Chetamja: The King’s Eyes — S2 - Chapter 38

HAA...!

HAA!

YOU CAN DO THIS!

DON'T BE AFRAID!!

BE CONFIDENT! TRUST YOURSELF!!

GO ON!

TAKE YOUR NEXT STEP!!

H-HEY...

D-DON'T WORRY. IT'S FINE.

THE ICE IS FROZEN SOLID--

CH-CHANGSOE! NO!

AGH! AAAH!!

CHANGSOE! HANG IN THERE!!

ALL RIGHT! I WON THE BET!

OH... THAT DIMWIT...!

H-HELP...

HELP ME!!

HELP...

...ME...

CHANGSOE... NO...

I'M FILLED WITH GRIEF AND SORROW...

AT THE SAME TIME, THE RELIEF I FEEL OVER HAVING SURVIVED...

...MAKES ME FEEL ALL THE MORE MISERABLE.

D-DOES THIS MEAN I CAN HEAD BACK AS PROMISED-?

HEY! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO KILL HIM? WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GET MY ENTERTAINMENT NOW?

OH, COME ON. THE RIDERS WHO SET OUT YESTERDAY WILL RETURN WITH EVEN MORE OF THEM ANYWAY.

SEE? THERE THEY COME.

HUH? HOW COME YOU ONLY BROUGHT BACK THREE?

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND. THE JOSEON TROOPS HAVE BEEN FIERCELY PATROLLING THEIR BORDERS LATELY.

THAT'S TRUE. WELL, DID ANY OF YOU GET INJURED OR KILLED?

NO, IT WAS JUST THE FIVE OF US. WE WERE IN AND OUT BEFORE THEY KNEW IT.

FIVE?

BUT THERE'S ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR...

WHY ARE THERE SIX OF YOU?

HUH...?

THERE YOU GO.

HOW'S THAT? THAT MAKES FIVE, RIGHT?

WHAT...? WHEN DID YOU-?

DARN IT! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?

YOU’RE GONNA DIE--

K-KILL THAT BASTARD--

....?

!!

AAAAH!

WHY... YOU BASTARD...!

ARE THESE ALL THE JOSEON CAPTIVES?

YES, SQUAD LEADER.

THIS IS THE LAST TIME I LET YOU PURSUE UNPLANNED OBJECTIVES, DUMOK.

DON'T FORGET. OUR JOB IS RECONNAISSANCE AND GATHERING INTELLIGENCE.

YOU SAY THAT EVERY TIME, BUT YOU NEVER GIVE UP ON THE FOLKS EITHER...

SQUAD LEADER YUJEONG! DUMOK!

YES, CHANGRYONG?

WE NEED TO GO. THEY’LL BE ON OUR TAIL SOON.

TAKE THE SURVIVORS ON YOUR HORSES! WE’RE RIDING BACK AT FULL SPEED!

SQUAD LEADER. DO YOU THINK GWIYEONG IS DOING ALL RIGHT?

IT’S HARD TO SAY. HE WENT MUCH DEEPER IN THAN WE DID.

HE SHOULD BE THERE BY NIGHTFALL.

HE’LL HAVE REACHED THE JIANZHOU JURCHENS.

HARI... I FINALLY FOUND YOU.

THAT LITTLE B****.

GWIYEONG.

WE SCOUTED THE AREA. THIS PLACE IS BIGGER THAN WE THOUGHT.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN MAP OUT ALL THE ESCAPE ROUTES.

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO REGROUP WITH YUJEONG'S GROUP AT THE SCHEDULED TIME EITHER.

WE MUST TURN BACK...

HARI...

SHE'S RIGHT THERE.

THAT WRETCHED WENCH...

IF IT WEREN'T FOR HER, WE--

GWIYEONG.

IF WE KILL HER NOW,

WE MIGHT GET EXPOSED.

THEN WE FAIL THE MISSION.

BUT IF THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT...

FINE. THEN WE'LL KILL HER RIGHT HERE AND NOW.

YOU'RE THE SQUAD LEADER, GWIYEONG. THE DECISION IS YOURS.

LET'S GO.

WE RETURN IMMEDIATELY...

...TO JOSEON.

HAS GWIYEONG'S SQUAD RETURNED YET?

IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY GOT BACK...

THERE THEY ARE.

HUH? ARE WE THE LAST ONES BACK?

WHERE ARE THE REST?

EVERYONE GOT BACK YESTERDAY.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS? EVERYTHING GOOD?

DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED.

WE ALMOST DIED SEVERAL TIMES OVER.

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IS IT JUST ME, OR ARE THOSE TWO ACTING MORE AWKWARD THAN EVER?

YEAH. I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED.

DID YOU COMPLETE YOUR MISSION?

SORT OF. WE CONFIRMED THE LOCATION OF MANZHU LI’S TENT.

BUT WE COULDN’T MAP OUT ALL THE ESCAPE ROUTES.

AND ONE MORE THING... HARI WAS THERE TOO.

I'M HEADING IN.

DAM, GET READY FOR THE REPORT.

SURE...

...!

DAM. WAS HE OKAY AFTER HE SAW HARI?

YEAH... SOMEHOW.

GOOD.

IT'S ABOUT TIME HE STARTED ACTING LIKE A PROPER CHETAMJA.

BY THE WAY, I OVERHEARD SOMETHING WHILE WE WERE ON THE MISSION.

THEY SAY THE KING'S BEEN SPENDING ALL HIS TIME LEISURELY SOAKING IN THE HOT SPRINGS THESE DAYS... IS THIS TRUE?

HOW WOULD WE KNOW? OR RATHER, IS THAT IMPORTANT?

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

WHAT...? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

WE RISK OUR LIVES TRYING TO SNEAK IN AND OUT OF BARBARIAN TERRITORY!

MEANWHILE, THE KING SPENDS HIS SWEET TIME ENJOYING THE HOT SPRINGS! DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU?!

D-DAM...! THAT'S DANGEROUS TALK...

BUT THINK ABOUT IT!

THAT JUST SHOWS THE KING HAS NO WILL TO FIGHT THE JURCHENS!

IS THAT SO?

IF THAT'S THE IMPRESSION YOU GOT, THIS IS GOING GREAT.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THE HOT SPRINGS HERE TRULY CAN WORK WONDERS.

IT MELTS ALL THE FATIGUE AWAY.

CARE TO JOIN ME?

CHIEF COMMANDER OF THE ARMY,

AND CHIEF COUNCILOR OF MILITARY AFFAIRS.

ACTUALLY, I WAS FEELING RATHER FATIGUED MYSELF. IF YOU INSIST--

IT'S AN HONOR, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT, YOUR MAJESTY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHETAMJAS?

I TOLD YOU THEY'D PROVE TO BE QUITE EFFECTIVE, DIDN'T I?

YES. AND WE ARE TRAINING THEM TO BE SO.

WE'VE TASKED THEM TO SCOUT THE JURCHEN CAMP.

THEY SHOULD'VE COMPLETED THEIR MISSION AND RETURNED TO BASE BY NOW.

GOOD. THEN IT'S ABOUT TIME...

...WE MADE OUR MOVE.

GENERALS YUNDEOK CHOI...

AND SUNMONG LEE.

AS YOUR KING, I COMMAND YOU.

JIANZHOU JURCHEN REGION

LOOK, MY SON.

THE JURCHENS ARE SCATTERED ALL OVER...

...THESE VAST LANDS.

ONE DAY, WE MUST UNITE THEM AS ONE.

THAT IS WHAT I SEEK TO ACHIEVE.

SHOULD I FAIL TO DO SO, YOU MUST TAKE OVER...

AND FULFILL THE DESTINY OF UNITING THE JURCHENS.

FATHER...

HAHA, LET'S HEAD BACK. I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT THE BURDEN ON YOUR SHOULDERS.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I WILL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

FATHER!

YOU DON’T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT ME.

I PROMISE I WILL--

...?

AS YOUR KING, I COMMAND YOU.

THE BARBARIANS SQUEEZED THE LIFEBLOOD OUT OF THE JOSEON PEOPLE.

DO NOT LEAVE A SINGLE ONE ALIVE.

SLAUGHTER THEM ALL.