Chetamja: The King’s Eyes — S2 - Chapter 74

I BIDED MY TIME.

...TO SEIZE POWER AND DOMINANCE...

...WITHIN THE DIVIDED AND FRAGMENTED JURCHEN TRIBES.

MANZHU LI

HE WAS THE DOMINATING PRESENCE WHO SURPASSED ALL THE REST.

I WAITED FOR THE MOMENT HIS STRENGTH WOULD FALTER...

...AND KEPT MYSELF HIDDEN OUT OF SIGHT.

MEANWHILE, I TRAINED MYSELF IN EVERY SKILL AND DISCIPLINE OF MARTIAL ARTS I COULD GET MY HANDS ON...

...TO BECOME SOMEONE UNPREDICTABLE.

I WORKED TO EMBODY THE RAW AND WILD NATURE OF JURCHEN MOVES WHILE TRAINING MYSELF IN JOSEON TECHNIQUES AS WELL.

AND AT LAST...

...MANZHU LI WAS CRUSHED.

I DREW MY SWORD WITHOUT HESITATION WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY FINALLY PRESENTED ITSELF...

...AND CHARGED STRAIGHT TOWARD LI.

JUST A LITTLE BIT...

HAD MY BLADE BEEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER...

...IT WOULD HAVE REACHED HIM.

MANZHU IS TOUGH.

HE IS ALREADY AT THE PEAK OF HIS PRIME.

BUT NOT ME.

WITH TIME AND EXPERIENCE...

...I HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW STRONGER THAN ANYONE.

MANZHU KNEW THIS, SO HE SPARED ME...

...SO I COULD SUCCEED HIM AND BECOME THE FUTURE OF THE JURCHENS.

THAT'S WHEN I FIGURED...

...IF I COULD FIGHT THE FEARSOME MONSTER OF JOSEON WHO UTTERLY DEFEATED MANZHU....

...THAT IS TO SAY, FIGHT SUNMONG LEE AND LIVE TO TELL THE TALE...

IF I COULD SEIZE THAT OPPORTUNITY...

...THEN I WOULD BECOME...

...THE GREATEST WARRIOR IN THE HISTORY OF THE JURCHEN PEOPLE.

S-SIR... WHY ARE YOU HERE...?

HEY... GWIYEONG.

WHY ARE YOU STILL BACK HERE?

I THOUGHT YOU'D BE BATTLING MANZHU BY NOW.

WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME...

...ON A NOBODY LIKE HIM?

G-GENERAL LEE!

WATCH OUT! HE USES THE PYEONJEON!

HMM?

SUNMONG LEE...

YOU'RE THE MONSTER WHO DEFEATED MANZHU, RIGHT?

LET'S SEE IF YOU TRULY ARE...

...AS GOOD AS THEY SAY.

YOU'RE RIGHT. IT REALLY IS A BABY ARROW.

A BARBARIAN GIRL WAS USING ONE OF THESE THE OTHER TIME.

I WONDER IF HE LEARNED IT FROM HER.

I KNEW I SHOULD'VE KILLED THEM ALL BACK THERE.

BUT I'LL MAKE SURE TO KILL YOU, NO MATTER WHAT.

G-GENERAL. I'LL HELP--

GWIYEONG, AND JANG.

YOU'RE NOT HURT, ARE YOU?

GO ABOUT A MILE TO THE EAST, AND YOU'LL FIND SOME HORSES.

I WANT THE TWO OF YOU TO FIND MANZHU LI.

...!!

FIND OUT WHERE HE IS AND WHAT HE'S DOING THERE.

I WANT YOU TO TRACK HIS EVERY MOVEMENT.

BUT OF COURSE...

...ALL THE BETTER IF YOU CAN KILL HIM.

S-SIR... ABOUT WHAT YOU TOLD ME THE OTHER TIME...

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TIME I SAID YOU CAN'T BEAT HIM?

WELL... I'D SAY YOU'D HAVE A FAIR CHANCE NOW.

AT LEAST I DON'T THINK YOU'D LOSE TO HIM.

NOW, GO. I'LL LOOK AFTER YOUR INJURED COLLEAGUES.

...

THANK YOU, SIR.

CAPTAIN, LET'S GO.

WELL THEN...

HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS?

SHALL I HEAD YOUR WAY?

OR WILL YOU COME MY WAY?

I AM PLEASED, LEE...

YOU'RE UNDOUBTEDLY STRONG.

AFTER THIS FIGHT...

...I WILL BECOME THE STRONGEST WARRIOR THERE IS.

DUMOK... LOOK AFTER YUJEONG.

MAKE SURE YOU BOTH GET BACK SAFELY.

WORRY ABOUT YOURSELF.

I MEAN, GENERAL LEE IS HERE.

THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR ANYMORE.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT US, AND GET GOING.

OKAY. CAPTAIN, LET'S GO!

HE'S FAST AND PRECISE.

CLEAN AND EFFICIENT.

HE FIGHTS WITH NOTHING BUT THE VICTORY IN MIND.

HE'S EXPERIENCED ENOUGH TO KNOW FAIRNESS MEANS NOTHING IN BATTLE.

HE'S VERY MUCH LIKE MANZHU LI.

PERHAPS EVEN BETTER, CONSIDERING HIS POTENTIAL.

GO!

KEEP HIM ON HIS TOES!

TODAY, WE CUT DOWN JOSEON'S GREATEST SWORDSMAN!!

YOU’RE QUITE INTERESTING, AREN’T YOU?

I LIKE THAT.

I WISH I COULD WAIT UNTIL YOU’VE FULLY OUTGROWN YOUR POTENTIAL.

BUT THEY'LL HAVE MY NECK THIS TIME IF I LOSE YOU AS I DID WITH MANZHU.

UNFORTUNATE AS IT IS, I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU.

YOU ARE STRONG INDEED, BOY.

NO...

THIS VERY DAY, I SHALL BECOME...

...THE GREATEST SWORDSMAN WHO EVER LIVED.

HA...

HAHA...

AHAHA...

SUCH A PITY... WHAT A WASTE.

YOUR GROWTH POTENTIAL SEEMS ALMOST AS GOOD AS MY DISCIPLE'S.

BUT EVEN IF I WERE TO SPARE YOU TODAY...

...I DOUBT I'D BE ALIVE BY THE TIME YOU SURPASS MY STRENGTH.

SO I'VE DECIDED TO KILL YOU AFTER ALL.

SHEESH... YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE AFTER ALL OF MANZHU'S TRAITS, YOU KNOW?

BUT THIS TIME, I'M NOT LETTING ANYONE GET AWAY.

I WON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE.

HE'S BEYOND...

...ANYTHING I EXPECTED.

HE'S A FEARSOME PREDATOR.

I'VE NEVER FELT SUCH TERROR, NOT EVEN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST MANXHU.

HE'S A DIFFERENT BEAST ALTOGETHER.

HE'S SO POWERFUL THAT I CAN'T BELIEVE WE BELONG TO THE SAME SPECIES.

IF I SOMEHOW MAKE IT OUT OF HERE ALIVE...

...THIS EXPERIENCE ALONE WILL HELP ME BECOME STRONGER THAN ANYONE!!

I HOPE THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I'LL HAVE TO ASK.

WAS IT YOU...

...WHO KILLED MY FAMILY?

YES! IT WAS ME!