Levi Ackerman

He tosses a chair through a window to distract the squad members outside before emerging himself and firing a grappling line into the throat of the nearest one. The remaining two members nearby prepare to fire, but Levi uses the dead man as a meat shield so that he can get in close in and kill them. He continues to flee and curses that there are still over ten pursuers left. Levi catches up with his squad while the Anti-Personnel Squad is chasing him. He kills one of the MPs before landing in Armin's wagon and orders them to stop following the hearse. Their plan has leaked and now Eren and Historia are being used as bait to kill them. As they make their escape, he tells his squad that they must kill their pursuers whenever they have the opportunity, but Jean is unable to do so and finds himself on the wrong side of a gun. Before Jean can be slain, Armin uses his pistol to lethally shoot the MP and save his life. Though Levi's squad escapes intact, Armin is deeply bothered by the fact he was willing to kill someone and Levi explains to him that he was able to pull the trigger because he knew that if he did not, then Jean would have died. Jean admits he thought Levi's way of doing things was wrong, but it was more that he did not want to hurt other people. He will fire next time. Levi agrees that Jean's softness put them in a bad spot, but he does not know what is right or wrong and Jean might not have been wrong. Levi and his squad trap Marlowe Freudenberg and Hitch Dreyse, who have been sent into the forest to look for Survey Corps soldiers. They take their uniforms with the intention of infiltrating the Military Police to find out where Eren and Historia have been taken. Before he can announce their fates, Hitch challenges him over the civilian deaths in Stohess District and berates his squad over the disappearance and presumed death of Annie, who she never really got to know. Levi corrects her about Annie's true state, in that she was the Titan hiding in Stohess and she is currently being held, though that is not likely a fact they want new recruits to know. It bothers him that collectively so many people are in the dark about the truth of their world. Marlowe asks if the Survey Corps really killed the people from the Reeves Company and Levi replies that it was the Interior Military Police, which causes Marlowe to offer helping him to set things right. He would be more effective as an actual MP than Levi's disguised soldiers. Levi is skeptical, but Jean steps in and asks if he can handle this. Levi allows it. Jean tests their character to see where their hearts truly lie and when it is clear they have no intention of killing him or following their original orders, he believes this is enough to convince Levi to trust them. Levi and his squad use the information gathered by Hitch and Marlowe to attack an Interior Military Police compound. The infiltration goes successfully, with the Interior MPs being disabled rather than killed, but they do not find Eren and Historia. Levi and his squad depart with one hostage who Levi interrogates about their location, but the MP refuses to talk, instead spouting off about how the Survey Corps will be lucky to survive and how Erwin and the other captured soldiers will be executed. He tells Levi that their only option is to surrender and hope that enough to spare their comrades' lives. Undeterred, Levi asks again where Eren and "Krista" are located. The MP is surprised that Levi would give up on his comrades, but Levi doubts the crown would spare them and savagely twists and breaks the MP's arm for not answering his question. The third time he asks about Eren and "Krista" the MP is panicked and confesses that he does not know where they are. Kenny Ackerman is extremely tight-lipped about it. However, the newcomers turn out to be Hange along with Marlowe and Hitch, who have come with good news. The false charges against the Survey Corps have been dropped and the capital is now under the control of Commander-in-Chief Darius Zackly. Levi's squad celebrates and he asks what in the world could have been done to accomplish this. Hange answers that it was the individual choices of many people that changed their world. He apologizes for losing Keiji, Nifa, and Abel, but Hange finds hope in the fact that their sacrifice enabled Levi to beat the First Interior Squad, to which Levi admits that their leader and his team are still out there. Hange has a lead though and suspects that Eren is going to be eaten in order to obtain his Titan power. Erwin had a report commissioned on the Reiss estate, and assuming that Eren and Historia were captured by the Reiss family, that is likely where they are being held. The day Wall Maria fell a group of bandits burned down the village chapel while the Reiss family was inside, massacring everyone except for Rod Reiss. Days later he initiated contact with Historia. Levi concludes that there must be something special about her bloodline. The destroyed chapel is what interests Hange though, because fire should not have torn down a stone building, and then Rod Reiss rebuilt the place with his own assets. There is something strange about all that. Levi agrees and has everyone head there. He warns his squad that Kenny will be their biggest obstacle, because fighting him will be like fighting Levi himself. Levi asks Mikasa if she thinks Kenny might be related to her since they share the same last name, Ackerman, but she does not directly answer. She only knows that her father's family was persecuted, and not the reason why. Levi then asks her whether she experienced a moment when she felt a sudden power awaken inside her. Upon confirming this, Levi tells Mikasa that he and Kenny also experienced such moments in their lives. They arrive at the chapel and find the secret door leading underground. Levi and the others make preparations for facing the Anti-Personnel Control Squad, which is waiting for them below. The group sends barrels of gunpowder and bags of oil down the stairs, setting fire to them and filling the underground chamber with smoke, reducing visibility and the usefulness of firearms. Most of the squad exacerbates the problem with signal flares while Levi and Mikasa Scout out their enemies. Levi calls for his squad to take them down and the team springs into action. After a concerted push, they manage to drive back the Anti-Personnel Squad. Levi leaves Armin to take care of an injured Hange while he and the others chase after them. The squad finds Rod Reiss transforming into a Titan and Historia trying to free Eren from his chains. When she is blown back, Levi, Connie, and Jean take the keys to help free him. Making matters worse, the roof begins to collapse from the size of Rod's Titan, and the team is trapped against the wall of the chamber. Eren is hesitant to act until Levi pushes him to make a choice, just like he did back when they were facing the Female Titan. The memory is enough to get Eren on his feet. He grabs the "Armor" bottle that had fallen out of Rod's bag and breaks it between his teeth as he transforms. Eren's Titan form then crystallizes, stabilizing the cavern around the squad, preventing them from being crushed. Even after he is cut out of it, his hardened form does not disappear, which Levi states is a huge development, as they can now seal the hole in Wall Maria. Levi and his squad exit the cavern through a hole made in the ceiling above and see the trail of destruction left in the wake of Rod Reiss' Titan. Armin believes it is an abnormal since it is ignoring them and Levi tells everyone that they are going after it. Eren entertains the possibility of getting eaten by Rod, since that would turn him back into a human who would then have the powers of the Progenitor Titan, but Levi disabuses him of the notion. Even if they turn Rod Reiss back into a human, they will still have to undo the First King's brainwashing in order to get him to help them. Erwin meets up with them, and Levi briefs him on the situation. The Survey Corps regroups in Orvud District in preparation to fight Rod. At dawn, Historia joins the others on the Wall in preparation to defeat the gigantic Titan and Levi tries to convince her to stand down, but she pushes back using his own reasoning about choosing whether to run or to fight. Levi watches the Garrison's cannon attacks against Rod Reiss, noting how ineffective they are. When the Titan reaches the Wall, Levi and his squad move forward with Erwin's plan to cripple Rod Reiss' hands with explosives and have Eren shoves barrels of gunpowder inside Rod's mouth, causing him to explode. The plan is a success, and they begin cutting down the flying pieces of flesh to find Rod Reiss' true body and Historia is the one who kills him. Sometime after the fight, Levi and a subordinate find Kenny sitting under a tree in the woods. Kenny is heavily wounded and Levi sends the other soldier away, saying he will be fine on his own. As if to mock him, Kenny shows Levi one of the syringes with the serum that transforms a person into a Titan. However Levi knows that if Kenny was inclined to use it, he would have done so by now. Levi asks him about the First King and why he does not want humanity to survive, but Kenny only knows that it was for that reason that the Ackermans opposed him. When Levi, now knowing that his last name is Ackerman, asks Kenny what exactly was he to his mother, Kenny laughs and reveals that he was her older brother, thereby making him Levi's uncle. Shocked, Levi questioned him on why he abandoned him and is told that the reason he left Levi was because he believed he was not fit to be a parent. He gives Levi the serum just before dying as Levi looked at his late uncle with a solemn expression. After Historia's coronation, Levi is confronted by the new queen and the members of the Special Operations Squad. She punches him, as Dimo Reeves had told her to do, and she dares him to retaliate. Instead of getting angry however, he smiles and thanks his friends. Two months later, Levi backs up Historia on providing a home for the poor and orphans, considering that he was from the Underground City as well. He is present at Trost when Hange Zoë is testing out the Executioner from Hell and attends the military meeting where Erwin Smith goes over a new expedition to Shiganshina. In a private follow-up between the heads of the military, Erwin decides to entrust Levi with the Titan injection since he has the highest chance of surviving. It will be Levi's call if and when to use it. Return to Shiganshina arc The next morning, Instructor Keith Shadis is visited at the training camp by Eren, Hange, Mikasa, Armin, Jean, Sasha, and Levi. The reason for this is that Eren now remembers a past memory where his father Dr. Yeager met Keith after the massacre in the Reiss family chapel. Eren asks Keith to tell him everything he knows about his father, and they go to a house to talk. Levi remarks that Keith has changed a lot since they last met, remembering his head full of hair and then looking at his now bald scalp. Keith starts by warning them that he knows nothing of Grisha's secrets, but anyway recounts to them all his experiences with him ever since they met 20 years ago, until the day of the fall of Wall Maria after Keith found Eren unconscious in a forest after receiving the Coordinate. A furious Hange tells him that he is not the one who decides if that information is valuable or not and reprimands him for not saying anything about it to the Survey Corps before, prompting Levi to tell Hange to stop. Hange continues to chastise him and is only silenced when they are again asked to stop by Eren. During a meeting with other members of the Survey Corps, Levi sits silently and listens to Hange tell Erwin what Keith Shadis explained to them on their visit. After the meeting is finished, Levi waits until all the other members have left and then shuts the door, intent on having a private conversation with Erwin. He tries to persuade Erwin to sit out on the upcoming mission to retake Wall Maria and to leave it to the others, telling him that in his weakened state, Erwin will simply be Titan food and that he is not willing to carry along any extra baggage. Erwin however explains to Levi that the chain of command must be preserved, and that he has an intense desire to see what is in Grisha's basement, which prompts Levi to threaten to break both of his legs. However, this does not deter Erwin and Levi realizes that he will unfortunately not be able to change Erwin's mind, even though he fears his death as a wounded soldier. Late that night at a special 'red meat' dinner, Levi briefly attended with Erwin and Hange, later breaking up a fight between Eren and Jean by kicking and throwing them both into submission. He then orders that they and the rest of the Corps to go back to their quarters and go to bed. Shortly after, Eren, Armin and Mikasa talk about their returning home and Levi listens to them while in the barn. As he hears Armin's ambitions, his expression is lowered and darkened. The next day, just before sunset, Levi along with the other Survey Corps leaders salute the higher-ups of the brass, including Darius Zackly and Commander Pixis. Levi watches on as the citizens of the Trost District cheer for the Survey Corps and call out his name. He acts modest and calls them selfish before seeing Erwin cheer back at the enthusiastic civilians. Right after, the 58th expedition begins, Levi rides out with the Corps at Erwin's side as he glances back at Eren and Mikasa. Near dawn, the Survey Corps walk on foot through a forest on a mountain, leading their horses. Levi questions a subordinate, asking if they are still not at the bottom of the mountain, worrying that it is almost dawn. As Squad Levi talk among themselves, Jean spots a Titan and Hange orders the Corps to halt and illuminate the area, using fragments from the cave below the Reiss Chapel. Hange then states that the Titan is asleep, and the Corps continue. Eventually, they reach Shiganshina District and ride in on their horses. Erwin orders the soldiers to be wary of hidden Titans and then orders them to switch to vertical maneuvering equipment and begin the mission. The soldiers leave their horses and rush toward the gate to Shiganshina. As Eren arrives atop the inner Wall, he stares at the ruins of his home town. He is quickly urged on by Levi to get to the outer gate and the two take off. As per the plan, 100 soldiers covered by hoods rush to the outer gate to confuse any watching enemies, making sure they do not know which soldier is Eren. Hange and Levi wonder why there are no Titans in the area and Levi claims that they have fallen right into the enemy's hands. However, the two agree that they must go forward with the plan anyway as Eren flies up above the gate and prepares to transform. After Eren successfully seals the hole in the Wall, Levi reminds him that they have to kill all of their enemies, including Reiner and Bertolt before their mission will truly be finished. When Reiner is discovered by one of the Survey Corps members and attempts to attack Armin, Levi attacks Reiner, shoving his blade through the nape of his neck and stabbing him, before kicking him to the ground. After seeing that Reiner survived the brutal attack, Levi angrily laments that he was not able to kill Reiner. While on the ground, Reiner shifts into his Titan form. Levi makes his way back to Erwin's side, where the latter begins issuing commands. He tasks Levi with helping to protect the horses, believing that Levi is the only soldier he can trust to take out the Beast Titan. He arrives first, out of the two squads sent, and immediately kills two Titans,[8] ordering the soldiers under his command that they cannot die. After Bertolt is thrown over the Wall and transforms, Levi and his soldiers are bombarded by a barrage of stones and boulders from the Beast Titan. They retreat to the Wall where Erwin meets them. Levi asks about Eren and Squad Hange's well-being, and Erwin informs the soldiers of their increasingly desperate situation. As the young recruits fall into a panic, Levi asks Erwin if he has some kind of plan. Regarding the situation, Levi gives Erwin the advice to save as many lives as possible by "loading them on Eren" to make an escape. Levi continues by saying that he will fight the Beast Titan. Although Levi knows that there is little chance of a victory, he deduces that there is still hope for the Survey Corps if Erwin and Eren survive. But for Levi to take down the Beast Titan, Erwin must sacrifice himself and his men. At this point, Erwin is melancholic, but Levi makes the decision and swears that he will take down the Beast Titan after telling his commander that he must die for them. In an attempt to get closer to the Beast Titan, Levi uses the line of Titans around him to his advantage while in an open space. To his side, he notices Erwin's men following closely behind, fear stricken as they ride toward their death. After Erwin and most of the Survey Corps fall when charging the Beast Titan, Levi takes out the surrounding Titans and engages Zeke. After realizing what has happened, Zeke attempts to crush Levi, who merely dodges, slicing up the Titan's arm to pieces in the process. Levi then proceeds to slash the Beast Titan's eyes, blinding it, then cuts up its ankles which causes it to topple over. Slicing open the nape, Levi thrusts his blade into Zeke's mouth, commenting that his body is heavily damaged after transforming into a Titan so Zeke can not transform again while he is busy healing it. Further thrusting his blade right through Zeke's cheek and above his right eye, Levi decides he cannot kill him yet, pondering over whether there is anyone still alive who he would use the Titan injection on and have them eat Zeke to steal his Titan power. However, Levi is interrupted and shocked when the Cart Titan snatches Zeke and carries him away in its mouth. Zeke then orders the remaining Titans to kill Levi, but Levi, remembering his promise to Erwin, finds his resolve and begins to take on the Titans and chase down Zeke. Levi pursues Zeke and the Cart Titan back to Shiganshina District, where he is stopped by his lack of supplies. He orders Eren to give him all his gas and blades so that he can continue the chase, but Eren panics and demands that Levi give Armin, who has been mortally wounded, the Titan injection he is carrying. Levi hesitates but agrees. Just as he is about to hand Eren the injection, a recruit crawls up onto the roof with Erwin, who is on the brink of death. Levi decides that he will give it to Erwin instead of Armin, which enrages Eren. Appalled at Eren and Mikasa, Levi reminds them of how important Erwin's survival is, and orders them not to let their feelings bias their decision. When Eren refuses to step down, Levi forcefully punches his face and knocks him aside, before being pinned down by an enraged Mikasa. Eren and Mikasa try to convince Levi of Armin's value, while Floch argues that Levi is correct to save Erwin, and a fight between them is only narrowly avoided by the arrival of Hange, who pulls Mikasa off of Levi. Levi prepares to inject Erwin, but is given pause by Eren, who tries to sway Levi by telling him of Armin's dream to see the ocean. Levi orders his comrades to leave him alone while he injects Erwin. As Levi prepares to inject Erwin, he recalls Armin's conversation with Eren and Mikasa about the ocean, and Erwin's dream to see the secrets locked in Eren's basement. As he begins injecting Erwin, Levi recalls Kenny's final words about people becoming slaves to their own desires, and is surprised when Erwin lashes out in his sleep, knocking away the syringe. As he watches Erwin, Levi recalls his order to Erwin to give up on his dreams and die with the rest of the Survey Corps' recruits, and the look of relief on Erwin's face at the order. After injecting Armin, Levi watches as Armin's mindless Titan form devours Bertolt, and explains to a confused Floch that, after all he has given, it is time for Erwin to finally rest. Levi attempts to apologize to Erwin for failing to kill the Beast Titan, but Hange informs him that Erwin has already died. On top of the Wall, Levi notices that Armin has awoken. He fires a signal flare for the soldiers to regroup. He orders Eren to tell Armin about the events that occurred in the past few hours. Armin shows remorse for the measures his comrades have taken for him, but Levi advocates that he should not be regretful. Afterward, Levi follows Eren, Mikasa, and Hange to the Yeager family's basement. When the group find that Eren's key cannot open the locked door, Levi proceeds to kick the door open. They inspect the basement thoroughly and Mikasa finds a drawer which needs Eren's key to unlock. Initially empty, Levi discovers a false bottom and under it are three hidden books kept intact with various preservatives. They open the first book and within it they find an uncannily realistic portrait of Grisha standing beside a fair-haired woman and a child. On the back of it, Grisha had written that it is not an illustration; it is called a photograph and humanity has not perished. While serving their punishment in jail cells, Mikasa and Eren discuss the journals and Grisha's memories until Hange, Levi, and Armin interrupt Eren and provoke them about what they were talking about until Levi accuses him of going through a phase as a teenager and lets them go, claiming that their sentence is being cut short because of their low numbers and their superiors failure to catch the Armored and Beast Titans. The group, now with Jean, meet Historia afterward to speak with her after she finishes reading a letter left to her by Ymir. After the meeting, everyone, including all other military commanders and officials, meet to discuss the recent expedition, the journals, and the huge loss of life. Once the information obtained from Eren's basement is released to the world, Hange and Levi meet with Roy and Peaure to discuss the revelations and how the public are handling it. The royal government plans for the Survey Corps to be awarded with medals in a ceremony for their bravery and success. Overhearing a fight breaking out among the younger recruits, Levi cuts in to stop them and tell them to prepare for the beginning of the ceremony. A military audience gathers in a large room where Historia presents each of the nine soldiers with a medal of honor in the form of a dark bolo tie with the wings of freedom on it. Months later, in the summer season, Shiganshina District is once again populated with people as all the Titans had been cleared out. Finally, the Survey Corps once again ventures outside of Wall Maria on an expedition for the first time in six years. They find a trail left by a Titan crawling along the ground and follow it until they reach the edge of Paradis Island. Here, the Survey Corps sees the ocean for the first time. Jean, Connie, and Sasha begin splashing and playing while Hange gleefully picks up never-before-seen ocean materials such as coral much to Levi's dismay, as he attempts to caution them against touching the water. Marley arc One year after the Battle of Shiganshina District, Levi and other members of the Survey Corps make contact with the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers, Yelena and Onyankopon, who rebel against the rest of the Marleyan crew on their ship. The two defectors show Levi and Hange their technology, and Levi is concerned by how greatly Hange is impressed with Marley's level of advancement. He asks if the defectors would notify Marley that they have eliminated all the Titans on the island, but Yelena says they would not. They are here under orders from Zeke to free the Eldian people. Levi attends the military meeting to decide whether to cooperate with Zeke and the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers. Though he does not voice an opinion, he asks Eren why he withheld the information that he could control the Founding Titan's power if he is in contact with a royal-blooded Titan. Not wanting to disrupt the meeting, Levi tells Eren they will discuss this later. Once the Survey Corps agrees to work with Yelena and Onyankopan, Levi assists them in capturing the soldiers sent on future Marleyan expeditions. A year later, Levi and Hange take the Survey Corps to meet with an ambassador from the nation of Hizuru named Kiyomi Azumabito. While waiting for Kiyomi to arrive, Yelena attempts to interact with Eren, but Levi separates them, insisting that Yelena not be allowed near him. In 853, Levi and Hange receive word from Hizuru saying that they will be unable to help Eldia trade with the outside world and relay the news to Levi's squad. Levi, Hange and the Scouts decide to journey to Marley's mainland to meet with Kiyomi. At the Azumabito estate, Levi listens on as Kiyomi discusses the unlikeliness of Eldia forming friendly relationships with other countries. Hange decides the Scouts must remain undercover and place their faith in the "Association to protect the Subjects of Ymir" speaking at an international forum the following day. Later on in the day Levi, Hange and Onyankopon find the rest of the Scouts passed out after partying with a refugee family. The soldiers sit in on a speech by the Association discussing the mistreatment of displaced Subjects of Ymir. They are horrified when the speaker begins calling for the hatred being shown towards Eldians worldwide to be redirected towards the Eldians living on Paradis. Eren slinks off during the hearing, and later sends letters to the Scouts, informing them of his intention to trust Zeke and attack Liberio. In 854, Levi later participates in the infiltration into Marley and the ensuing Raid on Liberio. After the Jaw Titan sneaks behind and jumps on the back of the Attack Titan, Levi takes note and goes to intercept it. The Jaw Titan tries to bite into the neck of the Attack Titan, but Levi severs the muscles in the left side of its face, rendering it unable to rip out the nape. Then both Levi and Mikasa engage it, along with many other members of the Survey Corps. The Cart Titan's Panzer Unit makes a surprise attack, eliminating many of the Corps and forcing them to fall back. Noticing the sudden arrival of Zeke Yeager's Beast Titan, Levi orders the surviving soldiers to regroup and stares down the Beast Titan. Levi is on standby as the Beast Titan sends debris flying into the surrounding area. He observes as the Titan calls for him to come out, and later ambushes it by quickly slicing its nape, knocking it down. Levi proceeds to cut Zeke out of his Titan form and, before grappling away, throws a bomb into the Beast Titan's nape, detonating it and demoralizing the Marley troops with the presumed death of their Warchief. As the Survey Corps retreat, Levi helps Eren aboard the airship and then kicks him into the wall and places him under arrest. He takes Eren to a back room where Zeke and his attendant Yelena are. Both he and Zeke exchange insults when two stowaways are brought to them; he listens to Hange and silently agrees when Hange states that Eren made the entire Paradis Island a target due to his actions in Marley. Once they return to the island, Levi rides into the city in a carriage with Zeke. He mock threatens to kill Zeke, send his corpse back to Marley, and then reveal everything about his plot, which would spell the end for his grandparents. However, Levi admits as long as Zeke's "secret plan" is real, he is willing to wait a little longer before slicing him to pieces. War for Paradis arc Levi escorts Zeke to a Titan Forest with a number of soldiers explaining that it will not be easy for him to escape from such an environment. Zeke asks Levi if he can show the trees to Gabi and Falco, but Levi responds that it depends on his own actions. Despite his reservations, Levi is convinced by his subordinates to allow them to drink wine imported from Marley while they are guarding Zeke in the forest. Zeke later tells Levi about the method he had used to turn the people of Ragako into Titans. After the explanation finishes, Levi admonishes Zeke for his lack of guilt, and tells him that he clearly has no concern for human life. He is shaken off and told not to assume how he felt. Zeke changes the subject by asking when he will be allowed to carry out his experiment with Eren. Levi tells him that this is not his call, but both agree that it would be a mistake to wait around too long. After a Survey Corps messenger arrives at the camp, Varis notifies Levi that Darius Zackly has been assassinated and also informs him of Commander Pixis's plan to deal with the Yeagerists. Dismayed to hear that his friends and comrades have essentially died for nothing to protect Eren, Levi tells them they are altering the plan. He suggests they capture one of the Yeagerists and force them to eat Zeke; then when Historia gives birth several months from now and is ready to inherit, they will feed the Yeagerist to her. Levi orders Varis to go inform Pixis and descends from the tree. Despite the holes in this plan, Levi admits to himself that he does not care about Pixis's reply. After trading a few barbs with Zeke, Levi gets lost in his thoughts. He considers how he will soon fulfill the vow he made to Erwin during the Battle of Shiganshina and give meaning to his deceased comrades. Turning around, he notices Zeke running into the forest; before Levi can react, however, Zeke lets out a piercing scream. He looks on in horror as the numerous Survey Corps soldiers above him begin to fall out of the trees and transform into Titans. Levi is caught off guard but comes to his senses in time to avoid one of the Titans charging him. Remembering how his subordinates insisted they enjoy the wine offered and Zeke's comment on it from earlier, Levi theorizes that the wine was indeed the likely cause of the soldiers transforming. Noticing these Titans are faster and more unpredictable, he reflects on if his subordinates are still inside and conscious of their actions. As the Titans swarm around him in midair, Levi closes his eyes. Levi slaughters his former subordinates and collects several Thunder Spears before chasing down Zeke. Catching up with him, Levi kills one of Zeke's three Titan escorts and meets Zeke's gaze with a murderous look. Levi quickly dispatches another of the Titans before Zeke transforms into the Beast Titan. As Zeke butchers the final Titan and throws the bloody pieces at him, Levi dodges Zeke's attack while chopping up large tree branches to hide himself in mid-air. He criticizes Zeke for not anticipating that he would be capable of killing his fellow soldiers. Falling towards Zeke, Levi fires and hits Zeke's nape with four Thunder Spears before quickly detonating them. Cutting Zeke's mangled and burned body from his Titan form, Levi insults him before dragging him out of the forest. When the tied up Zeke awakens inside a horse-drawn cart, Levi instructs him to not move, revealing that he has placed the tip of a Thunder Spear inside his stomach and attached the fuse around his neck. Levi chastises Zeke for killing his men, before starting to cut off chunks of his legs. Hearing Zeke scream, Levi shouts at him to shut up, explaining that this has to be done to prevent him from becoming a Titan. Zeke weakly asks where his glasses are but Levi brushes it aside, stating he would no longer be needing them. While Levi steers the cart, Zeke begins muttering about his plan to euthanize Eldia in order to ensure the world's safety. Hearing this, Levi begins mocking him, saying that his impending death at the hands of a Titan is too merciful when considering the lives he has taken. Zeke weakly protests that he was saving their children from living in a cruel world, prompting Levi to angrily prepare to cut off his legs again. Terrified, Zeke pulls the pin on the Thunder Spear lodged in his stomach; a shocked Levi is unable to react and is caught in the resulting explosion. The two of them are launched from the cart, and Levi is sent hurling towards a nearby river. Levi's unconscious body is found shortly afterwards by Hange and a group of Yeagerists. When a soldier suggests shooting Levi, Hange insists that he is already dead, prompting Floch to request that he be allowed to check for a pulse. Before Floch can check, he is distracted by the sight of Zeke emerging from a nearby Titan, allowing Hange to grab Levi's body and dive into the river to escape. Since he was near Zeke when the Thunder Spear was activated, Levi's face is severely scarred by the resulting debris; in addition, Levi also lost two of the fingers on his right hand. Levi is eventually awakened from his coma by a message sent by Eren to all Subjects of Ymir announcing his intentions to destroy the world outside of Paradis. The two resolve to find a way to stop Eren, and Hange creates a makeshift transport for Levi to be moved in. As Levi is being transported, they cross paths with the Cart Titan and a Marleyan general. Hange approaches the two, insisting that they and Levi are harmless. Levi negotiates with the soldiers, pointing out that they have a common goal in killing Zeke. Reluctantly, the soldiers agree to work together. During the nightfall en route to harbor, Levi attempts to rest but is awakened by the commotion being made by the others in the camp. After daybreak, Levi would stay behind with the noncombatants as his allies confront the Yeagerists at the harbor. Having decided to transport the flying boat to the Marleyan coastal city of Odiha, Levi and the other head towards the Azumabito's ship on top of the Cart Titan. After arriving in Odiha, Armin finds Levi walking despite his injuries. Levi refuses to rest any longer and insists on interrogating Yelena about Eren's next destination. Yelena claims that Eren is going to Fort Salta, but Levi is concerned by her sudden cooperation. As the group prepares to depart Odiha, Levi prepares himself for battle despite his injuries; when the others wonder how he will be able to fight with only two fingers on one hand, Levi brushes their concerns aside and merely states he will manage fine. He ridicules Hange for failing to make friends with Pieck, but becomes concerned when his commander begins musing about their fallen comrades. Preparations are interrupted by Floch, who arrives in the flying boat's hangar damaging its fuel tank, necessitating repairs. Eren's Titans arrive as the repairs are being made and Hange volunteers to hold them off while the ship departs. Levi stops Hange only long enough to tell them to dedicate their heart. Levi and the group is suddenly pulled into Paths by Eren. Levi and the others attempt to reason with Eren to stop the rumbling, however Eren informs the group that he called them into Paths to let them know that they will have to kill him to stop the Rumbling, before sending them back to the flying boat. As the flying boat reaches Eren it comes under fire from the Beast Titan. Levi and his comrades jump from the boat and use their maneuvering gear to evade the Beast's projectiles before engaging it directly. The Beast is quickly defeated, but Zeke is nowhere to be found. The group decides to retreat to a safe distance so Armin can transform and try to uncover Zeke with the blast, but the plan is interrupted when an army of Titans begins generating on Eren's back and absconds with Armin. Levi reassures his team that Armin is unhurt, as he would have transformed otherwise, and begins devising a plan to act as bait for the Titans while the rest of the group tries to save him. Pieck attempts to kill Eren but is defeated by the Titans, and Levi orders the remaining soldiers to pursue Armin as he is their only hope of stopping more Titans from appearing. The group does not make it far before Bertolt's Colossus Titan appears. The Colossus disables Reiner's Titan and then throws it at the group, knocking them off Eren's Titan. Levi is left too injured by the impact to move, but manages to use the last of his strength to save Connie from being devoured by a Titan. However, his leg is caught in the Titan's jaw and Mikasa is forced to save him. Passing out from pain, Levi begins to fall and is only saved when Connie manages to catch him. The entire group is saved by the timely arrival of Falco, who has learned to fly with his Jaw Titan form. A disagreement begins atop Falco's Titan over whether to attack Eren's nape or save Armin first and Levi makes the decision to split up and do both. Mikasa tries to protest, but Levi insists that they are no longer in a position where they can care about Eren's well-being. As his allies disembark Falco to begin their objectives, Levi laments the fact that he is too injured to help. As he reflects on his inability to carry out Erwin's final order and kill Zeke, Levi begins to wonder why his comrades all dedicated themselves to the Survey Corps' mission. As he remembers his comrades, Levi asserts that he does not regret saving Armin's life over Erwin's, since Armin has always had the same look in his eyes that his fallen comrades did. As he observes the battle from Falco's Titan Levi is perplexed to see a handful of the Titans begin to defend his comrades from the rest of the Titans. He is immediately brought out of his stupor by the sight of Zeke emerging from Eren's spine and calling out to him. Without hesitation, Levi decapitates Zeke before returning to Falco. The group returns to Salta while Armin transforms atop Eren's Titan. From the fort they are relieved to see that Reiner has survived, but are dismayed to see that both Eren and the source of all living matter have survived as well. Connie suggests killing the source, but Levi insists that they have been left with no other option than to kill Eren. Before they can attack Eren again, the source begins emitting smoke that billows into the fort. Realizing that the smoke is going to transform the Eldians present into Titans, Levi quickly orders Mikasa and Pieck to leave the fort with him on Falco so that they are not put in danger by the Titans. Pieck departs to help Reiner fight the centipede while Falco takes Levi and Mikasa directly to Eren. Mikasa deduces that Eren is inside his Titan's mouth and Levi uses a Thunder Spear to make a way for her to get inside and kill him. As the power of the Titans is undone and the Eldian families begin to reunite with each other, Levi rests against a rock. He sees a vision of his fallen comrades watching him and asks if they were able to see the result of their work. The soldiers salute him in response and Levi returns the salute. In the three years following the battle at Salta, Levi takes up residence in Marley. His injuries leave him permanently wheelchair-bound and he is attended to by Gabi and Falco. Bad Boy Sometime later, Levi is among the survivors that plant trees in a collective effort to restore the ecosystems impacted by the Rumbling. As he is taking a break with Falco and Gabi, the latter makes fun of him for holding cups by their brims rather than their handles. In response, Levi tells her the story of why he chooses to never use cup handles.