Chetamja: The King’s Eyes — S2 - Chapter 42

YOU MUST BE THE ONE WHO BROUGHT DESTRUCTION TO YEOYEON LAST WINTER.

YOU'RE THE WENCH CALLED HARI.

WORD OF YOU HAS SPREAD FAR AND WIDE ACROSS JOSEON.

YOU MANAGED TO FOOL EVERYONE.

AND NOW, YOU EVEN LEARNED HOW TO SHOOT A PYEONJEON.

BUT OF COURSE, YOU'LL NEED A NEW ARM TO DO THAT NOW.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO KNOWS HOW TO USE IT?

IF I TALK...

...WILL YOU LET ME GO?

OF COURSE NOT.

BUT I COULD GIVE YOU A QUICK, PAINLESS DEATH.

UGH...

YES... THAT'S MORE LIKE IT...

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO SEE...

...FROM SOMEONE OF YOUR REPUTATION.

HUH...?

HYAH!

H-HEAD CHIEF...

HANG IN THERE.

WE CAN’T BEAT THAT MONSTER...

NOT YET, ANYWAY...

BUT THE DAY OF OUR VICTORY WILL COME.

AND FOR THAT... I WILL NEED YOU, KAI.

THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO...

...IS SURVIVE.

WELL, WELL... HE’S QUITE THE SHREWD WARRIOR, ISN’T HE?

HE KNOWS WHEN TO SWALLOW HIS PRIDE AND RUN.

AND NOW, I LOST HIM...

HIS MAJESTY WILL BE DISAPPOINTED, AND GENERAL CHOI WILL START YELLING AT ME.

AND WHAT WOULD GWIYEONG SAY ABOUT THIS?

UGH... I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT!

YOU LAZY OAF.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE?

IF YOU HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO, MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL AND SHOVEL HORSE DUNG LIKE YOU USED TO.

ARE YOU HERE TO PICK A FIGHT AGAIN? GO AWAY.

I'M NOT IN THE MOOD FOR IT.

WHY WOULD I START A FIGHT WITH YOU?

IT'S SETTLED. I WON.

WHAT?!

THE CAMPAIGN IS IN FULL SWING, BUT HERE YOU ARE, WITH NOTHING TO DO...

DO YOU FEEL FRUSTRATED AND USELESS?

MANZHU LI AND HARI...

YOU SPOTTED THE ENEMY WITH YOUR OWN EYES, BUT YOU HAD TO TURN BACK...

ONCE THE BATTLE BEGINS, OUR MISSION COMES TO AN END.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND...

THIS IS WHAT WE DO AS CHETAMJAS.

YEAH, I KNOW.

BUT STILL...

DO YOU REMEMBER THE QUESTION YOU ASKED GENERAL CHOI SOME TIME BACK?

WHICH ONE?

YOU CAN KILL THE BARBARIANS YOURSELF BY BECOMING A SOLDIER.

BUT AS A CHETAMJA, YOU WOULD BE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS TO KILL THEM.

YOU ASKED HIM WHICH OF THE TWO WOULD RESULT IN MORE BARBARIAN DEATHS.

OH... THAT...

SUFFICIENT OR NOT...

...WE DID OUR JOB.

I GUESS YOU'VE MATURED.

I THOUGHT YOU'D THROW A TANTRUM SO THEY'D LET YOU FIGHT.

W-WELL...

PLEASE LET ME FIGHT!

HUH?

I WANT TO TAKE PART IN THE CAMPAIGN!

PLEASE LET ME JOIN YOU IN BRINGING MANZHU LI DOWN, MASTER!

OH? ARE YOU QUITTING THE CHETAMJA THEN?

N-NO... THAT’S NOT WHAT I MEANT...

SO YOU WANT TO KEEP BEING A CHETAMJA...

AND ALSO FIGHT AS A SOLDIER WHEN NEEDED. IS THAT IT?

YES! EXACTLY!

SO... WHAT WAS IT YOU WANTED AGAIN?

I-I'LL FOCUS ON MY DUTIES AS A CHETAMJA, SIR...

I CAN'T SAY I'M QUALIFIED TO SAY THIS,

BUT HE DEFINITELY HAS SOME ISSUES...

?

YOU KNOW WHAT? I ENVY YOU.

YOU HAVE THE KIND AND GENTLE GENERAL CHOI GUIDING YOU.

OH? SO YOU WISH TO JOIN THE BATTLE.

TO THINK MY OWN DISCIPLE WOULD SAY SOMETHING SO FOOLISH...

I-I SHALL FOCUS ALL MY EFFORTS ON MY DUTIES AS A CHETAMJA, SIR...

I CAN’T SAY HE’S ALL THAT BETTER...

...?

GWIYEONG, YUJEONG!

I KNEW I’D FIND YOU BOTH HERE.

I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU EVERYWHERE.

WHAT’S THE MATTER?

THE JOSEON ARMY HAS CROSSED THE RIVER.

THE CAMPAIGN IS OVER.

APRIL 10, 1433 (15TH YEAR OF KING SEJONG’S REIGN)

AN ARMY OF 15,000 LED BY GENERAL CHOI...

...CROSSED THE PAJEO RIVER AND LAUNCHED AN ASSAULT IN SEVEN DIRECTIONS.

THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE JURCHENS LASTED UNTIL APRIL 28TH, FOR A TOTAL OF TEN DAYS.

AS A RESULT OF THE CAMPAIGN, APPROXIMATELY 500 JURCHENS WERE EITHER KILLED OR CAPTURED...

...AND MANY WEAPONS, CATTLE, AND HORSES WERE SEIZED IN THE PROCESS.

THE JOSEON TROOPS FAILED TO KILL MANZHU LI...

...BUT SUFFERED ONLY FOUR DEATHS AND 25 INJURIES.

IT WAS A SHORT CAMPAIGN THAT ONLY LASTED TEN DAYS.

BUT IT SENT A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO THE MARAUDING JURCHENS WHO CONSTANTLY PLUNDERED JOSEON LANDS.

THIS WAS THE FIRST PAJEO RIVER EXPEDITION AGAINST THE BARBARIANS...

WELL DONE.

...ORDERED BY KING SEJONG.

YOUR MAJESTY, THIS IS THE REPORT FROM GENERAL YUNDEOK CHOI, THE CHIEF COMMANDER OF THE CENTRAL ARMY.

DURING THIS CAMPAIGN, 267 JURCHENS WERE KILLED...

...AND 238 WERE CAPTURED.

THE TROOPS HAVE CONFISCATED 1,200 WEAPONS...

...AND SEIZED 177 HORSES AND CATTLE.

WHAT ARE THE KINGDOM'S LOSSES?

FOUR WERE KILLED AND 25 WERE INJURED IN BATTLE.

ONLY FOUR DEAD OF 15,000 SOLDIERS!

THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT VICTORY, YOUR MAJESTY!

BUT SIRE,

THEY FAILED TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL OF KILLING MANZHU LI.

SUNMONG LEE MADE SUCH GRAND PROMISES, YET HE COULDN'T DELIVER!

BUT THEY DO SAY HIS WIFE AND SON WERE KILLED, AND LI HIMSELF BARELY ESCAPED DEATH AT THE GENERAL'S HANDS.

HE WOULDN’T DARE ATTACK US AGAIN.

HOW NAIVE OF YOU. DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THE WAYS OF THOSE SAVAGES?

WHAT?!

THOSE BARBARIAN SCOUNDRELS, GIVEN HALF A CHANCE...

SILENCE! THAT IS ENOUGH.

WHILE THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO KILL LI, THERE IS NO DENYING THAT OUR TROOPS ACHIEVED A SIGNIFICANT VICTORY.

THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL IS THE FACT THAT OUR ARMY SUFFERED MINIMAL LOSSES.

HOWEVER, YOU ARE RIGHT. WE HAVE NOT EXTERMINATED ALL THE BARBARIAN THREAT.

AND WE MUST TIGHTEN THE GUARD TO KEEP THE PEOPLE OF JOSEON SAFE FROM THEIR RAIDS.

BUT FIRST, LET US GIVE DUE REWARD TO THE GENERALS AND SOLDIERS WHO WORKED HARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

A GRAND BANQUET IS IN ORDER.

F-FINALLY...

I'M IN HANYANG*!

WOW! EVERYTHING REALLY DOES LOOK DIFFERENT HERE!

*HISTORIC NAME FOR SEOUL

KEEP IT DOWN, DUMOK.

EVERYONE IS STARING AT US BECAUSE OF YOU.

WHO CARES?!

WE WERE SUMMONED TO HANYANG BY THE INVITATION OF THE KING HIMSELF!

TO COMMEND US FOR OUR ACHIEVEMENTS, NO LESS!

GWIYEONG... ARE YOU OKAY?

HUH? ME?

YOU WERE REALLY DOWN WHEN YOU HEARD LI AND HARI GOT AWAY.

OH, THAT... I'M FINE NOW.

I DECIDED TO THINK GENERAL LEE GAVE ME A CHANCE TO DO IT MYSELF.

THAT MADE ME FEEL BETTER.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

BUT...

...WHAT'S WRONG WITH DAM?

HEY, DAM. WHY THE LONG FACE?

COME ON. THE KING SUMMONED US TO HANYANG SO HE COULD GIVE US A REWARD!

YEAH, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME!

AN OPPORTUNITY...?

YOU'RE RIGHT... THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

I DIDN'T THINK I'D GET THIS CHANCE SO SOON...

THE PERFECT CHANCE...

...TO KILL THE KING.