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Il Tae finds Gwiyeong and persuades him to join a special unit.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"A village in the north is bathed in blood by a barbarian raid; as villagers flee, a pleading family is about to be killed. At that very moment, Gwiyeong appears and stops the attacker. The barbarians fear him as the Shadow of the Ghost. After the raid, the people lament the monthly pillaging, the winter, and the king's indifference. A proclamation is posted that the king wishes to make Gwiyeong a royal guard with a jade plaque, and fake Gwiyeongs spring up. Il Tae finds Gwiyeong and persuades him to join a special unit.","key_events":["Official revealed as King Sejong Do Lee, fourth King of Joseon, in person.","Many impostors claiming to be Gwiyeong gather for Jade Plaque; real Gwiyeong brought to officials.","Gwiyeong stops the assassin's attack on the King and declares his true identity.","Jurchen raiders plunder a northern village, killing villagers begging for their children.","Northern people lament monthly raids, harsh winter, and feeling abandoned by the King.","Survivor accuses Gwiyeong of killing Joseon people with barbarians; assassin targets the King.","Villagers share conflicting rumors that Gwiyeong is a giant, ghoul, or mad killer.","Warrior called Gwiyeong intervenes, cuts off a raider's arm and terrifies invaders.","King's proclamation seeking Gwiyeong as Royal Guard with Jade Plaque is posted.","Il Tae recognizes Gwiyeong in tavern and invites him to join anti-barbarian special unit."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"GRAB WHATEVER YOU CAN SEE!\n\nKILL THEM ALL!!\nTHE BARBARIANS ARE HERE!\nRUN!!\nRUN FOR YOUR LIVES!\nMY SON! WHERE IS MY BOY?!\n\nHELP ME!!\nP-PLEASE DON'T KILL US...\nPLEASE... SPARE THE CHILD...\n\nPLEASE DON'T KILL US...\nHMM... MAYBE I WON'T.\nWE'LL BE PULLING OUT ANYWAY.\n\nNAH, I CHANGED MY MIND. YOU'RE TOO NOISY.\nJUST DIE.\n\nHUH...?\nMY... ARM...!\n\nAAAH...!!!\nMY ARM!!!\nIT'S YOU...\n\nGWIYEONG!!\n\"GWIYEONG\"\nI'M GONNA KILL--\n\nTHE BARBARIAN INVADERS KNEW FACING GWIYEONG MEANT CERTAIN DEATH.\n\nHE WAS KNOWN AS THE GRIM REAPER IN THEIR RANKS.\nTHE GWI STANDS FOR GHOST, AND YEONG FOR SHADOW.\nGWIYEONG, THE GHOST'S SHADOW.\n\nTHAT'S WHAT THEY CALLED HIM.\n\nTHE BARBARIANS CALL HIM THE GHOST'S SHADOW.\nTHAT MEANS HE'S ON OUR SIDE.\nSURE, BUT WHAT'S THE POINT?\n\nTHE BARBARIANS COME TO RAID US EVERY MONTH, AND THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.\nLIFE HERE IN THE NORTH FEELS LIKE HELL EVERY SINGLE DAY.\nIF THE WINTER DOESN'T FREEZE US TO DEATH, THE BARBARIANS COME TO FINISH THE JOB.\n\nDOES THE KING KNOW HOW HARD WE HAVE IT HERE?\nOR DOES HE CARE AT ALL?\nYOU SEE, SIR. THE NORTH IS A CURSED LAND ABANDONED BY THE KINGDOM.\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?\nTRYING TO GET YOURSELF KILLED?\nNOBLES...\n\nYOU ONLY SHOW UP AFTER EVERYTHING IS OVER! YOU HYPOCRITES!\nWATCH YOUR TONGUE... OR I'LL CUT IT OFF.\nNO.\n\nIT IS NOT HIS FAULT. LET THE BOY--\nDON'T STOP ME! LET GO!!\nI SAID LET GO!\nDOESN'T THIS MAKE YOU ANGRY AT ALL?\nI APOLOGIZE, SIR.\n\nTHE BARBARIANS KILLED HIS FAMILY SEVEN YEARS AGO.\nI HEARD HIS ENTIRE VILLAGE WAS WIPED OUT OVERNIGHT.\n\nIT SEEMS LIKE HE'S BEEN DRIFTING AROUND...\n...WITHOUT A HOME SINCE THEN.\nPITY...\nBUT THAT'S NOT THE END OF IT.\n\nTHAT WIDOW OVER THERE LOST HER HUSBAND LAST YEAR.\nAND LAST NIGHT, THE BARBARIANS KILLED HER SON.\nTHOSE CHILDREN LOST THEIR MOTHER TWO YEARS AGO AND THEIR FATHER LAST NIGHT.\n\nAFTER EACH RAID, WE ARE LEFT WITH COUNTLESS ORPHANS.\nTHE SITUATION IS MORE SERIOUS THAN I THOUGHT...\nWE MUST MAKE HASTE AND FORM THE CHETAMJA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.\n\nFIND THIS MAN NAMED GWIYEONG IMMEDIATELY.\n\nWHAT DOES IT SAY..?\nHMM...\nDOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO READ?\n\nTHE AUTHORITIES FINALLY POST A NOTICE IN THIS TOWN, BUT NO ONE CAN READ! DAMN IT!\nLET'S SEE NOW...\nTHAT'S GWI... THAT MEANS GHOST...\nIT'S GWIYEONG.\n\nTHE KING IS LOOKING FOR GWIYEONG...\nTO BESTOW A JADE PLAQUE.\nTHE KING WISHES TO RECRUIT HIM AS A ROYAL GUARD.\nTHE JADE PLAQUE? THAT'S A STRAIGHT TICKET TO JOIN THE GUARDS!\n\nNOT JUST ANY GUARDS! ONCE YOU JOIN THE ROYAL GUARD, YOU'RE OUT OF THIS HELL FOR GOOD!\nI HEARD THIS GWIYEONG IS QUITE WELL-KNOWN IN THE NORTH.\nDO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM?\nOH, EVERYONE HAS HEARD RUMORS ABOUT HIM.\n\nBUT HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY SEEN HIM?\nOLD LADY JANG IN THE NEXT VILLAGE SAYS SHE SAW HIM.\nI HEARD HE’S A GIANT OVER EIGHT FEET TALL!\nWHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?\nI HEARD HE HAS A HUNCHED BACK AND LOOKS LIKE A DEVILISH GHOUL!\n\nI CAN TELL YOU THIS. NO ONE WANTS TO MEET GWIYEONG.\nTHEY SAY HE GOES BERSERK AND SLAUGHTERS PEOPLE.\nWHO’S TO SAY HE MIGHT NOT ATTACK US?\nHMM... SO NO ONE KNOWS MUCH ABOUT HIM.\n\nTHAT’S A SHAME.\nTHIS COULD BE HIS TICKET TO STRIKE GOLD.\n\nWH-WHAT CAN I GET YOU?\n\nI'LL HAVE A BOWL OF TAKJU.\n*TAKJU: RICE-BASED CLOUDY ALCOHOL SUCH AS MAKGEOLLI\nMAKE IT TWO BOWLS.\nMIND IF I JOIN YOU?\n\nTHERE ARE PLENTY OF TABLES AROUND. WHY?\nAND YET, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I WANT TO SIT AT.\nDOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?\nWHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?\n\nGWIYEONG.\nARE YOU THE ONE...\n\n...THEY CALL GWIYEONG?\nWHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?\n\nI SAW YOU. IT WAS A YEAR AGO.\nTO BE FAIR, I ONLY GOT A GLIMPSE OF YOU.\nTHE BARBARIANS DON’T CARE WHETHER ONE IS A NOBLEMAN OR A COMMONER.\n\nYOU MIGHT NOT REMEMBER IT, BUT YOU SAVED ME THAT DAY.\nI’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU EVER SINCE.\n\nYOU MUST BE MISTAKEN.\nIT WASN’T ME.\nPERHAPS SO.\nBUT YOU KNOW WHAT?\n\nA MAN WHO HAS TAKEN LIVES...\n...CARRIES THE BEGRUDGED SPIRITS OF THEIR VICTIMS.\n\nMY FATHER TOLD ME...\n...THE KING ISN’T RECRUITING FOR THE ROYAL GUARDS.\nACTUALLY, HE’S FORMING A SPECIAL UNIT...\n\n...TO EXTERMINATE THE BARBARIANS IN THE NORTH.\nARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS? IS HE AFTER THE JURCHENS?\nYES. AFTER ALL, MY FATHER AND I...\n...HAVE SOLELY DEDICATED OURSELVES TO THE ERADICATION OF THE JURCHENS EVER SINCE MY MOTHER DIED AT THEIR HANDS LAST YEAR.\nI’M SURE YOU HAVE YOUR REASONS FOR SLAUGHTERING THEM...\n\n...DESPITE THE KIND OF LABELS YOU GET FOR IT.\nSO? WHAT DO YOU THINK?\nWILL YOU JOIN ME AND DEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO THE ERADICATION OF THE BARBARIAN INVADERS?\n\nGWIYEONG. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CONTINUE WHAT YOU’VE BEEN DOING.\nI WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER...\nTO HELP YOU DO IT BETTER.\nWHAT’S YOUR NAME?\nOH, HOW SILLY OF ME. I FORGOT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.\n\nI AM IL OF HOUSE TAE. I'M IL TAE.\n\nYOU COULD GET KILLED BECAUSE OF ME.\nIF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, I WILL JOIN YOU, IL TAE.\nHEH... WOULD I BE HERE IF I WASN'T READY FOR THAT...\n\n...GWIYEONG?\n\nI'M TELLING YOU...\nI AM THE GWIYEONG YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!\nCOME ON, DONG!\nSAY SOMETHING! TELL THEM IT'S TRUE!\n\nTHEY JUST WON'T BELIEVE ME!\nWHAT IS ALL THIS COMMOTION ABOUT?\nOH! GREETINGS, YOUR... LORDSHIP.\nTHAT DELUSIONAL BOY CLAIMS TO BE GWIYEONG.\n\nUNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MORE...\nI'M GWIYEONG!\nNONSENSE!\nNO, I AM GWIYEONG!\nALL THESE PEOPLE CLAIM TO BE HIM.\n\nUNFORTUNATELY, NO ONE KNOWS WHO HE IS...\nSO THEY ARE ALL HERE, HOPING TO GET A FRESH START WITH HIS MAJESTY'S JADE PLAQUE.\nNONE OF THEM LOOK SKILLED.\nDO YOU THINK THE REAL GWIYEONG IS AMONG THEM?\n\nHMM... I COULDN’T SAY...\nPLEASE MOVE ASIDE.\nLET US THROUGH.\n\nI HEARD YOU ARE LOOKING FOR GWIYEONG.\nSO I BROUGHT HIM HERE.\n\nARE YOU SAYING HE'S THE ONE?\nCAN YOU PROVE IT?\nI'M THE REAL GWIYEONG, YOU FRAUDS!\n\nHOW INTERESTING.\nBUT THAT'S STRANGE...\n...BECAUSE...\n\n...I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON YOU.\nARE YOU THE ONE THEY CALL THE GHOST'S SHADOW?\nGWIYEONG?\nYES, MY LORD.\nI'VE SEEN HIM IN THE PAST--\n\nTELL ME.\nIS THE KING RECRUITING ROYAL GUARDS...\n...TO CREATE A SPECIAL FORCE TO SLAUGHTER THE INVADERS?\n\nI BELIEVE THE KINGDOM IS TO BLAME FOR THE BLOODSHED BETWEEN JOSEON AND THE JURCHENS.\nTHE BATTLES HAVE LASTED FOR DECADES. IT ALL STARTED WHEN THE LATE KING STARTED HOSTILITIES WITH THE JURCHENS.\nIN FACT, THEY ACTUALLY TRIED IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH JOSEON.\n\nBUT WHAT HAS THE KING OF JOSEON DONE IN RETURN?\nNONE OF THIS WOULD’VE HAPPENED IF THE KING HADN’T NEGLECTED THE REGION.\nH-HEY... WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT...?\n\nTHAT IS A BOLD CLAIM. HOWEVER...\n...IT IS NOT ENTIRELY FALSE.\nWELL, WHAT NOW? WILL YOU LET THE PAST HINDER YOU FROM THE DUTIES OF THE FUTURE?\nREGARDLESS OF THE PAST, IT IS THE ACTIONS OF THE PRESENT THAT TRULY MATTER.\n\nFURTHERMORE, JOSEON HAS NEVER GIVEN UP ON ITS NORTHERN REGIONS.\nDON'T BE RIDICULOUS. YOU DON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF JOSEON.\nTELL THE KING TO COME HERE AND SAY IT HIMSELF!\nGWIYEONG! STOP IT!\n\nYES. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I AM HERE TO DO.\nI CAME ALL THE WAY HERE...\n...TO SAY IT MYSELF.\n\nWHAT...?\n\nHUH? WHO IS THAT MAN...?\nIS HE SAYING... HE'S THE KING...?\nYEAH... I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE SAID...\nYOUR...\n\nYOUR MAJESTY..!!\nSEJONG\n\nDO LEE THE FOURTH KING OF JOSEON\nHUH...?\nH-HEY... GWIYEONG.\n\nWHAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOU? BOW DOWN--\nHELLO... I SAW THE NOTICE ON THE WALL.\nI HEARD YOU’RE LOOKING FOR GWIYEONG.\n\nI SAW HIM WITH MY OWN EYES.\nWHAT? YOU’VE SEEN HIM?\nYES... THE BARBARIANS WERE ABOUT TO KILL ME LAST NIGHT...\n...WHEN GWIYEONG SAVED ME AND MY CHILD..\n\nHUH...?\nWHAT IS IT?\nSHE MUST BE ONE OF THE SURVIVORS, YOUR MAJESTY.\nSHE IS PROBABLY HERE TO SEE GWIYEONG...\n\nH-HIM...\nTH-THE BARBARIAN...\nWHAT?\nWHAT IS THAT BARBARIAN DOING HERE?!\n\nHE'S A DEMON!! WHY IS HE HERE?!\nWHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THAT MAN IS GWIYEONG--\nN-NO... I SAW HIM WITH THE OTHER BARBARIANS...\n\nHE...\n...TORE JOSEON PEOPLE APART WITH HIS HANDS..!\nHEY, GWIYEONG.\nWHAT IS THAT WOMAN SAYING-?\n\nI’M IN LUCK...\nI CAME HERE TO HUNT GWIYEONG DOWN...\nBUT IF WHAT YOU’RE SAYING IS TRUE...\n\n...I DON’T CARE ABOUT HIM ANYMORE.\nDO YI! KING OF JOSEON!\nI SHALL KILL YOU THIS DAY AND FINALLY UNITE THE JURCHENS ONCE AND FOR ALL!\n\nWHAT ARE YOU TALKING AB--\nI WARNED YOU, IL.\n\nYOU COULD GET KILLED BECAUSE OF ME.\nDON'T YOU DARE! YOU'RE ON JOSEON SOIL, BASTARD!!\n\nUGH...\nAAAH...\n\nDON'T JUST STAND THERE!!!\nGET HIM!\n\nDIE--\n\nDIE, YOU BASTARD--\nYOU...\n\n...MONSTER...\n\nHOW...\n...FOOLISH I WAS...\n\nHOW COME...\n...I DIDN'T REALIZE...\n...THOSE WERE THE SPIRITS OF THE BEGRUDGED JOSEON PEOPLE?\n\nPROTECT HIS MAJESTY!\nWHERE IS SUNMONG LEE?!\nHE WENT OUT TO TOWN ON HIS MAJESTY'S ORDERS!\nDON'T RUN FROM ME NOW!\nYOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE KING!\n\nCAN I BORROW THIS FOR A SECOND?\nYOU WILL APOLOGIZE TO MY PEOPLE IN THE AFTERLIFE!\n\nDIE!!\nKING OF JOSEON!!\n\nWOW... I THOUGHT THAT WOULD FINISH HIM OFF.\nYOU WERE RIGHT, DONG.\nHE'S PRETTY GOOD...\n\n...FOR A BARBARIAN.\nUGH...!\n\nWHAT...?\nWHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!\n\nAAAAH...!!\nYOU...!\n\nWHO AM I?\nHOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?\n\nOH...\nTHERE HE IS...\n\nI TOLD YOU. I AM GWIYEONG.\nTHAT'S HIM... THE REAL GWIYEONG.\n\nto be continued","bubble_count":264,"pages_count":92,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A village in the north is bathed in blood by a barbarian raid; as villagers flee, a pleading family is about to be killed.","spoiler_summary":"A village in the north is bathed in blood by a barbarian raid; as villagers flee, a pleading family is about to be killed. At that very moment, Gwiyeong appears and stops the attacker. The barbarians fear him as the Shadow of the Ghost. After the raid, the people lament the monthly pillaging, the winter, and the king's indifference. A proclamation is posted that the king wishes to make Gwiyeong a royal guard with a jade plaque, and fake Gwiyeongs spring up. 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