The moment Mikasa landed on my shoulder was the exact moment the merging of the Titan was completed.
BOOM!!!
What's this? It's not the explosion. What's going on?
The sparks are coming from my body, but unlike the Titan transformation, the sparks are not yellow or golden; they are white with a line of silver in them.
What's this? What's happening?
Mikasa, standing on the elf Titan's shoulder, also lost her footing due to the transformation. She didn't think that Eren would initiate the transformation knowing that she was on him; from Eren's previous actions, she thought like before, that he wouldn't do anything which would harm her.
So, she wasn't worried about the transformation. And as for the transformation he did to disintegrate the Colossal Titan, he must have known that it would do nothing to Armin and he would be safe.
But this time, her thoughts proved wrong. Eren, despite knowing that she was on him, initiated the transformation.
But soon she noticed that there's something different about this transformation. These lightning sparks are different than any spark she had ever seen when a Titan transformed; they are silver in color. And apparently, they are doing no visible harm to her and Armin.
Armin also had the same thoughts as Mikasa as he looked at the sparks. They held tight onto the ODM gear cable so they wouldn't fall off from the Titan's shoulders.
If Levi were to know that his hard work of saving Armin is considered as the mercy of Eren, what could he say? Maybe he would also convince himself like them, due to the delay of those few seconds, Which was entirely an accident form Eren's point.
Eren is still protecting them, Mikasa thought as she touched the spark. No damage or pain was done by that on her hand; on the other hand, it felt somewhat warm.
Eren was also dumbfounded because of that phenomenon. If he knew his subconscious actions had created some untold fantasies in Mikasa's head, he would only say: Why don't you write books like Falling in Love After the Marriage or Stuff, Mikasa? With your self-gaslighting ability, it would be a shame for the world to miss such a creative mind.
But right now, Eren is busy and can't think about those irrelevant things. Even if he wasn't busy, there's no way for him to know Mikasa's hidden talent.
The sparks on the massive Titan's body started to grow more and more. From the size of a human hand, they had grown into the size of large bolts of white and silver lightning, covering the entire body of the elf Titan.
On the back of the Jaw Titan, Levi had fallen unconscious and didn't have a guess as to what was happening on the ground. But Falco, the Jaw Titan, knew what was happening, and he understood that they had lost. Looking at the thick bolts of lightning coming from the elf Titan's body, he knew that there's no way Mikasa and Armin had survived; by now, maybe their corpses also had turned into ash. But still, he wants to watch the end of this battle until the very end.
Crack.
With a soothing sound, the bolts connected with each other and stopped mindlessly crackling in the air. They covered the entire elf Titan body, creating a glowing cover over him; like a silver and white cloak, the elf Titan is engulfed in it.
On the other hand, the Armored Titan also regained his consciousness, but now he lost his stamina and will beyond any repair. His Titan form started to evaporate. But his eyes are still gazing at the pillar of light that the elf Titan has just become in front of his eyes.
I am really a disappointment. I am sorry, Mother. I am sorry.
He accepted his defeat and just watched the finale of his life and his people.
Annie also came out of her turtle form and gazed absentmindedly at the elf Titan. She didn't have the will to fight from the start, but for some reason, she still joined the fight. Maybe for Armin... Armin's face flashed in her eyes, followed by her friends and then her father.
Eren's elf Titan, inside the silver sparks which transformed into and became a silver pillar by now, began to become translucent. In the midst of his shock, it started to dissipate into the light. All the sparks, to the pillar, to the dispersion, just happened within a few seconds, but in the eyes of those who lost hope, this all felt like an eternity.
Mikasa and Armin also started to become translucent and dissipated into the light at the exact moment when Eren did.
Inside a space dark with no visible end, Eren opened his eyes. When his eyes opened, it was like someone had turned on the stars like lightbulbs; all the dark space was filled with sparkling stars.
When I opened my eyes, my eyes can't even perceive what they are seeing. A space full of stars. But the thing which blew my mind is not the beauty of the space, but the thing in front of me.
It had a long shape like a river, with branches going in all directions. The silver and white color of this river matched the exact same color of that light.
Titan powers are mysterious from the start. Although it was said that the powers and Titans' bodies came from Ymir—that she is the one who creates the bodies of Titans—then what about her own body when she transformed into the Founding Titan? Who had created her Titan body?
The powers and the creation seem like the core of the Titans, but the river in front of me tells a story unheard of by anyone. I can feel the resonance of myself and the silver river in front; it's like the river is calling me.
I think this river can be the world, or something related to it, and the fusion of the glowing centipede and the elf Titan had somehow thrown me out of that world.
By the record of the strange power the Titans have, it's not an entirely impossible thing to happen. Just then, my body started to fly toward the silver river on its own.
And like a flash—boom—everything exploded and turned blank.
But now, when I opened my eyes, it was unlike what I had thought. I didn't see a field of red sand or smell the same scent of burning flesh.
I see a moving sky. No, the sky isn't moving—I am moving. I am on a boat, beneath the wall gap for the river.
When my head lowered a little, tears dropped, but ignoring that, I saw a Titan with green scales arranged like an armor. His body started to evaporate in the midst of my gaze blurred by the falling tears I wiped with my sleeves as the boat passed the water passage.
My head buzzed, I am back in time!
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