{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-10-18T01:08:52.102Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB chapters: full dialogue transcript embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language. HARDSUB chapters: image-only, transcript_unavailable.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Dawn of Vengeance","slug":"dawn-of-vengeance-b4u1jnn6","original_title":"네 목을 비트는 새벽"},"chapter":{"number":10,"chapter_key":"10-kccigr","release_date":"2026-10-09","last_updated":"2026-10-10T16:18:18.510Z","summary":"Walter asks for punishment for calling her Majesty again, but the punishment turns into a sweet bribe with gold-veined stones. He takes the stones in exchange for promising to drop that form of address in private. Then, with the letter Whis brings, they learn that Duke Kiel and three landowners have declared independence in the west. Instead of panicking, the young ruler counters by ordering a coronation ceremony to be announced for one month later.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Walter asks for punishment for calling her Majesty again, but the punishment turns into a sweet bribe with gold-veined stones. He takes the stones in exchange for promising to drop that form of address in private. Then, with the letter Whis brings, they learn that Duke Kiel and three landowners have declared independence in the west. Instead of panicking, the young ruler counters by ordering a coronation ceremony to be announced for one month later.","key_events":["Gen delivers Whis's letter reporting Duke Kiel united western lands and declared independence","Ruler learns Walter collects rocks as hobby and is thanked for calling him Arcy","Ruler and Walter treat independence as deceptive ploy and order coronation announced within a month","Duke Kiel's son Atlind brings palace coronation document, ruining hostage plan, leading to war decision","Female ruler bribes Walter Heibergh with two gold-veined stones to not call her Your Majesty in private","Walter accepts stones and pledges obedience, promising to avoid formal address in private"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"BY THE WAY,\nYOU CALLED ME \"YOUR MAJESTY\" AGAIN.\n\nI'LL HAVE TO PUNISH YOU FOR THAT.\nPARDON?\nWALTER HEIBERGH.\n\nSTEP FORWARD.\n\nHOLD OUT YOUR HAND.\n\nABOUT THOSE STONES YOU HAVE...\nGIVE THEM TO THE COMMANDER IF YOU DON'T NEED THEM.\n\nHUH?\nYOU'LL GET TO SEE SOMETHING INTERESTING IF YOU GIVE THEM TO HIM.\nCONSIDER IT REPAYMENT FOR THE BONE.\nTHIS BETTER BE WORTH IT.\n\nWHAT...\nWHAT ARE THESE?\nDOES HE REALLY LIKE THEM THAT MUCH?\n\nA... BRIBE.\nA BRIBE?\nTHAT'S RIGHT. IF YOU PROMISE NOT TO CALL ME \"YOUR MAJESTY\" IN PRIVATE,\nI'LL GIVE THEM TO YOU.\nBOTH OF THEM.\nIS HE REALLY HESITATING... OVER SOME... ROCKS?\n\nDO YOU NOT LIKE THEM? THEN--\nI WILL OBEY YOUR COMMAND.\n\nWALTER HEIBERGH, THE 28-YEAR-OLD COMMANDER OF PHARNAS,\nI'VE SEEN PLENTY OF STONES WITH TRACES OF GOLD, BUT NEVER WITH A PATTERN THIS BEAUTIFUL.\nCOLLECTS ROCKS AS A HOBBY.\nYOU'VE TAKEN A LOSS. YOU KNOW I'D FOLLOW YOUR ORDERS REGARDLESS.\nHEY-NOW.\n\nI DID THIS SO THINGS WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE BETWEEN US. IF I WANTED OBEDIENCE, I'D JUST GIVE ORDERS.\n\nTHANK YOU, ARCY. I'LL TREASURE THEM.\nG-GOOD...\n\nTHE WORLD IS A BIG PLACE. THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.\nI SHOULD GIVE GEN A REWARD OR SOMEONE.\nI'M GLAD THAT PUT YOU IN A BETTER MOOD. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE BEFORE LONG.\nNO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT MATTERS OF THE CENTRAL COMMAND. THE PALACE WILL BE REORGANIZED SOON AS WELL.\nTHAT'S NOT WHY YOU'LL BE BUSY...\n\nWELL, YOU'LL FIND OUT WHY SOON ENOUGH.\n\nC-C-COMMANDER!\nWE'VE GOT A PROBLEM!\n\nWHAT NOW?\nPLEASE READ THIS!\n\nIT'S A LETTER THAT WHIS JUST BROUGHT!\n\nA DUKE IS DECLARING INDEPENDENCE, AND YOU'RE THIS CALM?!\nI'M RELIEVED I LOOK CALM.\nHUH? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DOOR?\nIT'S SPLIT CLEAN IN HALF.\n\nOH? HELLO, MR. GEN.\nH-HUH? UH...\nI MEAN, GREETINGS...\nTURN\nDID YOU TELL HIM?\nYES.\n\nGEN. SHOW HER MAJESTY PROPER RESPECT.\nR-RIGHT... Y-YOUR M-MA...JES...TY.\nAWKWARD\nNEVER MIND THAT. TAKE YOUR TIME.\nMORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT INDEPENDENCE?\nDUKE KIEL SAYS HE'S DECLARING INDEPENDENCE WITH THREE OTHER LANDOWNERS!\n\nTHEY'RE UNITING THE WESTERN TERRITORIES INTO AN INDEPENDENT STATE...\n...AND TELLING US NOT TO GET INVOLVED!!!\nOUTRAGEOUS, ISN'T IT?!\nTHAT CAN'T BE RIGHT.\nWHAT?\nPAUSE\n\nA MAN WHO DEVOTED HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO THE KINGDOM WOULDN'T MAKE SUCH A DECISION SO EASILY.\nIF HE WERE COMMITTING OUTRIGHT TREASON, THAT'D BE ONE THING.\nI AGREE.\nTHIS ISN'T THE REACTION I WAS EXPECTING...\nIT'S A PROCLAMATION. WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?\nWHIS-- I MEAN, THE CAPTAIN OF THE FIRST RECON UNIT GAVE IT TO ME.\n\nHE SAYS THE DUKE ALSO DISTRIBUTED IT DIRECTLY TO OTHER LANDOWNERS.\nDIRECTLY? NOT THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS? THIS QUICKLY?\nI KNEW DUKE KIEL WAS GATHERING TROOPS.\n\nAH, WELL...\nINDEPENDENCE INSTEAD OF REBELLION. IT SOUNDS FAR MORE LEGITIMATE ON THE SURFACE, BUT...\nIF HE HAD ENOUGH TROOPS TO FOUND A NATION, REBELLION WOULD BE THE FAR MORE RATIONAL MOVE.\n\nLOSE THE BATTLE TO WIN THE WAR...\nTHAT'S HOW THAT OLD FOX OPERATES.\nFIRST, HE TAKES A SHOCKING, ALMOST FOOLISH LOSS TO LOWER HIS OPPONENT'S DEFENSES.\n\nTHEN, WHEN THEY LET THEIR GUARD SLIP, HE SINKS HIS TEETH INTO THEIR THROAT.\nSO WHAT IS THE BATTLE HE'S LOSING? AND WHAT IS THE WAR HE INTENDS TO WIN?\nYOU SAID I'D BE MOVING INTO THE PALACE SOON, DIDN'T YOU? WHEN WILL THAT BE?\n\nIN ABOUT A MONTH.\nGO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE THAT THE CORONATION WILL BE HELD ON THAT DATE.\nTHERE'S NO NEED TO ACTUALLY PREPARE THE CEREMONY. JUST SPREAD THE MESSAGE QUICKLY.\nYOU MEAN... YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS PUBLIC?\nEXACTLY.\n\nI'M GOING TO GIVE THE DUKE A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE.\nYOU'RE FAR FROM ORDINARY, ARSH--\nI-I MEAN, YOUR MAJESTY.\n\nREMEMBER YOUR MANNERS, GEN.\nI KNOW, I KNOW. IT'S JUST AWKWARD.\nSTILL, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE SOMEONE SO YOUNG OUT-TALKING DUKE KIEL.\nTHAT'S NOT ALL.\nEVEN THOSE SLY OLD NOBLES TUCKED THEIR TAILS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS BEFORE HER.\n\nAND JUST EARLIER, SHE BARELY HESITATED BEFORE ISSUING COMMANDS, WITH NOT EVEN A SHRED OF FEAR.\nIS SHE REALLY JUST 20 YEARS OLD?\nIS IT REALLY THAT SURPRISING?\nOF COURSE IT IS. I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE SO YOUNG WITH SUCH AN OLD SOUL IN MY ENTIRE LYCAN LIFE.\nTHAT'S TRUE.\n\nEVEN I FEEL LIKE A CHILD EVERY TIME I SPEAK WITH HER.\nD-DID THE COMMANDER JUST CHUCKLE?\nTHE MORE I SEE HER, THE MORE INTRIGUING SHE BECOMES.\n\nANOTHER YEAR OF GOOD HARVEST.\nTHIS SHOULD MAKE FOR EXCELLENT WINE.\nSTILL, THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IS TIME.\n\nTHE PATIENCE TO WAIT FOR IT TO AGE.\nIF EVEN WINE REQUIRES THAT,\n\nHOW DARE SOME WHELP COVET THIS PRECIOUS LAND?\nFATHER,\nATLIND DUKE KIEL'S SON\nTHERE YOU ARE.\nA DOCUMENT ARRIVED FROM THE PALACE.\n\nTHEY SAY THE CORONATION WILL BE HELD IMMEDIATELY.\n\nWASN'T THE PLAN TO LURE THAT WOMAN TO THE FOUNDING DAY CEREMONY AND TAKE HER HOSTAGE?\nTHEN USE WE'D THE TROOPS WE PREPARED TO STRIKE THE PALACE AND...\n\nFINE. 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