OH...
I WONDER...
WHERE IS LITTLE MANZHU?
WHERE IS HE HIDING?
THAT MAN...
I REMEMBER HIM.
HE'S THE ONE WHO TRIED TO CAPTURE HAZHU
SUNMONG LEE!
JUST WAIT.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO COME LOOKING FOR ME.
SOON, I'LL FIND YOU AND KILL YOU MYSELF!
NO...
HEAD CHIEF...!
I'VE BEEN LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR YOU!
WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
THE JOSEON ARMY STORMED US AT DAWN BY THE THOUSANDS.
THEY CAUGHT US COMPLETELY OFF GUARD!
ARE THE SOLDIERS ALL DEAD?
WE ALL SCATTERED BEFORE WE COULD MAKE A STAND.
THE JOSEON CAVALRY PROBABLY PICKED THEM OFF AS THEY FLED.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN...?
THE ENEMY WILL RETURN SINCE YOU'RE ALIVE.
YOU MUST HURRY AND FIND YOUR FAMILY FIRST.
WE COULDN'T FIND THEM IN THE CHAOS...
HYAH!
HYAH!
HUFF
HUFF
HUFF
HUFF
D-DARLING...
...!
WHY... ARE YOU HERE...?
YOU MUST FLEE... AND SAVE YOURSELF...
NO...!!
I-IT'S NOT... SAFE...
D-DARLING...
STAND UP.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
TAKE HER AND GET TO SOMEWHERE SAFE.
B-BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU? WHY AREN'T YOU COMING WITH US?
I MUST FIND THE SURVIVORS AND BRING THEM TOGETHER.
RIDE AHEAD. I'LL RETURN WITH THE SURVIVORS.
I'VE ALREADY LOST A CHILD...
ON THIS TRAGIC NIGHT.
I WILL NOT LOSE ANYONE ELSE.
THIS I PROMISE...
...TO YOU ALL.
I WILL BUILD A HEAP OF BODIES MUCH TALLER THAN THIS...
...WITH THE CORPSES OF JOSEON SCUM!
THAT'S INTERESTING.
I HAD NO IDEA YOU UNDERSTOOD THE NOTION OF HONOR.
I TOOK YOU FOR AN UNCIVILIZED SAVAGE WHO ONLY KNOWS HOW TO PLUNDER.
WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT YOU COULD SHED TEARS FOR YOUR FALLEN COMRADES?
ARE YOU ALONE?
WHY DO YOU ASK? WOULD YOU PREFER TO HAVE SPECTATORS?
...
SUNMONG LEE. THEY SAY YOU'RE THE BEST SWORDSMAN IN JOSEON.
YOU'RE ALSO KNOWN TO BE ECCENTRIC AND ARROGANT.
I MUST THANK YOU FOR THAT ARROGANCE...
...BECAUSE IT GAVE ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THE HEAD OF JOSEON'S GREATEST SWORDSMAN...
...SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO COMFORT THE SOULS OF MY SON AND MY FALLEN BRETHREN.
I WON’T EVEN NEED TO BUILD A HEAP OF BODIES ANYMORE...
SPEAKING OF SOULS, HERE’S ANOTHER ONE TO COMFORT.
SHE'LL WANDER THE AFTERLIFE...
...BLIND AND LOST.
JUST LIKE MY SUBORDINATE YOU BEHEADED.
I WILL KILL YOU...
...SUNMONG LEE!
I...
...COULDN'T EVEN SEE IT.
IT DIDN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE HE FIRED IT!
YOU MANAGED TO TURN YOUR HEAD AND DODGE IT...
YOU REALLY ARE QUITE INTERESTING.
I CAN’T SEE THE ARROW BECAUSE IT’S TOO SMALL...
WHAT IS THAT THING?
PYEONJEON.
THE PYEONJEON IS A SHORTENED ARROW ABOUT A THIRD OF THE LENGTH OF A NORMAL ONE.
ALSO CALLED AEGISAL, OR BABY ARROWS, IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF JOSEON’S SECRET WEAPONS.
DUE TO THE SHORT LENGTH OF THE ARROW, IT CAN’T BE FIRED FROM A BOW ALONE.
IT CAN ONLY BE SHOT USING A WOODEN TUBE CALLED A TONGA.
THE ADDITIONAL CONTRAPTION MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO MASTER.
BUT THAT ALSO MEANS ENEMY SOLDIERS CAN’T USE THE ARROWS THEY FIND.
THE PYEONJEON HAS OTHER NOTABLE CHARACTERISTICS AS WELL. IT HAS A LONGER RANGE THAN NORMAL ARROWS...
...AND IS NEARLY INVISIBLE IN FLIGHT.
THE ARROW SUNMONG SHOT AT GWIYEONG WAS A PYEONJEON AS WELL.
OH WELL... IT'D BE A SHAME TO SPOIL THE GOOD FUN.
COME OUT, COME OUT, MANZHU.
COME OUT AND PLAY.
I SINCERELY HOPE YOU'LL NEVER DOUBT YOUR VICTORY.
THEN THE DEFEAT WILL CRUSH YOUR SOUL AS YOU DIE IN DESPERATION...
MY GOODNESS. YOUR EVERY WORD IS A GEM TO BEHOLD.
WHY DO YOU KEEP RAISING MY EXPECTATIONS?
YOU'D BETTER NOT DISAPPOINT ME NOW.
OR ELSE I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU.
OH. BUT THEN AGAIN, I’LL STILL KILL YOU EVEN IF YOU DON’T.
JUST AS I THOUGHT...
HMM... YOU’VE GOT BRUTE STRENGTH. I’LL GIVE YOU THAT.
BUT YOU’RE SLOW.
YOUR SWING IS SLUGGISH...
...AND WEAK!
SUNMONG LEE. YOU ARE STRONGER THAN MOST.
YOU'VE PROBABLY WON COUNTLESS BATTLES.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR CONFIDENCE.
BUT I'M DIFFERENT FROM ANYONE YOU'VE EVER FACED.
AND THAT, SUNMONG LEE, IS WHY TODAY WILL BE YOUR LAST DAY ON EARTH.
HMM... ARE YOU ALWAYS THIS TALKATIVE?
SOMEHOW, I DIDN'T TAKE YOU FOR THE CHATTY TYPE.
WHAT A PATHETIC ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE YOUR EGO--
YOU DODGED IT AGAIN.
I WAS GONNA RIP YOUR MOUTH OPEN SO YOU CAN'T TALK ANYMORE.
LET ME TELL YOU WHY THIS DAY WILL BE YOUR LAST DAY, MANZHU LI.
IT'S BECAUSE YOU MET ME.
THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.
Sunmong Lee, searching for Little Manzhu, finds the ruined camp raided by the Joseon army at dawn. The Chief hears that his soldiers are scattered everywhere, sends his wounded beloved to safety and stays behind to gather the survivors. Saying he has lost his son, he swears revenge and engages in a deadly duel with Sunmong Lee, Joseon's finest swordsman.
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