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Southern Earth Kingdom
Haican ….
The earth rumbled, but not from Earthbending. Both within the stronghold and outside of it, the refugees were all frightened at the explosion that erupted from the place they regarded as their hope to salvation.
“By the spirits ….”.
“What's happening”.
“It's over. The Fire Nation is attacking. We're all doomed”.
“Ahhhh!”
While the explosion effectively destroyed the tunnel, it also caused enough chaos to do the one thing Luca needed most.
Divert attention.
Seconds elapsed after the explosion. A black silhouette suddenly appeared at the edge of the forest area several hundred meters away.
'Turns out, I was right'.
He turned his back to look at Haican, numerous thoughts lingering on his mind. After learning of the plan to blow up the tunnel, Luca had thought of taking advantage of the explosion to escape unseen.
He was right.
The wall patrols were too preoccupied with Mingxia's blasting jelly bomb that no one noticed his departure.
Or even if they did, they wouldn't ......
His smug thoughts were interrupted at the sight of what happened next.
Under his gaze, some earth kingdom soldiers could be seen leaping down from the walls. Coming together, the earth kingdom soldiers immediately moved their arms around.
Rumble!
The earth under them protruded out, lifting the whole group upward before pushing them forward.
'… Looks like I decided too soon'. Luca thought with a frown.
They were giving chase.
“Alright. Time to go”. His figure turned around before rushing into the darkness of the forest.
Several moments later, the chasing team rushed appeared where he last stood and dismounted from the rocks.
“Spread out. He couldn't have gone far”.
The order was given, and the soldiers moved in different directions.
Time elapsed and after many minutes of searching, the soldiers regrouped again.
“Any luck?”
“None sir. There was no sign of the intruder”.
“Nothing on our end either”.
The leading soldier frowned.
“Nothing? No tracks? Clues?”
“Nothing sir. His tracks practically stop at the entrance of the forest. After that, he seemed to have disappeared into thin air”.
The frown on his face deepened.
After a moment of silence ….
“Return to base”. He ordered with an unsightly expression. “An unknown intruder escaped directly from the base. He's most likely responsible for the bombing as well. We must inform Captain Li as soon as possible”.
It was impossible to take further action now that the enemy had seemingly vanished into thin air.
Only by reporting to his superior and receiving orders could he carry out the next course of action.
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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...
