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I'm sure all this punishment has helped you come up with an answer to my question.

So tell me, where is the chest?

What did you say?

What did you say?

I will destroy you!

That's my answer, you bastard!

Bastard!

Open your eyes! Look at me! Open them!

Are you...

Get off of me! Get off! Get off of me! You bastards!

Bastards!

You demons! You will regret this!

Shut up! Keep an eye on her.

Stay by the door.

I'll make every one of you regret this! Bastards!

I'll make sure this castle collapses around you! It will be your grave!

You did well, Uranos.

You did well.

You didn't disappoint me. You've done me proud.

I'm prepared to do whatever it takes to be

a warrior worthy of our holy cause and of you.

You could have taken the gold and that would have been prize enough.

But by seizing İlbilge you have elevated our victory.

Then perhaps we should see for ourselves the prize of our victory.

Good.

-Welcome, Ertuğrul Bey. -Thank you, Mikis.

-Where is Artuk Bey? -He's not here, Bey.

He delivered the taxes this morning then went to the camp.

-All right. You can get back to your work. -Yes, Bey.

Bey, could it be...

What's wrong, Beybolat Bey?

You can barely contain your fury.

Gather your alps, Ertuğrul Bey. We're going to attack the castle.

What castle? Tell me.

Bey, they attacked the tax convoy.

A number of Umuroğlu alps were killed, and Oğuz was injured.

They took the chests to the castle?

What is it, sir?

Paint!

These are...

Uranos!

These are fake!

Sir, how is this possible? How is it possible, sir?

Tell the alps, Artuk Bey,

that instead of the gold collected as tax,

they should put fake gold coins in the chests.

That way, even if Dragos does take the chests, all he'll get are fake coins.

That's how we'll save the taxes.

What if they repel the assault, Bey?

Then they can't take the fake coins to Konya.

The alps will take the gold to the Konya border via a secret path.

There, you can deliver the gold to Beybolat.

All right, Bey.

How can this be?

We were in such a hurry to get back, we didn't check them.

Damn it!

Raise your head.

I don't want to see an incompetent commander overwhelmed by anger before me.

Raise your head!

I will get my revenge on them for this, sir.

Ertuğrul played a trick.

He's a clever man.

He predicted that we would attack.

Reason is often

a much sharper sword than anger, Uranos.

That is why you must act rationally, and not be driven by anger.

If Ertuğrul thinks he can outsmart us like this...

it is my turn to play a bigger trick.

What should we do, sir?

Should we throw İlbilge's severed head at their feet?

Killing İlbilge would be a mistake. We need her alive.

Now, listen closely.

Even if you act bravely, without thinking first, you'll only end up disappointed.

You acted on you own and got caught in a trap.

You didn't listen to your margrave

and as a result, you've brought trouble down upon all our heads.

You can't stop thinking about all the gold you've lost, can you?

I don't care about the gold, Ertuğrul Bey.

They've taken my sister, İlbilge.

All right, leave it, Mother.

Let's take a look at this one.

You're annoyed with me for being hard on them.

Look at the state of these felts. Didn't I send them to get fixed?

Look at how they sent them back. There are holes in them!

What am I meant to do now?

I can't make them into saddles, nor can I build tents with them.

-May I come in, ladies? -Come in, my dear. Come in.

Of course, you may come in. Welcome.

What is it, Sırma Hatun?

Why have you brought felts?

Only a nomad can feel for another nomad.

You know, we are building tents as well.

You are also in a rush to set up camp. I thought I would bring you some.

In the tent of the beys, there are always things to do.

Let's sit down now and rest for a while.

Selcan has made such good sherbet that it could replace 15 physicians.

Go on, dear. Go on.

-Of course, Mother. I'll get it now. -Go on.

Come here, dear. Have a seat. Sit down.

Tell me now, how are you? Are you well?

Bless you, Mother Hayme. I am well.

Thank you.

Thank you, dear.

Enjoy it, Mother.

Enjoy, dear.

Thank you for the felts, Sırma Hatun.

You brought them just in time.

Of course, Selcan Hatun.

We live so close to the heathen here, who else do we have to rely on?

You are right, dear.

Who do we have but each other?

It is the same family.

And it is...

the same law.

We came to inform you because you are our margrave.

But I still intend to raid the castle with my alps.

Go now and gather up your alps.

Let us show them what it means to kidnap my sister.

We're not going to the castle.

What do you mean we're not?

Are we just going to sit here and wait for them to bring her back?

Of course, they're just going to say they kidnapped İlbilge by mistake,

and hand her back over, are they?

Control yourself, Beybolat Bey.

I said we weren't going to the castle.

I didn't say we were going to abandon İlbilge Hatun.

I only came here because you're our margrave.

I thought we would attack the castle together.

I'm not agreeing to anything else.

Any man who dared kidnap İlbilge Hatun will have already laid an ambush for us.

I won't walk into another trap just because you can't control yourself.

You can stay here all night and think about what to do, I don't care.

I don't need anyone.

-I can do it myself. -Beybolat Bey!

Bey, the commander of Lefke Castle is here.

His soldiers are with him.

Let them in, Abdurrahman. But be careful.

As you command, Bey.

We didn't go to them, so they came to us.

Ready yourselves.

Don't!

You are always welcome in our tent, dear.

You can come here anytime you wish.

Thank you, Mother Hayme.

When we are less pressed for time, we would like to welcome you to our tents.

-God willing. Fare thee well, dear. -Goodbye.

May I come in, Mother Hayme?

Come in.

What's wrong, Son?

Patrol alps have sent news, Mother Hayme.

Two of our alps that were accompanying Artuk Bey have become martyrs.

Oh, my God!

Martyrs?

Mother!

Artuk Bey... Is he...

Artuk Bey wasn't with them, Mother Hayme.

What are we going to do?

Deliver the news to Ertuğrul Bey at once.

Tell him our alps have been killed and Artuk Bey cannot be found.

Get all the alps out looking for him.

Go on, be quick.

Mother, what will happen now?

God help us.

Help us, dear God.

Ertuğrul Bey. I heard you were looking for me.

Who are you?

I've never seen you before.

That's why you couldn't find me.

I am Dragos.

I am the new ruler of the Castle of Lefke.

Beybolat Bey!

You killed my father. You kidnapped my sister.

-I'll kill you! -Beybolat Bey, stop that!

Why should I, Ertuğrul Bey?

Isn't this bastard behind every evil to have befallen us?

Now is the time to cut off his head!

Lower your swords.

Alps.

Let him, Ertuğrul.

Let him kill me.

But if I am harmed in the slightest...

my men will throw his sister's head at his feet.

Go on, what are you waiting for?

Your greatest enemy, Dragos, stands before you.

My life or İlbilge's life?

Let him go, Beybolat Bey.

That's an order.

Get out of here, all of you.

I'll talk to him alone.

I'm staying!

I said everyone, Beybolat Bey.

It was my father they killed. It was my sister they kidnapped!

If there is to be a discussion, I must be part of it!

Don't overstep the line, Beybolat Bey.

You are the reason İlbilge Hatun is now a prisoner.

I'm taking matters into my own hands.

Don't make me tell you to get out twice, Beybolat Bey.

Ertuğrul Bey.

What you're doing now goes against our laws and principles!

This is injustice, pure and simple!

A bey's authority prevails only where there is justice.

But where there is no justice, the bey's orders count for nothing!

I told you not to make me say it twice.

I am the margrave here!

I am the law here, my honor is justice!

Take Beybolat Bey and his soldiers to the dungeons!

I am the bey of Umuroğlu Tribe!

You cannot do this to me, Ertuğrul Bey!

Take them away!

No one leaves the dungeons until I say so!

As you command, Bey!

The rest of you, get out.

Now...

back to you.

Get off of me! Let me go!

Calm down, Beybolat Bey.

Don't exhaust us!

Come on!

That heathen, Dragos, killed my father and my alps!

He kidnapped my sister! What is Ertuğrul Bey trying to do?

Tell me, Bamsı, Head Alp! Is this how the law works here?

It's what the bey ordered, Beybolat Bey. It's what he ordered.

Get in there.

Do it, Brother.

The order of the bey prevails!

The order of the bey prevails, Beybolat Bey!

I will burn the castle of that dog Dragos to the ground!

And I will make you pay for this!

I will destroy all of you! All of you!

In Söğüt, you murdered people...

committed evil acts... and set many traps.

Now you hold İlbilge Hatun's life in your hands.

Tell me. What do you want?

It's all because of Lais.

He didn't follow my orders. He acted on his own.

I just got here.

I only found out what had happened after I arrived.

But it does not matter.

If you accept my terms...

I'll return İlbilge to you.

What are your terms?

The gold coins we seized...

turned out to be fake.

You are a clever man...

but I want the real gold.

That's not all.

You won't tax those of our merchants who come to Söğüt.

And every year...

you will give us a proportion of the food you make.

And if I refuse?

If you don't accept these terms...

and if I don't return to the castle...

you will receive İlbilge's head.

What is your answer?

I will give you your answer by the end of the day.

Think carefully.

Come to the castle tomorrow.

Now, excuse me.

Dragos.

The only reason you leave here alive is because of İlbilge Hatun.

If you harm a single hair on her head...

I'll raze your castle to the ground...

and send your head to the Emperor as a sign of our victory.

Oh, Brother.

I wish the order would come from inside

and we could kill them all right here.

Look at that heathen walking away!

Look at him just walking away!

I could have broken his head like an egg, but...

today is clearly not the day.

Be patient, Brother.

That day will come.

I am Dragos.

Our lord is very generous.

See? He sent you some of his own meal.

Don't do anything like that again! Or I'll have you put in chains!

As soon as I get out of here...

I'll make this castle your grave, for every one of you!

At long last, you're awake.

Until you tell us the location of the chest you took from the Mongols,

you'll have no escape from death.

I know you are a dog by the way you bark...

but tell me, who holds your leash?

I have a broad neck, Artuk Bey! No one could hold me by a leash.

You should think about your own life.

I'm not letting you go until you talk!

Do you really think I care about my own life?

I'd never breathe a word to scum like you!

I would be shamed if I were cruel.

But I'll be a martyr if I die by cruelty.

So, you don't care whether you live or die?

Then I'll take your life... piece by piece, slowly.

First, I'll take your eyes.

Stoke up the fire!

Let's see if you're as brave when I probe your eyes with hot steel.

The Umuroğlu alps are in the dungeons, Bey.

We put Beybolat Bey in a separate cell.

What did that bastard, Dragos, say, Bey?

That man was not Dragos, Turgut.

What do you mean, Bey? How do you know?

A man who came so far into Söğüt...

and murdered so many people...

wouldn't reveal himself so easily merely in order to corroborate.

They even put his name in the necklace.

Besides, while he is the Emperor's enemy,

he couldn't have occupied his castle so obviously.

So who was that man then, Bey?

Dragos rules the castle through Lais.

He plays his games through him.

That man was just another of his puppets...

He was impersonating Dragos, just like Lais did.

But, Bey, why would be claim to be Dragos?

They're trying to throw us off his scent, Bamsı.

While the actual Dragos does whatever he pleases in Söğüt,

they want us occupied with fighting that man.

What did the bastard want in return for İlbilge Hatun?

The real gold,

tax privileges and a slice of our yearly produce.

I told him I would think it over.

Tomorrow, I'll go to the castle and tell him my decision.

But will we accept, Bey?

We will, Bamsı.

We will.

It seems like they want to fight this war through deception and dirty tricks.

If so... we can play tricks, too.

From now on, our weapons will be our minds.

Then, when the time comes, our black steel will give them hell.

Turgut, send word to the alps who took the gold to the Konya border.

Tell them to bring it back.

The gold taken from the tax convoy turned out to be fake.

Did you know about that? Tell me the truth!

This is the first I've heard about it! I didn't know, I swear.

The gold was taken from the inn,

which means they replaced it with the fake coins there.

If you didn't even know about that, what good are you?

Commander Dragos is running out of patience.

You still haven't done anything to prove your worth to us.

Every minute, your wife and child inch closer to death.

Tell me what I have to do. What do you want?

Do whatever it takes to find out where the real gold is.

Bring us some useful information.

Otherwise, your wife and child die.

This is Commander Dragos's last warning to you.

Mergen, it's now obvious that Niko and Teo work for Dragos.

We also know that Tara is in contact with them.

That's why Tara is now also a suspect. Follow him like a shadow, Mergen.

Ertuğrul Bey was right.

They're obviously up to something.

You are my sister's confidante, Mengü.

Now, tell me.

My sister didn't want to marry to Emir Bahaddin. Why was that?

I don't know.

But İlbilge Hatun didn't want to agree to it.

That's what I'm saying.

Did she ever mention someone else to you?

No, she never spoke of anyone. I don't know anything.

Marriage leads to good things.

Besides, when she finds herself surrounded by the wealth of Konya...

she will thank us.

-May I come in? -Yes!

-What is it? -I bring bad news, Sırma Hatun.

-What could be so bad? -The tax convoy was attacked.

İlbilge Hatun has been kidnapped.

-Who dared do this? -Dragos.

Where is Beybolat Bey?

Beybolat Bey went to the inn to ask Ertuğrul Bey for support.

Dragos went there, too. But Ertuğrul Bey...

arrested Beybolat Bey and his alps, and threw them into the dungeons.

How could he?

What did my brother do to deserve that? And with all his alps, no less.

Tell the alps in the camp to get ready immediately.

We are going to the inn.

So, you're saying Tara and Mikis have been meeting in secret?

Just say the word and I'll grab them both and bring them here, Bey.

We'll make them talk.

You can't release a rope in a well without seeing its bottom.

You have to know if the well is too deep, or if the rope is too short.

In this instance we're going to throw a stone in the well first.

Let's see what we're dealing with.

Bey, there's news from the camp!

Artuk Bey was ambushed.

Two alps returning to the camp with him were martyred.

What about Artuk Bey?

Artuk Bey is missing, Bey.

So, that's why he didn't return.

-Is there any trace of him? -No, Bey.

Gündüz Alp and Süleyman took the alps and have gone to search for him.

Bey, who would kidnap Artuk Bey?

Artuk Bey knows all our secrets, Bamsı.

It was those who want to discover our secrets who kidnapped him.

Artuk Bey would never say a word, no matter how cruelly he is tortured.

But we need to find him quickly...

and bring the sky down upon the heads of whoever did this to him.

-Turgut. -Yes, Bey.

Mergen.

Go and join Süleyman.

Look under every stone!

Search the seven hells if need be!

-Don't come back without finding them. -As you command, Bey.

Subtitle translation by Duygu Yucel