Joseon Exorcist (조선구마사)

THIS DRAMA IS FICTIONAL AND DOES NOT ACCURATELY DEPICT...

ACTUAL PEOPLE, INCIDENTS, OR A SPECIFIC PERIOD.

VIOLENT SCENES MAY APPEAR, SO VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

"Azazel"? What exactly is that?

Azazel is the alpha of western evil spirits...

also known as the Devil of the Wind.

How did it make it to Joseon?

The answer to that...

will be better explained...

by your grandfather and your father, the current King.

The undead surfaced...

because of my father, the current king...

and my grandfather, the former king?

MOUNT SAMGAK TEMPORARY PALACE

3RD KING OF JOSEON DYNASTY

Earplugs!

Put in your earplugs!

Surround him with bronze shields.

Hold up the bronze mirror!

Do not think that this is the end.

I...

am imperishable.

PLEASE SAVE US FROM EVIL. AMEN

Could...

the alpha spirit have come back to life?

A few stones moved. That cannot mean that it came back to life.

Please do not be concerned, Your Majesty.

The alpha is clearly dead.

Then who moved the undead?

If the alpha came back to life and was headed to Hanyang,

you would have been the first to be attacked, not the people at Bakseok Hill.

But what if it went there to attack Kang Nyung?

I am sure it was just a coincidence.

A coincidence?

Then what is inside Kang Nyung now?

Go get the guards at the temporary palace at once.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Highness!

SOOKCHUNG GATE

Why will they not die?

Behead them!

Master Cho, what brings you here?

His Majesty has ordered us to tighten security at night.

CROWN PRINCE'S TEACHER

We have been advised not to let anyone into the citadel at night.

How did you know what to do to kill the undead?

His Majesty ordered us to behead them.

What are you waiting for? Burn the undead at once.

And have more soldiers stand guard!

- Yes, sir! - Yes, sir!

Chief Guard! Get my horse ready.

Yes, Your Highness!

Your Highness, the curfew will commence soon.

Where must you go so late?

I think one of the undead went into the citadel.

Well done.

CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT

Your Highness.

Find the lady who was in the carriage.

Yes, Your Highness.

Your Highness, she is not here. Not in the guest room or the quarters.

WOMEN'S QUARTERS

A woman, who seemed to be Minister Ha's daughter-in-law, disappeared.

Search the entire area and find her.

Yes, Your Highness.

What about Eo Ri?

The thing is...

Your Highness!

Move all the dead bodies to the storage room.

Take care of the other corpses first.

Once that is done, you may join me in the search.

Make sure the word does not get out!

- Yes, sir! - Yes, sir!

Your Majesty.

This man says that he saw something strange.

Tell His Majesty what you saw.

Commoners cannot enter the temporary palace.

How did a mere lumberjack like you...

get into this palace?

I was digging up kudzu roots with Park in the woods.

But he suddenly lost his footing and fell near the palace.

He hurt his head badly and was on the verge of death.

You fool! Why are you so clumsy?

Park! Hey!

Park!

Park!

And for some reason, he kept trying to get rid of the stones...

covering this well.

Then a snake crawled out of the well and bit him on the neck.

But he did not seem scared, nor did he try to run from the snake.

It seemed as if he had been waiting to be bitten.

It was as if he was possessed by the snake.

And then...

Park!

Park!

And soon after that, blood started coming out from everywhere,

and he suddenly turned pale.

Then, he vomited blood and died.

And after that, he came back to life?

- Oh, dear. - Goodness.

After I heard the news, I went to take care of his dead body,

but he had already bitten his children and wife...

and disappeared.

He disappeared after he bit them?

Did you find his body?

Not yet, Your Majesty.

Find Park's body.

If the alpha used Park's body to come back to life,

he might have switched the host to another merchant or soldier's body...

before he attacked Kang Nyung.

Your Highness.

YANG NYUNG'S LOVER

Why do you have your sword out?

It is nothing.

It is cold outside. You should come on inside.

Chief Guard.

I will look for Minister Ha's daughter-in-law.

I want you to search the women's quarters.

Yes, Your Highness.

What is going on? Why must you do this at this hour?

By any chance,

does this have anything to do with the undead at Bakseok Hill?

How do you know about that?

Everyone keeps quiet because they are scared of His Majesty.

But all the wives of the aristocrats are already aware of the rumor.

What?

Apparently, rumors say...

the undead actually existed during the era of the late king.

And some even say that the late king...

and His Majesty were the ones who brought them into the country.

The throne is at risk.

Do not get swayed by those rumors. Now go on inside.

Please be careful.

You should go on inside.

- There we go. - Here.

- It looks great. - Yes.

Goodness.

Do you think Lord Choong Nyung...

is still alive?

Why do you even bother to ask such nonsense?

Just pass on the meat.

Those who died at Hamju Fortress due to the plague...

apparently came back to life and are walking around...

looking like corpses.

"I need blood."

- "I need blood." - "I need blood."

That is what the rumors say.

- My goodness. - Shut your mouth, you punk.

You keep talking nonsense with that darn mouth of yours.

People refer to us as a bunch of ignorant clowns...

because you keep saying absurd things.

How in the world can a dead person come back to life...

and walk around...

wanting to suck blood? My goodness, that is absurd.

That is why they call it the "undead".

- A living corpse. - My goodness.

Quit being absurd and sleep.

As for you, go back to what you were saying earlier.

Okay.

You know the magistrate's family who was in charge of Jeongju?

Apparently, they have been buying very expensive food recently,

and to keep their servants from saying anything about it,

they have been banning anyone from visiting them.

You think the head of the family...

is helping Wang Yu hide at his house?

That is the only thing that explains it.

Otherwise, why would that stingy man,

who never allowed anything expensive at a village festival,

suddenly gather all kinds of meat including lamb and beef...

and have them stacked up in his house?

It is strange.

As soon as the sun rises, let us send someone...

to go there and check.

If that turns out to be true, I will request to hold a festival,

so get ready.

I will quickly go and check myself.

But wait.

I heard he might be related to the loyal subject, General Choi Yeong.

Do you think it will be okay?

"Loyal subject"?

Goodness.

Loyal subject, my foot.

Those darn people from Goryeo used the words of Buddha...

to make us butcher cows and pigs.

They treated us butchers like we were trash.

Nothing has changed even in Joseon.

I thought we would be free to butcher meat as much as we wanted...

once it turned into a new country.

But they locked up all the butchers...

by creating a new government office with regulations against butchering meat.

That is why Byeo Ri's father got locked up.

That is what I mean.

The authorities of Joseon and Goryeo are all the same.

Those darn punks.

Yes.

- Let us catch them. - What?

Let us catch them all...

whether or not they are loyal subjects of Goryeo or Joseon.

Goodness, look at him. Now he is talking.

Let us catch them all. Get up.