Chapter 180: Fake Goddess

Boom, boom, boom.

The Armored Titan ran fast, gradually pulling away from the wall.

Su Xiao stood on the Armored Titan's somewhat bumpy shoulder, his eyes fixed on the top of the steam-shrouded wall.

"Reiner, something is coming. Be alert."

A figure rushed out from the steam; it was a Titan about seven meters tall.

Bertholdt looked blankly at the Titan rushing out from the steam, his eyes complex.

"Is it Beric? No, Beric was already swallowed by a mindless Titan. Could it be..."

Bertholdt recognized the identity of that Titan; it was the power mastered by their dead companion, the Jaw Titan.

Now that they were far from the wall, Su Xiao didn't worry that the Survey Corps would catch up.

There were no horses outside the walls. The Survey Corps would need at least a few hours to hoist horses from inside the walls to outside. It was impossible to catch up with Su Xiao and the others on foot.

"The Jaw Titan? Don't worry about it for now. Continue moving forward."

Reiner, who had transformed into the Armored Titan, hesitated for a while, then finally nodded and continued moving forward.

The Armored Titan ran in front, Su Xiao and Bertholdt stood on the Armored Titan's shoulder, and the Jaw Titan chased from behind.

The Jaw Titan was about 7 meters tall, with a fierce appearance, long arms and short legs, running on all fours like a beast. The most conspicuous thing was the bright sharp teeth. The bite force of those sharp teeth must not be underestimated.

The location where Su Xiao and the others were was inside the fallen Wall Maria. The range of Wall Maria was vast, and it would take a long journey to go straight through the range of Wall Maria.

The Armored Titan Reiner didn't have the stamina to run for a long time and needed to find a place to rest halfway.

"Reiner, let's go to the Forest of Giant Trees."

Bertholdt suggested.

The Forest of Giant Trees was a dense forest located within Wall Maria. The diameter of the trees there was generally several meters. Everyone could rest on those tall trees and avoid attacks from mindless Titans.

"Cannot go to the Forest of Giant Trees."

Su Xiao rejected it.

"Why?"

Bertholdt looked at Su Xiao in confusion. After being rejected by Su Xiao, Bertholdt immediately became wavering.

"The target is too obvious. After the Survey Corps finishes hoisting the horses, the first thing they will think of is the Forest of Giant Trees."

Su Xiao tried his best to recall the terrain inside Wall Maria.

"Do you remember the location of Eren's hometown?"

Su Xiao looked at Bertholdt.

"I vaguely remember some. If we want to leave Wall Maria as soon as possible, that is our inevitable path."

"Let's rendezvous with Annie first, then head straight there. If Reiner can't run, switch to Annie to carry us. We can't go to the Forest of Giant Trees anywhere."

Su Xiao, who knew the original work, knew clearly that Reiner and the others were found by the Survey Corps because they rested in the Forest of Giant Trees, and then Eren was taken away.

He would never make such a mistake.

Reiner, who had transformed into a Titan, nodded in agreement with Su Xiao's opinion, and Bertholdt, who had no opinions, also immediately seconded.

Roar!

The Armored Titan suddenly let out a roar, which made Su Xiao a bit puzzled, but his confusion was soon resolved; he saw the female Titan running from a distance.

The female Titan ran near the Armored Titan and immediately canceled the Titan transformation. Annie used the '3D Maneuver Gear' to jump onto the Armored Titan's shoulder.

Annie was still in her cold and aloof style, instinctively keeping a distance from Su Xiao.

"Is this person really trustworthy?"

Annie's appearance made Bertholdt very excited. Bertholdt had always had a secret crush on Annie, but his cowardly personality didn't dare to show it.

"Very... very trustworthy. Annie... are you okay recently?"

Bertholdt stuttered when he spoke, and Annie just nodded.

Su Xiao, who was smoking on the Armored Titan's shoulder, looked at Bertholdt and then at Annie.

Su Xiao's emotional intelligence was not low, and he immediately saw Bertholdt's admiration for Annie, but Su Xiao felt that this guy had no chance at all; Annie at most treated him as a companion.

It is impossible to succeed in pursuing a woman with the attitude of pursuing a goddess.

"How long will it keep running with us?"

Annie raised her fair chin and looked at the Jaw Titan behind.

"The current location is not safe enough. Reiner, talk to her after moving forward for another ten minutes? I feel it has no hostility."

Su Xiao didn't use an imperative tone to order Reiner. Now he and Reiner and the others were at most criminal accomplices, with no superior-subordinate relationship.

Blindly acting superior would cause resentment in others, and this was inconsistent with Su Xiao's subsequent plans. If he wanted to go to the Ma Lai Empire, his current fake identity would be exposed after arriving in the Ma Lai Empire.

Reiner thought for a while and nodded. Among the trio of undercover agents, Reiner was the captain.

After moving forward for another ten minutes, a village vaguely appeared in sight. The village had been attacked by Titans, houses had collapsed in large numbers, and weeds were overgrown.

The Armored Titan stopped in front of the village, and the Jaw Titan behind soon caught up.

The Jaw Titan was not good at long-distance running. As soon as it stopped, it lay on the ground, lying flat like a wild wolf after a frantic run.

To be on the safe side, Reiner didn't cancel the Titan transformation. Su Xiao acted as the representative to negotiate. Bertholdt had no firm will, and Annie was not good at communication.

Su Xiao jumped off the Armored Titan's shoulder and walked toward the Jaw Titan holding Zhan Long Shan.

The reason he dared to cooperate with Reiner and the others was that he didn't fear any Titan if he faced it alone. Even if Reiner and the others attacked together, he could find a chance to escape.

If Su Xiao didn't have his current strength, Reiner and the others wouldn't easily cooperate with him; no one wanted to carry a burden.

"Cancel the Titan transformation."

Su Xiao stood in front of the Jaw Titan with his sword. Judging from the other party's attitude, there was no hostility.

"Pfft~."

The Jaw Titan first spat out a blonde woman from its mouth. The muscles at the back of the Jaw Titan's neck opened, and a woman wearing Training Corps clothes broke free from the Jaw Titan's body, and the Jaw Titan quickly steamed away.

The woman was about 1.7 meters tall, with wheat-colored skin and a black ponytail.

"Ymir?"

Annie also jumped off the Armored Titan's shoulder.

"Annie, Reiner, Bertholdt, it really is you three."

Ymir scanned Su Xiao and the others. She was also a Training Corps member from the same batch as Eren.

Su Xiao was startled after hearing the name Ymir, but after an initial recall, he remembered who the woman in front of him was.

The Ymir in front of him was a 'fake', not the Ymir, the ancestor of Titans. The origin of the woman in front of him was very complex, but she was not dangerous.

Speaking of this Ymir, it had to start from seventy years ago.

Seventy years ago, Ymir didn't have a name. At that time, she was a little girl wandering in the 'Eldian Internment Zone' of the Ma Lai Empire, just like a little stray cat, struggling even for food and clothing.

However, she had something special: she was an Eldian.

A local cult organization took a fancy to this point, took in the wandering Ymir, and named her Ymir, lying that she was the ancestor goddess, to deceive those believers.

Ymir grew up in the worship of cult believers. When she was in her teens, the cult stronghold was discovered by the Ma Lai government, and Ymir and many believers were arrested. ===== CHAPTER 181 =====