PART III

Consume

Levi and Erwin returned to Trost in late December 846. For the next several months, the Survey Corps continued its focus on recruiting and finding investors. Levi 's celebrity status was a great help to both, and though it made him uncomfortable to hold the spotlight, he knew it was for the good of the Corps. He arm wrestled, he demonstrated titan takedowns to trainees, he punched through cinder blocks, all while Erwin told tales of his amazing feats on the battlefield. Because they weren 't leaving the walls, there was almost no negative publicity to counteract their efforts, and as a result, the Survey Corps began to flourish. By early summer, their roster was high enough to resume expeditions, and Erwin had recovered enough to lead them.