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[Episode 65]
It's so beautiful.
Yes, it's really beautiful.
Just see me off to here.
All right.
Go now.
I won't look at you.
I don't like to say goodbye.
Shuofeng Su He...
I like you.
I'd like to help you win.
I know that you're suffering.
What can you do?
You can only hang in there even if you're sick.
Once you become a war horse, you're left with no other choice.
You either have to be trained all day long
or carry someone on your back to death.
Others win glory and honor when they die on the battlefield.
You win freedom.
Then your soul can finally return to gallop on the prairie.
It's just like the dream you have every day.
You're right. I'm lying to you.
It's just so you can feel better.
It's always better to believe that your dreams can come true
than to live your life without any hope.
You said that there's a stranger?
Don't be scared.
It said...
"I should alert my companion."
"The stranger who comes at night might be an enemy."
Don't wake it up.
It has been starving for days.
It will need to rest.
It said...
"I'm a Galloping Wind war horse."
"It's my duty to sound a warning."
Look.
The stranger can talk to you.
She's not a bad person.
It asked me...
"Who are you?"
Who are you?
Pa.
My daughter...
Pa... Let's leave.
We'll leave this place.
We'll go and live freely.
Leave?
We'll leave together.
Pa...
Can you make all the war horses leave?
What does it mean to make them leave?
Leave the Muru Cavalry.
They can go anywhere... just as long as they won't be war horses anymore.
They are war horses.
They already caught the scent of slaughter before the battle.
They refuse to leave.
Pa, you must have a way.
People of the Heshu Clan don't believe in the Humans.
We don't differentiate between friend and foe.
The Heshu Clan won't specifically help someone.
We know deep down that however nice they made words sound
humans are just vying for their own benefit.
They all think that they are the owners of Novoland.
Their desires should all be fulfilled.
In fact...
to the lands, humans...
are nothing more than passersby.
East Continent, North Continent alike.
Vying over Zhong Prefecture and Han Prefecture?
How foolish.
But humans... have those they love.
They also wish to do something for the ones they love.
Is that also considered desire?
My daughter...
You're fond of someone?
Are you really fond of him?
I can't explain it very clearly either.
It's just...
I wish to fulfill his wish.
Humans...
This is the only thing I like about them.
My daughter.
I will help you.
Thank you, Pa.
Don't speak.
I haven't tried talking to thousands of horse friends all at once.
Give me some time.
It's just wonderful to be able to see you again.
Heshu Zhuo Zhuo!
Pa, where would you like to go?
I'll go wherever you are.
I'll take Pa to a great place.
There's no one else.
There are no animals either.
It's quiet and beautiful.
I'll tell Pa all my stories from the past few years.
You can tell Hong Ling your stories as well.
Sure.
Pa... Where do you think the Galloping Wind horses will go?
They have places that they wish to go.
They still remember that there were once beautiful meadows in Han Prefecture.
The most beautiful meadows might still exist.
Or perhaps not.
They will keep searching.
Whether they find it or not
it's what they have chosen for their freedom.
Pa!
Pa! Pa!
Pa...
My daughter...
Where is this place... you wish to take me?
I still want to... listen to your stories.
Pa...
My stories are very long.
You'll need a lot of time for them.
I will...
Pa...
Pa!
Great General...
When I saw this...
Galloping Wind war horses had run off far away.
If they wish to run away...
no one can catch up with them.
Even Great General's Dew Cloud Glider...
Dew Cloud Glider...
I had planned to...
let you retire.
My brothers of Han Prefecture!
The Muru Cavalry has lost their war horses.
Wolves...
They have now turned into rabbits.
What should we do?
I'm going to have them rounded up.
I'll torment them slowly.
Because it isn't just Muru Shuo's life that I want!
What I want is what the Muru Cavalry had!
Everything!
All of their past glory and honor!
To vanish into the wind.
I want that to become their unforgettable pain and humiliation!
What I want is for the Duan Empire to be completely ashamed!
I want the people of East Continent to be terrified from now on!
I want Muru blood to pave our path to conquering Tian Qi City!
My brothers!
If we win this war, we'll have won the world!
If we win, we'll have won land and future for our descendants!
If we lose...
Isn't it just this life of ours that we'd throw away?
We'll be taught in the temple of God Pandar!
In our next life, we shall return again!
And again!
- And again! - And again!
Are you terribly unwilling to do such a menial chore for me?
I'm not.
Prince He Ge is now returning to Tian Qi City from his mission.
He's coming to visit you the moment he returns.
I'm happy for you.
Certainly.
I'm not like you.
You're always so meek and subservient in front of the man you love.
You never understand that
men always fall for the women they can't easily have.
As for the one they can get easily, they never cherish them.
Miss Yue Li, Prince He Ge has arrived.
Invite him in quickly.
Yes.
Prince He Ge.
Miss Yue Li, I have chores to handle.
I won't disturb you.
You've returned?
I've returned.
Has everything gone well?
It has.
Was it dangerous on the way?
It wasn't dangerous.
The scar on her face is really ugly.
Is that so?
Yes.
If you say so.
Who is she?
A friend.
Were you sent as an envoy to Han Prefecture
or were you out making friends?
I met her along the way.
Might as well make friends.
Thank you for visiting me.
I came...
I came just so that I could tell you I returned.
That I was safe along the way.
So you wouldn't be worried.
You can leave now.
All right.
Why aren't you leaving yet?
I rushed all the way here to see you before visiting my mother.
I should leave now?
You came to see me...
Is that more important than seeing your mother?
I'm already right before your eyes.
Do you even have to ask?
Don't go.
Do you really not know?
Or are you lying to me just to make me feel important?
Lying to you?
When did I lie to you?
What am I supposed to know?
What happened?
Empress Nanku...
She's been thrown into the Celestial Prison.
What did you say?
Empress Nanku...
She was thrown into the Celestial Prison by His Majesty.
It was even made officially known to the public.
Everyone in Tian Qi City knows about this.
What was she convicted of?
His Majesty convicted her of murdering Consort Yin Rong
and...
regicide.
How could my mother possibly try to kill the emperor?
You've been in the palace long enough.
Don't you know how conviction is decided?
Does my father dislike me and my mother that much?
Must he leave us no chance to survive?
How is there any father like him in the world?
Or any husband like him?
I'd feel more comforted if he treated us all equally.
At least then I could lie to myself.
I could empathize with my father because he'd be naturally indifferent.
However...
he's only indifferent toward us.
But he's so loving toward Muyun Sheng and that monster, Yin Rong.
There is no other way...
He's forced me to do so...
You like this dress?
You can have it.
Thank you.
Come and get it tomorrow.
What is it?
You're regretting it?
It's rare that someone else also likes this dress.
I think I should clean it well.
Then you'll be comfortable in it.
Sure.
Another letter from Prince Qin?
They have now decided on a date for me to kill Sheng.
In 10 days...
If they don't see Sheng's head hanging high on the city walls
they will deploy their armies.
Convey my decree.
Command Muru Shuo to rush back to Tian Qi City within 10 days.
Your Majesty.
Han Prefecture is so vast that it will take more than 10 days to just--
Convey my decree now! Go quickly--
Yes!
Great General has decided that we will remain in this location
to hold back Helan Tie Yuan!
Today, I don't plan on returning home alive!
If you come with me...
you will die!
But your names!
They shall always be flanked with honor!
This word, "honor"...
It might seem to be quite outdated.
In the current Duan Empire
where your current career means more than your dreams of the future
isn't it ridiculous that anyone would still sacrifice his life for honor?
Today...
Your blood shall be spilled across the lands of Han Prefecture!
Tomorrow, the sun will dry it out!
Nothing will be left behind!
Your names...
They shall be known throughout Novoland!
There will be endless flowers on your tombs from numerous people!
But in no time...
no one will remember you!
Apart from your own family.
That is why we have to use our blood to make Helan Tie Yuan understand
what "Muru" really means!
No one will remember you!
One day, when others are faced with the same choices we were
they will remember us!
As long as one of them makes the same choice we did
we might be dead, but proud we will be!
This!
This is honor!
Hong Ling.
Stay. I'll look after you.
For life.
Pa was waiting for me to tell him my stories...
Your father should be in God Pandar's temple by now.
I'll see him off with you.
Don't!
I want to keep my father company.
He likes it quiet.
I'm taking him back to the Black Forest.
There's no one else there.
You can't even hear the animals there.
Only there can he rest in peace.
Hong Ling...
Your father is dead.
God Pandar won't allow him to stay by your side like this forever.
As long as I return to the Black Forest
my father can be just like he was when he was alive.
My child...
This isn't how it is in this world.
A-Mu, you don't know it.
There's a secret in the Black Forest.
That Man dwells in the Black Forest.
That Man will keep my father by my side for me.
Even if my father looks different and no longer remembers me
he will always be by my side.
That Man you speak of...
Who is he?
No... I can't talk about him.
I can't mention his name.
I can't talk about him.
Let Su He accompany you back there.
Then you can watch out for each other.
No.
Su He mustn't go there.
Su He and Shuofeng He Ye are the only ones
who have walked out of the Black Forest alive in this world.
It's because...
That Man wasn't there then.
They mustn't go there now.
When I was four years old
I was abducted from my father by someone.
When I woke up
I was lying in the valley of the Black Forest.
I became a witch who turned men into wolves.
The werewolves in the forest were once normal children of different clans.
It was That Man...
He created us.
All of us were his slaves.
We were guarding the secret of the Black Forest for him.
You still wish to go back in there?
Will he become his slave again if you return to the forest?
Even if I don't go back...
I have to obey his orders as long as he needs me.
I'll go with you.
I want to meet him.
If I could save you then, I can also save you now!
You might be a shaman but...
how can you defeat the most terrifying curse of Novoland?
What curse is that?
A-Mu...
I don't know how many curses That Man can release.
But I know that he can summon the power of the lands.
When I just started out in the Black Forest...
that place was still a lush and beautiful meadow.
That Man used his magical powers to turn that meadow into...
what it looks like now.
The Frost of Curse.
I thank God Pandar for allowing me before my time is up
to meet the greatest occultist of Novoland in history.
The Lady of the Danyao Clan, A-Mu of Danyao
asks for permission to leave.
The Danyao Clan is actually leaving me at such a time?
I'm leaving now to ensure that the Iron Wielder may win in the future.
I am going to search for a person for the Iron Wielder.
What person?
Even the Lady of the Danyao Clan has to look for him personally?
I do not know his name.
All I know is that everyone calls him "That Man."
You're going to... the Black Forest?
Oh?
Iron Wielder also knows of That Man?
Indeed.
I'm going to the Black Forest.
The mightiest magical power in the history
of Han Prefecture is hidden in there.
I'll look for it.
Once I do, it will ward off the danger that is soon coming your way.
What danger?
Who did you say will be in danger?
Don't bother closing it.
Let some air in.
Yes.
This Oceanide pearl...
It is rarely this huge.
Chancellor, I wonder if you... like it?
I thought that Chancellor Xue and I...
were taking the same path.
It's exactly because I wish to take the same path as you
that I can't do what Your Highness just asked of me.
Rest assured, Chancellor Xue.
If Chancellor Xue gets someone to do it
the one who shall be sitting on the throne can now make you a promise.
I promise you generations of luxury and glory.
Your merit shall be carried on to your descendants.
I've never believed in oaths sworn to me by women.
As for men...
I don't trust them all the more.
It's hard to say that Your Highness might find me an eyesore
and one day recall that I had someone kill your father.
By then...
the surname Xue will probably be extinct in Novoland.
Chancellor Xue...
I've learned my lesson.
If there were some other way...
I wouldn't have considered going against the gods again.
Ruling the world once became an unfulfilled dream.
But my mother...
My mother has always been fierce and unyielding.
How can she handle the hardships of the Celestial Prison?
Empress? Prince?
Without any authority...
we are but lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
We might go to bed tonight
wondering if we'll wake up to a decree that shall take our lives.
Husband and wife?
Father and son?
Brothers?
In the royal family...
everyone is an enemy.
If I don't vie for that throne, my mother...
No one will be able to protect her anymore.
There are all sorts of noble reasons for everyone's ambitions.
You wish to kill the emperor?
I agree.
However... Your Highness has to find someone to do it.
Once it's successful, we'll support you.
You know that I have no one to turn to.
In this world, all you need are goldlings.
As long as you have enough goldlings
any capable person will be willing to serve you.
I don't have any goldlings.
I do.
This is...
My daughter.
Greetings, Your Highness.
This daughter of mine... She's very good at doing business.
Until you take the throne
if you need goldlings for anything, however many you might need
she will offer them to you.
Why?
Why are you willing to help me?
We do have our conditions.
What are the conditions?
Your Highness.
You wish to protect your mother and me.
I need to keep my descendants safe.
Your Highness, you have no idea
just how envious I am of Great General Muru.
A surname could bring honor to a family for 300 some years.
They are joined in a marital bond with the royal family for generations.
Only by adding such an intimate relationship
can we truly share both honor and shame, ups and downs.
When my daughter was very young, the fortune-teller once said
she had the looks of an empress.
What do you think, Your Highness?
As long as my daughter is made the empress
I'll assist you in becoming the emperor.
Your Highness, you can take your time.
I'm in no rush at all.
All right.
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