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BASED ON THE KINGDOM OF THE GODS
Eat, Your Highness.
It's not Your Highness's fault.
You did your best to save those people.
If I had stepped in sooner,
I could have saved them.
Then you would have ended up dead.
You said you must stay alive.
Didn't you conspire treason in order to stay alive?
I wanted to be different.
I wanted to be different from those...
who abandoned the weak.
And you were.
That is how I saw it.
I will look for some herbs to remedy the wound.
Is he back?
Not yet, I am afraid.
His name is still unknown.
His name Yeong-sin and his identity tag are fake.
At the moment, we need someone who knows the area well.
Did Your Highness not see him wield the rifle?
Not even palace guards are that skilled.
Those who can match that level of prowess
are the members of Chakho.
Are you talking about the elite troop that hunts tigers?
Yes.
Since tiger hunting is dangerous,
the members are chosen based on their fighting skills
regardless of their social status.
Many of them are quite dangerous.
They would do anything
to stay alive.
They would do anything to stay alive?
They are like me, then.
Your Highness.
Speak to me.
No soldiers are on our tail.
I also checked villages on the way.
The disease has not spread yet,
but the people are already terrified by rumors.
Judging by the empty houses,
many villagers must have already fled.
A monster! It's a monster!
Water. Give me some water. Water!
Is that...
Magistrate Cho?
Your Highness?
Your Highness. Are you really--
Your Highness, I--
Do you know the blood the people you abandoned shed?
Please stop.
He is not even worth killing.
Did you not run for your life? What happened to you?
Well, the cargo ship...
The disease spread on the ship.
What do you mean?
An infected corpse was on the ship.
The corpse infected everyone on board.
Only I was able to make it out alive.
Where is the ship now?
The disease started to spread when we reached Seongju, so...
If that is the case,
they will reach Sangju soon.
Messengers were already sent,
so Sangju must be prepared for it.
Actually,
only city-fortresses near Dongnae were notified of the disease.
If Mungyeong Saejae in Sangju falls,
the disease will reach Hanyang in no time.
We leave for Sangju right away.
Your Highness!
Please... Let me come with you. Your Highness!
Sangju is over that mountain!
Once Sangju is breached,
the disease will spread all over the nation.
We must stop it.
SANGJU
Are the rumors true?
-What? -A cursed disease is spreading.
They say a headless ghost appears in the night.
A signal fire has been sent from Dongnae. The messenger is yet to arrive,
so the local government doesn't know the details.
However,
a strange rumor is spreading across Gyeongsang.
A disease is spreading in Dongnae,
and its victims do not seem to stay dead.
Get ready.
I am leaving the mountains.
This talisman
will chase away all diseases and ghosts.
The talisman
written in cinnabar by this young shaman is only ten bun.
Only ten bun, people!
-Give me one, please. -Here, it's ten bun.
Give me one too. This is all I have.
How dare you try to bargain with me!
You are bad luck. Shoo! Ten bun!
-Bring the money. -Damn it!
-Lord Ahn Hyeon. -Lord Ahn Hyeon!
-He is here!
My lord, upon my inspection, I found something peculiar by the stream.
You must see it for yourself.
Why is a ship that belongs to the nation
stranded here at this stream?
I suspect a huge commotion, my lord.
It must be why a signal fire was sent from Dongnae.
There is a village deep in this forest.
Yes, slash-and-burn farmers.
I smell... grilled meat.
I smell pork.
Here and on the deck,
there's blood everywhere.
The floors and walls are covered in blood,
so where are the injured or the dead?
You never know when we will eat again, so eat up while you can.
-Eat up! -Do not forget to chew.
-Don't eat too much rice. -It's good.
Eat the pork...
This is odd.
People are dying of famine, but they eat rice and pork.
What brings you by deep into this forest?
Where is this food from?
Well,
we received it as payment for helping out at a party.
No way.
Move. Get out of my way!
Step aside.
I told you to move!
I see cargo from the ship!
They must have looted the ship.
I apologize!
Please spare my life.
We are terribly sorry.
It was not our intent to steal from the ship.
The food was just too good to pass up on.
-Please spare our lives! -Please spare our lives!
Please forgive us.
Was there anyone on the ship?
Everyone was dead when we arrived.
I went to check on the ship this morning.
The passengers were gnawed at as if animals had attacked them.
Please believe me.
What about the bodies? Did you just leave them there?
Animals would have gotten to them,
so we buried them all.
Where did you bury them?
Where?
You all committed a heinous crime.
However, I understand you did so out of hunger.
If you are honest with me, I will lessen your punishments.
Let us lead the way.
I found wheel marks!
Are we not there yet?
We are almost there.
Is this the place?
What are you doing? Keep leading the way!
We know that those who steal government property get beheaded.
What are you talking about?
We have lived long enough lives,
but our children do not deserve to die.
Without you to talk of our crimes, our sins will stay hidden.
You damn bastards.
Do you know who you are addressing?
Lower your weapons!
This matter is graver than stealing.
If this does not get sorted,
not only you and your children
but everyone in Gyeongsang might die.
Now lead us to the corpses!
Has hunger impaired your hearing?
Where are the bodies?
You're stepping on them.
What is that?
If you wish to live,
raise your weapons and behead them all.
Another wave of monsters!
No. Oh, no!
Help me...
No!
Please come down!
Must I force you down here?
I will be killed if I do.
Everyone wants me out of the palace.
If I am deposed, I will be killed.
I miss my late mother.
You aren't supposed to be here.
This is not...
where you should be.
GANGNYEONGJEON
I do not want to go there.
Master, I would rather go back.
What you said is right.
His Majesty has received
a stack of appeals that claim your deposition.
To make it worse,
there is no one in the palace who can protect you.
So...
you must protect yourself.
Your Highness...
is not just trying to protect your own life.
You are in a battle against injustice.
There are those who are trying to make
the Crown Prince their puppets for their own interest.
Fighting and winning against that evil
is the only way to uphold justice.
Show your respects!
He is the Crown Prince,
the heir to the throne!
-We greet His Highness! -We greet His Highness!
It has been a while,
Master.
There is no lie to any of it.
Father...
has passed away.
Lord Cho, obsessed with power, had Physician Lee Seung-hui
feed my father the resurrection plant that turned him into...
a flesh-craving monster.
That is what started the horrific epidemic.
Cho Hak-ju is as atrocious as ever. You must help.
I will return to Hanyang, punish the Haewon Cho Clan,
and build this nation anew.
When was the last time...
you had some sleep?
What do you mean?
Have you come all this way
despite the hunger and disheveled appearance?
Thugs on the street can do so.
However...
Your Highness may not.
The Crown Prince
must always...
look decent and confident.
Sangju is my hometown and where I currently reside.
I urge you, Your Highness,
to rest peacefully for tonight.
-Hurry. -Yes, sir.
What kind of a man is Lord Ahn Hyeon?
Why are you asking me that?
Don't you find it odd?
Neither Lord Ahn nor his servants
were alarmed at the sight of the ill.
They swiftly beheaded and burned the infected.
They didn't hesitate in fighting the infected.
It's as if they knew well about the infected.
Escort His Highness.
Also, find his companions a place to rest.
This way, Your Highness.
What did Lord Ahn say?
He did not give me a definite answer.
Can he truly be trusted?
Your Highness.
He may still be mourning,
but even when Lord Cho suppressed the scholars,
Lord Ahn did not even lift a finger to help them.
He could be in alliance with Lord Cho.
Watch what you say.
He is not one you speak lightly of.
But Your Highness--
Get some rest too.
You have not been able to these past few days.
PATIENT JOURNAL
HANYANG
Look here.
Why does he get food and not me? Why?
Seriously?
What is wrong?
My gosh.
Over here!
Look...
Feeding the flesh of the infected to a healthy subject
leads to the transmission of the disease.
This cannot be controlled.
Before it reaches the northern region,
the epidemic must be contained.
MONUMENT TO THE BATTLE OF UNPO WETLAND
TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORY OF GOVERNOR AHN HYEON OF GYEONGSANG,
WHO DEFEATED 30,000 JAPANESE SOLDIERS WITH 500 SOLDIERS
SUMANG VILLAGE
Do not go.
Please do not leave me.
Can you please stay?
Go back inside. I promise I will be back.
Please! Do not go!
You must come back.
You must!
NORTH GATE OF SANGJU
Here comes a messenger!
How did it go? Did you find it?
-Is this it, my lord? -Yes, it's.
Good job.
Is that the cargo from the ship?
Yes, my lord.
Nothing disastrous happened
thanks to Lord Ahn locating the infected heading north,
but he mentioned to heighten security down south.
Anyway,
-is it true? -May I ask what you are referring to?
I heard that His Highness is here in Sangju.
Is it true?
My lord!
The Five Armies has left Hanyang
and is headed for Mungyeong Saejae.
Hey, Seo-bi!
Seo-bi!
Where have you been all alone? I looked for you everywhere.
I was looking for medicinal herbs for His Highness.
Forget about the herbs.
Run away with me.
You will die if you return to his side.
-Follow me. -What are you talking about?
The Five Armies is coming to arrest His Highness.
What?
Is that true?
Being with a man who committed treason will ensure your death.
I am of the Haewon Cho Clan,
so I will be able to protect you. Come on!
Are you running away again?
No, well--
His Highness went through hoops
to save the people you abandoned,
but here you are turning your back on him again.
Is it really hard for you to show bravery for once in your life?
Well, you see--
Run away on your own.
I will stay with His Highness.
But, wait...
Seo-bi!
Slow down or you will choke.
You do not have to get greedy. There is more, so eat up.
My goodness, you look so young to be pregnant.
Here, let me take it.
Thank you for taking care of lowly peasants like us.
There is no need to thank me.
Stop talking nonsense and just eat up.
-Sure! -Thank you.
Eat up and give birth to sons!
-Thank you. -Thank you.
By the way, who could it be?
Who is taking such good care of us?
How should we know? Just eat up.
-No one is telling us. -Well,
I am grateful for the food and the shelter,
but I still find it odd.
Why have they only gathered pregnant women who have nowhere to go?
Eat up while it's all for free.
It looks like you will give birth any time soon.
Eat up and just pop out a healthy baby.
Thank you.
My lady. Yes, you.
How did you end up here?
You do not seem like one of us.
My husband told me to be here.
What do you mean by that?
Does your husband know the master of this household?
My husband is the Crown Prince's guard,
and he went on a trip with His Highness.
He was worried to leave me alone, so he told me to come here.
No wonder.
I knew you were not a pathetic widow like us.
How sweet.
You have a wonderful husband.
Anyway, please eat up.
-Please enjoy. -Sure.
Your Majesty, it's time for the assembly.
I shall go.
The Queen shall now enter!
-We greet Her Majesty. -We greet Her Majesty.
The Court will hear
Her Majesty's royal edict.
"Heaven gave no blessing to this nation
which led to His Majesty suddenly falling ill
and losing consciousness.
Meanwhile, his son, the Crown Prince,
committed high treason
by desiring the throne for himself.
Such commotion has disrupted the royal family,
and the throne is left empty.
Now, an awful disease is spreading through the nation,
bringing nothing but suffering to the people.
How is this not a tragedy?
I no longer can reject the sincere
and loyal advice of current and retired officials
regarding the throne staying vacant,
which is why I will brace myself and take over as Queen Regent."
-Thank you for your generosity! -Thank you for your generosity!
On her first day as Queen Regent,
Her Majesty will relay her first orders.
"To eradicate the disease terrorizing the land of Gyeongsang,
the Five Armies consisting of
the Military Training Command, the Royal Commander Division,
and the Southern Fort Command will be sent to help."
The drum indicates that they passed the second gate.
They will be here soon.
I see them coming!
THE FIRST GATE OF YEONGNAM
What is that?
"From this moment on,
western and eastern part of Gyeongsang will be sealed off."
Seal off the first gate!
What is going on?
What are you doing?
Why are you sealing off--
What are you doing?
Stop!
SANGJU
"Mungyeong Saejae, the main road that leads out of Gyeongsang
as well as the gates of Jungnyeong, Chupungnyeong and Gyeripnyeong
will be sealed off.
Anyone who acts against this order will be executed on the spot,
demonstrating the seriousness of the law."
-Thank you for your boundless generosity! -Thank you for your boundless generosity!
Translated by Hye-lim Park