Azula looked at Arthur carefully.
She had to admit that Arthur was very handsome and she knew that the general must be jealous of him and send him here.
He knew that Azula would want to make this kind of pretty man suffer and feel good about it.
"If you want to blame someone. Blame yourself for being powerless, power is everything here."
Azula looked down on him again and again.
Great Red along with Ophis shouted out to kill her.
「Kill this bicth please!」
「Yes, kill her.」
Arthur shook his head. He looked at her level.
She was level 3, which was lower than him. Her parameters were more towards AGI and POW.
She was an extreme damage dealer.
Arthur didn't say anything right away. He knew the truth about her so he wasn't as angry as the two heavenly dragons.
But that didn't mean he wouldn't retaliate.
"Said the girl who has daddy issues. Why? Your mother didn't love you like your brother?"
Azula, who was going to feel relished in his fear, stuck.
Her eyes went wide. She questioned herself if she heard him wrongly.
She could never believe herself that someone actually dared say something like that to her.
Azula, the cruelest princess of the fire nation would never believe someone would dare saying that in front of her face.
"When you have the courage to talk shit about other people. You must be ready to be talked shit to as well. Don't be a spoiled brat."
Azula was stunned and speechless.
The pretty face and weak looking man in front of her actually had balls to say that in her face.
In front of so many people.
However, she didn't know that only she could hear him and not everyone else.
"Why does Azula look so shocked?"
Ty Lee asked Mai and Mai shook her head. She didn't know why Azula looked so shocked.
She just talked shit to Arthur like she would usually do to others. And then suddenly went silent and showed a shocked expression.
Arthur didn't even say anything.
"I will kill you!"
Azula suddenly sent out a torrent of fire toward Arthur.
And he defended with a very beautiful Tai Chi and bending the fire around as his will.
Azula's fire couldn't touch him at all. Even blue fire was nothing in front of Arthur.
She wanted to humiliate him but for some reasons it looked like she was being humiliated instead.
"Too weak, your fire is too weak. No wonder he didn't love you. It is because you are weak."
Arthur stuck her when she would hurt the most. And it was super effective.
"Shut up! I will show you my true power!"
Azula began to use various martial arts and engage in close combat with Arthur.
Arthur didn't know any martial arts but because of his superior AGI and POW.
Azula couldn't get even closer into his inner range. She was pushed around by him.
Someone she thought was beneath her.
She was frustrated and began to show many openings which Arthur used his fingers to poke at those openings.
He just poked her with his finger lightly, but it made her choke up.
'What–is this strength…'
Azula had never been treated like this before. Not even when she fought with her father.
'Are you telling me that he is even stronger than my father? But that is not possible! My father is the strongest!'
She was in denial.
She believed that her father was strongest and to make him proud she must be strong.
But if someone who was stronger than her father appeared.
Her beliefs would be shaken and she might lose her sanity because of it.
Azula showed a sign of mental breakdown.
Arthur was surprised that her mind was that fragile.
He didn't even do anything much but she already in this state.
Azula used lightning bending. It was very hard for her but she pulled it through.
Arthur could tank her lightning attack completely but when he saw how desperate she was.
He couldn't help but sigh inside.
He gritted his teeth and did something against his pride.
'Everything is for the mission.'
He pretended to be in pain and that made Azula's mentality become better.
"Hahaha, so you are weak against lightning! I will punish you for your insolence!"
Azula attacked him using her lightning bending. Arthur's acting was superb.
She believed completely that she would win against him if she used lightning bending but.
It didn't go according to what she had thought.
"I can also do that as well."
Arthur smirked before he used lightning magic. It was low level magic chain lightning.
He avoided using his dragon mana and used mana in the surroundings instead.
If he used dragon mana, Azula would die for sure.
Azula never anticipated that and got hit directly.
"Argghhh!"
Azula got shocked by chain lightning. It wasn't lethal but it made all of her muscles go numb.
She collapsed to the ground before looking at Arthur with even more surprise.
She didn't think he could use Lightning bending.
Arthur smirked at her while his face was messy because of her lightning.
He looked handsome and savage at the same time.
Azula thought that his expression right now was very charming and she was dazz for a little.
"How is it? My lightning is delicious right?"
Lightning bending was very rare. Only her father and her uncle could do it.
But now there was someone around her age who could do it.
Azula slowly stood up from the ground and she had that kind of expression that disturbed Arthur very much.
Obsession.
She was falling. And Arthur didn't know the reason.
"I admit that you are very powerful. You will be one of my people."
Azula had decided.
She would forgive him for all of his crimes. But he had to be her personal bodyguard.
He was strong and befitting to someone like her. Status and other things could be achieved with this kind of strength!
And his handsomeness was just icing on the top.
Ty Lee and Mai looked at each other.
They didn't have to say any words to tell each other how shocked they were.
They didn't think the situation would turn into this.
"I think you should look for someone else. She has her eyes on him. And she will do everything to make him hers."
Mai gave Ty Lee a suggestion.
She knew how Azula did things. And when she became obsessed with something.
It would be nigh impossible to make her change her mind.
Ty Lee shook her head quickly and denied it.
"I don't have a crush on him, I swear! I am just interested in his body and martial arts."
"Ho, so you do want his body. You are really a pervert, Ty Lee."
"Mai! I am not a slut!"
"I have never said that…"
"Oops."
Ty Lee and Mai stopped talking when they saw that Azula and Arthur were walking toward them.
Arthur accepted her proposal and became her personal bodyguard.
Mai and Ty Lee greeted him and he smiled and greeted them back.
"He will be with us from now on."
Azula declared.
She meant that he would be with them not with the other elite soldiers that they would bring along with them.
"Welcome to the team!"
"Welcome."
The two welcome him with completely different expressions.
One with cheerfulness and bubbly. While the other with seriousness and pity.
'She is pitying me…must be because she knew about Azula.'
Arthur understood her and he secretly looked at Azula.
She was also secretly looking at him. she must have planned many things inside her crazy head of how to make him kneel before her.
'Hanbei is really scary. She also predicted that Azula might want me. And she really wants me…'
Arthur didn't know what to feel about this as this was the first time meeting her.
He knew about Azula's personality from the series but she shouldn't act like this.
「Art, I think you should reconsider the mission. We can do small and side missions. You shouldn't throw yourself at her!」
Great Red said with a shaking voice. She wasn't angry at her anymore but somewhat scared.
「I agree with him on this. This Baka Red got experience first hand when she had dated a black dragon back in the day. They are a bunch of crazy dragons. And this one has the same scent as them, when she was looking at you.」
Ophis gave out the reason why Great Red wanted him to quit the mission.
Main mission wasn't the only mission in the dungeon.
'I can't, the mysterious reward is too tempting for me. I will try to play along with her for a bit and see if I should change my approach or not.'
If he could just beat Ozai and become the fire lord in his place.
Things wouldn't be this complicated.
Agni Kai was a thing but the system just completely ignored it.
"Let's go, we don't have time to waste. Mai tells him about our goals."
Azula felt tired and wanted to rest so she just let Mai do the explanation.
She would go and rest on the battleship.
Mai nodded and said to Arthur.
"I will tell you about our goals. Please come with me."
Ty Lee came along with them. Arthur felt happy that at least he got to be with his favorite character.
…
Inside the tent. Mai brought out a map and told Arthur about what they would be doing.
Ty Lee hit it off with Arthur too well while Mai explained their goals to him.
Ty Lee had that lovely personality and he had a cool and approachable aura.
They hit it off that well and it was completely understandable.
Azula wasn't here so she just let them be for now.
"She doesn't listen to me at all."
Mai sighed and hoped that Azula might not get angry at Ty Lee when she found out that Ty Lee was interested in Arthur.
She tried to deny it but the way she approached him said otherwise.
Ty Lee asked him curiously about where he came from and Arthur told her the same why he told Emilia.
"I have come from a faraway nation called America."
"America? I have never heard of it. What element are they proficient in?"
Mai heard that and she couldn't help but ask.
Ty Lee was also curious about this nation.
"Eh, they bend bullets maybe"
"Bullets?"
What element was that? They never heard of it at all.
Mai had finished explaining their goals to him and Ty Lee asked him many questions about America.
He told her almost everything but not a thing about the dungeon and technologies.
He didn't want to incite their curiosity anymore than that.
So he tried to change the subject into what Ty Lee wanted to hear.
"Do you want to know more about my martial art? I can teach you if you want."
"Really! I want to know! Please teach me!"
Ty Lee couldn't get his martial art out of her mind and when he told her that he would teach her.
She became very happy and excited. She forgot about America completely.
Mai knew that he tried to change the subject but didn't think about it much.
Her curiosity had been satisfied enough.
She would let them talk to each other. She wasn't that interested in his martial art.
"Remember this well, Ty Lee. don't be too close to him. Or you might get hurt."
Mai whispered and Ty Lee nodded.
Mai realized that she couldn't trust her but there was nothing she could do.
"I will board the ship first. When you two are done. Board the ship right away."
"Yes/Alrighty!"
Arthur introduced her to Tai Chi.
Ty Lee, who was a prodigy in martial arts, got enlightened. Tai Chi was something that could be found around in life.
She was super happy to the point of jumping at him and hugging him.
"Thank you, Arts! I will go and practice! *muah*"
She began to call him Arts as it was easier to pronounce.
And Arthur felt comfortable with that pet name so he didn't say anything and let her call him that.
She didn't listen to Mai at all. She was too happy to remember it and she kissed Arthur cheek as thank you.
Azula would be very annoyed and angry if she heard about it.
"You're welcome."
Arthur felt happy that he got kissed by her, his dream girl.
Ty Lee after that boarded the ship and disappeared. She must have gone to practice her Tai Chi.
Arthur boarded the ship after them. He looked back and saw the general who sent him to Azula was looking toward him.
He could feel his hostility from far away.
"You suck."
Arthur showed middle finger to him. Even though the general didn't know what it meant, for some reason he felt angry because of it.
"I will wait for you and I will make sure that your life is hell. Don't think that crazy bitch could help you."
Arthur didn't waste time to hear him as he knew it was a useless threat.
…
On the battleship. Arthur didn't have to do anything at all.
"He is my personal bodyguard. If anyone dares to order him around. they will have to face me."
Azula said before she went to her room to rest.
And the elite soldiers didn't dare approach him.
With explicit order and the way he beated Azula with her own game.
No one would dare to even be in his presence except Koh who had become friends with him.
Koh became popular after that.
In terms of hierarchy.
Arthur's position was even higher than the captain of the ship.
Arthur watched the ocean while he was standing on guard on the battleship.
"The ocean in this world is very beautiful. I want to drive into it."
Arthur didn't have to worry about being drowned as he didn't need air to survive.
He could drive into the deepest part of the ocean if he wanted to.
Water pressure might be a nuisance but Great Red and Ophis said that he could just use magic to lessen the water pressure.
And if he grew enough he didn't have to worry about the water pressure at all.
He could even survive black hole.
"Hey, what are you thinking so deeply?"
Ty Lee came back from her practice.
She walked and stopped beside him and asked him with her bubbly smile.
"I want to drive into the deepest part of the ocean."
"You will die if you do that. I don't want you to die!"
Ty Lee held his right arm and tried to bring him away from the rail. What a cute girl she was.
"I won't die because of that."
Arthur suddenly changed his mind when he felt two soft melons touching his arms.
He didn't refuse Ty Lee and let her drag him away.
He remembered a meme on the internet 'Hehe, boy'
'I will remember this feeling until the day I die.'
Mai came to check on them and saw that Ty Lee was too close to Arthur.
"I can't really trust her. Fortunately, Azula is too tired and has gone to sleep."
Mai sighed and went toward them.
She had to separate them before snitchers snitched about them to Azula.
She could never trust anyone.
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