The Titans had been officially established for less than a month. Before that, instructors dispatched by V.E Company had disciplined them for 20 weeks with Prussian-style whips full of love and passion, and never-ending, repetitive vulgarity encased in full metal. All to make these rookies, who had been tilling the ground and pitching hay before enlisting, into qualified "great killing machines" faster. Even the practice of using live subjects for bayonet training, a method employed by the recruits of District 11, was employed.
After a hurried and exhaustive training, these freshly minted killing machines embarked onto a train towards Castile, ready to showcase the fruits of their training.
The Titans' journey was smooth and easy. The V.E Railway Company learned from its previous mistakes and alleviated pressure by controlling total transportation volume. Within a day, a force of 50,000 Titans had arrived at the deserted plains south of Asuglana.
