With his enormous wings beating, Roger flew through the air, staring down at the ground.
Things were still being destroyed below, so Roger tried to raise his altitude as much as possible.
"Invisible power… an unimaginably destructive force…"
Roger muttered, his brows knitting tightly.
He knew far too little about the enemy.
True, he'd managed to goad them into revealing themselves.
But he still had no way of actually fighting them.
He didn't even know where the enemy was—how was he supposed to fight?
"No helping it."
After thinking it over, Roger beat his huge wings, planning to get out of here.
There was no doubt: these people from another world were strong—terrifyingly strong, so strong it defied comprehension.
If he fought them here and now, he'd definitely be at a disadvantage.
"If they're afraid of light, then I'll just fight them when there's light."
Thinking this, Roger didn't hesitate. He immediately flew toward the inside of the Walls.
He knew the enemy would definitely give chase.
After all, inside his body was that "Source of the World" they were obsessed with—the Founding Coordinate, and Ken Kaneki's powers.
Rather than passively fight them and lose because of bad intel, it was better to slip away.
Roger wasn't someone who shied away from challenges, but neither was he a reckless fool.
When you knew nothing and didn't have even the slightest grasp of the situation, there simply was no fight to be had.
So—run!
Roger kept flying, carrying himself toward the distant horizon.
He was just about to soar over the high Wall when—
Right at that moment…
"The World!!!"
A rough shout rang out.
Roger snapped his head around.
For an instant, he saw a hazy black hole.
And that voice he'd heard sounded exactly like Zeke's.
The Beast Titan—Zeke Yeager!
"What the hell?! Didn't I devour the Beast Titan?"
Reeling, Roger stared behind him at that suddenly appeared black hole.
But the very next second—
The black hole vanished.
Something suddenly lunged at him!
Boom!!
Roger felt killing intent again!
Vanilla?!
Sensing that something was seriously wrong, Roger immediately tried to dodge.
But up in the air like this, he had no room to maneuver!
With a sharp whoosh, the sound of bones snapping rang out!
The Titan Roger was controlling had its lower leg sliced clean off by something, disappearing without a trace!
"Damn it!!"
He had no idea when that bastard had gotten up here. Roger wrestled for control, sending his Titan zigzagging erratically in every direction, desperately trying to evade Vanilla's ramming and bites!!
But right then again—!!
"The World!!!"
It was Zeke's voice again.
Who the hell was mimicking Zeke's voice?!
Roger was getting seriously annoyed.
Sure enough, the black hole appeared again.
It lingered for a second, then vanished again!
And as expected, Vanilla was suddenly right up on him again!
Crack!!!
This time, half of the Titan's body was bitten clean away, completely gone!
No warning, no sign at all—it was completely out of nowhere!
He had no idea which direction to dodge!
Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack.
Black lines surged across Roger's Titan, frantically repairing its enormous body and dragging him back from the brink of death!!
[My power isn't that invincible!]
[All I can do is make sure you don't die for a brief moment!]
[About five seconds.]
[You have to seize those five seconds!]
[Our lives are riding on this!]
"Got it."
Roger nodded.
His black wings unfurled. Like a demon descending upon the world, Roger's Titan opened a pair of scarlet, bloodthirsty eyes.
And then—boom! It came again!
"The World!!!"
That move again! The black hole appeared once more!
This time, Roger absolutely would not let that bastard hiding in the shadows slip past right under his nose!!
His scarlet eyes darted rapidly.
Suddenly, Roger realized that his heart and chest cavity were lighting up.
Two points of light.
One was his—Roger's.
And the other, dazzling and brilliant, had to be Ken Kaneki's.
"So this is that so-called [Source of the World], huh?"
Roger thought.
At that moment—
He noticed something.
Down on the ground.
Scattered like stars, every single person's heart was glowing.
[So in your world as well, the Source of the World is made up of countless people!]
[And the Founding Titan inside you is just one of the guides for this world's Source of the World!]
"You mean…"
[Every Eldian carries the power of the Source of the World!]
[The Founding Coordinate is essentially the guiding coordinate for the Source of the World!]
[It's exactly the same as our world!]
[The only difference is that as the Source of the World, I can't guide others—I'm simply the one who contains the biggest, strongest core of that Source!]
"So you're saying, if I want to draw out the full power of the Source of the World, I need to gather every person's Source of the World into my hands?!"
[Exactly. And you can already do that.]
[Focus everyone's power together!]
[Use Ymir's Paths!]
"Ymir?"
Something suddenly occurred to Roger.
He closed his eyes.
In the next instant, he was once again standing on that pristine white beach.
Ymir's realm.
In front of him, the little girl Ymir was staring up at the "Paths" tree.
Her face was blank as she silently, lonely stared at the tree.
Sensing her master's return, she ran over, visibly excited.
She dropped to one knee and bowed to Roger.
"Master Roger," Ymir said shyly, looking up at him. "Is there anything I can do for you?"
He didn't have time to fuss over how she addressed him. Roger grabbed her small shoulders and stared into her eyes.
"I need more Titan power, Ymir," Roger said to her. "You can do that, right?"
"I… can," Ymir replied softly, but she didn't act right away. Instead, she asked curiously, "But why do you need it, Master?"
Roger hadn't expected Ymir to question him, and was a little surprised.
But that seemed to mean her free will was awakening.
So he patiently explained.
"Someone wants to kill me and take you away," Roger said. "I don't want you to be taken from me. So…"
"…I understand."
All at once, it was like Ymir's face changed—her attitude flipped, turning cold.
"Rest assured, Master. I will never allow anyone to harm you!" Ymir said coldly, anger in her voice. "Whoever dares try it—!"
With that, she walked toward the Paths tree.
At that same moment, countless Sources of the World from the surface began converging toward Roger, making his heart shine brighter and brighter!
"ROAR!!!"
His Titan let out a furious roar, jolting everyone awake from their sleep.
The power of the Source of the World went into effect.
Certain "rules" were completely suppressed, slammed down to the ground, unable to lift their heads.
"What?!"
Someone gasped in shock.
And Roger finally saw the one whose voice sounded so much like Zeke's.
If he was right, then that man was—
Dior!
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