20 - Plan

Rushing towards the captain Levi's sense of danger flared and so he dodged to the side evading a fireball that flew right next to him and without stopping he continued rushing towards his opponent.

Moving his hand to his waist he stealthily bended a small amount of water and held it in his hands as he kept advancing towards his opponent and dodging all the attacks thrown at him.

The captain did everything that he could from throwing fireballs to launching streams of fire at the boy but he never seemed to be able to hit him as if the kid could see the future and dodge in advance.

The last scene he saw was the boy's cold blue eyes like the sea staring into his soul as he passed by him, followed by a headless body that came into his vision before he lost consciousness. He didn't even have enough time to recognize the headless body as his own.

Levi quickly melted the ice knife and turned it back into water that stored back at the bottle on his waist as he watched the headless body fall to the ground.

[Ding!]

[Killed A fire nation captain +200 Exp]

[Leveled up +1]

Immediately Levi could feel all his tiredness from the fight washing away as if he just woke up and his energy replenishing, bringing him to his top form once again. He had become used to it after leveling up consecutively during this battle so he didn't even comment on it.

'I have come here expecting a challenge. I was even prepared to use limit breaker and blood bending at any time but it seems all my preparations were for nothing.' He thought exasperated.

'The soldiers stationed here are too weak.' He thought as he looked around, finding some of his fellow tribesmen struggling with some of the normal soldiers correcting his train of thought.

'Correction, I am too strong for these soldiers' He thought before moving along to help his allies.

Before long most of the Fire Nation soldiers were dead with only eight of them being held as captives.

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As they were moving the water tribe and Earth kingdom prisoners back into the ship and settling them in before departing Levi was feeling really uneasy, the fire nation soldiers' behavior before they border the prison, as if they wanted to stall them or exhaust them really made him uneasy.

And what made him more uneasy was the look of hope still on the eight captives' faces, he wasn't an expert on war and its aftermath but he knew that they should be feeling depressed and helpless instead of hope at moments like these.

'Something is definitely wrong.' Thought Levi, Turning around he approached his father who was overseeing the transfer of the freed prisoners.

Most of them were in terrible condition showing signs of torture, starvation, abuse and much more, just this scene extinguished any spark of sympathy Levi could have felt for the fire nation.

"Hey dad." He said as he approached his father.

Hearing him, Hakoda smiled proudly as he turned around,"Well if it isn't our little war machine, I gotta say you really gave your old man a surprise there boy, since when were you this strong?."

"It's all thanks to Master Tenzin if it weren't for him I wouldn't be where I am today, he is a really good mentor dad, I should thank you for picking him out for me." said Levi and he really meant it, with the system he was bound reach his current level anyhow but it would have taken him was longer.

"Hehe well of course, I wouldn't do anything less for my boy, but I will have a talk with him when I get back. He surely knew of your true abilities and didn't tell me." said Hakoda with an annoyed look on his face.

'No you won't.' Thought Levi remembering how Tenzin took shit from nobody in the tribe, even the other elders.

"Let's leave that for later dad, there is actually something I am worried about..." Started Levi as he explained everything he observed and deduced to his father.

"Hmmm so you're saying there might be some reinforcement coming?." Said hakoda as he turned towards the prisoners and observed their expression, noticing what his son was talking about.

"Yes dad, and judging from the hopeful look on their faces said reinforcements can't be some random squad either, they've seen our strength and still they remain hopeful, am afraid that we might not be able to deal with what's coming dad." Said Levi with a worried tone of voice and he really wasn't faking it.

'If things come down to it I'll have to use my limit breaker and blood bending, I'll have to deal with the consequences later. It's better than getting killed.' Thought Levi, limit breaker can be explained in multiple ways but if he had to use blood bending he really didn't know how to explain it.

Hearing his son's words made Hakoda frown in worry, that was the same conclusion he had come to after seeing the prisoner's expression and remembering what happened at the beginning of the battle.

'We need to get out of here, and fast.' thought Hakoda in worry, but he didn't show it on his face. He was their leader after all he couldn't be worried otherwise the entire morale of the soldiers would crumble and their tight formation would collapse.

"EVERYONE." he shouted at the top of his lungs. "THERE MIGHT BE FIRE NATION REINFORCEMENT INCOMING, MOVE AS FAST AS YOU CAN WE'LL BE DEPARTING INSTANTLY."

He didn't really want to tell them because news such as this would do more harm than good to the already drained soldiers but they needed to hurry, and he could see no other alternative to making them move fast.

The fire soldiers captured were shocked as they heard him finally showing looks of disperse and distress.

'Shit, so it's true.' Though Levi, he had hoped that his guess was wrong but seeing their expressions there was no doubt left in him.

The soldiers started hurrying as much as they could to depart but it seemed that luck wasn't on their side as the screams of the watchman came not long after Hakoda gave his order.

"FIRE NATION SHIP INCOMING."

His shout seemed to drain the energy out of them

They were already tired and engaging in another fight would definitely result in a lot of casualties.

'Sigh, 10 points in luck my ass.' Thought Levi about his useless Luck state as he moved to the front of the prison and looked at the approaching ship.

At the deck of the ship he could make out a very tiny figure that seemed like a child in comparison to the soldiers around it, but oddly enough it was standing in front like their leader.

'Wait, that is a child!, can't believe they sent a child into the battlefield, how irresponsible….' Thought Levi before coming to a halt, realizing the problem with that. 'Ahem, well I am not really a child plus I am strong enough to be on this mission so it doesn't apply to me.'

As the ship got closer Levi could finally make out the faces on the ship and he saw who that small child was.

'Azula??'

'If Azula is here then it only means that the forces with her are the elite of the elite, shit, why is my luck so rotten, how will we get out of this alive.'

"If we leave now they won't be able to catch up to us." said one of the soldiers.

"True but our water benders will get tired eventually and we'll have to use sails unlike their engine-powered ships so they will catch up to us sooner or later." replied another.

"But what should we do, should we just die here?."

"Do you want to lead them back to the tribe you idiot? They've been leaving us alone during the past few years but it doesn't mean they can't deal with us."

…

…

The soldiers started bickering with each other, making a commotion and making the panic spread more than before and agitating them.

"ENOUGH." shouted Hakoda, silencing everyone.

"There is only one option in front of us. I along with some of the still able soldiers will hold them back while the rest of you escape." said Hakoda, shocking everybody but no one retorted, they knew that it was the best course of action. Plus even the chief was staying what else could they say?

"Chief…" said one of the soldiers who seemed close to Hakoda before being interrupted.

"I don't wanna hear it, take my son and go, if you want to repay me then protect him and take care of my family as much as you can." said hakoda making all the people present look at Levi with sympathetic expressions.

Hearing him, even Levi with his gamer's mind couldn't remain unaffected as he looked at his father with a complicated look on his face, he had never experienced care and love like this before and he didn't know how to deal with it.

"Alright people, you heard the man, gather all the injured and let's go."

"WAIT, THERE IS ANOTHER WAY." Said Levi loudly, making all the soldiers turn towards him.

Knowing that his son wasn't one to make out things like this and he was the one who figured out what was going on before anyone did he asked, "And what is that way son?." Everyone perked at this waiting for an answer.

"Well, the person on the deck of that boat is the princess of the fire nation, Azula." said Levi, hoping that nobody asks him how he knew that, making everyone explode into a clamor and panic even more.

"Princess Azula?"

"We are doomed, they will never send her without the best of the fire nation forces accompanying her."

"SILENCE." shouted Hakoda for the dozen time today, silencing them, "Continue son. "

Looking at all his allies staring at him, some with hope in their eyes Levi steeled his resolve and spoke, "Yes her being here is a huge problem but it can also be our ticket to survival."

"Hey hurry up, the boat is approaching every second you waste." shouted random tribesmen making some glare at him, shutting him up, others seemed to share his opinion.

'Didn't you just waste more time now?.' Thought Levi quickly but he didn't say it, it wasn't the time for that.

"As I was saying she's our ticket to get out of here, if we can take her as hostage no one will dare to obstruct our way." Said Levi seeing everyone's eyes ignite in hope.

"But how will we do that, the security around her will be the tightest, we won't even be able to approach her."

"True, YOU, won't be able to, but I will." said Levi confusing everyone before some of them had looks of realization on their faces.

'That's right he's just a child, they wouldn't pay too much attention to him.'

'With how he fought previously he will definitely be able to do it.'

That was what those who caught on to the plan thought before explaining it to their fellow comrades.

"We just have to last long enough and give him the chance he needs." Said Hakoda in a normal voice but everyone heard him.

"They probably won't even bother to stop me as they'll think it'll be a good fighting experience for her, and that's when I'll make my move." Said Levi smirking, "So is my plan good enough?"

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