Southern Earth Kingdom….
Rumble!
The Earth Kingdom soldiers sealed the entrance shut.
“It's done sir”.
“Alright boys. That's a wrap on this work”. The leader of the group uttered expressionlessly, his back facing the sealed entrance.
“They are Fire Nation prisoners now. So it's time to transport the other refugees to .....”.
Squelch!
The sickening sound of flesh being pierced through rang out within the tunnel. Their leader had his eyes widen as did theirs at the sudden attack he had just experienced.
His eyeballs shifted downwards to see a metal blade sticking out of his chest. Blood flowed from the area, quickly dying his clothes red.
“... How ….”.
The leader opened his mouth to speak.
Only one word came out. In the place of the rest was blood.
The blade was drawn out, and the Earth bending leader fell to the floor with the loss of support.
“Argh …. Ugh”.
Thud!
The Earthbenders were stunned. They had just sealed the entrance. How the hell did this guy appear?
The fall of their leader seemed to snap them out of their daze, and they moved to attack ….
The torches in their hands dropped to the floor as they raised their feet.
“Lesson one when fighting Earthbenders ….”.
Luca remembered his time at the Fire Nation military academy when the class instructor was giving a lesson.
“...... The less skilled ones always start their attack by slamming their feet on the ground, making rock projectiles emerge for their attacks”.
The combat instructor uttered with a stern expression. Come to think of it, it was quite similar to his Math teacher back in grade school.
“There is always that split second delay before their feet touches the ground. A certain distance away, it's difficult to take advantage of. Even if you were close enough, a regular fighter wouldn't be able to take advantage”.
At that moment, the instructor's eyes narrowed like a hawk's.
“Under my tutelage, bender or not, you will be the exception”. —
A master bender wasn't created solely by mastery of the elements. What made one worthy of the title master was their knowledge of application of said element in battle.
It wasn't all about how hot your flames were or how large the rock you could carry was. Sometimes, it was all about the little things. Movement patterns, momentary habits, distance measurement, anticipation .....
They didn't need to showcase enough power to destroy mountains at times to defeat the enemy.
Their rich combat instinct let them know what move to make and when exactly to make it.
Just like Toph. Capable of defeating other Earth benders with more ease than one could think possible.
In this scenario, a rightly timed fire blast to the legs was the best course of action. Destabilizing their movements, halting their attack, and throwing them off balance.
The follow-up would be easy.
Due to his lack of bending, Luca had been trained to use Long ranged weapons to achieve a similar effect.
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ATLA, In A Darker World
FanfictionMy Name Is Luca. - You Have Died - "Sigh ..... I know". Currently, I am in an empty white space. Was I going to heaven or hell? Well ..... Neither. What was before me, however, was a list of floating words that I could only assume to be my possibl...
