They run through the mountains around Izuzunu to the horses because of the sleeping oshir.
"Come on" Xiulan says quietly as she hops onto the horse; they managed to get there safely without alerting any zombies or monsters.
Once they all hopped onto the horses, Hyeonin realizes a zombie noticing them in the distance. The zombie starts screaming, alerting more zombies as they quickly turn their heads and began sprinting toward them.
"Holy shit!!!" Hyeonin yelled out loud as he smacks the horse.
The horses began running onto the mountain top "Faster!" Xiulan shouted.
The zombies couldn't catch up.
They successfully escaped.
"It's Hwalshindo!!" Hyeonin shouted out as Jun quickly stops "It's Hwalshindo!"
Jun stood there as Hyeonin tells him everything "This right here! Is not important right now! What's important is Hwalshindo and we all just found it two days ago! But that's not it! There are nine survivors!"
Jun faces Hyeonin in shocked as the heat slowly cools off "And that's not just it... the early Izuzunians.. are gonna die if we don't get there now"
RISE OF IZUZUNU
VOLUME 7, CHAPTER 87, NOSTALGIA
HOURS LATER AFTER THE INCIDENT
Hours later, Moises is in the ropes again as Phoenix holds Moises by the neck "Walk faster!"
Moises flinches as he walks a bit quicker toward the prison "So I'm getting sent to prison?" Moises asked Phoenix.
"Yes... I've heard about the things you and your friends did back in wood war... and I gotta say.. you have guts coming back... but Jun is not the same person you knew back in year 4, he's changed... and he's more dangerous than ever now" Phoenix answered and explained Jun's new acts.
"I can tell... wow... I've missed out a lot, huh?..." Moises makes a little smile remembering the past "Chloe... I remember Chloe and Jun like they were my siblings back in the 4th year.... now... what have I done?"
"Damn right.. what have you done?" Phoenix questioned "You went insane just because someone stole your logs... so... this is your situation that you're gonna have to deal with"
They finally make it to the prison as they enter "take everything off of you except for your clothes"
Moises listens and walks to the next section "Do it" Phoenix says to the security guard.
The security guard searches Moises by feeling his pockets and stuff "All clear" the guard said as Moises walks into another room "There's clothes on the walls.. take it and change into it... those will be your prison clothes"
After changing, Moises walks into another room with Phoenix. The cell room.
All the prisoners turned to see a new inmate joining them, but "No" Phoenix spoke "You won't be joining these prisoners"
Phoenix opens the next door to a hallways filled with a fully covered metal door, not like the cells they saw before.
Phoenix opens one of the rooms as it is made up of full iron with one light in the middle of the room, one bed, a bookshelf, table, and toilet "You'll be staying here"
Moises turns around as Phoenix was about to close the doors "Wait!.." Phoenix stops "Please.... tell Jun that I am truly on his side this time... and that I apologize..."
Phoenix closes the door shut and locks it as Moises now has a new environment to adapt to.
THE MOUNTAINS TO DIAMOND VALLEY, TWO DAYS LATER
It's been two days since they all left for the diamond valley and they're almost there. Jun brought Chloe, Nugget, 07, and Lilly with them.
"It feels good exploring new regions and places... you could feel the air and the breeze... it feels a lot different than Izuzunu" Nugget smiled "It has a very nostalgic feeling" Nugget turned to Jun, indicating that they're closer to the diamond valley.
"What are your plans with Moises? Are we gonna execute him? Keep him in prison for a very long time? Or banish him out of Izuzunu forever?" Lilly asked, wondering, but she thinks she already knows Jun's answer.
"I-" Jun was thinking "I don't know yet... we'll have to see" Jun answered her.
"Come on, Jun, this is your chance to redeem yourself... I'd say you should execute him" Chloe suggested.
"I don't know... I feel like... he really apologized to us... and.." Jun tried to make it make sense "I don't even know what I'm saying" Jun scratches his head.
Nugget looks at Jun with a serious face "You forgave me" Jun turns back at Nugget "You forgave me for doing those terrible things... remember? When we first met... we weren't this close before..."
Jun turns his head back to look forward as he sighs "I don't know guys... I'll think about it later" Jun looks at the ground. "Is what you're saying to me is true, Hyeonin?" Jun asked Hyeonin.
"Yes, don't worry about it... you'll see" Hyeonin answered.
"So about New India..." Chloe reminded Jun about the GDRNI.
Jun realizes something more dangerous they're gonna have to focus on after reclaiming Hwalshindo "GDRNI.." Jun said in his head "God damn it... we have a lot of stuff to deal with"
"Like what?" Lilly asked.
Jun names all the problems "First we have to reclaim Hwalshindo, then we have to deal with Moises, the GDRNI, and then Liam"
"Liam?" Lilly asked.
"I saw this kid a few days ago... he said that these bullies of his... were... using his sister's body for... bad stuff" Jun shook his head as he doesn't want to think about the stuff they did to her.
"We understand" Chloe responded.
Later, Jun had an idea "Guys!" he shouted out loud, scaring the rest of the Izuzunians "Ah! What!?"
"I have an idea! We can protect the citizens by doing so!" Jun shouted.
The rest were still surprised from Jun yelling "What is it?" Hyeonin asked.
"Once we reclaim diamond valley and take it away from all the brutes and save the early Izuzunians, we can use the other Izuzunu town as a decoy! Meaning! If they ever wanna bomb Izuzunu, they'll bomb the wrong Izuzunu because we've all moved back to diamond valley! We can use the old Izuzunu as a decoy!" Jun shouted.
"I agree" 07 finally spoke out, as he hasn't said a single word ever since they left Izuzunu "That is a brilliant idea"
"Yeah... now we can hide all the Izuzunians here other than back at the cave that Angie and Quin found" Jun added.
"Yes... let's do that... but when though? When will GDRNI attack us?" Chloe asked.
"That... we'll have to wait and see.." Jun answered "Let's just... keep going... we have to focus on getting the diamond valley back"
"Yes" Chloe replied.
They road their horses on the mountains for a long period of time "We should probably speed up. We're almost there, and plus the Izuzunians were most likely starving for the past few days" Xiulan said as she rides the horse faster.
Once they finally made it at the cliff of the mountains, they watch... the beautiful scenery of East Hwalshindo "Wow...." 07 and Lilly said as they've never seen hwalshindo before "It is.. a beautiful place"
"Let's go down there" Jun said as he rides the horses away; the rest follows.
They make it to the ground floor and ties their horses next to the other ones as Chloe walks around the paths of Modern city "Oh my god" she said as she smiles and laughs "It's been... so long"
Jun kept a shocked face the whole time as he began smiling as well "It... has..." Jun's tears began dripping as he looks up to see the tall towers and skyscrapers covered in vines and other plants.
Nugget looked up too "This place was beautiful.... but back then... I didn't think so"
"You guys really did work your asses up to build all of these, huh?" 07 laughed.
"Now I kind of understood why you didn't build these kind of buildings in the new Izuzunu... it was because you knew you'd find the diamond valley again, right?" Lilly smiled.
Jun didn't answer as he walks farther and farther into Izuzunu "This... brings back so many... memories" Jun said with his tear-filled eyes.
Jun looks at a café building with vines covering the entrance as he remembers "Jun! Jun! Look! This is me! And this is you!" Melanie shouted as she smiles widely.
Jun smiles back "That's awesome! What's your plans? Become an artist??" Jun asked.
"Yes! I want to become one! Maybe a fighter too!" Melanie shouted as she sat on the chair.
"Chloe... your stupid house" Jun laughed as he pointed.
She smiles with Jun as she walks up to her old house "Yeah... but it's good to be back here..."
"So... how are we gonna clean this entire place up?" Nugget asked Jun.
"You'll see" Jun kept smiling until he wipes his tears "That's enough... we have to focus now"
Chloe wipes her tears away as well "Okay"
"It.. it feels so weird seeing you like this, your highness" Hyeonin talks to Jun "I mean... I've never seen you cry or smile"
Hyeonin is a new Izuzunians, he came after the blood war with other humans too.
Jun ignores and walks to Xiulan "Let's go... let's save the Izuzunians"
TO BE CONTINUED....