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You were his friend.

We fought alongside one another.

- He belives he's damned.

- He's right.

We were, all of us - killers.

But he became...

...more than that.

- That what warriors do!

- Some get a taste for blood.

He is not one of them.

There was a time I wanted that to be true,

as much as you do now.

At least he still sees hope in others.

Puts his sword at the service of that,

rather than his own game.

Your Majesty, we have news!

Saddle the horses.

Jacob...

- My name is Jacob.

- Nice to meet you, Jacob.

- I am sorry.

- For what?

We'd never have come this far without you.

You... don't have to do that.

I know. I want to.

There's not much else to do here,

except watch Xaoi eat.

She lives because of you.

As do we.

Maybe you've repaid your debt.

Rest, for now.

Please, help me.

I must see him.

What?

Oh man, don't you ever stop?

Here, f***ing opium.

It keeps the ghosts away, huh?

This is MY medicine.

What you saw that day...

If it's forgiveness that brought you here,

you've come a long way for nothing.

Perhaps you've come to tell me

it was some terrible mistake?

- That you didn't kill them? Huh?

- I can't tell you that.

But they did not die by

my sword, I promise.

Riddles give me headaches.

The children were killed

by their own mothers.

The women died by their own hands.

Because they fear of what you have become.

Yes.

What is it?

You think if you save this boy,

God will forgive you?

Men can not know God's will,

and when they pretend to...

- ...it ends in blood.

- That I'll drink to.

So what happened to you?

The White Ghost, bandits?

I tried my hand as a merchant.

But the Black Guards took all I had.

My wife - she's good

with a knife, aint't it?

But in one time... she had the most...

beautiful... singing voice.

But the... Guards...

...cut out her tongue!!

Blinded my right eye.

But I still have her.

Which is all that really matters.

If Shing becomes King, this land will burn.

All lands burn, Jacob. You know that.

Better than anyone.

I have to take a piss.

You should be resting.

I'm younger and healthier than you.

I made a promise to my father.

I swore to him...

...I'd protect Qiang with my life.

But you...

...why?

I once looked for God

in all of the wrong places.

But you... your brother...

It started to make sense again.

My father would have liked you.

Ohhh, I don't know. I think your father

would have taken my head.

And rightly so.

Perhaps to the man we first met.

But you... he would have loved.

Lian, I...

He's been out there for hours.

With the right people by his side

he will hold the peace.

You sound like one of those priests

that blessed us as we marched off to war.

The ghosts...

- ...you really see them, too?

- Only when I let my guard down.

And what do they ask of you?

- Mine don't talk.

- They don't need to.

And if they did?

What would the dead whisper?

What is ought, must be paid.

It's not for us to decide when, though.

To the damned, each and every one of us.

You are not hard enough on him.

- Gallain, with your help...

- No!

I told you before!

I'm done fighting other men's causes.

- Ah, you could have handed him over to Shing.

- I'm a simple man.

Easily bedazzled by swift-talking

young Princess.

You are many things, none of them simple.

They have [...] reached the riverbank.

We have no choice now.

Make what preparations you can!

No more that four bombs in each bag.

I chose this place for a reason.

We beat them down below,

take as many as we can.

- Bring confusion.

- Fall back to the caves?

- No, you stay here.

- But they're here for me.

And if you die on the Mountain, you will

never be the leader your father wanted.

Be careful.

SHIELDS!! SHIELDS UP!! SHIELDS!!!

Return fire! RETURN FIRE NOW!!!

Fall back!!

Get back to the cave, now!!

Back to the cave, we'll finish them there!

LET'S GO!!

- Get your sister and Xiaoli back to the inner cave.

- I should stay!

- You've got nothing more to prove, all right? Men

have died for you, don't let that be in vain.

Go! Go now!

Mei!! NOW!!

The Black Guards!!

GO!! GO, MEI, GO!!

Go... get the boy... now!

You want my blood?

You want my BLOOD?!

- The others? - Oh, it's just Gallain. We have

to leave, before more Black Guards arrive.

I see you...

...woman...

I see you...

Qiang Lian and the white monkey.

Did you help them?

Or was it this one?

No. I think this one is the White Ghost.

- Why?

- Because...

...the boy isn't like us.

And what are we like?

The world will be better without us.

And you... little brother.

Do you really think bandits and barbarians

can win you the throne?

Our father would hate what you have become.

Then it's probably a good

thing you killed him.

You've spilled a lot of blood today.

Let's see how much you have left.

Who [...] his bow, dies!

Careful, then. You might cut yourself.

No more, Shing... no more...

Lian, no!!

Lord Shing is dead.

- Sister!

- I'll be all right.

- What were you thinking?

- Of my country...

And Qiang... I love you...

I'm sorry.

Your Majesty.

Please, forgive me.

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