Assault (Chapter)

Assault is the 1st chapter of the 26th volume and the 103rd chapter overall of the Attack on Titan manga, written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama.

Summary
As both the Marley soldiers and the Survey Corps. resume fighting, Falco emerges from the ruins of the building him, Eren and Reiner were in. He looks around in horror at the destruction around him and notices Eren's Attack Titan form trapped inside the web formed by the War Hammer Titan. He is still in disbelief that Eren deceived him and then wonders how he managed to survive. He turns around and sees an unconscious Reiner; he remembers that Reiner bit his hand as he turned around and was able to partially transform to protect both of them. He is curious as to why he has not fully recovered and recalls that Reiner's behavior before transforming is possibly why, noting that the holder of a Titan power must have a strong will to regenerate quickly. He leaves Reiner to go find help.

Meanwhile in the town square, Pieck orders her Panzer unit to provide covering fire for Zeke and Porco. While this is happening, a Survey Corps soldier launches a Thunder Spear at the crystal surrounding Ms. Tybur in hopes to blow it apart but it fails. Eren makes eye contact with her and tries to bite through the crystal, but its teeth break and shatter. Eren takes note it is similar to the crystal surrounding Annie and notes that while the War Hammer has been able to trap him, he still has a way to escape. He jumps out of his Titan form and regenerates it once more, causing General Magath and his guards to question why he is using all his strength and stamina. Zeke is momentarily held at bay by the rapid fire of the Survey Corp, but is able to repel them back. To the surprise of everyone present (including his fellow Warriors), Zeke proclaims that his enemy is not Eren, but Levi and demands for him to come out and face him.