"...The Drill is the culmination of Fire Nation science. It possesses unstoppable destructive power."
Inside the drill's main control room, Azula and her two companions sat high above, listening listlessly to the commander's endless explanation:
"Once it pierces the wall, our army will sweep through the entire city, bringing the Earth Kingdom crumbling down in an instant. Then Omashu can be renamed after His Majesty!"
"Nothing can stop us."
Creeeak-
Suddenly, somewhere within the enormous machine, a strange groan rang out, and it gradually stopped working.
The sudden turn of events startled the commander, and he hurriedly ordered:
"Send someone to inspect it immediately! Find out where the malfunction is!"
"Yes, sir!"
Seeing this, Azula narrowed her eyes slightly and said to the commander:
"Do you think a machine that breaks down halfway there can lead the Fire Nation to victory?"
"I..."
Under immense pressure, the commander began to sweat slightly at the forehead and struggled to respond:
"This is just an accident. There shouldn't be any problems like this in principle. We tested it many times before putting it into service."
"An accident?"
Azula chuckled twice, threatening him in an amiable tone:
"You'd better pray it really is an accident. Otherwise, you might have an accident yourself."
Toph's Metalbending was still in its infancy, and her execution could hardly be called refined. Even so, metal was already like flimsy paper before her, as easy to destroy as turning her hand over.
What should have been an unstoppable steel behemoth had now become exceptionally easy to deal with.
All they needed to do was get Toph beside the machine, then watch her tear open its steel shell with her bare hands and enter. A flurry of punches and kicks turned its delicate internal machinery into a pile of scrap, and