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Episode 25.

Brother!

Get them!

Hurry and escape!

Hyeop-Bo!

Attack them!

Episode 25.

Brother! I've heard about them, but I didn't know they were going to be like this.

I heard that people shake in fear whenever they hear the word "iron solider." I guess they weren't talking nonsense.

The arrows just bounce off and the swords break...

What are we going to do?

We don't have a chance of winning by fighting with them face to face.

The iron soliders are going to be searching for us.

I'll deal with the iron soliders.

You guys go save the refugees.

How are you going to deal with them alone, sir?

It's too dangerous.

Don't worry and do as I say.

What?

They annihilated the iron soliders and the army plus, the refugees escaped.

Who is it?! What kind of person dares to make a war with the iron soliders?!

It was a surprise attack...

We are unable to find out the identities of the attackers as well as the head counts.

Hurry and send the soliders to catch them!

Sa-nong-seung, who will be visiting hyeon-to city, must not know of this matter.

- So do it secretly. - Yes, sir.

Those damned bastards...

What are they trying to do now?

Seeing that the iron soliders are involved, something unusual must have happened.

Miss... I don't know why the chief came all the way to hyeon-to city.

The chief said he is going to meet the iron-Smith leader from han nation himself.

Who doesn't know that?

What I want to know is what he's going to do when he meets them?

It's not like they will give us the secret to the steel weapon technique.

I do not know my father's intentions either.

We will find out sooner or later.

When is the iron-Smith leader from han-nara coming?

He is going to arrive today.

You must be tired from the long trip.

Thank you for all your hard work.

Please come inside.

Cheers.

Hyeon-to city doesn't have any big faults, but the Jin-bun and the lim-dun...

Are facing the leaving of the people from the mainland.

Within one year, the governor for Jin-bun and the lim-dun has changed twice.

I know about it too. Who would want to be under a foreign rule for a long time?

The separation of the people who immigrated from han nation can only weaken the power of the joseon refugees.

Please report this situation to his majesty.

I understand. How is the situation in buyeo?

The prince of buyeo is in hyeon-to city right now.

What is the reason?

The prince of buyeo, prince daeso is going to make a deal with me.

What do you mean by deal?

Prince daeso wants to know the technique of the preparation and production of the iron weapons.

What?

Your highness.

How did it go?

The governor has requested to see you.

His excellency has approved.

I will send the iron-Smith leader to buyeo to hand down the technique.

Thank you.

This is my daughter.

This is the prince of buyeo, prince daeso.

I am Yang sul-LAN.

I heard my father and king geum-wa were childhood friends.

They were once, but now they are in a bad relationship.

Then, will king geum-wa approve of our marriage?

I will take care of that.

I will keep the promise I made, so don't worry.

Even though this was an arranged marriage by my father...

I was going to refuse it if I didn't like you.

But after seeing you today, you are a manly person.

Are you really going to get married with Yang-jeong's daughter?

What are you going to do about miss so seo-no?

I am going to become the emperor of buyeo.

No one will care if I have 10 concubines.

Getting married to Yang-jeong's daughter has no meaning to me.

The problem is whether so seo-no will accept my feelings.

How did it go?

Yang-jeong has sent news that he will meet with you.

That's good.

What are you going to do when you meet han-nara's iron-Smith leader through Yang-jeong?

We know the iron-Smith leader is not going to tell us the secret of the iron weapon technique.

I already told you that no-geun does not accept bribes.

Please tell us what kind of deal you are going to make.

I'm thinking of buying it.

Will he sell the technique for money?

If you are a real merchant, you should have the ability to buy items that are not on sale.

Just wait and see.

The ceremony won't get rid of the confused feelings.

Then, what do we have to do?

In a situation like this, we have to find someone that will be in charge of the omens of disaster.

Who is that?

First is yeo mi-eul.

Yeo mi-eul?

But the people still believe in yeo mi-eul, so if we blame her for the omens of disaster, the problem will get bigger.

Your majesty should try to find someone that will be in charge of the omen of disaster.

Jong-ko.

Yes, your majesty.

A long time ago, there was a story-teller that talked about hae mo-su in buyeo.

Go find him and bring him here.

Yes, your majesty.

Your majesty, it's jong-ko.

Come in.

How did it go? Did you bring him?

Your majesty, it was said that his majesty has killed that story-teller.

What?

What brings you here?

Your majesty, the priestesses have done the rituals but the confusing feelings have not gone away.

Have you heard the rumor about hae mo-su that has been going around the people?

What are you talking about?

I'm sorry, but there were some rumors about your majesty and lady yoo-hwa too.

Tell me about it.

There is a rumor that yoo-hwa was pregnant with hae mo-su's child...

And that prince ju-mong is not your child, your majesty.

Who dares to speak of a reckless remark like that?

Your majesty, it's only a rumor.

Didn't the origin of the rumor come from you and the palace emissary?

Your majesty, how can you say something like that?

Ju-mong is my child!

I will not forgive the people who says a reckless remark like that.

Your majesty, so-ryeong has requested to see you.

Let her in.

Sit down.

This child is called the byu ri-ha. She was favored by yeo mi-eul.

Even yeo mi-eul has recognized her abilities.

Byu ri-ha says she has something to tell you.

Prince ju-mong must leave buyeo city.

Prince ju-mong is not in buyeo city right now. He will return soon, but he has left buyeo city.

Prince ju-mong has to leave forever. If he doesn't, he will die.

Be strong...

Brother, the people are going too slowly.

If we go at this rate, we will get attacked by the han soliders.

Hyeop-Bo.

Yes, brother?

I think you will have to take the refugees.

We will take care of the rest, so you just have to get out of the hyeon-to army area.

Will you be all right?

Don't worry and just go.

You just have to take the refugees to a safer area and meet us at hyeon-to city.

I understand.

Oh-yi and mari, take good care of our brother.

Don't worry about us and take care of yourself.

Follow me!

Please try to walk a bit faster. If we go a little more, we will be out of hyeon-to army area.

Yeon ta-bal is here to see you.

Bring him in.

I am yeon ta-bal.

Sit down.

Why did you want to see me?

I have recieved permission from king geum-wa of buyeo to be involved in the trade between buyeo and han nation.

Our merchant group was executing the dealings that were made between hyeon-to city and buyeo city.

Then why didn't you come visit me when the trade between buyeo city was stopped?

The trade stopped because of a dispute between two countries.

A merchant has no power to solve this kind of problem.

The dispute between the two countries was solved with your wise judgement...

So please forgive me for not visiting you.

Why did you send me a lot of silk goods?

Please accept it as my sincerity for visiting you late.

But I cannot send a merchant empty handed.

If you need something, do tell me.

On the way to hyeon-to city, I heard that sa nong-seung, the subject of the capital, has visited hyeon-to city.

I will not have the chance to meet him in the future...

So it would be an honor to meet him and receive his teachings.

Will you be able to help, governor?

If it is an honor for you, I will try to arrange it.

Thank you.

Miss, prince daeso is here in hyeon-to city.

Do you know why he is here?

He came to adjust the list of goods for trade with han-nara.

He came to adjust the list of goods for trade?

It doesn't make sense that he came to adjust the list of goods for trade without coming to us for permission first.

He probably has another reason.

How did it go?

He has agreed to arrange a meeting with the iron-Smith leader.

Let's go together.

How are you?

I am yeon ta-bal. It's a great honor to meet you.

I have heard about you.

Chief yeon ta-bal is the leader of the gyehru clan.

It is all thanks to him that a small nation can prosper surrounded by such big ones.

I heard you want to learn from me

but I've not been trading for a long time

I don't know what I can teach you

just meeting with you is a huge teaching to me.

I have a request.

Tell me what it is.

I want to buy the han nation's iron weapons.

What is happening here? If I have to make a deal that wasn't planned, I am leaving.

Sa nong-seung!

How dare you be rude in front of sa nong-seung!

What do you mean you want to buy the iron weapons suddenly?!

There is nothing wrong if I buy the weapons, and it is a gain for the han nation.

What?

Please calm down and listen to me first.

There are two advantages for han nation if my business can buy weapons from you.

First, han can offset buyeo by having cholbon equipped with steel weapons right under buyeo.

In return, cholbon can protect itself from powerful neighboring countries.

Second, cholbon accumulated a large fortune for the tribe's size because of trading.

I know that han nation is currently unstable due to the war with so-nam.

Selling weapons at a time like this, will definitely benefit han.

Please convince his exellency.

If the business deal goes through, your position will be elevated.

Fine.

I will deliever your wishes to sa nong-sun.

But, heed my words.

I hate dishonesty.

I will not tolerate another difficult situation like today.

Will the iron-Smith leader agree to the deal?

He will for sure.

Buying the weapons doesn't mean we will get the technique.

That's true. But if we have the control of the iron weapons we are going to buy,

we will be able to find out the basic technique.

If we start like that, we will have the secret to the technique one day.

What? Yeon ta-bal and so seo-no are no where to be seen?

If they went on a trade, they would have taken their workers. But it doesn't seem like that.

Then did they go to gyehru?

They have stayed in buyeo city for a long time, so they could have gone.

I wish they would never come back.

You are here, your highness.

There is no way! No way!

There is no way of winning the crown prince competition.

I can't think of a way to beat brother dae-so.

Do you have any ideas?

Well... I don't...

Your highness.

What?

Prince daeso gets his strength from the help of many people around him.

Out of those, the information given by yeon ta-bal's merchant group is a big help to him.

With yeon ta-bal's help, prince daeso always has information on king geum-wa in his hands.

So, prince daeso is always one step ahead of you.

Prince ju-mong also got hold of the salt mountain with the help of yeon ta-bal, right?

That's true.

In order to win the crown prince competition, you need to get rid of yeon ta-bal.

You want to me kill them?

Yes.

Father trusts yeon ta-bal. How do I kick them out?

There was something I always wondered about.

Before yeon ta-bal is a merchant, he is the leader of gyehru clan.

Why would they stay in buyeo city for this long?

They wouldn't stay only for trading.

They probrably have another reason.

Yeon ta-bal and his daughter are not there right now, so this is your chance to find out.

- Search thoroughly! - Yes.

- Miss, please come out quickly! - What is the matter?

Prince young-po's soldiers have barged in and are searching our premises.

My name is young che-ryoung, the person in charge of this business. Exactly what is the matter?

It seems that spies from han nation have been posing as our merchants, so I am investigating.

There is no such person in our merchant group. Our group helps the buyeo government.

I know that.

If there are no problems, there is nothing to worry about, so stand aside.

Your highness!

You came.

You left yeon ta-bal's business in an utter mess. Exactly what is going on?

- His majesty has given them special rights... - I didn't do it without a reason.

Please take a look at this.

Despite knowing about the visit from no-gun, the chief of weaponry, and other news,

they did not inform your majesty.

Yeon tal-bal's loyalty seems questionable.

Your majesty, yeon ta-bal is not to be trusted!

Where is yeon ta-bal right now?

He went to hyeon-to city.

What we need to do is not to get rid of the soldiers, but to buy hyeop-Bo enough time to escape from hyeon-to city.

Oh-yi will stop the soldiers and find the ideal traveling roads.

Yes, brother.

Mari, you will go gather information on our enemies.

Okay.

Alright, move quickly.

Let's go.

It seems that sul-LAN is quite taken with you.

What do you think of my daughter?

It would be hard to find a woman as beautiful as her in bu-yeo.

I'm happy.

Right now, buyeo is alarmed just by the visit of the chief of weaponry.

They are worried that the visit is for the han nation to gather allies against buyeo.

That is definitely not so.

His visit is a standard way to an inspection of the smaller nations.

It is a relief if that is true.

If there was an ulterior reason, would I give away my daughter to you?

Sir, it is gong-sun.

Enter.

What happened?

The refugees got away.

What? Did the soldiers sent after them not do anything?

They say that the ones who helped the refugees had super human powers.

There were only few of them, but their arm strength was monstrous,

even to the point of breaking through the soldiers' armor.

The armor?

Yes.

Hyeop-Bo!

Brother!

Are the refugees safe?

Yes. We saw the hyeon-to city border and headed towards buyeo.

Good work.

Are you guys hurt anywhere?

Brother defeated all the soldiers!

Brother, we'd better hurry up and eat something.

Hyeop-Bo's face looks a little gaunt.

Let's decide where to eat.

Yes, brother.

I must find out exactly how many refugees are enslaved and where the slave camp is located.

What are you going to do with that information?

Who knows?

Hyeop-Bo.

Yes, brother?

I saw you shed tears when you received the Mark of the da mul army.

Why did you cry?

My father passed away after suffering to accomplish something so great,

and my life seems so pathetic,

so even without realizing it, the tears just came out.

Do you know why I quit the competition to be the crown prince?

Isn't it because of bu-young?

If I had been going to rescue bu-young, I would have slained do-chi and taken away bu-young.

The reason why I stopped competing was because I didn't know what I was supposed to do as a crown prince.

I felt pathetic for competing to be the crown prince without knowing what the position will entail.

That feeling was probably the same as yours, hyeop-Bo.

But, I feel that I now know what I am supposed to do.

What... your highness!

Leader!

What, what... your highness, what brings you to hyeon-to city?

Miss...

Miss, why don't you take a look at who is here?

What are you doing? Please come in.

What happened? How are you here?

They say that the ones who helped the refugees had super human powers.

There were only few of them, but their arm strength was monstrous,

even to the point of breaking through the soldiers' armor.

I am reading too much into it. That could not have been the case.

Your highness, it is na-ru.

You may enter.

Your highness, it seems that yeon ta-bal and so seo-no are here in hyeon-to city.

I even verified this myself.

It seems that you have been through a lot. Your face looks thinner.

Well...

He may have been through a lot, but if you say his face looks thinner, we must look like just skin and bones.

Exactly what have you guys been up to? Exactly what have you been through?

If you hear about what we did, you'll be really shocked.

These fools... fine, what is it?

We were on our way back from saving the refugees who have escaped from slavery in hyeon-to city.

We have gotten rid of the han soldiers.

Is that true?

Yes, it is the truth.

You crazy bastards. Sa-young, they are crazy. Crazy.

What do you mean you fought the han soldiers? Wasn't it dangerous?

After seeing the captured refugees, I couldn't just ignore them.

I am so relieved that you are safe.

Why are you here in hyeon-to city after fighting the soldiers?

I wanted to see the sufferings of the refugees with my own eyes.

I planned to travel not just to hyeon-to city, but nak-nan, Jin-bun, and im-dun as well.

I will not do anything foolish, so please do not worry.

What brings you to hyeon-to city?

The chief of weaponry from han nation is here right now in hyeon-to city.

Chief of weaponry?

He is an official that is in charge of weapons for the han nation.

Father hopes to obtain tools that help create steel weapons.

Is that possible?

Up to now, everything has gone as my father has planned,

but we have to wait awhile longer for the results.

Your highness!

Where is so seo-no?

Eh... ah... she's inside...

Prince dae-so is in hyeon-to city right now.

Why has he come here?

Supposedly for trade negotiations, but that is obviously not it.

I think prince dae-so has a special relationship with hyeon-to city's leader.

That's not for you to know either.

Here, I am not your younger brother.

Standing before you is a special envoy representing the king

I want to know what the eldest prince of buyeo is doing in an enemy country

damn you!

Do you think you're the crown prince now just because you made a petty achievement?

Get a grip.

This isn't the end yet.

So seo-no, it is me.

I heard that you left buyeo. What are you doing in hyeon-to city?

I just happened to come here after randomly traveling.

Isn't it that the two of you planned to meet here?

It was a coincidence that we met.

Coincidence?

Sit.

Right now, a feeling of an alliance has risen in buyeo and his majesty and the subjects are in doubt.

Yet, as a prince, to travel so freely, your life must be very peaceful and good.

Why have you come here, brother?

Seeing that you are here so often, is it that you have made some secret deal?

What? Is someone like you accusing me?

I am curious as to why a future crown prince as yourself, would come all the way to hyeon-to city

when buyeo is teetering on the verge of an emergency.

I came here because I thought that if the present condition with the han nation gets worse,

the relationship between the two nations will be difficult.

There is no such deal as you are suggesting!

Did you call for me?

Will you be able to recognize the ones that helped the refugees and attacked the soldiers if you saw them?

Yes, I believe so, since there are soldiers who fought against them.

But, why are you asking this?

If I want to travel to Jim-bun and im-dun, it will take another two months.

I am not at ease with just the piece of your heart that you have given me.

Be careful.

Brother! It is mari.

Come in.

We are in big trouble.

Right now, han soldiers are coming this way!

Behind this place, there is a stable with horses. Please use them to escape.

Your highness.

Prime minister.

I was on the way to see his majesty. Let us go together.

Is it true that you have brought iron workers from the steel factory?

Yes.

I didn't think that we would receive help from the iron workers.

Your highness has truly accomplished a great deed!

You have created a strong foundation for buyeo to become great.

Since we are the only ones that know about my deal with Yang-jeong, we have to carry it to our graves.

Of course. Please do not worry.

Let's go.

Is it true that you brought back iron workers from the steel factory?

It is true.

Where did you find them?

The workers that I have brought are refugees who used to be our people.

They escaped from hyeon-to city's steel factory, where they were enslaved for a long time.

They were being pursued by the soldiers. I rescued them from danger and brought them here.

Can they really make the strong steel?

I wasn't able to verify that.

If we give them work in the iron workshop, we can soon find out.

Take them to the workshop quickly and verify it.

Yes, your majesty.

Wait, wait. Wait, wait.

Are you telling me that iron workers who can make the steel are coming?

I can't believe it either.

If they can just tell us the secret to make the steel,

I will carry them on my back and dance for the rest of my life!

Your highness.

Chief.

Yes.

You've probably heard the news. From now on, take these workers and work on producing better steel.

I understand.

If there is talk because they are refugees, I will not forgive anyone.

That is not possible! If they can make the steel, I'll even take them as my masters.

I leave it up to you.

Yes, your highness.

Glad to meet you.

My name is mo pal-mo and I am the chief of this iron workshop.

Let's at least look at your iron workshop.

What can you do with a weapon like this?

This is better suit for women to use in the kitchen.

Look here!

No matter how bad it seems, it was created by the blood and sweat of the workers of this factory.

How can you say such insult?

Blood and sweat?

I will show you what a sword made from blood and sweat looks like.

From now on, while we are working here, don't let anyone enter the workshop.

Wait, if we can't be in here, how do you expect us to learn?

If you don't follow our wishes, we'll leave right away!

Those bastards. Just wait if they can't make it.

I'll break their legs so that they have to crawl back!

Wait, chief. Instead of being like this,

shouldn't we at least be looking at what they are doing through peep holes or something?

What? Don't say stupid things! I, mo pal-mo, live by my pride!

Make way for his majesty...

Is this all what you have made?

Yes.

How is it?

I was just about to test it.

Give me a sword.

Are you not returning to buyeo?

I have to go to Cho mu-son.

Brother. Why have you come here again?

Before returning to buyeo, I have something to tell you all.

I am returning to buyeo not as a prince, but as a descendent of da mul army.

My father is the general of da mul army, hae mo-s...

The dream that my father was unable to realize is now my dream.

I will rescue the refugees suffering under the han nation

and regain our lost land.

That is why I am returning to buyeo.

Mari, hyeop-Bo, and oh-yi,

will you go with me?

Yes, brother!

Have you decided to return to the palace?

I brought nothing but worries to the royal family

I didn't contribute myself to state affairs

please forgive me

if we must calm the masses...

Who're disturbed by the ominous omen

nothing is more effective than naming a crown prince

please name daeso the crown prince

ls bu deuk-bool my subject...

Or daeso's?

I can't forgive...

Daeso and youngpo.

I want to go to kerubu

I want you and captain pal-mo to go to kerubu.

I shall name prince jumong...

The chief commander of the guards