Chapter 84

Under the effect of such a DeBuff as Mental Rampage, the consumption of physical and mental energy is extremely severe. Therefore, when Reiner regained consciousness, he was already at the end of his strength. He couldn't understand... why he was fighting inside the walls as a Titan, when just a moment ago he was accompanying the Survey Corps on a mission outside the walls.

Reiner couldn't figure it out, but he had no more time to think, because at this moment, the Titanized Eren was already charging at him. He knew his identity had been exposed, and there was no longer any chance of escape except by fighting to the death. He could only use his remaining strength to fight to the end.

But two fists can't match four hands. The Armored Titan was strong, but it had its limits. Under Eren's relentless attacks, his condition quickly deteriorated. Then, with the attacks from the Survey Corps, it was only a matter of moments before he truly reached his limit. Not only was his physical strength exhausted, but his consciousness was also on the verge of collapse, and his steel-hard body was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.

Of course, even in this state, the Armored Titan remained a formidable threat, still capable of lethal damage to humans. For example, two elite members of the Survey Corps were killed by the Armored Titan's palm, their bones and flesh shattered, leaving no intact bodies behind.

"Do not approach easily; we just need to wear him down!" Levi shouted upon seeing this.

The elite members of the Survey Corps, upon receiving the order, immediately pulled back and began to circle around the Armored Titan, gradually wearing down his remaining strength. Slowly, the Armored Titan's movements became sluggish.

At this moment, Tang Cheng finally arrived with Historia, and his iron-hard foot kicked heavily into the bend of the Armored Titan's knee... Normally, such an attack would not have affected the Armored Titan, but now it became the last straw that broke the camel's back. The giant body immediately knelt down.

Tang Cheng's speed was very fast. Before the Armored Titan's knees even touched the ground, he had already severed the joint of the right arm and then suppressed the left arm. Taking this opportunity, Historia flew to the back of the Armored Titan's neck.

Although Historia's strength did not rank in the top ten among the 104th Trainee Squad, and as a girl, she was not as tough as Mika, from all appearances, her combat ability seemed quite average. However, in reality, among hundreds of trainees, Historia still had a strength close to the top ten. Not only did she rank in the top five among the girls, but she also surpassed many tall and strong men. To call her a flower vase was absolutely impossible; it was just that her excellence was not as obvious as Mika's.

In the past month, Historia, who had received special training from Tang Cheng, had made rapid progress... After all, whether male or female, people always learn particularly seriously from the things taught by someone they like.

With an excellent teacher and her own hard work, although Historia's current strength still had a noticeable gap compared to Mika, Levi, and others, she could now勉强挤进调查兵团的精英组。她现在唯一欠缺的就是实战经验。

但是，当铠之巨人体力耗尽，双手也被汤成压制，几乎毫无还手之力的情况下，实战经验这种东西也已经可有可无了，她只要使出全力狠狠地斩下去就行。

这不是抢人头，这完全就是对着木桩补刀。

至于结果也是不言而喻的，当赫里斯塔将刀刃挥下之后，一块后颈肉顿时随着彪射的鲜血飞出，铠之巨人那巨大的身躯也缓缓地倒了下去。

和普通的巨人一样，这由人类变成的巨人死亡之后，其尸体也会迅速腐烂蒸发，但不同的是，巨人体内的人类并不会因此而消失，于是，当那蒸汽般的烟雾渐渐消散之后，众人也终于见到了铠之巨人的本体。

“莱……莱纳？！”看着铠之巨人的本体，赫里斯塔吃惊不已。

虽然铠之巨人已死，但莱纳却没有立刻死去，只不过他胸前那道几乎将他横着切开的伤口，也表明他已经活不了多久了。

没有理会惊讶的赫里斯塔，莱纳虚弱的目光看向了汤成，苦笑道：“这一切……都是你做的吧？”

“恨我吗？”汤成反问。

“没有什么恨不恨的，当我选择与人类为敌的时候……这种情况也早就有所心理准备了，只不过……终究还是有点遗憾啊……没有机会回到故乡……”

莱纳的眼中闪过几抹悲伤，然后说道：“汤成，看在同期的份上，能答应我一件事吗？”

“哦，说说看。”

“我心中最大的愿望是回到我的故乡，但……那已经是无法实现的梦了，第二个愿望则是希望……能够避免和你们这些……我身为人类时的朋友们交战，但……所以，我只剩下最后的愿望了，在我临死前，能再给我个茶叶蛋吗？那是我这辈子吃到过的……最美味的食物。”

汤成先是一愣，然后感动得快哭了。

“当然可以。”对于汤成而言，人类和巨人其实都没有太大的区别，而莱纳虽然是敌人，但也帮了他很大的忙，面对如此渺小的一个愿望，如果都不答应的话，那他实在得好好的鄙视一下自己，当即就从背包里取出一个茶叶蛋，顺便还帮忙剥了壳，递到莱纳嘴边。

“唉，吃吧，可怜的孩子。”

莱纳轻轻咬了一口，眼中露出不知道是悲伤还是幸福的泪水，笑着，“如果死后能够回到故乡，那我这一生……也算是……没有……遗憾……”

说到这里，莱纳脑袋一歪，断气了。

“唉，可怜的孩子，连最后的茶叶蛋都没有吃完……算了，带到路上慢慢吃吧。”汤成面露伤感之色，将那颗茶叶蛋塞到莱纳的手中。

“……”赫里斯塔默默地看着这一幕，心中不知道做何感想。

而就在莱纳死后，汤成则起身拉着赫里斯塔来到附近的一座高台之上，抓着少女的手高高举起，大声喊道：“铠之巨人已死，击杀铠之巨人的正是我们的王女希丝特莉亚*雷斯，并且从今以后，王女将成为我们的女王，带领我们人类彻底消灭巨人，让我们一起为女王欢呼吧！”

这突然的举动让赫里斯塔有些措手不及，但还不等她反应过来，那些水军们已是配合起汤成大声欢呼起来。

“希丝特莉亚女王！”

有人带头便有人跟随，还是那句话，真相是什么普通民众不会追究，他们想要的只是一个安稳的环境，希丝特莉亚斩杀了铠之巨人为大家报了仇，重新带给了大家希望，这是所有人都看在眼里的，那么其他的都已经无所谓了。

然后，等到伊恩带着驻屯兵团的人来到内地，宣誓效忠女王希丝特莉亚之后，一切便已经成为定局。

与此同时，其他四名挑战者也稍稍放下了心，因为他们任务信息栏上的女巨人和铠之巨人这两个名字已经变成了灰色，接下来只需要消灭超大型巨人就可以回到轮回空间了……当然，这件事还需要缓上一缓，因为汤成的支线任务还没有完成。

想要顺利登基为女王，除了需要民众们的认可之外，还需要得到贵族们的首肯，否则，这些拥有大量私兵的家伙们一旦造起反来，后果便相当严重。

于是，就在驻屯兵团和调查兵团带人打扫王都这边被铠之巨人破坏得七零八落的战场、以及宪兵团的残党时，汤成则是一个人去游说那些虽位于席娜之墙内却又远离王都的贵族们。

当然，汤成的游说方式很简单，用一句话就可以概括。

“交出所有的钱财和土地，服从女王的指令，否则死全家！”

一开始，这些贵族们显然不肯就范，早就享受惯了土皇帝生活的他们，哪肯把自己的钱财土地交出去，但当汤成接连全灭了两家贵族，大大小小无一活口，甚至连家里的鸡鸭牛羊都惨遭屠戮之后，便没有任何人敢反抗了。

毕竟比起钱财土地来，自己的命更加重要……汤成这个煞星哪里是来游说的啊，他根本就是来杀人全家的！

于是，仅仅花了五天时间，当汤成从东城杀到南户，从南户杀到西野，再从西野杀到北大路……呃，名字或许有些错误，但意思是一样的，反正在汤成这么绕了一圈之后，一切的问题就全部解决了。

在绝对的实力面前，一切的一切都是纸老虎。

而没有了钱财和土地的贵族们，虽然还保有贵族的头衔，但也已经不可能影响到人类新纪元的诞生了。

于是，当战后的第八天，名为赫里斯塔……不，名为希丝特莉亚*雷斯的少女，在所有人面前顺利地成为人类新王，终于开启了人类新纪元。

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In the face of absolute power, everything is just a paper tiger.

Without their wealth and land, the nobles, though still retaining their titles, could no longer influence the birth of a new era for humanity.

Thus, on the eighth day after the battle, the girl named Historia... no, named Krista Lenz, smoothly became the new queen of humanity in front of everyone, finally ushering in a new era for humanity.

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