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No! No!

No, Brother Seungkyum!

Your Majesty, allow me be a man of honor.

Do not be saddened.

Isn't this the true meaning of brotherhood?

It is my duty to die for you.

Please realize the grand enterprise of unification.

Brother! Brother Seungkyum!

General Kim Lak!

General Chun Yigap!

General Uigap!

Let us go.

I will not exchange my brother's life with mine!

Let go of me! I command you to let go!

I beg you to calm down, Your Majesty.

The warriors are already gone.

They've made a brave decision for you and their kingdom

Yes, Your Majesty. Grant them their wish.

No, this is wrong! An emperor mustn't allow this to happen!

Your Majesty, you are the kingdom and its master.

It is your duty to escape death and protect the welfare of your

people. You must accept the warriors' decision!

Oh, what do I do? What about my brother and my warriors?

No! I cannot allow this!

Loyalty! Loyalty!

Hear me, soldiers!

We are beset by the enemy, but His Majesty rides before us.

You are the brave soldiers of Koryo! His Majesty will

lead you out. You will live when you are prepared to die!

Follow your king!

Go forward, soldiers of Koryo! Follow my lead!

There they go. My brother and my warriors are leaving.

Brace yourself, Your Majesty. Soon we must enter the

battlefield and lok for a way out in the confusion.

How did it come to this? How?

These are uniforms of Bekjae foot soldiers. They will think

we are one of them. This is the only chance we have.

Let us follow them. And once the battle starts,

we will change our course. Let us go, Your Majesty.

Allow us to do this, Your Majesty.

Oh, oh...I curse the steps my feet take today.

I damn the course I must take to preserve my life.

We must go.

Unbelievable. That is Brother Wang Guhn.

He must have his final decison, Your Majesty.

But this is reckless.

He comes at us fully knowing that he will die.

He is besieged on three sides by our troops with precipitous

mountain behind him. He must be ready for death.

Allow me to go, Your Majesty.

We can take him quickly if General Shin Duck's army closes

in on them. I will bring you his head, Your Majesty.

It is times like this that I feel like life is meaningless.

After all, Wang Guhn is a man who founded a large empire.

But his life comes to an end here today at Mt. Gong.

I am quite saddened...

His army has already begun their approach.

It will be dark soon. Give us your command.

Yes. I have no other choice.

General Yaesul and Sangui, this battle is yours.

Signal General Shin Duk to seal off the right road.

The target is Wang Guhn.

There will be a handsome reward for his head. I will award all

those who partake in his death or acquire his spoils of war.

Do not let him slip away. Let the battle begin!

Initiate attack!

Follow me!

Cavalry, take frontal position! Break through the enemy!

His Majesty is with us! Follow his lead!

Break through the enemy! Do not fear death!

His Majesty is with us! Break through the enemy!

What are you waiting for? Block his path!

Don't let the king of Koryo get away!

Amazing...How is it that Koryo has so many competent warriors?

Do not resent me for your death.

So you are Yaesul. Welcome. Let us die together.

What are you waiting for? Stop the king of Koryo!

Don't let him get away!

Capture the king of Koryo!

Look, Brother Wang Guhn is breaking through the line.

It is a useless struggle. Layers of our troops await him beyond.

Dear, dear...Hordes of our men are advancing toward him.

You have put a reward on his neck. How could they resist?

I see no other group around. The enemy has fallen.

Yes, it appears that way.

This is the last glimpse of King Wang Guhn alive.

Yes, it is...

That way, Your Majesty.

We must get far away from here.

This way, Your Majesty.

Capture the king of Koryo!

He is still alive. Brother Seungkyum...

Please do not look back. We must quickly get out of this area.

This way, Your Majesty.

Capture the king of Koryo!

General, his Majesty should be in safe distance by now.

Yes. We've reached a dead end.

Yes. This is it, General.

Fire! Fire!

The enemy king has been hit! The enemy king has been hit!

General, it must be the king of Koryo.

Our troops are ripping him up like famished devils.

There's a price on his neck.

Instructyour men to preserve his head.

This war is over. The king of Koryo is dead.

Yes, General.

It was a tough fight.

I had never encountered such a stubborn bunch.

Your Majesty, I think we are out of danger now.

It is safe to get out of our disguise, Your Majesty.

Stop right there!

Identify yourselves!

We are Bekjae military Police.

You dare attempt to decamp? Wich side do you belong?

Who were you calling His Majesty?

General, you heard us wrong. We are just...

They are the enemy!

Run, Your Majesty. We will take these men.

Run, Your Majesty!

It's the king of Koryo! Go after him!

Let us go!

The king of Koryo is dead, you say?

Yes, Your Majesty.

He was knocked down from his horse by arrows and beheaded.

His head will be groomed and presented to you by morning.

It has been confrmed. The king of Koryo is dead.

I have seen it as well. It was a tremendous battle, Your Majesty.

Yes, it was. They gave it all they've got.

After all, it was King Wang Guhn's last battle.

All of you have done a fine job!

My brave warriors! You fought hard and you won!

You have killed the king of Koryo!

Bekjae is now the indisputable master of the Three Kingdoms!

I will award you all!

The Three Kingdoms is now ours!

It belongs to Bekjae!

Good work!

You've made me proud!

Where do you come from, my lord?

You look frazzled. Perhaps you are connected to the

battle that took place last night. Am I correct?

An old prophecy foretells of an important man standing in

the very spot you stand now. You are in tattered clothes,

but you are no ordinary man. Who might you be?

I am from Koryo.

Bekjae has won the battle, I'm told. Are you on the run?

Yes. I need your guidance.

Which road leads to Byukjin Fort?

Proceed straight down and you will come to a path to your left.

Thank you. Well, then -

A man of greatness visits this small temple...

He is no ordinary man.

Grand stature, exceptional features...

He is regal.

Your Majesty, the head of the king of Koryo has arrived.

Good. You may send it in.

I present you King Wang Guhn, Your Majesty.

He has been washed and wrapped in silk.

Good work. Everyone has done a fine job.

So this is Brother Wang Guhn's head.

I bid you to take a look, Your Majesty.

Yes, of course. I've missed him so.

Little brother, it's a shame what has happened to you.

Did you sleep well last night, Brother?

Come now, let us have a little chat.

What is going on? Whose head is this?

It is not Wang Guhn. It is his sworn brother Shin Seungkyum.

Shin Seungkyum?

How could this be?

Yes, it is be.

It is Shin Seungkyum.

Was Wang Guhn indeed killed in the battle?

Yes, Your Majesty. I was right behind him.

He was on the horse of the king in the royal armor.

There is no mistake.

I saw him as well, Your Majesty.

Then how could this be? Where is Wang Guhn?

We have been tricked, Your Majesty.

Tricked, you say?

Shin Seungkyum was no where to be seen in last night's battle.

King Wang Guhn rarely uses the crescent lance, but that

was his weapon last night. We've been fooled.

Fooled? Fooled?

Are you saying that Brother Wang Guhn escaped alive?

Shin Seungkyum disguised himself as he hand sought his own death.

An urgent report, Your Majesty!

Enter!

Your Majesty, the military police in the outer perimeter

reports that a group of soldiers escaped the area,

and they suspect one of them was the king of Koryo.

What?

They were overheard addressing one of them "Your Majesty".

The king of Koryo has made it out alive.

Heaven protects his life still.

That is absurd! Koryo army has been annihilated, and we

had Wang Guhn in our hands. Escape? How could this be?

Find him!

What are you waiting for, Generals?

Dispatch the search team!

Search every inch of this mountain and find him!

Go at once! He must be found!

We've been thoroughly tricked.

We've lost a chance of a lifetime.

You warned me repeatedly not to let this opportunity slip.

But it's gone. Wang Guhn is gone!

How could we make this kind of error?

It is not our oversight, Your Majesty.

It is te devotion of Shin Seungkyum that saved Wang

Guhn's life.

What?

True devotion moves Heaven, they say.

How could Wang Guhn escape without divine intervention?

It is the will of God.

Will of God? Hogwash!

We must find him! We must!

But Your Majesty, we cannot stay here much longer.

Koryo's support forces are approaching us.

A tremendous opportunity has been lost...

No. He could not have gone far.

We must find him. We must!

Search the area! Visit every home and temple in

the vicinity and question every breathing human being!

Yes, General!

Comb every inch of land within seven miles of this mountain!

The king of Koryo is certain to be beyond our net by now.

Capturing him will be nearly impossible.

We will wait. We've begun the search, so we will wait.

We have no time. Koryo's support forces are nearing us.

We must clear out by this afternoon.

Darn it...

Our soldiers are weary from days of continuous combat.

It is truly frustrating. He slipped away from our hands...

You said I must end the contention for mastery

of the Three Kingdoms here. But Wang Guhn got away alive.

No strength of human can surpass the will of God.

Look to the future.

The future? The future?

No such opportunity will come again!

Support forces...We can't take on the support forces?

We won the war and now we must flee. This is pathetic!

Put it out of your mind.

King Wang Guhn has slipped away, but we've accomplished much.

Fine. I will heed your advice.

How much further is Mt. Gong? The battle should be over by now.

Oh, I wish I knew what was happening...

Let us continue on. We have another half a day of travel.

A lot can happen in a half a day.

I hope they are all right. I hope His Majesty is safe.

Let us hurry.

Speed up the march!

His Majesty's army in terrible peril, you say?

So what solution have the subjects devised?

The minister of military has dispatched General Bae's army

in Daeya Fort to his aid.

That isn't enough. You must back him up with another army

from the imperial capital.

We are too far from him. What's more, it is impossible to deploy

an army in such short notice. General Bae will do a good job.

I am terribly concerned. Adviser Jimong had predicted

misfortune and calamity. We should've been better prepared.

Let us patiently wait.

We also feel terribly anxious, but it is after the fact.

His Majesty is a man chosen by God.

That's right. Heaven will protect him.

Let us be patient. We will soon receive a report.

What am I to do? I cannot bear this fear and anxiety.

Are you all right?

You are lucky to have fallen\ this way. You could've been

killed if you landed there.

Did you run away from the battlefield?

Yes.

That dreadful war, it drags innocent men to their deaths.

I just wish the fighting would end soon regardless

of the result.

I feel sorry for you. Would you like some of my rice?

Thank you.

You have saved my life. I owe you a great deal.

Oh no. I pass through here all the time.

But you are indeed lucky that I found you.

We are deep in the mountain. Well now, let us hike down.

Bekjae's soldiers may be in the area. I am a soldier of Koryo.

Do not worry. I saw Bekjae army retreating as I came up.

Is this true?

It is indeed. Have no fear. Bekjae army is no longer in

Mt. Gong. All that is left here are corpse of Koryo troops.

Let us go. It is easy to get lost here when it gets dark.

Why do you laugh, You Majesty?

Just imagine. Brother Wang Guhn must have been quite

frantic last night. I cannot hold my laughter when I picture

him frantically running away in plain clothes.

I would've doubled over laughting if I had actually seen him.

But an opportunity of a lifetime has been lost.

Some things are beyond our control.

Let bygones be bygones. Dwelling on it does no good.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Many waste their time hanging on to what is already lost.

I try to forget about my losses as quickly as I can.

And I focus on what is to come.

Brother Wang Guhn is alive. That means he will challlenge me again.

And when he comes, I will kill him.

I will not let him slip away twice.