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This drama is based on the life of On Dal, a Goguryeo general from the Yeoljeon (Biographies) of Samguksagi. The characters, events, and specific chronology may be different from history.

Run away!

If you want to save the old woman...

take my sword quietly.

My daughter!

Dal!

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Episode 12

Thank goodness.

The arrow hit her off to the side.

Will she be okay?

Her wound just needs to heal.

She'll be okay then.

Dal.

Just relax and wash up too.

Where did you go?

I buried them.

What?

If they were left out, the wild animals would've come down.

You should forget about it.

It was inevitable.

I'm saying this wasn't your fault.

They came here to kill us under Go Won Pyo's order.

If it weren't for you, your mother and I would've been in danger.

The way you're talking right now is just like when you were an assassin.

Dal.

Dal...

Mom!

Mom! Are you awake?

- Mother, are you okay? - Oh my...

You should've just stayed home. Why did you pack up to leave?

I thought you were training in the mountains. What are you doing down here?

Are you hurt anywhere?

No.

I just need you to get better.

Did Dal...

Wash himself up because of those bastards?

Yes.

It's the first time he's hurt anyone.

Daughter...

You ... did you get hurt anywhere?

I'm okay, thanks to Dal.

What a relief.

I heard that the scholars who were secretly preparing for the appeal were hit with a lightning bolt.

Some people died trying to escape, right?

You're making me lose my appetite for drinking.

It's because I'm worried about you.

With the pregnancy ritual happening in the palace,

I wonder how you can get drunk on a day like this.

How did you know about that?

I beg your pardon?

All I said was there was a ritual, not a pregnancy ritual.

I knew it.

You must be the one who introduced that fortune teller to Hyeon Bi.

Even the random court ladies know that Hyeon Bi is obsessed with getting pregnant.

If there were a ritual, it would be for that.

You're quite the weasel, getting out of things easily.

Anyway, I made it clear.

I'm going to find out everything you are hiding today.

Now, shall we start?

Start what?

We ask each other questions in turn and answer truthfully.

If the answer is considered false, that person has to drink.

You're acting quite peculiar today, General.

Not only peculiar, but it'll be a lot of fun too.

I'll ask the first question.

Do you...

love me?

General! General!

Even if you avoid the question, you have to drink.

Tell me now.

What do you mean if I love you?

How did you come to think that?

I'm the one asking the question now.

Answer me. Do you love me?

I do not.

I don't believe you.

There's no point if you say I'm lying when I'm telling the truth.

Fine.

It's now your turn.

Is the reason you are instructor to the crown prince and even the captain of the royal guard,

because of the princess?

You're hoping to win her heart whenever she comes back.

Why would I be waiting for someone else's wife?

Lie.

At this rate, we'll pass out from drinking penalties.

Now, this time,

I really want you to give me an honest answer.

Ask me anything.

Since when ...

have you done it?

Spying for Silla.

Or have you always been a Silla person

and you've been hiding in Goguryeo?

Would you rather be beheaded than drink?

- General. - Later.

Go Sang Cheol is back with serious injuries.

I'm going to have someone follow you like a shadow,

so don't even think about running away.

Father!

Why did you break our agreement?

- Agreement? - I said I'll take care of Her Highness.

Why did you send the soldiers?

Were you really...

trying to kill Her Highness?

You got one wrong and one right.

I never had an agreement with you, and yes...

You were right about my order to kill the princess along with On Hyeop's son.

Now that the buds have grown enough, the time to cut them has come.

You can't do that without saying a word to me!

What did you say?

Did you not steal Daedaero from me without my permission?

I tried to purge Kim Pyeong Ji at that gathering, but you ruined my plan.

Rather than capturing them, it's better to have them be on my side.

Well, we've started the fire, so all that's left is to let it grow.

What fire?

The bits of weeds stuck to my feet ...

The fire will burn them all away.

Please be careful.

The person who tries to set a fire is the one most likely to get burned.

Alright.

I'll remember that.

Dal.

Those who fell from my sword...

I can see their eyes.

I hear their screams too.

The more I try to forget,

the more vivid they become so that it's driving me mad.

How much more do we have to kill and slay?

What we're trying to do...

is it really worth it?

You can stop if it's too painful.

If it's causing you to suffer more through nightmares, you don't need to force yourself.

I'm pathetic, aren't I?

No! Not at all.

What you don't like, I don't like either.

Because we're a married couple.

What did you just say?

You want to subjugate Sunnobu?

Why do you think those who wrote the appeal did so?

They must have been in communication with Sunnobu remnants.

They are now gathering soldiers and making weapons.

This group had once had a traitorous mind, so why would they hesitate to have it a second time?

If what Gochuga is saying true, then we must take action—

I don't believe this.

The princess is there, yet you say they're conspiring treason!

Are you accusing my daughter of being a rebel?

She's likely being blackmailed.

The son of On Hyeop is using Her Highness as a hostage. Therefore,

please give the order to kill the rebels and rescue Her Highness.

That's absurd!

Gochuga's argument alone will not cause military action!

- Please be understanding! - Please be understanding!

Royal guards!

Starting now, if anyone speaks of conspiracy or subjugation,

punish them in the name of the king!

I'll accept your command!

Choong! Myung! (T/N: 'Choong' means loyalty and 'Myung' means life.)

You mean Go Won Pyo's soldiers?

Thanks to Dal, we took care of them safely.

Mother is okay, too.

Those cowardly bastards!

If I had caught them, they would've faced an early death!

Oh, yeah? But isn't it the first time Go Won Pyo sent an assassin?

That's why the situation is not good.

If they're unsheathing their swords for me,

it won't just end there.

Let them come! We can fight them to the death!

That's right, friend! Now we're talking!

Don't worry! My trainees also know how to use a sword now.

Shut your mouths!

It's not just about Gyerubu.

They may send an army to subjugate us.

Subjugate?

Labeling us as rebels to get rid of us.

It seems like they are trying to get rid of us, Sunnobu, by making us rebels.

General... I will take good care of the tribesmen.

When Your Highness said you're going to bring Sunnobu back up,

I expected this kind of crisis to come.

So...

I sent secret messages to the people of Sunnobu who were scattered all over the place to come together.

Chief!

Your Highness.

Please lend me your wisdom, Your Highness.

You twins will have to step up your training.

Yes.

Father.

Oh, yes! Give me anything.

We have to block the entrance to the village with wooden fences with stakes.

Poong Gae, gather the wood, and, Father, you make the fence.

Your wish is my command!

- Food supply is important too. - Don't you worry!

I'm going to steam the leftover grains and dry the meat to make into jerky!

I'm going to help too!

In honor of late General On Hyeop's dying wishes,

please help us with one mind and one heart!

Yes!

Chief.

I want to ask you something.

About Dal's father, General On Hyeop.

How much further do we have to go?

We're almost there.

At least tell me where we're going.

Just follow me.

I'm not in the mood to joke around.

Do you not remember this path?

Apparently, you followed your father to a rock grave when you were young?

I asked the chief and I heard from your mother

stories about General On Hyeop.

Why ask for stories about my father?

The reason why he didn't want you to wield a sword,

I think it's because he had foreseen how you are right now.

That's what I wanted to know.

Don't you want to know whose stone grave that is?

No! No!

He said he himself was the sinner, so he didn't mark her grave.

Instead, he put a boulder deep in his heart.

What is this place, Father?

Seems like a grave.

Later.

I'll tell you later.

When you are ready to be a true warrior.

Dal.

Your father...

I lost my wife in an awful way.

Don't...

Don't you take after me.

Father...

The cause to protect the country, the cause to save all the people.

All these are just trivial words.

The only person you have to protect with your life.

The only reason why a man should wield a sword

should be for that.

Are you ready?

Yes.

I will protect my woman.

I know now.

The reason why I have to wield a sword.

I'm trying to figure out what to do with you.

Since you were carrying out an insidious ritual, you deserve immediate beheading.

You must be curious about my little talent.

If my psychic power is as good as the rumor says,

wouldn't it be a waste to kill me off?

Don't try to save your life with your tongue.

I saw something in my fortune-telling before I entered the palace.

There's a bad energy approaching the king.

Sooner or later, there's going to be a huge misfortune for His Majesty.

Shut up! Are you trying to buy yourself some time?

If I'm wrong,

please behead me.

I don't know how they found out about the meeting where the appeal was made.

Was it, perhaps, General Go Geon?

It was not.

If it weren't for General Go Geon, I would have been arrested on the spot and imprisoned.

Please cast away that suspicion.

Nonetheless,

Go Won Pyo and the Jega association won't just back down.

They may gather soldiers and attack Sunnobu.

I won't let them!

I will send a secret letter to Jeolnobu to send the cavalry as soon as possible.

How can we stop the invasion of Northern Zhou if Jeolnobu vacates the border?

It's the same whether it collapses from the inside or is penetrated from the outside.

This time, I will fight Go Won Pyo to the death!

You don't look happy.

What are you afraid of?

I don't know what I should be afraid of.

And that scares me.

Your stepfather used to brag

that his adopted girl was as bold and intelligent as a man.

You flatter me immensely.

Which is why I'm leaving you with an important task.

Make a dose of medicine in secret.

Who will be taking this medicine?

The king.

It'll be a poison that'll be given to him.

The poison will also be the medicine to help save the sick Goguryeo kingdom.

Sudden vomiting and diarrhea that has no known causes.

A court physician who rushes over but will be helpless as well, and ultimately,

the king won't make it through the night and will take his last breath.

Can you make such a medicine?

But... how would I dare?

Either earn my trust and expand your ambition

or die here for hearing my plan.

You choose.

You became a spy to repay your life savior?

At that young age?

And with only that resolution...

you crossed the border?

As much as it was dangerous, it had its pleasure.

What pleasure?

The pleasure of planning out the work and moving people.

Just like you're contemplating how to use me instead of exposing me.

If you've assessed it that way, then it'll be easier to talk.

You know the princess is trying to rebuild Sunnobu, right?

I know she's doing it together with General On Hyeop's son.

Spill everything you know.

Why does Her Highness go in and out of the herb store? And,

what is your intention in helping them?

That is an agreement between Her Highness and me.

Are you going to remain silent?

If you do, you'll be dragged to the officials immediately.

You tell me to choose, but that ultimately means you're threatening me.

How very much like father, like son.

What do you mean like father, like son?

What are you saying?

Last night,

I met with Gochuga.

He ordered me to secretly make a dose of poison.

For His Majesty to take...

Since you hold the power to give or take my life away,

please tell me now how I can survive.

Do I make the poison as I'm told,

or do I die in the hands of Gochuga?

Here comes the captain.

Is His Majesty at peace?

I'm keeping watch day and night.

Of course, you should be.

Father.

Never mind.

Dal!

Dal!

You leave without saying anything...

I told you that I'm going back up to the mountain.

I didn't know you were suddenly leaving so early in the morning.

If I had said goodbye, I would've had to hear my mom's nagging.

You're busy too. You said you had a mountain of work to do in town.

But how can you just leave like this?

Sorry. Take good care of Mom.

I'll be back.

Dal.

If you don't want to, don't go.

There's plenty of work to do here.

Do you remember?

When you went to Pyongyang Castle to get your memory back.

I tried to stop you too.

Whatever the outcome may be, I have to face it.

Otherwise, I'll be walking in place forever.

I don't know what their fate will be.

I wonder if my ambition is driving them to their death...

I also feel that it's my fault with Dal.

He was someone who didn't want to go out into the world.

But after meeting me, he's now on a difficult journey.

They should not be called faults.

They are faith and love.

Dal is not someone who flounders in anguish.

Even Your Highness has yet to shake off your fallacy.

Fallacy...

How can I shake it off?

You're asking me a question that you have the answers to.

Monk!

Monk!

Ga Jin!

How are you here?

I came to teach you.

I'm also here to learn.

What are you talking about?

This is a real sword.

On Dal.

I am your teacher.

I deceived you.

In order to use you, I stole your heart and your life.

I know.

You're having such a hard time, but with words only, I say I'm worried about you.

No.

I wasn't deceived because I stayed with you while I knew.

Why? What is it about me?

Did you forget?

I chose you as my destiny.

Why?

I'm scared.

That we'll change...

And that we'll get broken in that process...

Don't be scared.

We won't ever change.

Dal...

My wife.

You're my person.

♫ Even the flower that couldn't fully bloom is fragrant ♫

♫ So I know wherever you are ♫

♫ I will come find you ♫

♫ The foolish me knows nothing about love ♫

♫ But to just give everything ♫

♫ As that's all I want ♫

♫ When I close my eyes, ♫

♫ The beautiful you becomes clearer ♫

♫ Although I can't hold you, I'm happy ♫

♫ If you know my heart, ♫

♫ Come to me again once ♫

♫ It's hard to bear the time which used to be love ♫

♫ I really hate this reality in front of me ♫

This is the guardian stone left by my mother.

♫ I really hate this reality in front of me ♫

This guardian stone will protect you, Princess.

Please take care of the princess.

Right.

I remember this necklace.

Her Highness the queen gave it to you then.

It'll protect you too now.

And this...

It means we are a married couple who'll be together for life and death.

♫ When I close my eyes, ♫

♫ The beautiful you becomes clearer ♫

♫ Although I can't hold you, I'm happy ♫

♫ If you know my heart, ♫

♫ Come to me again once ♫

♫ Hug me warmly and stay by my side ♫

♫ I miss you more today ♫

How is your martial arts training these days?

General Go Geon has been busy with the royal guard, so I've been training alone.

Missing one day of training is like missing ten days.

Do not be lazy.

Yes, I will keep that in mind.

But...

Is it because of Gochuga that the protection from the royal guard has doubled, tripled?

That's none of your business.

With all due respect, please show them the strictness of the royal family.

Eat.

Yes.

Father!

Father!

Father! Father!

Father, are you okay?

Father!

Is there no one there?

Father!

How dare you be in here?

I heard that something terrible had happened to His Majesty—

I told you to behave yourself. Have you already forgotten?

- But— - Go back to your place!

How dare you cry and whine. That will bring ill luck!

What on earth has happened to him?

I gave him medicine for sudden indigestion, but there's no improvement.

His pulse is not slowing down, and I don't know what the cause is!

How could the court physician not know?

Could it be...that there was poison in his food?

Crown Prince!

I looked at all the dishes, but there was no poison.

Based on the symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, it's assumed to be sudden indigestion...

Shouldn't you be giving him some other medicine?!

Medicine isn't meant to be administered recklessly...

- Father! - Your Majesty!

Father!

There's a bad energy approaching His Majesty the king.

Sooner or later,

there's going to be a huge misfortune for His Majesty.

Your prediction was right.

His Majesty is in critical condition right now.

I'm sorry to hear that.

If you are so powerful,

do you have any way to avoid further disaster?

My powers are insignificant, but I do have a talent for dealing with herbs.

With your permission,

I'll come up with a solution after meeting His Majesty.

Make an antidote.

Since you'll be making the lock, you can also make the key.

It's not just an ordinary poison.

It must be disguised as a sudden death so that you don't even suspect a poison.

Even if I make an antidote, it's hard to guarantee the effectiveness.

Mo Yong.

Make the medicine as my father ordered you to.

That way, you won't be in trouble.

But then I also can't warn His Majesty in advance.

Because, if I get questioned about the mastermind behind the poisoning,

I can't say my father was behind this.

Then...

How will you be using the antidote?

You'll have to explain to the court physician.

Even with the antidote, it's a mess.

Do you...

trust me?

The store owner said this medicine is your lifeline.

You bastard shouldn't die so comfortably.

The moment your country collapses and your children vomit blood,

you must die

looking at the beautiful hell with your own eyes.

The king survived.

You sure you made it right?

How could I dare to disobey your secret order?

The medicinal properties were precise.

Get out of my sight.

I'm sorry.

It's about delegating military power to the Jega Association.

Please sign, Your Highness.

Is this why you were urgently looking for me?

We need to subdue the rebellion's unrest immediately.

Please give us the command in the name of the royal family, Your Highness.

We can kill two birds with one stone if we can get the prince's signature.

If we can press the crown prince to give the command, we can establish a cause for subjugation.

Afterward, at the right time,

we can hold the crown prince accountable.

If the crown prince gives the king's order while the king is alive...

there can be no other act more disloyal and disobedient than that.

Even if he keeps his life, he won't be able to keep the crown prince's seat.

That's why I called you to ask for a fortune-telling.

Will my Geon Mu take the throne?

I...

I cannot sign this.

Your Highness!

This is a matter for His Majesty to decide.

How could I take this into my own hands?

- But this a very urgent matter— - And!

Before he became bedridden, His Majesty made clear his decision on Sunnobu.

Thus, as his child, I cannot go against his words.

Your filial piety is admirable.

But you must think about the safety of Her Highness, the princess.

You are the only one who's saying that Sunnobu is blackmailing my sister.

Because it's the truth.

But my sister isn't the type to be used by someone else.

I, too,

don't want to be used.

Y-Your Highness!

Your Highness!

How can you laugh?

Isn't this young crown prince's thinking capacity commendable?

If we cannot find a justification, we have no choice but to break through with force.

What do you mean force?

There are enough Gyerubu soldiers to subjugate Sunnobu's remnants.

The first wave of soldiers has already arrived.

All you need to do is to agree in the name of Jega Association!

I think we need to station two people at Fox Rock too.

You can see the back road to town too well.

You and San can leave now.

- What? - This is Sunnobu's fight.

You Turk folks don't need to be part of it.

Hey, Sa Poong Gae!

It's because I'm worried that you might be killed.

I just... You're always acting out...

What I mean is—

Dok Moon!

What is this?

It's General On's belongings.

Please make it solid.

I will.

If it's a sword that Dal will use, we'll put all our effort into it.

Chief!

Ch-Chief!

Chief!

You're just in time.

This is Woo Yeong. We served General On Hyeop together.

This is Her Highness, the Princess.

It's an honor to meet you, Your Highness.

- I am Major General Woo Yeong (Sunnobu's general).

Please stand.

After receiving my secret letter, he gathered the soldiers and came straight here.

It's not just us. The scattered old comrades are gathering one by one!

Considering the years we spent in pent-up anger, we can't miss this uprising!

Thank you, Your Highness.

I feel as if I've gained thousands of troops and horses.

Princess!

Princess!

Your Highness! Something bad happened!

I've seen your faces before.

How many of you guys are there?

What about the number of weapons?

There are ten thousand of us and we've got a thousand horses.

Surprised, right?

Poong Gae!

You insignificant, barbarian b***h.

What?!

You're not even strong, you piece of sh*t.

This piece of sh*t...

You okay?

Dozens of Gyerubu soldiers are camped below this mountain.

With that many, this must be the first wave.

They must have spied. After seeing that we're preparing a defense, they have probably stopped for now.

As Your Highness said, it was effective to build wooden fences.

They're not that many. We can just sweep them all away,. What's the issue?

What if Jin gets hurt?

Don't worry.

I'll save them no matter what.

Store Owner.

Go wait at the dock.

Are you attempting to run away at night?

If I say I'm leaving, could you let me go?

Haven't I done my job?

You're not done yet.

I don't want to let you go.

I don't want to be used anymore.

Especially...

by a man who has another woman in his heart.

If you try to enter my heart,

I will

leave my heart unlocked.

I see you must not know.

The woman you harbor love for, she...

is facing a life or death predicament right now.

Jin, you okay?

Yeah.

What about you?

Why did you have to speak up like that?

I should act out like that so that you and the others won't get hurt.

Who are you?

I am the eldest daughter of Goguryeo's king, Princess Pyeonggang.

Your Highness!

Father!

Father!

Geon.

Because of the continued chaotic time,

the Inner Go family simply took over.

But, originally,

Goguryeo's throne belongs to the Upper Go family.

It's time to take back the position.

You.

Are you ready?

Are you talking about rising up in revolt?

I'm talking about subjugation.

By dawn, Gyerubu's cavalry and foot soldiers will gather.

Go attack!

Attack them, and get her. The princess you want.

- Father! - I lit the embers, but you must control the flames. That is

the job of Gyerubu's rightful heir.

I will...

I'll follow your command.

Don't burn yourself in the flames.

Yes.

Let them go.

Yes!

Everything is good now. Go back to the village.

What about you?

Poong Gae, are you okay?

If only we go, what about you?

I'll be right behind you.

Do you expect us to believe that?

Don't believe her. She's lying.

You all must have forgotten.

I'm the princess.

I am a daughter of this country's king.

Do you think they'll dare to handle me roughly?

- Take them out! - Yes!

Be careful.

- Take care of Dok Moon. - What?

Why? What about you?

- I have to go to Dal. - Huh? Hey!

I have to go.

Wait...

Wait! Hey! Poong Gae!

Crown Prince...

Father!

Father!

Are you finally here, Master?

Dal...

Poong Gae!

Why are you here?

Wibalta (Chief of the Heavenly Flag Army from Northern Zhou)

Goguryeo border

It's the Northern Zhou army!

Light the signal fire!

It's the Northern Zhou army!

The fire! Light the signal fire!

Go back to Gochuga and let him know.

Sunnobu will fight to the last man standing.

Gyerubu will fight until the end as well.

Your Highness has to stop in order for this fight to end.

You want me to end a fight that hasn't started?

His Majesty is in critical condition.

The crown prince is in isolation as well.

Your Highness has to go back with me so that the country can be in peace.

Please stand.

Your Highness.

You who speak of peace brought soldiers along?

So that you can go back with me.

You're here on Gochuga's order.

- Aren't you? - No.

I came on your behalf, Your Highness.

For Your Highness and Goguryeo.

If I follow you, all the people left behind will die.

It's because of that order that Instructor Go is here.

It would be better to kill only one, me.

Whether Your Highness comes with me or not,

the rebels will be subjugated.

Please don't watch the bloodshed,

and come back with me.

Ga Jin!

Ga Jin...

Oy, Mr. Go!

Instead of involving innocent lives, you and me, let's end this together.

You've got all sorts of ways to die.

Dal, just drop it.

I can't just drop it. You know I can't.

When I think of my mom, you're already dead to me.

Lower your swords.

Hillbilly.

You've learned a lot of tricks.

Do you know what it feels like to slay with a real sword?

A wooden sword is enough for a guy like you.

General!

What's going on?

The Northern Zhou forces have invaded the border!

♫ I become love to you ♫

♫ You become tomorrow to me ♫

River Where the Moon Rises

Sunnobu, go straight to Pyeongsa Castle and stop the Heavenly Flag Army.

I'm only fighting for you.

When the king said, "You're my son. You're Ga Jin's husband."

It made me really happy.

Because I wrote a false report and sent it to Silla for you, General.

There is this amazing fortune teller.

The guy at Songhwa-dang. He's the leader of Cheonjubang.

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