Snippet #2571107

Rose reached back into the pack on her saddle, pulling out a small telescope she looked out toward the where the flares had come from, no one was supposed to be outside the wall besides them right now, when she saw where the flares had come from, she nearly dropped her telescope in shock. From the smoke trail it was clear, the flares were sent from the top of the wall, she couldn't make out who fired them, they were simply too far away, but there was something far more important she saw, "Captain! smoke and lots of it coming from INSIDE the wall!" She shouted over to the captain, most simply looked like regular smoke, but she could tell by how strangely thick much of it was that there was at least a couple of dead titans inside the Wall Rose.

Levi looked toward the walls as well, seeing what Black Rose pointed out, as well as the group of titans the flares were warning about, the flares were indeed meant to warn them, a group of titans was now rushing directly toward them, 6 in all, one of them appeared to be a weak 3 meter, two more roughly 6 meters, two of them were between 7 and 8 meters, and one 11 meter, and what's worse, judging by the way they were running, two of them, the 7-8 meter titans, were Abnormals, and perhaps worse still, the titans were between them and the wall, the only way to escape the group would be to go toward them, which with Abnormals wasn't going to be an option.

Even as fierce as she was when she had the opportunity to kill a titan, Rose had never before seen a group this size or battled more than a single Abnormal at once, something like this was beyond out of the ordinary, titans often went after the same prey but these were grouped to closely together in such an open space, and all making almost a perfect beeline for them despite the fact that the titans, at the very least the smaller ones, shouldn't be able to see them from so far away just yet.

"We're heading back, now! James, you're with me on point, we're going to keep those titans busy, take them out quick and keep them distracted, Rose, you're with Lilith-" Levi said before Rose cut him off, "But captain! I'm better in combat than he is i should-" she started to protest, only for the captain to cut her off in turn, "Exactly, with two abnormals there's a good chance at least one of those titans will go for you and Lilith while we're dealing with them, we can't leave her unattended in her condition and its too risky for all three of us to fight, we can't waste time, you two make for the gate as quickly as possible and do not engage if you can help it, go." he ordered, and while unhappy with the decision, and making it clear as well, "tch... yes sir..." Rose answered, turning toward Lilith.

There were multiple potential plans of attack for dealing with this group, the Abnormals were a danger but with Levi there chances are they wouldn't survive very long, on the other hand splitting the group of titans up may work best, but that would only work if they could be lured off toward the thicket of large trees a bit to the west, and it posed the risk of James and Levi being separated in the battle.