MOUNTALY, MASAN.
"Argh!" Denzel yelled, the moment he stepped on a hard rock, the rock was hard enough to scrape off the sole of Denzel's shoe and it injured his legs, that was only natural because everywhere was getting dark, and he didn't want to bring out the only torch that he wanted to reserve for when he wanted to hunt, since the batteries with him were limited.
"At least, here will do, it's really remote from Hilldale and they shouldn't be able to track me here." Denzel stood the moment he had gone far enough into the woods.
Mountaly was a city at Masan, and it was after three cities from Hilldale. Moving by road, one could spend at least 3 hours from Hilldale to Mountaly. Denzel couldn't get a vehicle to take him since he was wanted, so he had no choice but to use his powers and fly. He saw it as a great advantage to begin his training and with that in his mind, Denzel went to a deserted place and took off.
After about two hours, Denzel's Wings began to feel heavy and he decided to rest, but he couldn't stop at that moment when he saw that a storm was forming up. He chose to keep on flying, but he was weak, and he just chose to glide slowly.
The rain started, and when it started, for some reason, the rain didn't do much harm to him and his wings felt light once more. He continued to glide to gain a little bit of energy.
Denzel got to a city where he noticed there were no one, and that was his destination. Mountaly was a deserted city, so only a few lived there and the few had little or even no access to electricity.
10 years ago, Mountaly was a very rich city that just no one could live in, and the mayor of the city was a very Proud one. People hated him, not only for his pride but because he had a habit of slandering the poor. He was once asked why the cost of Mountaly was so high during an interview and he replied, saying,
"Mountaly isn't for the weak ones, we don't need beggars in Mountaly, the main reason I made the cost of living that high so I won't have a reason to deal with the poor ones. I once visited Seacull and I came upon people who didn't even care, they only cared about their well being and not their social status, over here at Mountaly, we have social status and we are moving with our lives."
The mayor, Mayor Hudson Elliott, monitored his citizens net worth and made sure none of them went below 2 million xin, anyone who did would be queried, and if it happened more than twice, they would be banished from the city. It wasn't a city to hope for, for an average person, but the rich moved there because they saw it as a means of competition to make it amongst the richest.
In the year 2039, the man did something appalling. A poor man, Lexi Joeman once won a lottery, about 20 billion xin, and it was the news all over since the winner was someone that lived on nothing much. The man got an apartment at Mountaly and the moment Mayor Hudson Elliott found out someone with that little social status was moving to his city, he shut all opportunities the man had to invest the money he had.
The moment Lexi's money went down past half, he wanted to move out of Mountaly but the Mayor made a statement, that he got into hell the moment he planned to move in there and his payment was that he would not leave that city until he can make more than he won in the lottery.
After two years, the moment man's net worth went down below the limit, Mayor Hudson Elliott sent out assassins to kill him, and before Lexi died, he sent out a message to the world. It said,
"Mountaly isn't a place to hope for, it's just hell before your hell in the afterlife. I hope this gets to someone who can help take Justice."
When the message got around the world, people began to protest about the case. They protested outside the border of Mountaly and when they received no response, they broke into the city and that resulted in a riot that led to a war, a war so brutal, that not even the other countries at Mallamia could stop it, the other continents had to intervene when the war got out of hand.
After about 4 months, the war ended, when a nuclear bomb was planted in the middle of Mountaly, and the bomb destroyed the whole city and some parts of the nearby cities. Many lives were lost and that was the end of that city. Ever since then, no one ever tried to go into the city. Only a few, who were homeless, and a few that were abandoned could be found there. The city changed from a city of the rich to the city of the sick. After years, even wild animals were seen in the city and they made a large gate between the border of that city and other cities to prevent those animals from breaking into the other cities.
And that city, Mountaly, was where Denzel went to train since that was the safest place for him from death, and also that was the best place for him to train.
Denzel set up a tent at the open area in the middle of the forest, and he went around, gathering woods to make a fire. He poured little fuel into it and lit the fire, which kept him warm. He chose to rest that night and begin his adventure the next day.
"At least, now, I am safe, Ted should be safe too, because I did my best clearing all evidence showing I was there. And if Dad needs to call, Ted should be able to explain things to him."
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DALTON'S RESIDENCE, HILLDALE.
"Where has Denzel gone?"
Ted kept on walking around the room thinking about what he could do. He was confused about the next step to take, and when he couldn't just think anymore, he went to his base.
Ted got into his base and saw a piece of paper with Denzel's phone just beside it on the centre table in the room. He increased his pace and took the paper to read what Denzel had to tell him.
"Ted, if you are denying the fact that I stayed here, please keep it up, because I have left for good. Don't look for me, if you do, you won't even find me, so don't try it. I intentionally left that way earlier so the people stalling you would come after me. They didn't know where I hid, so when I noticed they had gone far, I came back to grab some things. Some of your clothes might be gone, and I am sorry. I took the tent you had in your room and a few things. My cell phone, I intentionally left it here, because I know you would try to contact me, and not just you, my dad would also contact me. If he does, explain the whole thing to him, and once you are done, switch the phone off and destroy it, because it could be tracked. You might not see me again, or we might meet after some years, but don't expect me anytime soon. Tell my dad to take care of Carrie and that he should not let her feel bad. Tell him to be careful because I feel they might watch him also. Denzel."
Ted panicked and sighed, he then sat on the couch and cried. That was the first time he did.