jiraiya.

The advantage of the Armored Giant is his body of hardened Organization, which is comparable to a Shield, just like wearing armor; even if Jiraiya can release abilities like Magic, it is simply impossible to break through this layer of armor.

"Watch out!"

A soldier of the Garrison Regiment roared in terror.

Before the Armored Giant disappeared just now, he easily smashed through a city wall with this move, crushing even steel, let alone human flesh and blood.

"Sage Art: Massive Rasengan!"

Jiraiya did not retreat but advanced instead, black markings appearing around his eye sockets,

and his outstretched palm suddenly lit up with light; a rotating sphere of light, resembling a Blue dumpling, was imprinted onto the chest of the lunging Armored Giant.

With a muffled groan, Reiner looked in disbelief at his pierced chest, as even the hardened Organization could not withstand the strange Blue sphere of light.

"Sage Art: Needle Jizo!"

His messy white hair suddenly elongated, like sharp blades, and following the movement of Jiraiya's head, it severed the nape of the Armored Giant's neck.

【Killed the Armored Giant, seal removal 15%...】

【Notification: 【World Mission】 activated: Save or Destroy.】

【Juren Shijie Mission: Save】

Mission Content: Destroy the pollution polymers created by the corrupted 【Titan World Consciousness】, the corrupted Giants.

Mission Reward: One million Reward Points.

【Juren Shijie Mission: Destroy】

Mission Content: Destroy Wall Maria, Wall Rose, and Wall Sina, eliminate the Nine Giants, and shatter the corrupted World Cornerstone 【Giant】.

Mission Reward: One million Reward Points.

(End of chapter)