Preparing For The Gallows

The time for their final assessment was near, and everyone knew they had to give it their all, or all they had worked for would disappear.

Their final assessment was the gallows event, that one particular event for which everyone was tense.

Eren and his team were done with training, and all returned to their dorms, only stopping to spend a moment in the joint living room.

Eren, Sid, Tiana, and Gaine were sitting on a sofa when Eren asked a question.

“I know the final assessment would make everyone tense, but what is it really about? Why is it so revered, so feared?” Eren asked out of curiosity.

“Oh, man. Are you saying you don't know a thing about the gallows event?”

“Not really,” he shrugged.

“Where were you when Zachary sometimes mentioned things like this while speaking to us?” Sid spoke again, looking at Eren weirdly.

For Eren, when Zachary mentioned them casually on those days, he was thinking about the revenge strategies that Silas and Sol had in mind as he had planted a