GET OFF YOUR HORSES.
WE'LL HAVE TO GO ON FOOT FROM HERE.
KEEP UP AND DON'T FALL BEHIND.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU.
HE'S FAST...!
HOW DOES HE DO THAT...?
DOES THIS MEAN THE SECHONGTONG IS FINALLY READY?
THE PROBLEM THE TROOPS FACED IN THE LAST CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
THE CHAMBER NO LONGER CRACKS FROM THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY THE POWDER ANYMORE.
THE DURABILITY OF THE CHAMBER WAS AT FAULT.
THE ALLOY WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND THE EXPLOSIVE FORCE OF THE GUNPOWDER.
AND NOW, THE INCREASED AMOUNT OF GUNPOWDER WON'T JUST STOP AT CRACKING THE OLD CHAMBER.
IT WILL MAKE THE WHOLE THING EXPLODE.
HA... HAHA...
HAHA... HAHAHA...
OH... YES, MY KING...
YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD AN EXCEPTIONAL TALENT...
...FOR CHOPPING OFF THE ARMS AND LEGS OF YOUR PEOPLE!
WHAT MADE YOU TAKE THIS PATH?
I WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO TALK WITH YOU... THE PEOPLE.
HA...! TALK...? WITH US?
HOW WOULD WE DO THAT?
WE CAN’T EVEN REPORT CHARGES AGAINST A LOCAL MAGISTRATE!
HOW WOULD WE EVER TALK TO YOU, THE KING?!
IS THAT...
...WHAT MADE YOU DO THIS?
I WILL NOT DENY MY MISTAKES.
BUT IT HAD TO BE DONE.
I WANTED...
...TO GIVE YOU ALL A CHANCE UNTIL THE VERY END.
THE KING...
THE KING IS MALEVOLENT!!
AND SO, THE PEOPLE SUFFER IN HIS PLACE!!!
THE KING IS MALEVOL--
I WILL NOT SUFFER THIS INSOLENCE ANY LONGER...
...NOR LET IT CONTINUE.
YOUR MAJESTY... YOU HAVE GIVEN HIM EVERY OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE.
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO BEHEAD THIS TREACHEROUS REVEL.
HEY, WHAT WAS THAT SOUND?
HOW MANY MORE OF YOU ARE THERE?
HOW MANY HAVE SUFFERED FROM MY MISTAKES...
...AND SHARE YOUR PAIN?
THE NAME, HOEBEON...
...WAS CREATED WITH OUR WISH TO RETURN TO A TIME...
...BEFORE JOSEON STARTED SACRIFICING ITS PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF THE GREATER GOOD.
WE ARE ALL HOEBEON.
THIS IS WHY...
...HOEBEON IS EVERYWHERE.
EVEN RIGHT NOW, THERE IS ONE BEHIND YOU.
ROYAL GUARDS!!
PROTECT HIS MAJESTY!!
AAAAHHH!!
GET BEHIND ME, YOUR MAJESTY!
DAM...!!
YOU BASTARD!!!
CURSE... YOU...
....?!
CURSES...!!
DAMN YOU ALL, CURSED JOSEON DOGS...!!
WH-WHAT...? HE CAN SPEAK... BUT HE SPEAKS...
...THE JURCHEN TONGUE...!
I WILL KILL...
...THE KING OF JOSEON...
THE KING... OF JOSEON...
EOYEON...
WHAT JUST HAPPENED...?
HE IS NOT FROM JOSEON.
HE'S A JURCHEN WHO GOT LEFT BEHIND IN JOSEON...
...IN THEIR LAST YEOYEON RAID.
WHAT...?
HE MUST'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR VENGEANCE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE KING...
...THROUGH YOU.
HA... HAHA...
HOW EMBARASSING THIS IS...
AND I THOUGHT KNOWLEDGE WAS MY GREATEST WEAPON...
S-SANG...!
Y-YOUR MAJESTY!!
SIRE!!
PLEASE! YOU MUST GET AWAY FROM HIM!
IT ISN'T SAFE, SIRE! PLEASE...!
SAVE HIM.
DO WHATEVER IT TAKES...
...TO SAVE THIS BOY.
The group, proceeding on foot after dismounting from their horses, talks about the Sechongtong cannon being ready. Then the King confronts Hoebeon, a rebel, who says the people are suffering and accuses the king of cruelty. As the argument escalates, a hidden attacker emerges, and the royal guards rush to protect the king. The attacker, speaking in the Jurchen language, shouts that he wants to kill the Joseon king. The King, meanwhile, orders that the wounded child be saved at all costs.
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