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Episode 15
There is a message from Lord Ho Gae.
They have left the border of Baekje and are now heading north.
Kiha - Oracle and High Priestess of the Temple
High Priestess.
- Speak. - Forgive me for daring to ask such a question.
When there is a big event in our nation, the temple usually prays to the Heavens,
picks an auspicious day
and holds a ceremony of war for the soldiers on the battlefield.
But we have never given orders to the troops.
So I ask you this. Was it really the word of Heaven?
Did Heaven really tell you to move the troops?
The one you speak to now is the Guardian of the Phoenix before she is the Oracle.
What reason do I have to explain myself...
...to you, a mere priestess?
Forgive me.
Tell Lord Yon I wish to speak to him.
You want me to tell him to come here?
I have rushed here to see what important matter the Oracle wishes to discuss with me.
40,000 men are moving unexpectedly to another location,
and we have been busy trying to manage resources and logistics.
Is the king returning?
Wouldn't the Hwachun know that better than I?
Perhaps you should ask them.
But I am asking you.
Is the king returning or not?
Does he have any other choice?
Over 10,000 of West Baekje's soldiers are headed towards him.
And there are still 3,000 soldiers of Gwanmi defending their fortress.
He will not be overcome the numbers, so...
There is something you must do for me, Lord Yon.
First, you must take care of the noble families who remain loyal to the late king.
And you must plant your men in the cabinet.
Now that you are in charge of the temple, do you desire to be in charge of the nation, as well?
When His Majesty returns,
I will ensure that he cannot step foot within Gooknae Castle.
You mean...
...and until the time when I crown him king with my authority as High Priestess and Oracle...
The present king must not enter Gooknae Castle.
Even if I gather the cabinet, they will not approve...
Don't you understand?
His Majesty's army is an experienced and victorious army with the finest weapons and armor.
If that army enters Gooknae Castle,
do you think that you will be allowed to remain as you are?
You don't have to worry about that.
The king has invaded Gwanmi Fortress.
How could that be?
- With only 4,000 men? - Our thoughts must have been correct.
The Symbol of the Blue Dragon must be at Gwanmi Fortress.
Why else would he do such a foolish thing?
He is invading a fortress that is guarded by an inhuman overlord with only 4,000 men.
It would be impossible to conquer Gwanmi Fortress with even ten times as many men.
He has lost his reason and is full of greed for the Symbol.
Even though he has conquered ten of Baekje's fortresses,
Gwanmi Fortress is different.
Anyone that dares to attack Gwanmi will not return alive.
Baekje Gwanmi Fortress
Goguryeo Imperial Army
- Archers. - Archers!
Shoot!
Shields!
Archers!
Shields!
Archers!
General, they are using Maekgoong arrows.
Shields!
Get ready for archers.
Archers!
Shoot!
The gate is on fire! The gate is on fire!
- Put out the fire! - General!
Chuh Ro - Overlord of Gwanmi Fortress
Your Majesty, that's the Overlord of Gwanmi Fortress.
Encampment of Goguryeo's Imperial Army North of Gwanmi Fortress
Chief! Chief! Wake up!
Hurry and wake up!
You should just tell us to move.
Get out of there!
I should have killed him.
That demon...I should have killed him. He wasn't human.
- I should have... - Don't say such things!
You said he wasn't human! Are you stupid?
He's not human, so what's the use of fighting him?
You're full of cuts and bruises! Look at you!
Let's go.
What are you doing there?
- What? - You have disobeyed the king's orders.
You have caused the loss of valuable soldiers. You should have committed suicide.
How can you be standing there?
Well, I came here to atone for my crimes...
...but he's not summoning me so I'm just...
Arrest this criminal!
- What are you doing? - Yes, sir!
Hey! You wretches... you want to die...?
I'm sorry... What are you doing? Kneel down!
You stupid boy. If I'm going to kneel, I'll kneel in front of His Majesty.
Do I kneel before a tent?
You little...!
Your Majesty, we cannot delay any longer.
We must take the remaining soldiers and leave this place immediately.
Elder, what about our Sujini?
We Guh Mool Disciples are a people who serve the Joo Shin king.
We cannot stop our duty because of one girl.
The reinforcement army will be here by the day after tomorrow.
Combined with Gwanmi's forces, they will overcome us...
Make preparations.
We will move before the sun sets.
Send messengers to the surrounding troops.
We must retreat without the Baekje forces finding out.
Yes, your Majesty.
Your Majesty, we can't do what you're thinking of doing.
Don't even think about rescuing Sujini.
My poor Sujini...
Encampment of Lord Ho Gae's Army Southern Habook Plains
- What is the plan? - We will meet tonight.
They are plotting something.
Commander...
The generals are up to something.
For the past few days, they have been whispering amongst themselves.
Let us gather them together and ask them directly.
Tell them to declare their dissatisfaction!
What if they all step out?
Let us take the leaders and kill them.
They will become quiet when they see it.
For what reason?
If we are to execute a general, we must have a good reason.
Execution of soldiers guilty of mutiny is allowed!
They are guilty of inciting insurgency!
- Is she still not here? - What?
Why aren't you here?
You said you would come...
They say that the Guardian of the Phoenix has become the Oracle of the temple!
It doesn't matter if she is the Oracle or the custodian of the temple.
But when did the temple start to interfere in war strategy and movement?
But she's the Guardian of the Phoenix and the Oracle...
Maybe she knows something we don't?
My point is that she has too much influence over our commander.
He commands over 40,000 men and yet he comes and goes as she orders!
I heard that after we left Baekje's border, he has been doing nothing but drinking.
Day and night!
Even though he is the heir of one of the noblest families of Goguryeo and born under the Joo Shin star...
...he's too young!
The Joo Shin king should have some experience, don't you think?
- Absolutely! - You're right!
Are we supposed to wait here forever?
What's that?!
What's going on?!
I am looking for the commander's tent.
I am sorry I am late.
Will someone guide me there?
This is a dream.
You wouldn't be here next to me if it weren't a dream.
If this is a dream, then will you listen to what I have to say?
I have always been full of regret when I thought of you.
I know you have always been with me.
It was because I couldn't go far from you.
...even though I knew it was foolish...
Will you be behind me forever?
No matter what happens... No matter how I change...?
I will keep making requests of you.
I will ask you to bring me the White Tiger's symbol.
I will ask you to bring me the Blue Dragon's symbol.
And I'll ask you to take Goguryeo.
Do you still not understand?
You don't have to make any requests. Just...
Just tell me you want me.
And I'll be yours.
I want you.
I want your soul.
When I have it, I will use it. And when I'm done, I will discard it.
Find the symbol of the White Tiger.
And when Dam Duk comes here...
Kill him for me.
I will arrange it so that he comes here and not Gooknae Castle.
Take the Symbol of the White Tiger and...
...kill him.
Will I be killed in the same way at a later time?
Perhaps.
Then let me make a request.
If that time ever comes, don't ask someone else to do it.
Do it yourself.
What a waste! What a waste!
We worked so hard to conquer these fortresses!
And we're going to give them back so easily?
My guts are twisting in anger!
That wretched fool! He should have come when His Majesty ordered him to!
Then Gwanmi Fortress would be ours now!
We almost had it!
We had done all the preparations already, but he rejected it!
That wretched....!
I meant Ho Gae, General.
I wonder what His Majesty is doing?
I told that boy to go and escort him. Where is that wretched boy...?!
What is it?
His Majesty wasn't there, but he left this for you.
You should read it...
Hey, General Go!
Oh, I don't know!
- Teacher! - What is it, Jumuchi?
I'm going with you.
Where?
Aren't you going to rescue Sujini?
You...
What can you do in such a state?
- And what can you do, Teacher? - I am the Guardian of the Turtle Snake.
I'm certain Heaven will help me if I need it.
Do you really believe that?
Of course not.
So, wise teacher, what is the plan?
How will you rescue Sujini? How will you enter Gwanmi Fortress?
- I have to betray us. - What?
I am an army chief of Goguryeo's army.
I will betray Goguryeo and go to you, so accept me!
- Really? - Of course not.
Thank you for offering to rescue Sujini even though you're injured.
Are you crazy? Why would I offer that for free? I'm a mercenary, you know?
You take care of Sujini's rescue. I have business with that overlord.
I don't know if he's human or demon, but he's still a warrior.
That's right.
If I ask him to fight me, he won't run away.
So you're saying that while you distract him, you want me to rescue Sujini?!
- I said I'm not rescuing Sujini! - For a mercenary, you're nice.
No, I'm not!
You're a nice man.
Aren't we going?
Let's go!
Baekje Gwanmi Fortress
Hey! Is anybody there?
- Who are you? - Come out!
Are you a rat? Stop hiding and come out!
I know you.
What are we looking for?
The fire today may have made an opening in the wall.
Are you telling me I have to crawl through like a dog?
Why? You don't want to?
I can't crawl through small spaces.
Then we'll have to find a bigger hole.
Wh...what's that?
Oh...!
Did they see us?
Did you say the king sent you?
I am a messenger from His Majesty to the Overlord.
I have been given orders to deliver my message directly to him.
- Only one messenger? - There is need for only one to deliver his message.
I have brought a seal symbolizing the King of Goguryeo!
Are... are you seeing what I'm seeing?
The king...
I have come to ask the Overlord this.
Does he wish to take back all ten fortresses of Baekje, including Sukhyun Fortress?
He wants to relinquish the fortresses? Why?
He has ordered me to speak directly with the Overlord. I ask you to escort me to him.
- What? - Not now...
Not now.
Oh, my goodness!
To come here alone...
Your king has given away your life.
My king desires to save lives.
Does not your Overlord feel the same?
I am Ga Geun, Chief General of Gwanmi Fortress.
What is your name and which family are you from?
If I answer, I will have to lie. So do not ask me.
Did you watch the tournament at Gooknae Castle?
It was a magnificent spectacle.
It was outstanding.
I...
...am not human.
So...
I have never been ill.
Because I am not human.
If you're trying to scare me, you should forget it.
If you're not human, then what are you? A monster?
Scream and run away.
Every time...
Everyone...
...who sees me...
Is that your real face?
Is your body the same way?
Were you born like this?
Are you alright?
You...and him...
Who is he? Who is he to you?
Him...?
- Who? - Who is he?
Why does he make my heart hurt so?
A messenger has arrived.
He says they will relinquish the conquered fortresses.
Will you meet him?
Enter.
Overlord of Gwanmi.
I will relinquish all ten of Baekje's fortresses.
As long as you return the girl you took.
Is she your woman?
Teacher, go behind me.
What's this?
What are you doing? You sad you were a great warrior!
Stop making faces and use your strength!
Or use your brain!
- No, no! - You do it yourself then!
- Use your head and open it! - It won't open if you use your head.
My beloved disciple and His Majesty may be behind those doors.
Open these doors for me. Don't just vent your anger.
As I presumed, he didn't come alone.
Did you come with the messenger?
What messenger? We don't know of such things.
Let me ask you one thing. Is your king the King of Joo Shin?
Wait. Wait a moment.
Teacher, what do we say?
If he is the Joo Shin king, then he is also the King of Baekje.
You know that much, don't you?
- Is it true? - I am the elder of Guh Mool Village, Hyun Go.
Before we recognized him, the symbol of the Turtle Snake first recognized him.
And if it's true, then what will you do?
Will you believe me if I told you that I, Ga Geun, have also waited a long time for him?
So on the night of the Joo Shin Star,
I entered Gooknae Castle and looked for the potential king.
Ho Gae of the Yon family and another...
- Your king... - And?
It is said that only the Joo Shin king can save my guardian and free him from his curse.
Free him from his curse? What do you mean?
Your king went in a moment ago.
If he is truly the Joo Shin king, then he will free him from Heaven's curse.
So...where is the sacred symbol?
The Hilt of Jumong's Great Sword
Save...me.
He's still alive.
Sacred Symbol of the Blue Dragon
It is the sacred symbol of the Blue Dragon.
When the Overlord was ten years old,
his father thrust it into his heart in order to protect it.
O Guardian of the East...
I give you...
...my son's heart.
I serve the Joo Shin king.
Marketplace at Goguryeo's Gooknae Castle
This is it! This is our Lord Ho Gae's great strategy!
He says he will strike the south.
But in fact, he goes secretly to strike the north!
Oh, you poor barbarians. How will you survive?
Don't you even think of fighting back?!
Hey, you barbarians!
Kneel down and submit to Commander Ho Gae!
So you're saying he took 40,000 and invaded Baekje.
But he has done nothing and is coming back?
Who said he's coming back?! He's going north to attack the barbarians!
Our king has conquered ten fortresses!
I wondered what happened to Gwanmi Fortress? I heard he was going to invade it!
Does that mean all those fortresses now belong to us?
From Yoha all the way to the sea!
All that was accomplished by our king! He didn't even have 10,000 men!
He didn't even have 1,000!
He's great!
- Look here, people! - Oh look, they're going again!
They're going again to Ho Gae!
All that is paid for by people like us!
Where Lord Ho Gae is... There are cows and horses aplenty!
There are lots of houses, too! Come here, come all of you!
My people, my people! Come and hear my tale!
Come here! Hear what I have to say!
Hurry!
Find the shortest route there.
We have to get there as soon as possible.
The goods will reach them in three days' time.
Thank you.
It is getting harder to gather supplies for the army.
There is unrest at the long duration of the war.
It will now be possible to start the war in the north.
All we have to do is send them the weapons.
The problem is that we have nothing to show for this.
The cabinet needs to see something.
When there is a war, there is victory or defeat.
Whether it's prisoners or loot, we have to show something to them.
Now that the Oracle has gone to them, we should hear some news soon.
The Oracle...!
Although Ho Gae is my son, his courage comes from his mother.
I have heard about her.
All the people in Goguryeo say that she was a great woman.
When he took his first steps,
she told him very firmly how to walk like a King.
Ho Gae was raised in such a way.
How to speak, how to run...
He did everything as his mother taught him.
Do you know what I am trying to say?
Commander Ho Gae is expecting...
...the Oracle to be like his mother?
Is that what you're saying?
To his mother...
Ho Gae was the sky.
What is he...
...to the Phoenix that you serve?
Ba Son's Blacksmith Forge at Gooknae Castle
Hey!
Where have you been?
I heard someone who looked like you came here, so I ran all the way!
Is it really you?
It's you, but you've turned red!
What happened to you?!
Water, water... I'll get you some water.
People at the Guh Mool Village were saying that you were taken by the Hwachun.
It's not true, is it? Drink.
If you were taken by the Hwachun, you wouldn't be alive.
Were you kidnapped because you didn't pay your gambling debts?
I'm right! That's why you've survived!
What? Where are you going now?!
- I have to tell Ba Son something. - Tell her what?
Baekje Gwanmi Fortress
Even if they give us Gwanmi Fortress, we don't have enough men to manage it!
And what kind of leader sends his army elsewhere while he goes into enemy territory by himself?
- Am I right? - Haven't you said enough?
- I've already shut my ears. - And how can we return to Gooknae Castle?
Shall we stay at Gwanmi Fortress and rule it with just the four of us?
From Okchun to Gooknae Castle, it is all Baekje territory!
Will you fight the whole way there?
How can we go there ourselves?
I don't think it'll be by ourselves.
They've come.
- Your Majesty, you've returned. - Did you not receive my order?
Yes, I did. I received your order to send all the troops back to Gooknae Castle.
- Then why are you here? - Your Majesty, I told him we should leave.
They didn't listen to me! What could I do? They're your men.
You promised me that you would not go before I would.
I trusted your word and waited for you here.
Trust what? All you did was pace back and forth
and say that if His Majesty didn't come out then you would go in by yourself.
So I asked you if you were sure he went there alone and you said...
Be quiet!
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Now Lord Ho Gae will be able to possess everything.
What will we do with a supplemental army?
I am saying we should take Goguryeo and Gooknae Castle...
...and await Lord Ho Gae.
He who will bring back the sacred symbol of the White Tiger, our king.
Ba Son's father was a famous blacksmith.
And their family had served the sacred symbol of the White Tiger for generations.
Ba Son's older brother took it and escaped to the north.
Help!
Do you know anyone here?
I will kill you, traitor...!
If the Oracle changes before the year ends, beware that Oracle.
She will be your enemy.
I will go to Gooknae Castle, too.
I must confirm if he is the one I must serve.
You...
...and the Hwachun behind you. What do you want?
We want the sacred symbol of the Turtle Snake.
If you don't want to, then kill me here and stop me.
I don't know what I am capable of.
Kill me and stop me.
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