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ARTHDAL CHRONICLES

ARTHDAL CHRONICLES

No.

No...

That baby is cursed.

Give me the baby.

No, please...

Please...

No, don't.

No!

ARTHDAL CHRONICLES

In ancient times when mankind came down from the trees,

they learned to use fire and began making sharp blades,

invented wheels and started paving trails,

and finally learned to plant seeds and settled in one place.

But they did not have a nation or a king.

Homo sapiens didn't have dreams

and had not yet reached the top of the great pyramid of nature.

The glorious land of our ancient mothers.

This place, Arth.

Over there!

Damn it.

This land belongs to everyone.

Shoot!

Hey, it's not here!

- It's not here! - Stop shooting!

God damn it!

Damn it! Just one Neanthal did this to us.

- Just one of those lowly beasts! - Mugwang.

I'm okay, Mubaek.

He went that way. Go that way.

Darn it.

Prepare the net!

At what point did things start to go wrong?

Yes.

That's when it all began.

HEAVEN LAKE, THE TOP OF WHITE PEAK MOUNTAIN

They are coming.

SANUNG

MUBAEK

That day I saw the blue-blooded ones with blue lips,

the Neanthals, for the first time in my life.

RAKNRUV

RAGAZ

Tell me, Saram.

What do you want?

He is asking you to tell him what you want.

I want us to join hands.

"Join hands"?

Did you say, "Join hands"?

Saram.

We are different in every aspect.

What for must we join hands?

To attain abundance.

"Abundance"?

Mother Nature provides us with everything we need.

What more do we need?

Beans.

Barley.

Sorghum.

And...

mugwort...

and garlic.

What are these?

Cultivation and agriculture.

Your formidable power

and our skills.

Your fertile land,

The Plains of the Moon,

and the wisdom and civilization of Arthdal.

With all of our strengths combined,

we will attain the kind of abundance that we have never imagined before.

"Abundance"?

What for?

For a nation.

Let's build a nation together.

And through our nation,

we will rule all living things

and stand on top of the pyramid.

In order to build a nation,

large-scale farming is absolutely necessary.

On your land,

The Plains of the Moon.

Listen, Saram.

Is The Plains of the Moon what you are asking for?

We do not need any of the things you have.

And most importantly,

mugwort...

and garlic.

We do not eat such things.

Just like that, the head of the Tigers walked away from us.

They did not need anything

that we, Saram, had.

Asa Hon!

ASA HON

How did it go?

Talking to those beasts is obviously useless.

Then what do we do now?

What do you think? It only means war.

What? How are we going to fight against them?

They're monsters.

We have no other option.

Without The Plains of the Moon,

half of the people in Arthdal will starve to death.

Sanung Niruha said

that he wishes to send them a gift to try to persuade them one more time.

I will soon visit Atturad

to deliver the gift in person.

We're just wasting our time

with those beasts.

What about Tagon? Where is he?

This paradise flycatcher... Don't you think it's interesting?

At sunrise, it flies here over the White Peak Mountain.

And at sundown, it flies back to where it came from.

The negotiation fell through.

Does that mean we're going to war?

That's right. The war began.

However, the war ended ridiculously quickly.

ASA RON

Asa Ron Niruha and Sanung Niruha,

we succeeded.

I suppose this is the beginning.

That day, the sun rose in the north.

Once a year, all Neanthals gathered

to celebrate the crescent moon.

The festival usually went on for seven days.

It was a golden opportunity.

We found out about an infectious disease

that only affected the Neanthals and some animals.

The gift that Sanung wanted to send to them

was a collection of fabrics that had been wrapped around

horses and other animals that suffered from the disease.

And Asa Hon was...

a sacrificial victim.

What do you mean?

Set Atturad on fire?

Yes. Soon, this place will be completely engulfed in flames.

So, please come with me.

We set a massive fire in Atturad.

Hurry. We must get out of here quickly.

Then,

the sudden outbreak of the infectious disease...

Was it caused by the gift that I brought?

Obviously.

Asa Hon, we must hurry!

Who gave the order to pull such a cruel trick?

- If Sanung Niruha finds out-- - Asa Ron Niruha

and Sanung Niruha gave the order.

Come on. We must leave now!

I will not leave.

Go tell them.

Aramun Haesulla, who founded the Arthdal Union, is dead.

Rats that use his name are the only ones left now.

Your people

are evil.

Pull yourself together. We have to get out of here!

Your people are...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

But we must save the children.

Together!

You lowly beasts. I guess we overestimated you!

It's because they're ill.

Neanthals were much stronger and nimbler than us.

They had eyes that enabled them to see even on moonless nights

as well as the dignity as the strongest species

and even had the spiritual power to dream,

but we, Saram, had fire, blades, and martial arts.

We could scheme and conspire.

We had the will to satiate our greed.

And most importantly...

Sanung Niruha.

It's a huge success!

I am proud of you, my son.

Tagon, this victory wouldn't have been possible without you.

Most importantly, we had Tagon.

The Crescent Moon Festival,

the paradise flycatchers,

the fire, and the infectious disease...

The entire plan was devised by that boy, who wasn't even old enough

to be called a young man.

We did win the war, but we didn't wipe them out completely.

Some of them are still alive.

They are more dangerous than tigers

and filthier than rats.

Asa Ron Niruha, do you have a plan?

We sure do.

Now that the war is over, we shall begin our hunt.

We must kill every single one of them.

The Great Hunt begins.

Even though we won, we were still afraid.

And that's why we became cruel.

The war was short-lived, but the hunt went on for a long time.

The Neanthals that didn't suffer from the disease

were incredibly strong.

Sweetheart, this is medicine for your little brother.

Take good care of it.

He's over there.

He's close.

I must tell Asa Hon immediately!