00:09The river's place! It is up ahead!
00:19The pursuers are less than three miles away!
00:23By three thousand riders!
00:24All gone! All gone!
00:27As long as we're alive, it is not over!
00:57Bladesmith! Territory! Back!
01:04Let's go! Find Mr. Rivers!
01:07I am Arthur Snow of Greymoor! The world is in chaos! I don't lack soldiers, not generals, nor courage!
01:30What I lack is a blade to wield the emperor's fate! I will make this world mine!
01:35I am Leonard Wiesmore of North Vale!
01:37Old sir, I am not here to conquer the world!
01:39North Vale is a harsh land! It freezes every year!
01:42Our crops fail! Our people eat grass roots! They strip bark and trade children for food!
01:47I have a hundred thousand soldiers, but I have no food! I have a vast domain!
01:51But nothing grows in the fields! I want the people of North Vale to have enough to eat!
01:57I am Henry Hanley of Southmark! My three thousand riders! We're wiped out at Maple Fort three days ago!
02:04I escaped! I was the only one! My three thousand brothers! The youngest was just sixteen!
02:10The night before we left, his mother chased us for miles! Just to give him two boiled eggs!
02:15I want my three thousand brothers back! I am Edward Hawke of Stonefield!
02:18Old sir, I am not here for the throne! Stonefield City!
02:21Thirty-seven thousand women, children, and the elderly! We've been out of food for seven days!
02:26The general is already discussing surrender! When the city falls, all men will be killed!
02:30The women will be made camp followers! The children will be sold! I don't want to be emperor!
02:34I just want those thirty-seven thousand people to live, to see, next, straight!
02:39Old Mr. Rivers! Please lend us a blade!
02:59Mt Explosions
03:01All right!
03:18This is the fortune blade, it controls the world's wealth
03:22Whoever wields it will gain endless gold and rival kingdoms
03:25In 15 years, if your granaries are full, return this blade to me
03:29And your Whitmore descendants will give me half their fortune
03:33This is the fate blade, it controls life and death
03:36Whoever wields it can extend life and raise the dead
03:39In 15 years, if you are not fated to die, return this blade to me to save your people
03:44You must die in their place
03:47This is the heart blade, it controls fate and love
03:51Whoever wields it will find love and ensure their lineage
03:54In 15 years, when your debt is paid, return this blade and you
03:58You said you'd make the world yours
04:01Your ambition is too great
04:04There is no blade here for you
04:06Leave
04:15Finally, we've waited so long for this day
04:18Three years ago, the late emperor died
04:20The four realms all thought our southland was finished
04:21Who could have guessed that the grand princess, all by herself, would save the realm
04:24Now we must call her your majesty
04:32Not to brag, but of the four realms, the most stable now is our southland
04:36The empress's glory is eternal
04:38I heard that, after her coronation, her top priority is choosing an imperial consort
04:41Look at the man behind the empress
04:43That is Quentin the scholar
04:45He is the empress's most trusted confidant
04:49More than a confidant
04:50How many officials can be like him, staying by her side day and night
04:53They're a perfect match, a match made in heaven
05:08Charles, you have the doomed star fate
05:10Only a woman with a phoenix destiny can save you
05:1315 years ago
05:15Arthur Snow of Greymoor, Southland, took a blade from me on credit
05:19His granddaughter has the phoenix destiny
05:21Father
05:24Do I have to collect this debt?
05:26You don't have to
05:26But if you don't, when your curse mark shatters, your soul will be scattered
05:31No one to bury you, no grave, no marker
05:35The river's bladesmith lineage will end with you
05:38The millennial bladesmith pact is a vow
05:41And a vow must be kept
05:42Your choice
05:51She is quite a stunner
06:15You say Southland owes the river's family a debt?
06:20What that?
06:22A marriage
06:22How dare you?
06:24What madman would dare in the royal court to insult the empress?
06:28A marriage?
06:28I've been on the throne for half a day
06:29And already someone's here to claim kinship
06:31You've got perfect timing
06:32His brow is sharp as a blade
06:34His eyes are cold as frost
06:35Unlike the others here, those obsequious officials
06:37He is more like a wild crane from the mountains
06:39Tell me, what is your rank?
06:41Where are you from?
06:43What is your fortune?
06:45No rank
06:45From Westmore
06:47Family tradition
06:48That figures
06:49A commoner
06:50And you dare propose marriage to me?
06:53Fifteen years ago, your father wasn't emperor yet
06:55When he knelt at our door, begging for a blade
06:58He was just a warlord trapped in a single city
07:00Living on borrowed time
07:02Or rather
07:03A desperate
07:04Defeated dog
07:05Your wealth and power today
07:07This vast kingdom
07:08Your grandfather kneeled before my father
07:10Bowing his head
07:11One by one
07:11To earn it
07:12How dare you?
07:13Calm yourself
07:14Your majesty
07:15Young sir
07:16You say the late emperor
07:17Made a pact with your family
07:19What blade was it?
07:21What was the pact?
07:22Any witnesses?
07:23Any proof?
07:24And who are you?
07:25I am Quentin Drake
07:26By her majesty's grace
07:28I am the new imperial scholar
07:30Never heard of you
07:32Besides
07:33With your status
07:34You have no right to meddle in the rivers
07:37And snow family business
07:38What did you say?
07:40Enough
07:40Quentin is my most trusted minister
07:42As for you
07:44I've never heard of any bladesmith
07:46Exactly
07:47We've never heard of it
07:48Southland's prosperity today
07:50It is thanks to your majesty's tireless efforts
07:53And our unity
07:54What does some bladesmith
07:55Or some damn bladesmith have to do with it?
07:59Say that again
08:01Damn
08:02Blade
08:10I told you to say it
08:11Then you did
08:13Charles Rivers
08:14We forge blades and make pacts
08:16We keep our word and collect our debt
08:18You never taught me to take it
08:19When someone calls me trash
08:20You never said to hold back
08:22Guards
08:24Seize this madman
08:32Hold on
08:35I have proof
08:40What proof?
08:41That winter
08:42Your grandfather begged my father for the blade
08:45He knelt at my door for an hour
08:47Please
08:48Old Mr. Rivers
08:48Let me the blade
08:53I am begging you
08:55Old Mr. Rivers
08:56Lend me the blade
09:00Sigh
09:01Why must you do this?
09:04Old Mr. Rivers
09:05If you won't lend me the blade
09:06I won't get up
09:07Please
09:08Old Mr. Rivers
09:09Lend me the blade
09:10Fine
09:11I'll lend you the blade
09:12But there is one condition
09:14Old Mr. Rivers
09:16Please
09:16Your granddaughter must be betrothed to my son
09:20Do you agree?
09:22I agree
09:22I agree
09:23This is the sovereign blade
09:25It holds the imperial fate
09:26Whoever wields it
09:27Can conquer all lands
09:29Stabilize the realm
09:30And rule the people
09:31In 15 years
09:32When the realm is settled
09:33Return this blade to me
09:35When your granddaughter comes of age
09:37My son will marry her
09:38Thank you
09:39Old Mr. Rivers
09:40Thank you
09:40Old Mr. Rivers
09:41I was just a boy back then
09:43But I heard it loud and clear
09:45The sound of your grandfather's head hitting the ground
09:47It was so sharp and powerful
09:49Daphne
09:50There is no faking that
09:51Now
09:52Those two marks at my door
09:53They're still there
09:54Every time it rains
09:56You can still see faint bloodstains
09:57Want to go see for yourself
09:59See how your grandfather knelt
10:01How dare you
10:01Charles Rivers
10:02How dare you insult my grandfather
10:04Do you believe I won't kill you right now
10:07The late emperor's handwritten decree
10:09Your majesty
10:09Do you recognize it or not
10:14That unpaid
10:15The realm will fall
10:16This
10:16This is a curse on our realm
10:18How dare you
10:19The late emperor was a great ruler
10:20He founded Southland
10:21And ruled for 15 years
10:22Who do you think you are
10:23To insult the late emperor
10:24You are just a beggar
10:25On your knees
10:25A charlatan
10:26Spreading fear
10:27His heart deserves death
10:28Why the rush
10:28It is not your realm that is falling
10:30Enough
10:31My grandfather
10:32Is not to be insulted
10:33By the likes of you
10:34Who slander the late emperor
10:35And speak treason
10:36Drag him out
10:37And execute him
10:37By a thousand cuts
10:39Victoria Snow
10:40You don't believe
10:41The river's bladesmith
10:42Then why did you hide
10:44The sovereign blade
10:45Behind the plaque
10:45What nonsense are you talking
10:47What sovereign blade
10:48I've never seen it
10:51Look
10:58Victoria
10:59Victoria
11:00The story
11:01Of the bladesmith
11:04Do you remember it all
11:06I remember grandpa
11:08Grandpa
11:08Please
11:09Don't talk
11:10Good
11:10Remember it
11:12The sovereign blade
11:13Is hidden behind the plaque
11:15In the hole
11:15Remember
11:16If someone comes for the blade
11:18You must
11:19Must honor the marriage pact
11:21Do not wrong them
11:23Or else
11:28Grandpa
11:28Grandpa
11:31Grandpa
11:34Grandpa
11:35That debt
11:36Is just too shameful
11:37It is about Southland's honor
11:38I have to make this decision myself
11:41I can't acknowledge this
11:44Ridiculous
11:45I've never heard of this sovereign blade
11:47Is it real
11:48Take down the plaque
11:50And see
11:50Take it down
11:51You dare ask me to take it down
11:53What
11:55Afraid
11:55Your majesty
11:57Then I'll get it myself
11:58Blade
11:59Come
12:14This
12:14This
12:16Black magic
12:17The blade flew to him
12:21Any more doubts about the sovereign blade
12:23Victoria Snow
12:25Fifteen years ago
12:26Your grandfather took this blade from the river's family
12:28At that moment
12:30The river's blade smith's fate
12:31Became tied to the snow family
12:33And Southland's destiny
12:34They are bound together
12:35If you break the pack
12:36The consequences will be unthinkable
12:38Unthinkable
12:39That trick of yours
12:40Charles was quite a show
12:42But have any of you heard
12:44Of a kingdom's fate
12:45Being tied to a worthless blade
12:47You haven't heard of it
12:49Because you are ignorant
12:49You are long on hair
12:51Short on sense
12:52I wonder how you became a top scholar
12:54Was it through cheating
12:55You
12:56Charles rivers
12:57I am the chosen ruler
12:59Throughout history
13:00I am the first woman to sit on this throne
13:05You are a lowly blade smith
13:07You could never threaten me
13:09Southland's current strength was built by me
13:11And the late emperor
13:12And by the loyal efforts of my court
13:14It has nothing to do with your rivers
13:16Blade smith
13:17What a joke
13:18Nothing to do with it
13:20The snows of Southland
13:21Are just a bunch of ungrateful wretches
13:24Victoria snow
13:25Your grandfather knelt at our door
13:27And swore the pact himself
13:29Are you going to break it
13:30Charles rivers
13:31Your words
13:32Are just cheap tricks and sorcery
13:34You slander the late emperor
13:35To fool the people
13:36There is no pact to break
13:39Southland and the rivers family
13:40Have never had a pact
13:41I victorious snow
13:43For all eternity
13:44Will never have anything to do with you
13:46Fine
13:47For all eternity
13:48Huh
13:49Only the binder can break the bond
13:50You want to break the pact
13:52Then do it yourself
13:53Break it with your blood
13:55Dare you
13:56What is to stop me
14:04So
14:04I broke the pact
14:06So what
14:07You broke the pact
14:08Face the consequences
14:10Really
14:10But I
14:11Don't see any consequences
14:14Looks like you are just a con artist
14:36I warned you
14:38The consequences
14:40Are what you think of
15:03The sky
15:05The pact
15:06Is burning
15:07I am 67 years old
15:09Never seen this
15:11Late emperor
15:12His spirit is with us
15:13It is a warning
15:17Your vow is broken
15:20From now on
15:22Southland's fate
15:23The snow family's honor
15:25Are no longer my concern
15:27Yeah
15:28The bladesmith lineage
15:30Has a thousand year vow
15:32Countless
15:33Have made pacts
15:34Over the centuries
15:35You are the first
15:37To break one
15:38The thousand year fortune's backlash
15:41Enjoy it
15:44What do you mean?
15:49Spell it out!
15:50What do you mean?
15:52Exactly what I said
15:56Stop!
15:57Do you think Harmony Hall
15:58Is a joke?
15:58And who do you think I am?
16:00You come and go as you please
16:01You insulted the late emperor
16:03You hit a blade
16:04To harm the people
16:04You spread lies
16:06To disrupt the court
16:06And I haven't even punished you yet
16:08Your majesty is wise
16:09He practiced witchcraft
16:10In the hall
16:11He defiled the hall
16:11With blood
16:12He deceived your majesty
16:13With lies
16:13He is still defiant
16:14Even at death's door
16:15I implore you
16:16Execute this sorcerer
16:17To uphold the court
16:18I second that
16:19If he is not executed
16:20It is an outrage
16:21Ha!
16:22We implore you
16:22Execute this sorcerer
16:23Guards!
16:30What a fine way
16:32To honor his spirit
16:33With these pathetic losers
16:35They're all useless
16:38Get him!
17:04The sword sage
17:05The river sword master
17:08The sword sage
17:10Impossible
17:11He is attacking me
17:13So you want to be
17:14The empress
17:15Who destroys her realm
17:17To other people
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