WHY ARE YOU CRYING?
YOU GOT YOUR REVENGE, DIDN'T YOU?
I KNEW ALL ALONG...
THAT GETTING MY REVENGE...
...WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING...
IT WON'T BRING MY FAMILY BACK...
I KNEW THAT...
SO WHAT?
NONETHELESS, YOU STILL HAD TO DO IT.
WHAT DO I DO NOW?
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GO ON?
HOW WOULD I KNOW?
THAT'S FOR YOU TO FIGURE OUT.
THERE'S NO GOING BACK TO YOUR OLD LIFE ANYWAY.
THAT MUCH, YOU'LL HAVE TO GET USED TO.
NO...
IT'S NOT OVER YET.
I STILL HAVE TO FIND MY CHILDREN'S HEADS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
YOU CAME BACK HERE BECAUSE YOU KNEW IT WOULD BE FINE, DIDN'T YOU?
PUT YOUR FAITH IN HIM.
GWIYEONG WILL GET IT DONE.
GWIYEONG...
HE'S TROUBLESOME.
HE'S NOT MUCH OF A THREAT TO THE JURCHEN PEOPLE YET...
...BUT HIS TALENT IS UNDENIABLE.
IF HE KEEPS GROWING STRONGER, HIS CLAWS WILL ONE DAY REACH THE JIANZHOU JURCHENS...
...OR EVEN MANZHU HIMSELF.
WE GOT LUCKY. SUNMONG LEE ISN'T RIDING WITH HIM.
BUT THERE IS NO TELLING HOW LONG KUNUMA CAN KEEP HIM OCCUPIED...
FOR NOW, GWIYEONG IS ALONE.
WE MUST SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY...
...AND KILL HIM RIGHT HERE IF WE CAN.
YES... IT WAS TERRIFYING.
I'VE NEVER FELT SO TERRIFIED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
HUH? NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE JOSEON DOGS INVADING.
I MEAN THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AFTERWARD.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FRENZY...
WHEN THE REST SWARMED TO ATTACK MANZHU LI AFTER HE RETURNED INJURED.
I NEVER THOUGHT THEY'D DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
INJURED OR NOT, THIS IS MANZHU LI WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
NO ONE EVER DARED TO CHALLENGE HIM BEFORE THE BATTLE.
WHO WAS THE BIGGEST THREAT, YOU ASK?
IT'S HARD TO TELL... ALL OF THEM WERE FIERCE AND STRONG.
WHAT? KUNUMA..?
SURE, HE WAS IMPRESSIVE. WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT A GUY LIKE HIM HAD BEEN IN THE SHADOWS THE WHOLE TIME?
WHAT? NO, I WOULDN'T SAY SO.
HE CERTAINLY WASN'T THE STRONGEST AMONG THE CHALLENGERS.
THERE WERE TWO OTHERS...
...WHO WERE STRONGER THAN KUNUMA...
I CAN'T BELIEVE HE SENT YOU AND ME...
...TO KILL A LITTLE BRAT LIKE HIM, FUXIANU.
DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN, BURO.
THERE MUST BE A GOOD REASON FOR IT.
KAI KNOWS WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
YOU HAVE A POINT... THIS GUY MANAGED TO GET HERE EVEN THOUGH KUNUMA WENT AHEAD TO STOP THEM.
KUNUMA ISN'T PERFECT, BUT HE WOULDN'T HAVE LET SOMEONE SLIP AWAY SO EASILY.
GENERAL... BUT I STILL FEEL CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
HUH? ABOUT WHAT?
THEY ARE OUT HERE, AND THAT MEANS THEY KNOW WE'RE IN THE AREA.
I DO TRUST GWIYEONG, BUT THIS IS TOO DANGEROUS.
DON'T YOU THINK WE SHOULD HURRY AND CATCH UP WITH HIM?
NO. WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME.
WHAT?
YOU'RE CLEARLY MISTAKEN ABOUT SOMETHING.
YOU DON'T SEEM TO KNOW GWIYEONG THAT WELL.
WH-WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SIR?
DO YOU THINK HE FOLLOWED YOU OUT HERE FOR YOUR SAKE ALONE?
SURE, HE MUST'VE FELT WORRIED TO SOME EXTENT SINCE HE HAS A SOFT SIDE TO HIM.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT HIM.
YOU SEE... THAT BOY HAS LEARNED TO CONCEAL...
...HIS FURY AND HATRED.
THINK ABOUT IT. DO YOU REALLY THINK HE FORGAVE THE GUY WHO KILLED HIS SISTER?
HE DOESN’T SHOW IT, BUT I BET HIS FURY IS STILL BOILING INSIDE.
AND HONESTLY, I’D SAY IT’S SOMEWHAT NECESSARY.
IT’S HARD TO CROSS CERTAIN BOUNDARIES...
...WITHOUT A MOTIVATION LIKE THAT.
B-BUT GWIYEONG’S SKILLS AREN’T ENOUGH--
THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE MISTAKEN.
DO YOU THINK GWIYEONG WOULD’VE STRUGGLED LIKE YOU...
...IF HE HAD FOUGHT THAT BARBARIAN NAMED KUNUMA?
HAVE YOU SEEN GWIYEONG FIGHT AT FULL STRENGTH AFTER HE CROSSED THE BORDER WITH YOU?
HE'S QUICK...!
HE'S AS SWIFT AS KUNUMA...
NO... HE MIGHT EVEN BE FASTER THAN HIM...
KAI WAS RIGHT ONCE AGAIN!
BURO! NOW...!
AND NOW...
I'LL CUT OFF YOUR LIMBS WITH YOUR OWN WEAPON.
THIS SHOULD DO IT.
YOU'LL WISH I HAD BEEN HOLDING A SWORD INSTEAD.
WITH THIS...
...THERE WILL BE QUITE A LOT OF PAIN BEFORE YOU DIE.
A weeping man who has taken his revenge says he had to do it even though he knows his family will not return. As he seeks to find his children's heads, those around him urge him to trust Gwiyeong. The Jurchens, meanwhile, see Gwiyeong's talent as a future threat to Jianzhou and Manzhu Li. With Sunmong Lee away from his side and Kunuma delayed, they want to catch him alone and kill him. While Buro and Fuxianu lie in ambush, on the other side a general explains that Gwiyeong is hiding his rage and may be even faster than Kunuma. The chapter ends with a brutal threat of torture.
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