"More than a hundred years ago, the Titans of the Eldian people oppressed humanity for thousands of years. During those millennia, tens of millions of humans were devoured by Titans.
From the day Founder Ymir was born, humanity has lived under the shadow of the Titans. The power of the Titans trampled countless nations, countless peoples, and countless cultures. Human history is a chronicle soaked in blood—a history of Eldian slaughter.
However, the expansion of power also led to division within the Eldians. The eight great families who possessed Titan power fell into rebellion. The hero everyone knows—Helos—rose during this time.
With unparalleled wisdom and extraordinary courage, he successfully incited civil war among the Titan families, weakening Eldian rule. In the end, together with the Tybur family, who abandoned darkness and turned to the light, he defeated and drove out King Fritz, who possessed the Founding power, forcing him to flee in disgrace with some of his people to what is now Paradis Island.
This is the history everyone knows!"
Willy Tybur looked at the audience below the stage and loudly recounted this familiar story. Behind him, Marley's finest opera troupe vividly performed the scenes he had just described.
The audience below cooperated enthusiastically, applauding. To them, it was just a performance—what did it matter?
"But the legend is true. King Fritz still possessed incomparably powerful Founding Titan power. He commanded tens of thousands of Colossal Titans—enough to flatten the entire world—standing upon Paradis Island.
In other words, the Colossal Titans on the island could destroy our world at any time. Marley dispatched the Warrior Unit to infiltrate Paradis Island precisely to resolve this threat. But unfortunately, we failed, and we lost three Marleyan Titan warriors." Willy's tone suddenly grew heavy as he spoke of the Rumbling legend on Paradis Island.
Murmurs immediately spread through the audience. Most people didn't understand what Willy meant. After all, the Rumbling had always been nothing more than a legend people talked about. But judging from Willy Tybur's demeanor, he seemed to be treating it as reality.
Watching the murmuring crowd, Willy knew his goal had been achieved. A faint smile curled on his lips as he loudly revealed the secret the Tybur family had buried for generations.
"The Rumbling is real. But do you know why King Fritz, despite possessing such power, still failed and fled to the island?
Because in history, there was never any hero named Helos. The true hero was him—Karl Fritz, the 145th King of Eldia!
Karl Fritz grew weary of the thousand years of slaughter committed by the Eldians. He repented for their sins. After inheriting the Founding power from his ancestors, he conspired with the Tybur family, jointly guiding the great war among the Titan families, and fabricated the Marleyan hero Helos.
Meanwhile, Karl Fritz took the vast majority of his people and migrated to Paradis Island, forbidding anyone from the outside world from disturbing the island's peace. Otherwise, the countless Titans would unleash the Rumbling and destroy the world.
But this was merely an excuse by Karl Fritz. This benevolent and wise man acknowledged the sins of the Eldians and prepared himself to have the power of the Titans taken away. Everything was meant as atonement for Eldian crimes. Yet before that, he wished to let his people live peacefully on the island for a time.
To that end, Karl Fritz made a vow of renunciation of war. All who inherited the Founding power thereafter would follow his will—never to wage war again, but to quietly wait with their people for the final moment."
As this hidden truth was revealed, the entire venue fell into dead silence. Everyone was clearly stunned by this earth-shattering revelation.
What? The one who saved the world and ended the brutal rule of the Eldians… was actually the Eldian king himself, King Fritz? What kind of absurd situation was this?
By the windowsill, Yago laughed in anger. He slammed his fist into the wall, and cracks instantly spread out from the impact.
Willy's voice carried clearly into the room where they were. Both Yago and Reiner heard every word of the story.
"Idiot. Reiner, what do you think? Isn't this Karl Fritz a complete idiot?" Yago was rarely this furious. And for him to be this angry, it could only mean Karl Fritz was truly an unbelievable oddity.
Reiner said nothing. He had never heard any of what Willy had just said before. But after hearing it, he genuinely felt that something was seriously wrong with Karl Fritz's mind.
Willy continued his speech: "For the past hundred years, the Tybur family has shamelessly stolen this honor of defeating Eldian rule. The reason I reveal this false honor today is because I have realized that a true crisis has arrived."
Bang! The lights came on, and behind Willy, the curtain displayed countless enormous black shadows, along with one especially monstrous giant shadow at the center.
"Today, turmoil has erupted on Paradis Island. The will of the kind Karl Fritz has vanished, and the power of the Founding Titan that controls the Rumbling has fallen into the hands of an extremely dangerous individual. Now, Paradis Island has been completely occupied by radical Eldians. In other words, the Rumbling that can destroy the world may occur at any moment. At this critical moment of humanity's survival, I have chosen to reveal this secret to the world and tear apart the false honor that the Tybur family has upheld for so long!"
(A/N: Everyone, I'm really sorry. I might've caught a cold from getting soaked in the rain today. My head feels foggy, and my thinking is sluggish. This chapter ended up being very muddled, and by the end, I just couldn't keep writing. I'm truly sorry. I should probably go take some cold medicine… I feel awful.)
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