E9 - Evil Taoist Scourge

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[00:25] ---
    S-San Lang!
[00:29] ---
    I'll be fine.
[00:31] ---
    Wait! Stay right there!
[00:33] ---
    Don't be afraid.
[00:38] ---
    Stop!
[00:41] ---
    Don't worry.
    I'll only be gone a little while.
[01:00] ---
    San Lang!
[03:23] ---
    I need to ask you something. Don't move!
[03:26] ---
    How about you come with me?
[04:36] ---
    It's that hag again!
[05:00] ---
    Entangle!
[05:11] ---
    Oh no...
[05:36] ---
    San Lang?
[05:44] ---
    Is it you?
[05:45] ---
    Are you all right?
[05:46] ---
    Are you hurt?
[05:54] ---
    I'm fine.
[05:56] ---
    Good.
[05:57] ---
    Thank you. You can put me down now.
[06:00] ---
    That's a bad idea.
[06:02] ---
    Why?
[06:04] ---
    It's dirty here.
[06:14] ---
    Brothers, what happened?!
[06:18] ---
    Who did this to you?
[06:20] ---
    Who was it?!
[06:29] ---
    He's not breathing and has no pulse?
[06:34] ---
    I want my men back!
[06:36] ---
    You must die!
[06:41] ---
    San Lang, watch out!
[06:42] ---
    Just ignore him.
[06:48] ---
    San Lang, why don't you put me down?
[06:50] ---
    Don't worry, I got it.
[07:09] ---
    You can't just keep carrying me like this!
[07:11] ---
    Why not? Hold on tight!
[07:14] ---
    You killed my men! That's unforgivable!
[07:55] ---
    San Lang, all these men...
    You killed them?
[07:59] ---
    I did.
[08:02] ---
    Next time you see this kind of pit,
    think twice before jumping in.
[08:07] ---
    I couldn't stop you.
    I didn't know what to do.
[08:14] ---
    Is there anything else
    you'd like to ask?
[08:16] ---
    Is there anything I should
    ask you about?
[08:18] ---
    For example, whether I'm human.
[08:21] ---
    Whether you're human or not--
    it doesn't matter to me.
[08:25] ---
    Huh? And why is that?
[08:28] ---
    When we interact with others, what
    matters most is how we get along.
[08:31] ---
    Do we feel a connection?
    Who we are is not important.
[08:34] ---
    If I like you, I couldn't care less
    if you were a beggar.
[08:38] ---
    And if I hated you, it wouldn't matter
    if you were the emperor himself.
[08:42] ---
    It's as simple as can be.
    So I don't need to ask you anything.
[08:48] ---
    That makes sense.
[08:50] ---
    San Lang, watch out!
[08:55] ---
    Entangle!
[09:01] ---
    You... two against one! Not fair!
[09:06] ---
    Even if it were one on one,
    you wouldn't stand a chance.
[09:08] ---
    You are all minions of that witch.
    And you will die like dogs!
[09:13] ---
    San Lang, don't kill him.
[09:15] ---
    If we want to make it out of here,
    we'll need to ask him how to do it.
[09:19] ---
    San Lang, why don't you set me down?
[09:22] ---
    Hold on.
[09:46] ---
    Thank you.
[10:00] ---
    I wonder how the others are doing.
[10:02] ---
    Will they also be dragged
    down by that corpse in black?
[10:08] ---
    Watch out!
[10:09] ---
    I warned you the floor is dirty.
[10:12] ---
    Since you work for that hag,
[10:14] ---
    there's no way Half-Moon Kingdom
    will ever let you go!
[10:19] ---
    General Millstone,
    who are you talking about?
[10:25] ---
    The demon Daoist, who else!
[10:29] ---
    The Half-Moon Grand Preceptor?
[10:31] ---
    Aren't you the one loyal to her?
[10:33] ---
    Hah! I, Millstone!
[10:36] ---
    I will never pledge
    my allegiance to her again!
[10:38] ---
    She will pay for what she's done!
[10:40] ---
    But, General...
[10:42] ---
    You've killed my men,
    so I won't answer your questions!
[10:45] ---
    Come on! Let's fight!
[10:48] ---
    I killed them.
    He had nothing to do with it.
[10:51] ---
    You can answer his questions,
    and then you and I will fight.
[10:53] ---
    You're both the witch's puppets;
    what difference does it make?
[10:57] ---
    General Millstone, I think
    there has been a misunderstanding.
[11:00] ---
    We're here to kill the Grand Preceptor.
    How could we be her underlings?
[11:04] ---
    If she is not your boss,
    then why did you kill my men?
[11:09] ---
    You threw us down there,
    we had to defend ourselves!
[11:13] ---
    Nonsense! You jumped into
    the pit yourselves!
[11:18] ---
    All right, fine.
[11:20] ---
    But since we're stuck here together,
    why don't we just call a truce.
[11:25] ---
    Why do you have an axe to grind
    with the Grand Preceptor?
[11:32] ---
    General Millstone?
[11:34] ---
    For the sake of your men,
    you had better answer truthfully.
[11:38] ---
    You've already murdered them;
    don't you dare threaten me!
[11:43] ---
    Hm! But their bodies are still here.
[11:46] ---
    What are you scheming?
[11:48] ---
    That depends on you.
[11:50] ---
    You, the Half-Moon people, believe
    that how one spends the afterlife
[11:52] ---
    depends on the condition of the body.
[11:55] ---
    Do you want them to live
    their afterlife in good health or...?
[11:59] ---
    You, you!
[12:05] ---
    Don't worry.
[12:10] ---
    Don't you touch them.
[12:12] ---
    These brave soldiers had already
    spent years stuck in this pit.
[12:17] ---
    Now that they are finally free,
[12:20] ---
    I will not allow them
    to be desecrated.
[12:31] ---
    Did you really come to kill
    the Grand Preceptor?
[12:33] ---
    Yes, you have my word.
[12:36] ---
    Outsiders know so little
    about the Grand Preceptor.
[12:39] ---
    You have dealt with her in the past,
    so we wanted to ask for your help.
[12:44] ---
    She despised Half-Moon Kingdom!
[12:48] ---
    But wasn't she from Half-Moon Kingdom?
[12:50] ---
    Yes, but not entirely.
[12:54] ---
    This demon Daoist was of mixed blood.
[13:00] ---
    Her mother was Half-Moon,
    but her father was a Yong An scoundrel.
[13:05] ---
    That good-for-nothing,
    tired of his harsh life on the border,
[13:08] ---
    abandoned his wife and
    daughter and returned to Yong An.
[13:17] ---
    The poor Half-Moon woman died of grief,
[13:21] ---
    leaving her six-year-old
    daughter to fend for herself.
[13:27] ---
    She became the demon Daoist.
[13:31] ---
    In Half-Moon culture, we pride
    ourselves on our physical strength,
[13:35] ---
    but because of her mixed heritage
    the girl was scrawny and bullied.
[13:38] ---
    She became more
    and more strange as a result.
[13:44] ---
    Later, during a deadly uprising
    at the border, the girl disappeared.
[13:48] ---
    No one knew where she had gone.
[13:52] ---
    When she returned, she possessed
    the evil magic of Yong An.
[13:58] ---
    She even managed to land a position
    at the Half-Moon imperial palace.
[14:01] ---
    Your Majesty, this sorceress is evil!
    We can't appoint her!
[14:06] ---
    Evil? Why do you say so?
[14:09] ---
    The scorpion-tailed snakes
    she controls are terrible.
[14:12] ---
    If, one day, she decides
    to use them against us,
[14:14] ---
    we won't have time to get
    our hands on the antidote!
[14:15] ---
    You're right, she is evil.
[14:19] ---
    Exactly!
[14:20] ---
    Not to mention that she is half Yong-An!
    Their filthy blood runs in her veins!
[14:25] ---
    She is a demon sent by the scorpion-tailed
    snake to wreak havoc in Half-Moon Kingdom!
[14:30] ---
    Sorceress, what do you
    have to say for yourself?
[14:34] ---
    Your Majesty, her silence
    says it all! Let's hang her!
[14:37] ---
    Yes, hang her!
[14:40] ---
    Silence!
[14:42] ---
    Millstone, what do you think?
[14:46] ---
    I felt sorry for her and
    begged the king for mercy.
[14:52] ---
    Come with me.
[15:11] ---
    Good job, boys!
[15:13] ---
    We've finally rid ourselves
    of these desert bandits!
[15:15] ---
    When I go back to report on your
    performance, you'll get your fair share!
[15:19] ---
    Great!
[15:21] ---
    What's happening?
[15:22] ---
    What's going on?
[15:23] ---
    General!
[15:24] ---
    Bad news!
[15:26] ---
    What's gotten into you?
[15:28] ---
    General!
[15:29] ---
    A storm's upon us! Our sandy hideout has
    no support beams--it's going to collapse!
[15:34] ---
    What?
[15:41] ---
    How could this happen?
    What is this?
[15:43] ---
    --Out! Follow me! Let's go, hurry!
    --Go, go! Get a move on!
[16:00] ---
    In that situation, men who got buried
    had little chance of survival.
[16:05] ---
    I had no choice but to lead out
    those who were still alive.
[16:16] ---
    Let's go.
[16:17] ---
    Let's take our brothers' bodies home.
    Every single one of them!
[16:21] ---
    Yes, sir!
[16:23] ---
    General, look! Over there!
[16:49] ---
    --General?
    --The General is here!
[16:51] ---
    Everyone, wake up!
[16:52] ---
    We are saved!
[16:53] ---
    The General is here to rescue us!
[16:55] ---
    She dug out a cave for the
    wounded soldiers to hide in.
[17:00] ---
    Then she dug out the
    bodies of the dead,
[17:03] ---
    all with her own bare hands.
[17:08] ---
    At this point, I felt she had proven her
    loyalty to Half-Moon Kingdom.
[17:12] ---
    I vouched for her, ignoring
    all those who disagreed.
[17:16] ---
    She was so reliable, capable, discreet--
    so I kept recommending her
[17:22] ---
    until she was promoted all the way
    to the position of Grand Preceptor.
[17:41] ---
    The Grand Preceptor! Where is she?!
[17:44] ---
    General, as soon as the battle began,
    she just vanished into thin air!
[17:48] ---
    Wh-What's she playing at?
[17:51] ---
    General!
[17:52] ---
    General, the Grand Preceptor
    has flung open the city gates!
[17:55] ---
    What?!
[18:25] ---
    Why on earth...?
[18:26] ---
    How could she do that to me after
    I placed so much trust in her?
[18:31] ---
    The demon Daoist is a traitor.
[18:33] ---
    She deserves to be
    hanged over the Sinners' Pit!
[18:38] ---
    General Millstone, try to stay calm!
[18:40] ---
    Shhh!