Chetamja: The King’s Eyes — S2 - Chapter 30

WIPE OUT MANZHU LI AND THE JIANZHOU JURCHENS...?

YOUR MAJESTY... I ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER...!

REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST, HE SAVED JOSEON LIVES.

AS EMBARRASSING IT IS TO ADMIT, HE DID WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE.

SO HOW CAN THIS BE THE TREATMENT WE GIVE HIM?

ARE YOU CRITICIZING MY DECISION?

NOT AT ALL, YOUR MAJESTY...

BUT I MUST ADMIT I STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND YOUR DECISION AS WELL.

WHY DO YOU SEEK TO WIPE OUT MANZHU LI AND THE JIANZHOU JURCHENS?

NO. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOU.

DO YOU ALL GENUINELY BELIEVE WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN THAT REPORT?

ARE YOU IMPLYING HE HAS AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE, SIRE?

COME NOW, MINISTER. DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS MAJESTY MEANS?

YOU ARE A SENIOR MINISTER OF THE KINGDOM. YOU OUGHT TO BE MORE PERCEPTIVE.

LET ME REMIND YOU THAT MANZHU LI...

...IS THE CHIEF OF THE JIANZHOU JURCHENS, ONE OF THE THREE BARBARIAN TRIBES THAT CONSTANTLY SACK AND PILLAGE OUR PEOPLE!

HOW COULD YOU ACCEPT HIS ACTIONS AS A SIGN OF GOODWILL WITHOUT QUESTION--

BUT THE REPORT SAYS MANY WITNESSED HOW LI DECAPITATED THE CHIEF OF THE HAIXI JURCHENS!

I UNDERSTAND YOUR WISHES, YOUR MAJESTY.

HOWEVER, WE MUST NOT BE HASTY IN ASSESSING THE SITUATION.

TO ORDER A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BARBARIANS WITHOUT CERTAINTY ON THE MATTER--

IS THAT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY?

I MUST SAY I AM QUITE FRUSTRATED WITH YOU ALL...

DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?

DID MANZHU LI INDEED SAVE THE PEOPLE OF JOSEON FROM THE HAIXI JURCHENS?

THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

OR COULD IT BE THAT LI ORCHESTRATED THE SITUATION FOR SOME UNKNOWN AGENDA?

WE CANNOT BE CERTAIN OF THAT EITHER.

THEN WHAT MATTERS THE MOST?

YOUR MAJESTY... I BELIEVE WE MUST SEND PEOPLE TO INVESTIGATE--

NO, NO, NO!

....?!

DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THE TRUTH MATTERS?

WHAT MATTERS IS THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE JUSTIFICATION.

THE JUSTIFICATION TO MAUL LI DOWN.

YOUR MAJESTY, YOU MUST NOT DO SO...!

WHY DO YOU SAY SO?

ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT I MAKE FRIENDS OUT OF THOSE BARBARIANS?

THEY MAY BE SAVAGES WHO CONSTANTLY RAID OUR BORDERS...

...BUT WE MUST BE PRUDENT IN DECIDING ON A CAMPAIGN...!

I MUST AGREE, YOUR MAJESTY. THE BARBARIANS HAVE THEIR WAY...

...OF SURVIVING IN THE HARSH NORTH. WE MUST NOT UNDERESTIMATE THEM.

WE BEG THAT YOU RECONSIDER...

HEY, GWIYEONG. WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST SWORDSMAN IN JOSEON?

BETWEEN YUNDEOK CHOI AND SUNMONG LEE, OF COURSE.

COME ON. THAT'S TOO EASY.

IT HAS TO BE GENERAL CHOI! THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!

THE GREAT PINE TREE OF JOSEON.

HE HAS BOTH VIRTUE AND SKILLS! HE'S COMPLETELY FLAWLESS!

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SUNMONG LEE IS ALL THE RAGE THESE DAYS!

HE'S ONE OF A KIND. HE'S PEERLESS!

NO, I HEARD HE'S A TROUBLEMAKER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, DONG? WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST SWORDSMAN IN THE LAND?

IT'S SUNMONG LEE!

I DON'T CARE, YOU DUMMIES. WHY WOULD I CARE WHO'S THE BEST?

AS LONG AS THEY KEEP US SAFE, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW. WHO CARES ABOUT THE BEST?

THAT'S EXACTLY WHY GENERAL CHOI...

HUH...?

D-DAEGIL...!

GWIYEONG!

IT'S THE BARBARIANS!

GWIYEONG... WE HAVE TO ALERT THE VILLAGERS!

D-DAEGIL... NO...

DAEGIL...

SNAP OUT OF IT, GWIYEONG.

THE BARBARIANS ARE COMING.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT FATHER TOLD YOU?

HE SAID YOU MUST PROTECT ME. REMEMBER?

YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF YOU DON'T SNAP OUT OF IT.

SO GET YOURSELF TOGETHER AND DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

GOT IT?

Y-YEAH...

GOOD. NOW...

YOU SHOULD GET UP.

GET UP...!

G-GWIYEONG?!

GWIYEONG REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS!

PHYSICIAN!

DAM...?

WHAT... HAPPENED?

WHERE AM I...?

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? YOU'RE ON JOSEON SOIL.

INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN YEOYEON.

IT'S BEEN FOUR DAYS SINCE THE BATTLE AGAINST HADAR.

F-FOUR DAYS? YUJEONG... HOW DID...

WAIT. WHAT HAPPENED TO HADAR? AND OUR MISSION...?

THE MISSION WAS A SUCCESS, GWIYEONG.

HADAR IS DEAD.

YOU GUYS DID IT.

TO BE PRECISE, IT WASN’T US.

IT WAS HIM WHO FINISHED THE JOB.

WHO WAS IT?

MANZHU LI...

RODE IN...

...AND CUT OFF HADAR’S HEAD WHILE HE WAS STILL CHOKING IN HIS BLOOD.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHY WOULD HE DO THAT...?

I DON’T KNOW...

WHY HE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT HE SAVED THE JOSEON PRISONERS...

...AND THAT WE ARE ONLY ALIVE BECAUSE OF HIM.

D-DON'T BE RIDICULOUS...

G-GWIYEONG!

YOU CAN'T MOVE YET. ALL OF YOU WERE BADLY WOUNDED AND HAD LOST A LOT OF BLOOD.

IF YOU HAD BEEN OUT THERE FOR EVEN A BIT LONGER--

YOU MUST BE KIDDING ME!

HE SAVED ME?

THAT'S THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING I'VE EVER HEARD.

WHY WOULD HE...?

WHY WOULD THAT CURSED BASTARD DO THAT?

I'D RATHER BE DEAD...

...THAN LIVE IN HUMILIATION...

GWIYEONG...

BUT DUMOK...

H-HOLD ON A SECOND...

WHERE'S DUMOK?

HEY...

WHY ARE YOU MAKING THOSE FACES?

CHANGRYONG! YUJEONG!

WHERE'S DUMOK? ANSWER ME!

D-DUMOK...

HE...

SO... HE...

NO... THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT...

HE WAS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.

HADAR...

HE WAS AN ENEMY, BUT I HAD TO ADMIT HOW STRONG HE WAS.

I HAD ONCE FOUGHT MANZHU LI BRIEFLY, AND I CAN SAY HADAR WAS AS STRONG AS HE WAS.

HOWEVER... WE WERE EVEN STRONGER.

AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.

WOW...!

I ONLY HAD ONE THING ON MY MIND WHEN HIS BLADE STABBED MY SHOULDER.

"I GOT YOU NOW!"

I WAS DETERMINED TO PIN DOWN HIS WEAPON.

WE TRIED TO STOP HIM, BUT HE JUST WOULDN'T LISTEN.

IT'S RIDICULOUS.

THEN I TOLD HADAR...

"SEE...? DIDN'T I SAY YOU'LL PAY THE PRICE?"

THEN THE SWORD THAT WAS PULLED FROM MY SHOULDER NOW SWUNG TOWARD HADAR--

...!

G-GWIYEONG! YOU'RE FINALLY UP!

I WAS WORRIED SICK ABOUT YOU!

D-DUMOK. IS EVERYTHING OKAY WITH YOU?

SURE! YOU DIDN'T THINK I'D BE BEDRIDDEN AFTER THAT LITTLE SCRATCH, DID YOU?

SEE? YOU REALLY NEED TO WORK ON YOUR BODY, GWIYEONG.

I'M SO GLAD...

...EVERYONE IS ALIVE...

BUT... I...

OH, YOU'RE FINALLY AWAKE.

WE WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU, CHILD...

I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE HOW A YOUNG BOY LIKE YOU DID SUCH A BRAVE THING...

HOW ARE YOU FEELING? ARE YOU BETTER NOW, DEAR?

THANKS. YOU SAVED MY WIFE AND MY SON.

I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

WHAT? IS HE FINALLY AWAKE? LET ME SEE.

HE'S THE ONE WHO SAVED US. GO AND THANK HIM.

MY GOODNESS. THE LAST ONE MUST BE FINALLY AWAKE!

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO US ALIVE.

C-CAPTAIN KIM...

NOW, REMEMBER... YOU MUST SURVIVE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. JUST LIVE ON.

AH... THERE YOU ARE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE ON SHORT NOTICE.

YUNDEOK CHOI AND SUNMONG LEE.

THE TWO BEST SWORDSMEN IN JOSEON ARE HERE. HAHA!

I AM FLATTERED, YOUR MAJESTY...

IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LONG RIDE, AND YOU MUST BE WEARY...

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS CAN’T WAIT.

LET ME ASK YOU RIGHT AWAY.

I’M CONSIDERING A CAMPAIGN AGAINST MANZHU LI.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

LEE. LET’S START WITH YOU.

IF YOU WISH TO WIPE OUT THE JIANZHOU JURCHENS...

...ALLOW ME TO TAKE 5,000 SOLDIERS WITH ME.

THEN I WILL BRING YOU HIS HEAD.

I SEE...

FORGIVE ME, YOUR MAJESTY...

BUT I MUST OBJECT.

THERE ARE TOO MANY FACTORS UNACCOUNTED FOR.

LEE ASKED FOR 5,000 STRONG.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT'S NOT ENOUGH?

YOUR MAJESTY... THE JURCHEN TRIBES ARE SPREAD OUT. WE MUST CONSIDER THE TACTICAL IMPLICATIONS.

IT'S NOT SIMPLY THE NUMBER OF TROOPS. WE NEED SOMETHING MORE FUNDAMENTALLY--

HOW ABOUT 10,000 SOLDIERS?

YOUR MAJESTY. AS I JUST MENTIONED, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBER--

15,000 THEN.

I WILL GIVE YOU 15,000 SOLDIERS.

I WANT THE TWO OF YOU TO GO THERE AND MAUL THEM ALL DOWN.

NEVER AGAIN WILL THOSE BARBARIAN BASTARDS DARE TO MESS WITH MY PEOPLE.

I AM ORDERING YOU TO CRUSH THOSE SAVAGES ONCE AND FOR ALL, GENERAL CHOI.