The dazzling golden light slightly stung Yago's eyes, and the surging wave of steam sent his windbreaker flapping loudly.
The guards inside the Louis manor stared dumbfounded at the scene unfolding before them.
Bill, whose bloodstains had already dried on his face, pushed aside two guards and looked at the yellow arc of lightning in the manor that seemed to pierce through heaven and earth, feeling a trace of shock. He hadn't expected that this woman of the Tybur family was the host of the War Hammer Titan!? He and Ebson had always believed that the power of the War Hammer was in the hands of the Tybur family's head, Willy Tybur.
Looking closely at Bill now, aside from the dried blood on his face and his dirty Chief Steward uniform, there was no visible sign of injury. Because of the imposing aura from the War Hammer Titan's transformation, none of the guards in the manor noticed the faint steam rising from Bill's body.
"Tch!" Bill frowned, then opened his mouth and spat out a bloodied tooth. From the bleeding gum where the tooth had fallen, a new tooth quickly pushed its way out.
Before Bill could react, another soaring yellow arc of lightning shot up within the manor.
"What is going on? This is too terrifying! I don't want to do this anymore—I want to go home!" One of the newly recruited guards couldn't endure the horrifying sight and immediately wanted to quit on the spot. Since when did being a guard mean facing monsters like this?
Bill ignored the terrified new guard and instead fixed his gaze on the second rising arc of lightning. That little thief? How could he also possess the power of a Titan?
Things were becoming interesting. Bill calmly lit a cigarette and placed it in his mouth.
Flesh, blood, and bone began to emerge from the earth. The steaming shockwave swept through the Louis manor, sending flowers and vegetation flying everywhere. Muscles rapidly wrapped together, forming the body of a muscular Titan, and then a layer of white skin quickly covered the entire Titan.
The slender War Hammer Titan appeared, its cold gaze fixed on the gradually forming Titan body opposite it.
The moment Yago realized that Lara possessed Titan power, he decisively widened the distance between them and, without hesitation, chose to transform into a Titan. Without Vertical Maneuvering Equipment, he had no way to face an intelligent Titan.
At first, Yago had thought Lara was also an intelligent Titan created by Ebson. But after she transformed, seeing that familiar Titan form, Yago suddenly realized that the Titan before him was the War Hammer Titan.
What alarmed Yago even more was that the War Hammer Titan had completed its transformation earlier than he had. At a moment like this, if the War Hammer attacked, the not-yet-fully-transformed Fate Titan would definitely suffer a huge disadvantage.
However, to Yago's surprise, the War Hammer Titan before him did not seem to intend to attack. Instead, it appeared to be deliberately waiting for the Fate Titan to finish transforming, the entire Titan radiating… a kind of mysterious confidence?
Claws covered in hardened armor tore through the curtain of steam. A crimson gaze lit up, and beneath the white mask, a mouth full of sharp teeth let out a terrifying roar.
All its joints were covered with hardening. The Jaw Titan–enhanced facial armor and claws were fully activated. The Fate Titan showed no carelessness and directly assumed its strongest stance, on full alert.
Although in older Eren's memories the War Hammer Titan had been defeated in just over ten minutes, its own strength could not be underestimated.
During the Rumbling, the successive War Hammer Titans summoned by older Eren, with their diverse and unpredictable attack methods, had secretly shocked Yago.
"You possess Titan power? Are you a devil from Paradis Island? Why have you infiltrated Marley?" Just like the Beast Titan, the War Hammer Titan could also speak?
But the Fate Titan would not answer. It couldn't speak.
With a heavy stomp on the ground, Yago directly controlled the massive body to charge at the War Hammer Titan.
"Arrogant!" the War Hammer Titan shouted sharply. Raising its hand backward, a white light rapidly condensed, and a hardened long-handled war hammer over ten meters in length quickly formed in its grasp.
Gripping the end of the handle, the War Hammer Titan swung it in a full arc toward the Fate Titan.
The force and speed were so great that it produced a sonic boom in the air.
Crack! Facing this overwhelmingly powerful blow, the Fate Titan decisively twisted its body and lowered its stance, narrowly dodging the terrifying strike.
Due to inertia, the War Hammer Titan's body also turned sideways. Seizing the opportunity, the Fate Titan rose and leapt up, lunging toward the War Hammer Titan's rear.
Yago knew clearly that the weakness of the War Hammer Titan lay at its feet. Unlike other intelligent Titans, the War Hammer's host did not reside in the nape of the Titan's neck. Instead, the host encased themselves in hardening underground, connecting to and controlling the Titan body through a cable-like structure.
Crack! Crack! Hardened spikes suddenly erupted from beneath the War Hammer Titan's feet, forcing the Fate Titan to halt—especially one spike that nearly pierced its face.
Yago immediately controlled the Fate Titan to raise both arms. Hardening covered the entire arms. Bang! A collision between hardening and hardening was destined to be brutal.
The spikes shattered, but several cracks also appeared on the Fate Titan's arms. Most critically, the War Hammer Titan had already reacted. With a piercing shriek, the long-handled war hammer once again smashed toward the Fate Titan's head.
"Bring it on! You think I'm afraid of you?!" Yago roared inside the nape of the Fate Titan. With both legs exerting force, the Fate Titan directly faced the descending war hammer.
Boom!!
The long-handled war hammer stopped midair. The War Hammer Titan's eyes showed a trace of surprise, because the Fate Titan had just raised both hands high and caught the hammer handle barehanded in a blade-catching stance.
The immense inertial force twisted and deformed one of the Fate Titan's hands, but the blow had been stopped.
Raising its still-intact right hand, the Jaw Titan–enhanced claws at its fingertips gleamed coldly. With a fierce downward slash—crack, crack—the long-handled war hammer snapped in two. Half of it fell to the ground, leaving the War Hammer Titan momentarily stunned.
Seizing the opportunity, the Fate Titan closed in. Its sharp claws went straight for the War Hammer Titan's face.
White light condensed. Bang! A massive hardened shield appeared before the Fate Titan's claws, leaving a deep claw mark on its surface.
Borrowing the force, the War Hammer Titan knocked aside the Fate Titan's arm. In an instant, white light gathered in its right hand, and a hardened crossbow materialized, the bowstring drawn tight.
The trigger was pulled. A hardened arrow tipped with spikes shot forth, directly piercing through the Fate Titan's body. The barbed arrow hooked into it, dragging the Fate Titan backward as it staggered and fell.
But Yago's reaction was not slow. As the Fate Titan's body fell backward, he seized the opportunity to grab the half of the long-handled war hammer that had broken and fallen to the ground.
Though snapped in two, the handle beneath the hammerhead in Yago's hand was still six or seven meters long.
Bill watched the Fate Titan pick up what had originally been the War Hammer's weapon and was somewhat astonished. Turning to the War Hammer Titan, he muttered,
"Well done. Handing your weapon to the enemy."
But then, as if thinking of something, he turned and ordered a guard,
"Bring Newt here. Quickly!" After speaking, Bill looked back at the Fate Titan, spat out the cigarette butt from his mouth, and sneered, "Since you're here, you might as well stay for good!"
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