The scouts think they've taken care of Reiner, but when Beartolt appears, they have a much bigger problem, especially when he changes to his titan form and takes out most of the scouts within the city walls. With not much backup left, Eren and the others try to take down the colossal titan before he can reach the walls but Eren is just an ant compared to the colossal and gets sent flying only to crash on top of the wall and get knocked out. Meanwhile, outside the walls, Erwin, Levi, and the new recruits are getting bombarded by the beast titans baseball rock pitches. Cornered and left without much of a choice, Erwin finally admits to Levi about his dream and some of his selfish wishes but puts all of that aside to lead the recruits on a mission that no one is expected to live through, just to give Levi an open to take down the beast titan. The mission is a success to a degree, and Levi is able to take the beast titan down and cut out the man inside. But while he tries to figure out how to find someone not already dead to turn and eat the beast titan guy, that creepy quadruped titan snatches the beast titan guy and takes off. Back inside the walls, Armin comes up with a plan to give Eren a chance to take down the colossal, but he's not expecting to make it out either. The plan works, but now Armin is barely alive and Beartolt is a hostage they plan to feed to someone. Levi reunites with them inside the wall and just when he's about to give Eren the syringe to change Armin and let him eat Beartolt, a recruit appears with a still but barely breathing Commander Erwin, putting a tough decision in Levi's hands.