"Nothing" Hyeonin answered. "Hyeonin, tell us your god damn plan!!" Xiulan shouts in the microphone. "I think two people should leave this mission before it starts!" Hyeonin puts his hands down. "Why exactly?" Nugget asked again, confused "The more people we have, the more better"
"Well, some of us don't even wanna bw here, right? Then let's give them a chance to leave this mission. There will be twenty-eight people left after the two people leave, and twenty-eight is enough to split the groups into four to go north, east, south, and west. Splitting the group with seven people in each one including the four leaders, you, Xiulan, whatever those two names are, and we're ready for the mission" Hyeonin made the plan.
"Should we really kick out two people?" Nugget asked Xiulan "I don't even know" she says. "Yeah, it'll be me and Trini. Bye" Hyeonin grabs Trini's hands. "No" Nugget says "You're staying"
He sighs "Welp"
"Okay, everyone down there, talk with each other; find out who will leave. Excluding Hyeonin" Nugget commanded as he puts the mic down and walks toward Xiulan "I'm not gonna be in this mission this time"
"What!? Why??" Xiulan questioned with a confused face. "Clay will be taking my place, so don't worry" Nugget assured as he leaves the election stage with Clay walking to the mic "Alright guys, that's enough, who's leaving?"
Everyone looks at each other. "What? What's happening? Are they actually doing this? Do they not realize that the less people there is, the more likely we'll lose more members again?" Hyeonin says to himself "Well, we should've split the group into fours, two with seven members and two with eight, the ones with eight members would go into the danger side of the map and the less danger side, the seven member squad should explore. I only mentioned this plan to try to get me and Trini out of this mission" Hyeonin looks at Trini "Whatever, looks like everyone's already talking about it, oh well"
RISE OF IZUZUNU
VOLUME 7, CHAPTER 81, MISSION START!
Minutes later, the plan was finally settled and everyone knew their groups and where they're going. "I'm in your squad, Xiulan" Misha says as he walks with the group "Okay" Xiulan says. All of the group's leaders were Xiulan, Clay, Chloe, and 07. "Alright" All the leaders met up at the middle of Izuzunu "So this is it. This is where we'll all split and find the Diamond Valley!" Clay shouted, trying to hype everyone.
"My group will head north, Chloe's group will head east, 07's head south, and Xiulan's head west. Does everyone understand??" Clay explained as everyone shouts "Yes!"
"Does this mean we're all part of the LCI?" Trini asked Hyeonin. Hyeonin turns toward Trini "I don't know, but it'll be cool if we were"
"Okay! My group! Are you guys ready to find the Diamond Valley!" Xiulan shouted as everyone screams out "Yes!!"
"Okay then let's go!!" Xiulan hops onto her horse as the rest follows along. They begin riding out of Izuzunu and into the west forest "Come on everyone! Keep going!"
Hyeonin and Trini shared horses. "We're gonna find the diamond valley!!" Trini shouts while smiling "Woo!"
Hyeonin laughs "Yeah, of course"
"Oh shit!!" a man shouted as he dodges the attacks of the brutes "What the hell is that!!?" Trini shouted as she turns back at the monster behind them. The monster stood up. The monster is two meters tall with yellow reptile skin and very sharp claws. A face that looks identical to a crocodile.
They road their horses faster as another one of the monsters show up "What the hell is that!!?" everyone else began screaming out. "It's a murksoul!!" Hyeonin answers "Weakness is staying out the water too long; dehydrating it!!"
"We gotta kill it!" the man screamed out as he jumps off his horse and and aims his fire arrows at the murksoul "Die!!" he lets go as the arrow blasts towards the murksoul.
The murksoul quickly dodges and jams its entire arm inside the man's chest "Gahh!!!" he tried breathing, but the lunges were teared apart and the murksoul rips out his heart and began eating it. "Aah!!" the other men screamed out in fear as they watch the man getting eaten by murksouls.
"Everyone! Stay stay calm!! We have to get out of this forest!!" Xiulan shouts. The men tries breathing calmly. Hyeonin hands Trini a crossbow "Here! Trini! Hold them off while I control the horse!" Trini grabs the crossbow and the arrows and aims it towards the murksouls. "Wait, it's daytime" one of the man says "They aren't supposed to be out at this time!!"
"No!! That's not just a simple brute!! It's a different type of brute that lives deep in the ocean!!" Hyeonin explains "But, how would it get here without water?? There's no oceans near us. Did they come from the river? The pond?" Hyeonin asked himself.
"Anyone got bombs!?" Xiulan shouts "We might lose them if we throw the bombs!!"
"I got a couple of them!!" Trini hands Xiulan the bag filled with weapons. She takes out the five bombs inside the backpack and pulls out the metal piece that ignites the bomb. She throws it off the horse and into the murksoul's face as it explodes into pieces.
The murksoul falls to the ground as it instantly dies "One more left!" Trini shouts as she shoots the murksoul on the legs, but it doesn't damage it. The murksoul screams out loud as it's screams echo through the forest. Xiulan throws another bomb, but misses the murksoul. "Xiulan, you idiot!!" a man screamed out "You're gonna get us killed because of your aiming skills!!"
"You wanna try!?" Xiulan shouted back at the man, but the man grows silent. Xiulan aims at the murksoul as she chucks it at the murksoul, hitting its arm and blasting it off. The murksoul continued running.
She throws another one, but it misses again "Last bomb!!" Xiulan shouts "If this one misses... then we're all doomed" she said as the entire squad was scared for their lives. "Who here is good at throwing bombs??" She asked, but no one replies "Damn" Xiulan said as she aims.
"Throw it!" Hyeonin shouts as she throws the bomb toward the murksoul as it hits its legs and explodes, the murksoul falls to the grounds as its entire lower body is completely obliterated.
"Yes!!" all the men screamed out as they are relieved the monster is finally dead "You did it Xiulan!"
"You did it!!" Hyeonin smiled. "That was close" She breathed heavily. The group rides out of the forest and into the valley, checking our the astonishing view of the valley filled with many wildlife. Up at the sky, the sun scorched behind them with clouds scattered through the sky. Hyeonin and Trini looks at each other while smiling.
TWO DAYS LATER, MIDDLE OF THE MOUNTAINS
"Damn, how far have we traveled?" a man asks. "Pretty far" another man says while sipping a water bottle. "So, do you even know how hwalshindo looks like?" Hyeonin asks Xiulan. "No, not really, but the emperor told me that it's gonna look a bit futuristic and the flag might be scattered around the ground due to the Raid War" Xiulan answered and described what Jun told her.
"Understandable" Hyeonin responds "Trini pass me the water" Hyeonin said as she grabs a water bottle out of her bag and hands it to Hyeonin "Here"
The sun is about to set as they all look at the beautiful sky "It's so beautiful" Trini says. While looking at the sky, a man shouts "So... when is this god damn mountain region gonna end!?"
"Don't worry, it's bound to end soon" Xiulan added. "Oh my god, once it becomes night, more zombies will appear!" the crew realizes. "Don't worry! The zombie's aren't as strong as the murksouls so we'll be okay... Plus I got a feeling that we're close to our target" Xiulan said. "How so?" Trini asked.
"Well, the diamond valley is surrounded by mountains and I'm sure this is the diamond valley's mountain we're on" Xiulan explained her theory.
"We should rest" Xiulan says as she gets off her horse. "Thank god, because my balls hurt" a man said as he hops off and falls to the ground, laying down. "We're camping here tonight?" Hyeonin asked.
"I guess so. Who knows if we're near diamond valley. I only said that to make the group feel better" Xiulan answers while sitting herself on the ground. On the ground, she pulls out a bag of meat and water. She pours a jug of water in a big bowl for the horses to drink. Hyeonin laughs "I see, so we might not even be near it"
"We will find it" Xiulan makes a small campfire "And once we do, we'll explore and try to find survivors"
"Okay" Hyeonin lays on the floor with a pillow "I'm gonna go to sleep"
"Okay. I'll guard this place" Xiulan got up and walks around the camp.
A few hours later while Hyeonin was asleep, Xiulan wakes him up and covers his mouth "Shhh" she says to Hyeonin as he gets up and whispers "What is it?"
"Come" she gets up from the crouch position and walks away from the camp. Hyeonin stands up and follows her until they make it to a cliff "What? What is it?" he asked as he walks toward the cliff with Xiulan.
She points at the distance as Hyeonin sees a town. The buildings were futuristic as Jun said and some were in ruins. It was dark, but it was beautiful. Vines covered the paths, buildings, and houses.
While taking in the view, Hyeonin speaks "So... we were here the whole time..." Hyeonin was surprised. Xiulan smiled for the first time "Yes... it's beautiful... That's Hwalshindo. Mission accomplished"
TO BE CONTINUED....