427. An Incompetent King.

Iroh was taken aback by the sudden appearance of Olivia.

"Hah, this is my wife, Iroh. Don't be so shocked." Alexander said. He was much better now, he felt like a dam was opened and the piled up weight was removed from his mind.

"Well, I heard before that you can see people's nature just from their faces and I can assure you, your wife looks like an angel," Iroh said.

Alexander chuckled hearing that, "Haha, yeah, she is. Well, let's get going now, my friend. You have a new shop to open."

"Wait, I just bought it before coming here, how did you know?" Iroh asked interestingly.

"I know and see things normal people can't my friend." Alexander cryptically said.

"Hah, all right, keep your secrets. Wah... I am feeling refreshed." Iroh yawned as he got up.

"Oli, thanks for coming." Alexander gratefully said to her.

"Oh, what would you be without me? You're a mess." She nagged and moved her hand through his hair.

"Heh, I am your mess," Alexander cheekily replied.

"Shamel..." *BOOOM*

She couldn't completely speak as a huge explosion like sound came from beyond the walls of the city.

"I will go and check it out, Oli. See you later." He said. Olivia nodded and vanished into Phixheim.

"Let's see what's going on, Iroh." He suggested.

Then, Alexander took out his anywhere to the top of the wall. Iroh wasn't shocked by anything now as in his mind, nothing should be impossible for the Spirit god.

Looking at what was happening, Iroh facepalmed himself. "Ah, it's an attack from my country."

Meanwhile, Alexander was genuinely surprised that the fire nation had such an amazing tunnel boring machine, and the only use they thought of it was in a war.

"*Sigh* Sometimes, I am confused about whether to laugh or cry at fire nation." He commented.

"What do you mean?" Iroh asked.

"Nothing, you stay here, don't destroy the machine or let anyone else do it. I will bring the king here and show him what is going on. He most likely doesn't even know what happens outside his palace walls." Alexander instructed him.

Iroh understood the task, "You go ahead. These machines are very hard to break or stop. I will wait here."

Alexander simply flew this time to the royal palace. He reached the big doors and showed his seal.

"Lord Universe, forgive us but the King is busy right now..." The guards at the gate tried to stop.

"You didn't even look inside and already know this? Have you been spying on the king?" Alexander asked, putting the guards in an uncomfortable situation.

The two gatekeepers started sweating. "You don't know my true status. So, step aside or I will have to force it and it will only hurt you." He warned. He released a bit of his aura and made them feel who was at the top of the food chain here.

"Please, you may enter," The two opened the door nervously.

Now, he just walked to the royal hall where the throne was. As expected he found the king there sitting on his throne while his pet bear had fun around.

Just beside the king was a man, whispering something in the king's ears.

"Who are you and how did you enter without permission?" Earth King, Kuei asked.

Alexander knew the history of the man. He ascended the throne at age four following his father's death, Kuei became one of the youngest Earth Kings. However, due to his young age, it was deemed appropriate to appoint the minister Long Feng as regent, a position from which he quickly assumed total control over Ba Sing Se. As such, for much of his reign, the Earth King was a mere puppet of Long Feng, relying totally on his advice and unable to make simple decisions.

Alexander didn't reply and took out a scroll, "By the decree of the 1st Earth King, ruling from the Ba Sing Se, Spirit God is hereby the highest authority in the country and if my future descendants are not able to work with same perseverance as me, the throne may be taken over by the Spirit God. Signed by, the first Earth King."

He threw the scroll into Kuei's lap. "Now, do you understand what grave situation you are in?"

Alexander then saw the man beside him again whispering something in Kuei's ears. In an instant, Kuei's face turned angry.

"GUARD! Arrest this man. He wants to take my throne." He shouted.

Alexander tiredly facepalmed himself. He started walking towards Kuei slowly.

"I knew you were a fool who was being used by that man as a puppet but I never knew the situation was this bad. It seems you didn't develop your brain after the age of 4," Alexander said in a scornful tone.

"YOU! Stay there, don't come close to the king." The man beside the king spoke.

"Ah, you must be the famous Long Feng, the so-called regent. You have been ruling Ba Sing Se and indirectly the whole country. I visited your hidden base. You have been working really hard all this time. Sadly, this is the end for you." He stated emotionlessly.

"During the era of the 1st Earth King. They asked me to help them build this city. And I made them those mighty walls of Ba Sing Se. I am kind of like the patron of this whole kingdom. Now, pick that scroll and read. I am sure you will have ways to recognize old seals." He authoritatively ordered.

Long Feng quickly picked up the scroll and looked into it. It was clearly a legitimate sealed document.

"The palace does not make you a king. It is the people. And right now, your people are in a very tough situation. Your subjects are being forced to leave their homes and farms and come to Ba Sing Se for refuge. But they still get bullied by the Dai Li and are forced to live in poverty and hunger due to the hundred years war, while you sit here." Alexander scolded him.

Kuei looked at his Grand Secretariat, "Long Feng, is what he is saying true? What war is he talking about?"

Alexander had enough, "So you are telling me that you don't even know what is going around and outside the boundaries of your castle? What kind of king are you? GET UP! You neither deserve to be a called a king nor deserve to rule over people you have forsaken."

He waved his hand and the two were thrown away from the throne. Long Feng fell harder than Kuei.

"Kuei, you may have been just 4 when you were forced to take the throne but that was years ago. Your recent actions won't be forgiven. You will be educated in the art of kingship. Even the king of Omashu is better than you. Along with amazing statesmanship, he is also a powerful Earthbender." He scolded.

"GUARDS!" Alexander shouted.

This time the guards came in. "Arrest Long Feng and put him in the tightest security prison. If he gets away I will eat your jobs. So, do it properly."

"Kuei, you follow me. I will open your eyes today." He ordered. Kuei just nodded and walked behind him scaredly.

First, he brought him to the underground base of Dai Li. "This is where Long Feng did all the brainwashing of people and imprisoned anyone he didn't like."

After that, they took a train to the outer wall. "Look outside, the condition of the city. It has been dwindling all this time because all the money that was supposed to be used to repair it stayed in Dai Li's pocket."

Little by little, the foolish Earth King's eyes were really opening up.

...

Back on the wall. Team Avatar and Ragnarok had arrived due to the blast.

"Why can't we stop them? If they get through then the people will be in danger." Aang voiced his concern.

"Haha, the walls of this city are not that weak, Aang. It will take them a lot of time. But you can rest assured, Spirit God told me to wait for him. He will be bringing the king here." Iroh explained.

"Oh, then it should all be fine," Aang eased up.

"Huh, if it was me, I'd just need to take my mighty form and blow air at it to destroy it." Chomei proudly claimed.

"Yes, I'm sure you can do it. You are a mighty spirit beast after all." Iroh said.

He then looked at his niece, "How are you, Azula?"

"Fine," she gave a one-word answer.

"Well, at least you are replying. That is still progress." He joked and looked down at many earthbender soldiers trying to stop the machine.

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