Chapter 11 Night Of Slaughter

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Yah! The explosions never ceased as the fire benders continued to set the trees ablaze.

'Nothing yet ...... Garhg! Where the hell are you …'.

The Sergeant thought inwardly. He had expected the criminal to be flushed out by now.

In the process of destroying vegetation, the distance between each soldier had grown considerably stretched.

This was what Luca had been waiting for.

The sound of trampling hooves resounded as a Spearman holding a blazing torch on his right hand rushed to set ablaze the next target.

Only this time.......

Suuuuiii!

There was the sound of an object cutting through the air at rapid speed. The slight whistling sound was all the soldier heard before an arrow was embedded into his face similar to his comrade.

There was no shriek, no scream. His death was silent without alerting anyone nearby as he let go of the reins, dropped the torch onto the green grass and fell from his mount.

The fire spread as the grassland immediately went up in flames.
The Komodo Rhino let out a loud roar in panic due to the spreading fire and ran away to avoid getting burned.

Smoke rose into the air as the evening wind fueled the flame's rising.

Despite green grasslands being less flammable, the entire area would, sooner or later, burn down if this was kept up.

Unfortunately, while the death of the spearman attracted no attention, the running Komodo Rhino without a rider was the exact opposite.

Just as others wanted to investigate, another Rhino ran towards their direction. This one, with a rider on board.

“I found him ..... Back that way ….”.

The male was dressed in Fire Nation uniform, with a bow in his grasp and arrows in his quiver.

An archer.

“What happened…". Three riders immediately gathered as the man stopped before them.

“He escaped in that direction. One of us was killed ….”. Everyone's faces changed immediately.

“What are you waiting for? Let's get him”. This small group had a drill Sergeant who immediately rode towards the other direction. The other two immediately followed.

As for the Archer who warned them ...... Anyone looking at him at the moment would see him drawing out three arrows and placing them against his bow.

Then ......

Suuuuiii

Suuuuiii

Suuuuiii ......

One by one in rapid succession, three arrows were fired like spearheads towards the departing backs of the oblivious soldiers.

“Ugh!”

“Argh!”

“...”. Two wore helmets, while the drill Sergeant did not. Hence, Luca who was now dressed in the fire Nation Uniform aimed at different places for the three of them.

Disguise: 16 ..... Quite practical.

Both privates were shot straight through the heart, piercing through their uniform, while the Drill Sergeant took a blow to the head as he fell to the floor immediately.

He died immediately. Unfortunately, the other two managed to let out pained groans. They weren't loud, but god knows if it would draw attention.

Not to mention......

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