IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT, COULD I FIGHT MY WAY OUT OF THIS?
THAT OLD SCHOLAR IS ALREADY HALF A CORPSE. HE'S NO REAL PROBLEM.
BUT HERO...
...HE PRESENTS AN OBSTACLE.
DAMNATION!
SO IN THE END, MY LIFE IS IN HIS HANDS?
I HAVE ONLY ONE QUESTION.
YES?
YOU SAID THAT ONE OF US MUST BE SACRIFICED TO SAVE THE OTHER TWO.
WHY HIM?
FROM WHAT I SEE, YOU ARE FAR CLOSER TO THE GRAVE.
A GREAT QUESTION!
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK IT MYSELF.
BEFORE THE FIRST ATTACK, HE WAS ALREADY BLEEDING BECAUSE OF YOUR SENIOR'S WHIP.
DURING THE ATTACK, HE WAS DRENCHED IN THE BLOOD OF A FELLOW SLAVE.
THE BOY ALREADY REEKS OF BLOOD. KEEPING HIM ALIVE WILL PUT US IN DANGER. THAT'S WHY HE IS THE BEST CHOICE.
I KNEW IT.
HE'S BEEN PLANNING THIS ALL ALONG!
DON'T BE TOO HASTY, MY FRIEND.
THE BOY MIGHT PROVE USEFUL LATER ON.
WHAT A SCHEMING BASTARD! CURSE YOU AND YOUR BIG BRAIN!
THAT IS TRUE.
...WHAT?
WHY IS HE LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT...?
YOUR LOGIC IS ALMOST UNASSAILABLE.
HOWEVER, YOU FAILED TO ACCOUNT FOR ONE THING.
WHAT MIGHT THAT BE?
IT'S THAT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, YOUR GRACE.
W-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
I ALSO KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND HOW YOU ENDED UP A SLAVE.
SO IF THERE IS SOMEONE AMONG US WHO DESERVES TO BE SACRIFICED...
IT'S YOU!
BUT... BUT THE SMELL OF BLOOD!
DON'T TROUBLE YOURSELF OVER THAT.
I'LL SPILL ENOUGH OF YOUR BLOOD—
—TO OVERPOWER WHATEVER RESIDUAL SCENT THE BOY CARRIES.
S-SPARE ME...
WAIT RIGHT HERE.
TH-THIS IS... HORRIFYING!
P-P-PLEASE... PLEASE NO!
S... SAVE ME!
GAAAHH!
AAAAGH-!!
CRAP! THIS IS... THIS IS TOO MUCH!
EPISODE 10
LET'S GO... JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT TO CLEAN MYSELF UP.
WE NEED TO HURRY.
DON'T FEEL GUILTY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
THE DECISION WAS MINE, AND MINE ALONE.
BESIDES, IF YOU KNEW THAT MAN'S SINS...
ACTUALLY, IT'S BETTER THAT YOU DON'T.
JUST TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THAT KILLING HIM WAS AN ACT OF JUSTICE.
THAT'S THE ONE THING I'D WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
I WONDER WHICH ONE OF US FEELS GUILTY.
THESE PEOPLE...
ALWAYS TRYING TO RATIONALIZE THEIR ACTIONS...
ALWAYS DESPERATE TO MAINTAIN AN ILLUSION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS...
EVEN WHILE DOING MOST FOUL THINGS.
I HATE THE HYPOCRISY.
YOU DON'T LIKE TO TALK MUCH, DO YOU?
WELL, FAIR ENOUGH. SILENCE IS GOLD.
...IT SOUNDS STUPID, BUT...
WHY IS IT THAT IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS, OUT OF NOWHERE, I FEEL SO... ALONE?
IT FEELS LIKE...
THE END OF THIS NIGHTMARE...
...WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE...
...IS NOT FAR OFF NOW.
TODAY WE WILL CAMP WITHOUT MAKING A FIRE.
THE BEAST IS TOO CLOSE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S STRANGE.
USUALLY, I CAN FEEL SOMEONE'S PRESENCE EVEN IN ABSOLUTE DARKNESS.
BUT WITH YOU...
THERE'S NOTHING. IT'S LIKE YOU ARE JUST ONE OF THE SHADOWS.
ARE YOU ASLEEP?
WHY?
ARE YOU WAITING FOR ME TO FALL ASLEEP BEFORE YOU KILL ME?
OR WILL YOU DO IT IN THE MORNING?
YES. I THOUGHT THAT IF I DID IT WHILE YOU SLEPT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER.
As it is discussed that one of the slaves must be sacrificed, the old scholar demands that the child be sacrificed because he smells of blood. But the Hero, saying he knows who he is and what he did in the past, reverses the decision: the one to be sacrificed is the scholar himself. He says he will spill his blood to mask the scent of blood and kills him mercilessly. He then moves on with the survivors, defends the murder as justice, and they make camp at night without a fire.
