Swoosh. Attack. Boom.
Before Eren could react, he was struck with the hammer straight over his heart by one of the puppets. The puppet had swung his hammer with such ferocity and speed that Eren's body was thrown into the air with a breakneck momentum.
"Aargh!"
Eren cried in pain as he felt his ribs being shattered. The vector force acting on his body has saved him from suffering a severe injury. If he had stayed in his place while facing the full brunt of the attack, he would have received a fatal injury as soon as the fight had started.
In a split second, Eren understood that it was a foolish idea to start the test without the Bear Creed's armor. He had also underestimated the difficulty of the test as well as the opponents he was facing.
The puppets walked with strange, nonlinear strides because of their misshaped limbs and deformed joints. But contrary to his expectations, they were the puppets' strengths and not weaknesses.
