AAAAHHH!!
SON OF A BITCH...
I SHALL TEAR YOU LIMB FROM LIMB!
HOW INTERESTING. IT WOULD SEEM...
...EVEN BEASTS LIKE YOU CRY WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR OFFSPRING.
DON'T WORRY.
YOU WILL SOON JOIN YOUR CHILD!
GEEZ... WHAT WAS THAT?
YOU HEARD THE SCREAMING TOO, DIDN'T YOU?
OH WELL. THE CHIEF MUST BE BEATING SOMEONE UP AGAIN.
LET'S CHECK IT OUT, JUST IN CASE...
HUH...?
THAT SOUNDS LIKE SWORDS!
WAIT HERE! I'LL GET THE OTHERS!
DARN IT. I BET IT'S THE PANNU TRIBE AGAIN--
....?!
....!!
DIE...
DIE ALREADY...!!
YOU BASTARD...
YOU THINK I'M A BEAST? LOOK AT YOURSELF.
TO CATCH A BEAST...
...YOU'VE TURNED YOURSELF INTO ONE TOO.
SO BE IT. JOSEON AND MY PEOPLE...
...HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED IN MUTUAL HATRED ANYWAY. WE ARE TWO EVILS FEEDING OFF EACH OTHER.
YOU SAID YOU KNOW SOMEONE...
...WHO MIGHT HAVE KILLED MY FAMILY.
TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW.
IF YOU DO...
...I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK DEATH.
FIRST, I'LL CUT YOUR HEAD OFF!
THEN I'LL HOLD YOUR HEAD AND KINDLY WHISPER EVERY LITTLE SECRET INTO YOUR EARS!
AGH...!
UGH...!
START TALKING...
I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK DEATH...
...AND LET YOU JOIN YOUR SON.
WHO WOULD ATTACK THE FAMILY OF A CHETAMJA?
WHO IS THIS PERSON YOU SPEAK OF?
WHAT DO YOU RECKON?
ANY JURCHEN...
...WOULD GLADLY DO SO!
EVERY SINGLE JURCHEN IS A SUSPECT!!
WHAT WERE YOU HOPING TO HEAR? A SWORN ENEMY OF SOME KIND?
WHAT...?
SO...
...YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
THE CYCLE NEVER ENDS.
MY CHILD DIED AFTER YOURS. AFTER HIM, IT WILL BE YOUR--
....?
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING?
THIS GUY DOESN’T KNOW ANYTHING. WE’RE WASTING OUR TIME.
WE SHOULD GET GOING.
I TOLD YOU...
...NOT TO GET IN MY WAY.
THE DAWN WILL BREAK SOON.
THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO BE VENTING YOUR RAGE.
BRING FIRE.
FIRE...?
AAAH! WHAT'S GOING ON?!
F-FIRE!!!
P-PLEASE... SPARE THE CHILD...
The chapter opens with a pain-filled scream as a furious warrior fights to the death against an enemy who has lost his child. Amid taunts and vows of revenge, swords are drawn, while nearby villagers fear a Pannu attack. During the interrogation he demands to learn who killed his family, promising a quick death, but gains no concrete information. As dawn approaches, fire is requested and a blaze is set, and at the last moment mercy is begged for a child.
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