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Now Dam, as a Chetamja who has sworn revenge against the king, confronts Gwiyeong, and the two begin to fight.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Half a year later, a visitor entering Munsan's house finds Dam on the verge of starving to death. Munsan has lost his wife and child, is mentally broken, and blames the king. Dam becomes the head of the family at a young age; three months later, during a barbarian attack, as his father wishes to die, Gwiyeong saves him. 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IT IS YOU!\nWAKE UP, BOY.\nHOW DID THIS HAPPEN?\n\nMUNSAN! ARE YOU IN THERE?\nDAM IS IN--\n...!\n\nTHAT WAS A CLOSE CALL.\nHE NEARLY DIED OF STARVATION.\nLITERALLY? DID THEY NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT?\nIT WOULD SEEM THEY DIDN’T.\n\nIS THE MAN THE FATHER OF THE BOY?\nY-YES. HOW IS HE?\n\nHE WAS SUFFERING FROM STARVATION AS WELL.\nBUT HIS MENTAL STATE IS MORE CONCERNING THAN HIS PHYSICAL CONDITION.\nTHEN AGAIN... WE HAVE PLENTY OF FOLKS LIKE HIM HERE IN THE NORTH...\n\nMA...\nMOTHER...\nYEOL...\n\nMUNSAN...\nI HEARD WHAT HAPPENED.\nYOU WENT THROUGH A LOT OF HARDSHIPS WHILE I WAS AWAY ON DISPATCH.\n\nNOTHING WOULD COMPARE TO THE PAIN OF LOSING YOUR WIFE AND CHILD.\nI KNOW. I'LL NEVER FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.\nHOWEVER!\n\nTHAT'S ALL THE MORE REASON FOR YOU TO SNAP OUT OF IT!\nDAM IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT! DO YOU INTEND TO LOSE HIM TOO?!\n\nBE OBNOXIOUS, IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES!\nGO BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN YOU USED TO BADGER ME ABOUT YOUR DUTIES AND HIS MAJESTY'S EXPECTATIONS!\nAT LEAST BACK THEN, YOU HAD--\nHIS MAJESTY...\n\nTHE KING... I MEAN, THAT BASTARD...\n...HAS FORSAKEN US.\nTHERE IS NO HOPE... IN A LAND OF DEATH...\n\n...RULED BY SOMEONE LIKE HIM.\nI SIMPLY EXIST IN THE BARREN NORTH, WAITING FOR THE DAY I DIE...\nI DON'T EVEN HAVE THE STRENGTH TO FIGHT ANYMORE...\n\nALL I CAN DO IS LOATHE AND CURSE THE SHAMELESS KING...\n...OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS I LAY DYING...\nMUNSAN... YOU ARE--\nPLEASE. JUST GO.\n\nHAVING YOU HERE ONLY REMINDS ME...\nHOW I LEFT MY FAMILY FOR THE WISHES OF A KING LIKE HIM.\nI CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE...\nDAM...\n\nI WILL MAKE SURE TO COME BY EVERY NOW AND THEN.\nSO YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FATHER NOW.\nMY FATHER COMPLETELY BROKE DOWN AFTER THAT.\n\nSO I ENDED UP BECOMING THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY AT A YOUNG AGE.\nNOT THAT IT LASTED LONG THOUGH.\nTHREE MONTHS LATER\n\nBARBARIANS!\nHELP ME!\nTHE BARBARIANS ARE ATTACKING!\nF-FATHER...\n\nPLEASE... WAKE UP...\nTHE BARBARIAN INVADERS ARE HERE.\nWE'LL DIE IF WE DON'T START RUNNING!\nFOOL... WHAT'S THE POINT OF RUNNING?\nWHERE WOULD WE GO?\n\nTHE WHOLE DAMN NORTH IS THE SAME... HAHA...\nLET'S DIE HERE, DAM...\nWE'LL LET IT ALL END... AND DIE TOGETHER...\nF-FATHER...\n\nTHERE'S NOWHERE TO GO...\nAND I CAN'T GO ANYWHERE, DAM...!\n\nYEAH...\n\nTHE DAY I LOST MY FATHER...\nI MET YOU...\n\n...GWIYEONG.\nDO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID?\nYOU SAVED ME FROM GETTING DRAGGED AWAY BY THE BARBARIANS.\nYES, I REMEMBER.\n\nYOU TOLD ME YOU HAD LOST YOUR FATHER.\nBUT IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH.\nTHERE IS NO JUSTIFYING TREASON.\nDAM. I LOST MY FAMILY IN THE NORTH TOO.\n\nBUT IF ANYONE IS TO BLAME, IT'S THE BARBARIANS.\nNOT THE KING.\nTHE BARBARIANS--\nTHEY'RE THE CONSEQUENCES!\n\nTHE BARBARIANS...\n...ARE JUST THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE KING'S ATROCITIES.\nDAM, I'M NOT TRYING TO SPEAK ON THE KING'S BEHALF. BUT--\n\nYOU'D BETTER NOT GIVE ME SOME CRAP ABOUT MAKING SACRIFICES FOR THE GREATER GOOD.\nIF THAT'S THE GREATER GOOD HE SOUGHT...\n...HE SHOULD'VE PREDICTED SACRIFICES LIKE ME COMING AFTER HIM FOR REVENGE.\nSO YOU STILL REMEMBER THE DAY WE MET.\n\nYOU GAVE ME A BLADE THAT DAY, AND THAT GAVE ME THE WILL TO LIVE ON.\nBECAUSE YOU TOLD ME TO SURVIVE.\nTHAT'S WHAT YOU TOLD ME!\nAND SO, I VOWED VENGEANCE AGAINST THE KING AND SURVIVED.\n\nAND I EVEN BECAME A CHETAMJA, THE SO-CALLED EYES AND BLADES OF THE KING!\nYOU PUSHED ME TO GET THIS FAR! SO WHY ARE YOU STOPPING ME NOW?\nIS THAT HOW YOU INTERPRETED MY WORDS?\nYOU’RE TWISTING THEM OUT OF CONTEXT.\nIT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE I CAN TALK YOU OUT OF THIS.\n\nBUT I CAN’T LET YOU BECOME A TRAITOR EITHER.\nSO I’M GONNA STOP YOU, EVEN IF I MUST BREAK YOUR ARMS AND LEGS...\n\n...IN THE PROCESS.\nSIGH\nGWIYEONG.\nJUST BECAUSE I PLAY ALONG...\n\n...DOESN’T MEAN I’M A PUSHOVER, OKAY?\nLET ME ASK YOU ONE LAST TIME.\nWILL YOU RECONSIDER?\n\nNO! YOU’RE THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO SNAP OUT OF--\n\nUGH...!\nI THOUGHT YOU'D SAY THAT.\nTHEN I'LL HAVE TO BEAT YOU UP...\n\n...AND KNOCK THAT FOOLISHNESS OUT OF YOU.\nBECOMING THE DISCIPLE OF JOSEON'S GREATEST SWORDSMAN...\n\n...MADE YOU ARROGANT, GWIYEONG.\nYOU SEE, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S GOTTEN STRONGER.\n\nYOU'RE PRETTY STRONG.\n\nYEAH, AND FAST TOO.\n\nYOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE...\n...WHO TRAINED TO FIGHT IN THE FACE OF DEATH.\nGWIYEONG...\n\nI WON'T ASK YOU TO HELP ME KILL THE KING.\nBUT IF I BRING YOU DOWN RIGHT HERE...\n...WILL YOU LOOK THE OTHER WAY...\n\n...AND LET ME GO?\n\nSURE. TRY IT THEN.\nIF YOU THINK YOU CAN.\n\nDARN IT...!\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!\n\nWH-WHY YOU...!\n\nUGH...!\nGO ON. BRING ME DOWN...\n\n...IF YOU CAN.","bubble_count":137,"pages_count":49,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Half a year later, a visitor entering Munsan's house finds Dam on the verge of starving to death.","spoiler_summary":"Half a year later, a visitor entering Munsan's house finds Dam on the verge of starving to death. Munsan has lost his wife and child, is mentally broken, and blames the king. Dam becomes the head of the family at a young age; three months later, during a barbarian attack, as his father wishes to die, Gwiyeong saves him. 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