The Slave Hunters (추노)

The Slave Hunters

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Episode 3

I thought you were limping?!

I trust you're well aware that I wasn't.

Is that not the reason you trailed me?

And they said even anchovies have entrails...

You're quite something?

I have no time to squander with you.

I lose.

...Sir.

Aim at his head before you shoot.

Don't just shoot for the hell of it, you dumbass!

Aim properly.

Ahh... What if we end up killing Daegil?

Are we here to kill him, or have him dance around arrows? You little...

Still, he used to be one of us...

Want to become a hedgehog?

Want to become chicken skewers?

Ahh... So they want to see blood again.

Afraid I'm already seeing it.

Let's not tread on each other's toes, shall we?

Careful where those toes lead you at night, uh?

Ahh... I hate it.

Ahh! I hate you.

Ahh... I just... I hate him!

Ahh...

Daegil!

In all my years of fighting, I have never seen someone like him.

Seems like he knew his martial arts by heart.

By heart, my ass.

He looked like he could barely master a few tricks.

So why was it such a close conflict?

Close what? What are you prattl...

It was no close fight.

I practically had him,

but those arrows ruined it all.

Anyhow...

Eonni or not, I'll have to put his swinish mug to rest.

He'll reap what he sowed.

He already more than reaped it, so just lie down.

Look for a fight, and you'll find a cudgel in every hedge.

Who said all that crap?

Forget it.

Eonni!

Aigoo, Eonni... What happened? How am I supposed to live without you?

Eonni, get a hold of yourself!

Eonni!

It hurts, you piece of...

So you're not dead...

Thank you, Eonni.

Aigoo... All right, all right.

Take good care of Daegil Eonni, will you?

Going out, again?

Ohh...

I left behind some unfinished business...

I'll have to get going.

Don't die on me, Eonni.

You can save a fool when he falls in the water,

but not when they fall head over heels for lasses.

It's just fervor of youth.

Just worry about getting better.

Where are you going?

He's not your average specimen, I'm afraid.

We need to find out more about him.

Daegil!

Aigoo... Daegil!

So I hear you got poked a little on the side?

What are you prattling about?

Ahh... It's all the market is talking about!

That the illustrious Daegil got the short end of the stick against a slave,

and will not make it through the morrow.

You sure have a wild imagination.

What sorry son of a swine said that?

You damned... I was saying it!

Ehh Ehh... Keep barging in like a flea on his ass, will you?

Anyhow, that slave fella.

He takes out his blade like this,

and cuts through Daegil from here.

The blood... The blood just...

Aigoo!

So?

So, Daegil...

He starts running away scared shitless.

But the slave just...

jumps in the air,

kicks him like this, and then hits him...

with the scabbard.

It looked like a sword of honor from turbulent times.

Then, Daegil must have fallen down?!

Of course... Flat on his ass.

So the slave fella...

jumps behind Daegil and takes out his sword...

Aigoo... That fella sure was something.

If he had been born in turbulent times,

he'd make a perfect general.

This fella...

If he had sliced through Daegil like this,

he would have cut him in half.

But, what did you do?

Ahh... Just shut that trap and listen!

So the distance between me and Daegil...

was about 300 paces.

"Ahh... That's much too far to go and rescue him," I thought.

But I felt too much compassion to just leave him there.

Boy... Just like what Cao Cao felt seeing Guan Yu.

And so I took the bow.

A hero for the ages, indeed!

Just like Zhuge Liang trying to save Liu Bei's son.

Wisdom blesses the old, all right!

Right as he was slicing through Daegil's body...

Right... at that... moment!

As if pushed by the southeast wind, my arrow...

flew in the air!

Daegil, that scamp...

If it weren't for me, he'd have croaked.

He would have croaked for sure.

- Indeed. - He sure would.

Stop prattling that nonsense, and just give me my money.

Ahh... What are you talking about?

Didn't you lose one of them?

So, what, I'm not seeing any money now?

Ahh... Of course you won't!

You lose the one who shat, and only got those who farted!

Then, forget about who shat,

and pay me for all those who farted.

Ehh Ehh... Ever seen public funds squandered without any principle?

Stop wasting time, and go find that fella you lost.

Ahh... Forget it.

He's more trouble than he's worth.

Finding him will not be all that easy.

Why, got a little taste of his blade,

and it was too hard to digest?

I got no "taste" of his blade, it barely grazed past me.

- Uh? - So go find him, then.

Let's make it big, for once.

I'll be waiting...

Why don't you embrace him?

They say that if a child spends too long in his father's hands,

it will end up spoiling him.

Still, you're not embracing him even once?

Baby, when will your father finally embrace you?

That shall suffice.

Where did Song Taeha go?

After heading up north, he said he would turn back south.

Is it true he instigated all this?

Yes! It certainly is!

We never planned to follow him,

but he threatened to slay us all if we didn't,

so who could ever even dare?

Naeuri... I beg you...

Spare our lives...

Are you positive he was not limping?

Yes... Yes! He completely fooled us all!

Yes... Naeuri... I beg you.

Accord us your benevolence, and spare our lives!

Send out sketches of the criminal to all administrations.

As the Training Command's repute is at stake, I shall accept no blemishes.

Also, take out one eye for each one of them,

to make an example of how disorderly conduct shall be dealt with.

Naeuri... Naeuri!!

Spare our lives!

Naeuri! Commander! Your Excellency!!

The man we lost today is called Song Taeha.

He has a past as a high officer in the Military Training Command.

He was formally trained, so it was natural you'd be vanquished.

Ahh... Will you continue spewing all that nonsense?

Vanquished... Who ever said I was?

For one reason or another, he became a government slave two years ago...

That's that. Where is he from?

- You want to catch him? - We must.

I'll grab him by the topknot and go round the entire market showing him.

There are rumors that no one in Joseon can contend...

with his swordsmanship.

So?!

Let us forget about this. It might be too dangerous.

Was anything we've dealt with so far ever less than dangerous?

Where is he from?

From what I hear, he spent eight years in Qing territory,

and returned with the late Crown Prince.

I have a bad feeling about this.

Remember the purge immediately after His Highness's death?

He surely was involved with courtiers,

so this might be much riskier than you could ever imagine.

What do I have to hear...

The palace is the palace, and it has nothing to do with the market.

Uh?!

They might descant their devotion and utmost care for the populace,

but, too concerned about fighting each other for supremacy,

aren't they all completely indifferent to all our quandaries?

Do not so easily belittle politicians.

The brush is mightier than the sharpest of blades.

Not as mighty as those carrying rifles.

Anyhow, get prepared, and let's go out by the twilight.

Then, go on talking.

I'll get going.

Where are you going again?

I don't know when I'll be able to see them again,

will have to bid farewell. To all of them.

You prick.