Thriving Evil
Eren then started cleaning the battlefield.
The dead bodies of all the rankers, including the officer with the expert rank, were devoured by Argo. He progressed further in his ranking status as a result, only stopping at the doorway of the next rank.
No other army personnel came to the site while Eren was crafting the details of the scene for himself. In doing so, the army personnel stationed at the cultist base had saved their own lives without them knowing the danger they were in.
When a doctored battlefield was created as per Eren's wishes, he called out Arjun and Lyon. He also asked for their help in setting up a narrative. They had to get their stories straight after all.
Arjun and Lyon were tongue-tied when they heard from Eren that two Expert ranked army officers along with a bunch of Adept rankers had been "martyred in the line of duty." Only at this point did they realize how much of an iceberg Eren was.
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