He is my beloved.
Become the king of Goguryeo! Become the king of Joo Shin!
Let me go to him.
You will never set eyes on him again. You will never hear of him again.
The job is to rescue innocent men.
These men will lose their lives soon. They must be rescued before sunset.
I won't forget this.
Come out!
Hurry, hurry, hurry!
They are saying that the elder of Julno, Heuk Gae, brought men and broke into the prison.
This fight was first started by the king!
If I dispatch the Iron Horse Warriors, the sons of Goguryeo will shed blood.
It will be only the second and third regiments that will protect the king.
I'm not going to Julno. I'm going back to Gooknae Castle.
You said that you wanted his blood to stain your sword, didn't you?
It must be a trap.
The Crown Prince Dam Duk will not be able to see the sun rise tomorrow morning.
Hand over the Crown Prince! I must avenge my son with his life!
Episode 9.
The three elders are holding a war council with the bodies of their sons in front of the throne.
The Iron Horse Warriors have refused to fight.
And they said something interesting.
That the royal guard protect the King and the Crown Prince,
but the Iron Horse Warriors protect the nation of Goguryeo.
And the Crown Prince?
He is said to be with the escaped prisoners.
His intention is to gather troops and return to Gooknae Castle.
He wants to protect his father.
There is no one in Gooknae Castle who supports the king.
No one will shed tears for his death.
You have never told me before... what you want out of this.
Could it be because it is not something I can give?
I have already told you.
Our only desire... is to serve the Joo Shin King.
But how do you benefit?
When Lord Ho Gae becomes the King of Joo Shin and the King of Goguryeo,
how will it benefit you, Lord Yon?
You know what your duty is as his father.
We know what our duty is as the Hwachun.
By tomorrow morning, a new king will reign in Goguryeo.
The Royal Palace in Gooknae Castle.
Protect the King! Stand your guard!
Vice Lieutenant, I will take His Majesty to the Royal Tomb. Stand guard until I return.
Yes, Lieutenant.
- Your Majesty! - We will escort you to the Royal Tomb.
Open the door! Lieutenant! Open the door!
Shields! Prepare the shields!
The Royal Tomb.
What about you?
This the Royal Tomb. Only those of royal blood can enter.
Entry is also granted to those who hear the word of Heaven.
Please protect His Majesty.
- Lieutenant... - What?
You're bleeding.
I know you. You are a childhood friend of my son.
You healed me when my body was ravaged by poison.
And you are here to save me again.
That is why I came. It is my desire to protect you.
And...
I will escort you out.
Out...?
Out... out of my own palace?
The Crown Prince is waiting for you.
We have arranged to meet.
Is that what he told you to do? To bring me to him?
To run away?
No, that is not what he told me.
The men outside not only want the Crown Prince, but they are also after your Majesty's life.
You must not stay here, your Majesty.
Run away to save my own life?
That is what I would like for you to do.
I would like for you to leave the palace and live a happy life.
Run away and live a happy life with you?
You will not be safe at Gooknae Castle.
It is too dirty here.
I will escort both of you and leave this place.
I wish I could agree with you.
Whenever I saw you two together, my heart was glad.
If only the two of you could leave and live a happy life...
I wish that could be the case.
We have no time. We must leave the palace before sunrise.
Sacred Sword of King Jumong.
Look. It is the Sacred Sword of King Jumong.
Many hundreds of years have passed, and the scabbard has now rusted over the years.
But look at how the blade still shines.
- Isn't that astonishing? - The men outside are not mere soldiers.
You must hurry and...
Do you see the vases over there?
They were brought here from Buyeo by the late King Yuri.
Queen Yoohwa made them herself.
Can you bring them to me?
Forgive me, little one.
My son... who was born under the Joo Shin Star...
- Neither you nor I can stop his destiny. - Why have you done this, your Majesty?
Why?
My son, Dam Duk, must not run away.
He cannot.
Little one...
Forgive me for separating him from you...
Forgive... forgive me.
- Your Majesty... - The Sword...
Give it to the Crown Prince... The Sacred Sword of King Jumong...
Tell the Crown Prince...
If he wants to avenge my death...
Become the Joo Shin King...
You must deliver this message to him...
Your Majesty!
Who was it? Who made you do it?
Was it Lord Yon?
Speak!
Fine. Don't tell me.
I'll kill you first and then ask your spirit!
Don't tell me!
Let us go.
He is dead and you have accomplished your task.
It wasn't me...
I didn't...
You accomplished a very difficult task.
No... it wasn't me...
No... it wasn't me!
It wasn't me! It wasn't me!
- Gam Dong! - Sujini...
What's happened? Where is His Majesty?
Sheathe your sword.
Lieutenant... where... where is His Majesty?
I must go to the Crown Prince.
I must deliver a message from His Majesty.
He has gone to Dae Ja Castle.
The Crown Prince...
Sujini!
Gam Dong! What has happened to you?!
I have to do something. I must go to Dae Ja Castle.
- I must meet the Crown Prince. - No, Sujini.
The People of Guh Mool cannot interfere in Goguryeo's history.
Then stay out of the way here, Master.
I have to go.
Let's hurry.
Sujini!
What if you get caught?
Because you escaped from prison, you will be executed!
- I'll become a useless Master who couldn't protect... - Then...
Protect me.
Slowly...
- Take Gam Dong back to the village. - Yes, Master.
And you heard her, right? I'm going to protect my disciple.
I'm not interfering in Goguryeo's history. I'm leaving now. Take care of Gam Dong.
Sujini!
There is a saying.
If you want to be king, point your sword at the king.
But something is amiss here... Ho Gae of the Yon Family...
The Joo Shin King has partnered with the Hwachun to kill Goguryeo's king.
Something is definitely wrong with this.
- I wonder what's going on...? - Master!
- Let's hurry! We're crawling here! - Alright.
Let's go.
Dae Ja Castle.
- What? - What's going on?
I am the Crown Prince, Dam Duk. Open the gate and let us in!
Let us in! The enemy is approaching! Open the gate!
Did you say you were the Crown Prince Dam Duk?
Open the gate first and let us in. You can confirm it afterwards.
Please put down your weapons first.
Tell your friends to put down your weapons first.
You... did you hear me say I am the Crown Prince?
I am the Governor of Dae Ja. Tell them to throw the weapons far away!
What's going on? Why are they doing this? Is no one on our side?
We are Warriors of Goguryeo! We cannot throw away our weapons!
Which nation do you serve?
- Your Highness... - Your Highness!
I am Cho Ju Do of Gae Ru. Do you remember me?
A directive has been sent to the four corners of our nation
by the temple of the Oracle and the four elders.
Whoever sees you must seize you and confiscate your weapons.
The governor is merely obeying the directive.
Do you understand?
They are staying out of range from the arrows.
All of the men chasing us seem to have gathered here.
Tell everyone to get off their horse.
We have to use the horses as shields.
This bow was given to me by the King when I was thirteen years old.
Do you still fear me, Governor of Dae Ja?
Open the gate.
Don't try and trick us, your Highness!
You must have more men hidden away!
Over there! You have more men hiding there, don't you?
You want to trick the governor to open the gate
and conquer this castle!
Soldiers of Dae Ja... Archers to the front...!
My father is the greatest intellect in Goguryeo...
His reach has already extended to Dae Ja Castle.
Isn't it more appropriate that a man with intellect becomes king over a man of courage?
Dae Ja Castle will not grant them entry. Shall we wait until they come back?
We started this because we didn't want to wait!
Are they... are they shooting at the Crown Prince?
I told you to not fall for their tricks!
Your Highness! Your Highness!
What? What's going on?
Well, I mean...
You said they were his men!
- That's Dae Ja Castle. - Dae Ja Castle?
Why have we stopped? Hey, ladies...!
We're going.
Stop them.
- What? - Stop the messengers.
Yes, sir.
Let's stop this.
- Stop what? - Just kill me and go away.
It's too late for that.
What are you doing, your Highness? Why are you speaking to that dog?!
They have seen my face.
I don't think they'll join me. I'll have to close their mouths forever.
- Ho Gae... - Speak!
I'm listening. Murderer of my mother... Dam Duk!
Do it. Avenge your mother.
If you are truly a warrior of Goguryeo, then do it yourself.
What? You don't know how to fight by yourself?
- Your Highness! - Don't interfere.
You told me you would give up your lives for me.
This is my battle.
No one will interfere.
Your Highness!
- Those...! - Be quiet. Stay... stay still.
Do I... do I have to follow them?
Stop!
She said stop.
Tell them to stop.
That's a poisoned arrow, you know?
If I get scared, my hand tends to tremble.
Why are you here? What about the palace?
Gak Dan, Lieutenant of the Third Regiment, delivers this last message from the King.
Last message?
This is the Sacred Sword of King Jumong.
He asked me to deliver this to you.
And... he told me to deliver his last words.
What last words?
His Majesty spoke them to me while drawing his last breath.
He wanted me to deliver these words to you.
To be the King of Joo Shin and this nation.
He's dead?
Who? My father?
He was chased by the enemy and retreated to the Royal Tomb.
He was there with a priestess...
But that priestess... killed His Majesty.
- Priestess? - He trusted her, but she killed him.
Her name is Kiha.
- That's a lie. - I saw with my own eyes how she stabbed him.
Who is it? Who told you to tell me such lies?
I... I have delivered his message...
To become the Joo Shin King.
Did you hear it?
Then... I have accomplished my task.
Look here... look at me!
- Your Highness! - Protect him!
Sacred Symbol of the Turtle Snake.
When the Joo Shin King experiences heartfelt fury,
the Sacred Symbol of the Turtle Snake will awaken.
Time will stop.
And only one will be awake within.
That man is the Joo Shin King.
I am the 72nd Elder of Guh Mool, Hyun Go.
The Turtle Snake, Phoenix, Blue Dragon and White Tiger...
Out of the four guardians of Joo Shin,
the Turtle Snake's task is to be the first to meet the King.
We have kept its sacred symbol for two thousand years.
Now we have found the Joo Shin King.
We, the Guh Mool people of the Turtle Snake, bow to you.
If we ride up, we will reach the Hata Valley. If we ride down, we will be at Dae Ja Castle.
The messengers we apprehended were headed towards Dae Ja Castle.
Yes, General.
We ride to Dae Ja Castle.
This man... this man told me not to open the gate!
You told me that the men were on the Crown Prince's side!
Where is the Crown Prince?
Where is he?
He's gone.
When I regained consciousness, he was already gone.
He disappeared without a trace.
Nobody... nobody saw him...
- But he's gone! - Gone? Where and with whom?
It was in a split second! It was so bright we closed our eyes!
He had arranged the bodies like this...
He even wrote on the ground!
Please tell me that wasn't Heaven's light! Please!
Please tell me that it was not the Joo Shin King I turned my back on!
Can you even read it? This is ancient writing...
These loyal men of Joo Shin lost their lives saving their king.
Is that... what it says?
Big sister! Are you the same person who saw the killers of her father?
I shouldn't have worried about you. I thought you were going to die.
I have to eat to live.
I have to eat in order to have the energy to find those bastards and skin them alive!
That's right!
Eat a lot, big sister!
Hey! Wake up! Big Sister!
Wake up! Get a hold of yourself!
Dalbi! What the hell did you do, you bastard?
Dalbi! Dalbi!
Eat.
You're not going to eat? You're going to starve yourself to death?
I think I'm going to cry.
My husband has been stabbed to death, so I will starve to death and follow him?
Why did you live until now then? You should have just died with him.
No... no, I meant...
I'm just saying that you didn't die, so you must be meant to live.
Dalbi. The morning after my father died, I ate breakfast.
Why? Because I had to live. I had to live to take revenge for his death.
So you... you have to eat, too.
Stop crying!
You say there was a light...
Yes, a very bright light.
It was so bright we couldn't even open our eyes.
We couldn't even think straight! It happened in an instant.
It was in a blink of an eye! Like this!
When we opened our eyes, the bodies had been already arranged.
You know, those boys who came with Dam Duk!
They had been arranged in a row like this... And there were words written above them.
These loyal men of Joo Shin...
lost their lives saving their king.
We had the inscription copied.
Isn't our Ho Gae the Joo Shin King?
So why was there a bright light and those words...?
Why did it say that Dam Duk was the King...?
That mouth...
You should take caution.
For this nation's sake.
For your sake.
What? Yes, yes, yes.
But... but you know...
No one will believe us!
- They saw the bright light! They saw... - In any case...
If I hear strange rumors going around in Gooknae Castle,
you will be the first one to take responsibility.
What? Wait...
- How can I control what people say...? - That is why I said you are responsible.
You must take care of the men at Dae Ja Castle.
The Governor of Dae Ja Castle will want to know what he saw that night.
What... that...?
But there was an inscription, too...
There was another man who disappeared in the bright light with Dam Duk.
The inscription must have been made by him.
Find out who he is. He may be a guardian of a sacred symbol.
What are your thoughts?
Is there another heir to the Joo Shin King?
~ Chanting ~.
They say it is the work of the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince killed his own father! He took his men at night and slashed his throat!
This is the news!
The cabinet wanted to give Lord Ho Gae the crown.
The Crown Prince went insane and kidnapped and killed the sons of all the elders!
And he killed his own father the King! Did he want to be king so badly?
Is it fun to be king?
What?
Guh Mool Village.
We are here.
Two thousand years ago, Lord Hwanwoong returned to Heaven.
We have guarded the Turtle Snake's sacred symbol and awaited the return of the king.
We are here. This is Guh Mool Village.
You should get down. They are all waiting for you.
The disciples of Guh Mool greet the Joo Shin King.
Were you successful?
I'm asking you if you were successful in killing the Crown Prince Dam Duk!
Here's my heart. Stab me with your own hand!
You say you sincerely wish for Goguryeo's security and peace?
Then should you not walk the same path as I?
The Priestess Kiha is the assassin. She is one of the Hwachun!
The reason why the king died...
and the Crown Prince is a fugitive...
It is all because of your indecisiveness!
If you see him, deliver this message.
Tell him not to come to the Temple.
If he does, he will not survive.
It is the Stingray Sword. Stab the targeted man in the heart.
That is correct.
I must see it myself.
I have to see him draw his last breath. That is the only way I will believe.
Yon Ga Ryuh, Elder of the Gae Ru Clan and chancellor of Goguryeo...
I make a suggestion to the cabinet.
Until we finish our investigation on the death of His Majesty,
the Crown Prince will have his authority taken away from him.
I came to see my father. I heard he was here.
- But I came back. - You should have brought your heart with you!
You are alive...
Thank you, O Heavens!
My son...
Look at me.
Look into my eyes.
Goguryeo's royal blood runs in my veins.
And that blood has been passed to you. You are of true royal blood.
This nation has already fallen into the clutches of Yon Ga Ryuh!
Please go far away! And please don't ever return here.
That is the only way you will live!