THIS TIME...
...I GOT THE RIGHT ONE.
SO YOU CAME CRAWLING BACK TO DIE, YOU LITTLE BRAT!
I'LL TAKE YOUR HEAD OFF YOUR SHOULDERS--
GASP
NO, YOU'LL HAVE TO FACE ME--
MANZHU!!
WH-WHAT...?
HE SHATTERED THE SWORD... JUST LIKE THAT...
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
IF YOU SEEK DEATH, I SHALL GIVE IT TO YOU.
HAHA...
BWAHAHA!
HOW INTERESTING THIS IS!
DO YOU REMEMBER ME?
FIVE YEARS AGO... YOU BURNED MY VILLAGE...
...AND KILLED MY PARENTS... AND SISTER...
DO YOU REMEMBER...
...ANY OF IT?
NOT THIS NONSENSE AGAIN...
COME ON. WHO WOULD REMEMBER ANY OF THAT STUFF?
ARROGANT LITTLE BRAT. DO YOU THINK THE WORLD CARES ABOUT--
MUCHANG.
IT WAS FIVE WINTERS AGO IN MUCHANG.
ARE YOU THE BOY WHO GOT SHOT WITH A FLAMING ARROW WHILE CROSSING THE RIVER?
I NEVER GOT TO FINISH YOU OFF, SO I DID WONDER IF YOU MIGHT’VE SURVIVED.
BUT I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D COME CRAWLING BACK.
THERE WAS A LITTLE KID BY YOUR SIDE THEN. WAS SHE YOUR SISTER?
DID SHE ALSO-?
RAAAH!!!
SO...
...YOU REMEMBER...
...EVERY CRUELTY YOU INFLICTED.
SURE. I REMEMBER EVERY PERSON I'VE KILLED.
AFTER ALL, THEY ARE PITIFUL SOULS WHO DIED ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE BORN TO JOSEON.
YOU FELL INTO THE RIVER IN THAT FREEZING WINTER.
BUT YOU SURVIVED AND CAME BACK FOR ME. I'M ALMOST PROUD OF YOU.
CUT IT OUT, YOU JURCHEN BASTARD!
EEEK!
THE LITTLE CANDLE IN THE WIND MADE IT THIS FAR. YOU HAVE MY RESPECT.
HOWEVER...
...I WILL NOT LET YOU SURVIVE THIS TIME.
I WON’T LEAVE...
...EVEN THE TINIEST SPARK BEHIND.
WHAT THE HELL...?
IS HE A MONSTER OR SOMETHING?
M-MANZHU! WATCH OUT!
GWIYEONG!
YOU ARE ONE LUCKY BRAT.
GET BACK ON THE HORSE, HAZHU.
HUH? WHY THE HELL IS HE RUNNING TOWARD US?
WH-WHAT?!
AAAGH!
YOU BASTARD!
YOU CAN STILL SAVE HIM IF YOU HEAD BACK RIGHT AWAY.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
THERE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THEM. WHY DON’T WE KILL THEM ALL BEFORE WE GO?
TWO GROUPS CAUGHT UP WITH US ALREADY. SOON, THE ENTIRE JOSEON ARMY WILL BE UPON US.
GET MOVING!
HMPH... LUCKY BASTARDS.
UGH... THAT GUY WAS STRONG AND EXTREMELY AGILE TOO.
IT FELT AS IF WE WERE FIGHTING AGAINST A TIGER.
WHAT A MONSTER...
OH! GWIYEONG... ARE YOU OKAY?
DUMOK! HANG IN THERE!
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN!
FIVE YEARS...
I SPENT FIVE YEARS...
...KILLING BARBARIANS AS THE GHOST'S SHADOW...
...WAITING FOR THE DAY I'D MEET HIM AGAIN.
BUT...
...NONE OF IT EVEN MATTERED.
I FEEL MORTIFIED...
...BECAUSE WHEN I FINALLY CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH HIM...
...I WAS TERRIFIED!!
WHY ARE YOU ON THE GROUND?
GEEZ, YOU GUYS ARE A MESS.
DID YOU ALL GET BEATEN UP BY ONE GUY?
IS THE BARBARIAN REALLY THAT STRONG?
AND NOW, YOU’RE BAWLING LIKE A LITTLE CRYBABY.
THAT’S QUITE DISAPPOINTING FOR SOMEONE WHO’S SUPPOSED TO BE THE GHOST’S SHADOW.
GENERAL LEE...?
YES, IT'S ME. NOW, BRING ME A HORSE FROM OVER THERE.
S-SIR... I WAS--
LET'S GO, GWIYEONG.
I'LL TEACH HIM A LESSON... NO, SCRATCH THAT.
I'LL KILL HIM FOR YOU.
Gwiyeong finally confronts the Jurchen warrior he has been searching for and is shaken when his opponent shatters his sword with a single move. He learns that the man who burned his village in Muchang five years ago and killed his parents and sister is Manzhu. Though he attacks in rage, he is helpless against his tiger-like powerful foe, his comrades are wounded, and the enemy retreats. As the devastated Gwiyeong faces his fear, General Lee arrives and promises to kill Manzhu for him.
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