Chapter 187: The Terrible Truth
Three hours after the start of the pursuit.
Su Xiao held a gun in his hands and occasionally fired. There were only a few dozen people left from the reconnaissance corps.
Only a few dozen of the original 800 people remained.
That was the price of a desperate chase.
Because of their sharp course, the reconnaissance corps simply did not have time to react in time and decided to try to catch up with them light.
And because of that, the chase was almost over now. Su Xiao only needed to wait a little longer.
If these men from the scouting Corps decided to continue their pursuit, their horses would simply collapse from exhaustion. If they don't continue their pursuit, it will turn out that all these sacrifices were in vain.
They were faced with a choice without a good way out.
On the armored titan's shoulder, Su Xiao touched the barrel of his gun with his hand.
*Sh-sh-sh-sh...*
If it keeps firing, it will just break.
At most, he could shoot a couple dozen more times now, but no more. The gun barrel was too hot.
Su Xiao gradually calmed down and aimed at Levi.
*Boom!*
Without hesitation, he fired another shot.
Levi's horse screamed as a hole appeared in the horse's chest.
She immediately began to fall.
Levi reacted almost immediately and adjusted his figure, but still rolled a little on the ground, after which he was able to stop and quickly squatted down.
Although Levi looked quite normal, he felt a slight pain all over his body. Quickly getting up, he wanted to get on another horse, but a sharp pain in his body made Levi stop.
The shot that hit Levi's horse surprised Su Xiao.
He was aiming for Levi's chest.
Apparently he definitely won't be able to become a sniper in the future.
However, Su Xiao was still very satisfied. In the past, he wouldn't even have been able to achieve such a result.
Along with Levi's fall, the last hopes of the remaining members of the Intelligence Corps were dashed. All of them stopped their pursuit.
There was no point in pursuing them. Their opponent was too shameless.
But even though the scouting corps had stopped their pursuit, one figure still kept rushing forward. It was Mikasa.
Finding that only Mikasa was left, Su Xiao put the gun away.
The people from the scouting corps were still nearby, so the armored titan couldn't stop right now, but if Mikasa dared to pursue further, she would fall into their trap.
Moving his right arm, which was slightly numb, Su Xiao sat on the armored titan's shoulder.
Looking at the time, he saw that he still had 12 days and 17 hours left, which made him a little worried.
He didn't know how big Paradise was, but it couldn't be small. Because of this, he could only hope that Paradise was relatively close to the Marlia Empire.
Su Xiao was worried that he wouldn't be able to arrive at the Marlia Empire before the main mission period expired.
If it wasn't for the too meager opportunities inside the wall, Su Xiao wouldn't have cooperated with Ryner and the others.
There were other factions inside the walls, but the strongest ones were the military police and the royal family.
He didn't consider the other factions. The benefits of joining other factions were too small.
As for the royal family, Su Xiao didn't want to become part of this faction. In his opinion, the royal family wasn't a good choice. Joining such a force was ten times more dangerous than joining the Ghoul Control Department.
Because of this, Su Xiao Yi eventually decided to leave together with Ryner and the others.
Together with the possibility of visiting the basement of Eren's house, even if he couldn't reach the Marlia Empire, he wouldn't suffer much of a loss.
Besides, without Ryner and the others, he wouldn't have been able to find Eren's house so quickly. This was the main reason why Su Xiao decided to become a" partner " for Rainer and the others.
Moreover, Reiner and the others were a kind of insurance policy for him. Su Xiao now had six inheritors of the titan's power around him, and Su Xiao could kill them if his plan failed.
The main question now was how long it would take them to reach the Marlia Empire.
Su Xiao sighed. He had a vague feeling that the world of titans wasn't very suitable for traveling.
The time for completing tasks was too short, and the number of tasks was very small.
This derived world was huge, but the strongest factions were located at too great a distance from each other.
This derivative world was most likely given to him by Paradise in order for him to become familiar with the small and medium worlds.
Shaking his head, he looked back.
The armored titan's speed gradually slowed down, but Mikasa's horse's speed also started to slow down.
Five minutes later, Mikasa's horse stopped. Even though Mikasa was whipping her, the horse stayed in its place and didn't move.
After a few moments, she lay down on the ground, and foam began to pour out of her mouth. The horse's sighs gradually became more infrequent until they disappeared altogether.
Mikasa looked at Eren, who was gradually getting further away. The gleam in her eyes began to fade.
Standing in a crouch, Mikasa started running forward with all her might, but she was too slow compared to the huge titan.
— Eren! Mikasa shouted.
Su Xiao stood up and looked at Mikasa.
After three and a half hours of pursuit, Su Xiao got rid of the scouting corps. Although the scouting corps looked very pitiful, their actual losses were quite small.
Since his accuracy left much to be desired, Su Xiao mainly shot at the horses, but he couldn't tell how many members of the scouting corps would be able to return.
The armored titan ran for about an hour, then stopped and began to evaporate.
After Ryner broke out of the titan, red spots appeared on both sides of his cheeks, which was a sign of too much effort being expended.
— Rainer was lying exhausted on the grass, and Berthold Hoover came over to pass him some water.
Su Xiao sat on the ground in silence. After thinking about something, he walked up to Reiner after about two minutes. "Rainer, how long will it take us to get back?" — this simple, very ordinary question actually involved the lives of several people.
— Given our speed... — Reiner thought about it. — It will take about three days just to leave Paradise. After that, we will need to go to sea for about eight or nine days. We hid the boat on the seashore when we arrived here, so we can cross the sea without any problems, " Ryner said and sat down with difficulty.
— Don't you know the way back, how did you get here in the first place? Rainer's mind was filled with doubts.
Su Xiao looked at the remaining time. He has no more than 12 days left to complete the main mission. It would take them a full 12 days to reach the main mainland alone, plus an overland trip all the way to the empire. If the weather at sea is bad, it will take them even longer to cross the sea.
What he had been most afraid of had happened. The world of Titans really wasn't suitable for development. Paradise just used this world to show him that in the near future, he would often fall into the middle and big worlds.
— What a headache this is, " Su Xiao slapped his forehead.
— Byakuya, you didn't answer my question." Su Xiao wasn't a spy, he wasn't in the same boat as them, so he couldn't completely believe Su Xiao.
— Ah, that... Su Xiao's body began to tense up. He actually had a good excuse. He could just say that he had come here on an airship, but there was no need for that right now.
— There is a confidential message that I didn't pass on to you, " Su Xiao glanced at Rainer and the others as he said this.
Rainer and Berthold Hoover looked at each other and walked over to Su Xiao, but Annie stayed where she was and didn't move. Maybe her feminine intuition told her something.
— I'm not actually from the Marlian Empire, " Su Xiao smiled. His eyes flashed with a cold light, and a sword appeared in his hand.
When Ryner saw Su Xiao's expression, his pupils narrowed and his face filled with horror.
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