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00:00:00Thirty years, someone finally put a blade in Magnus the Tyrant.
00:00:08The title of Nightcrown is his by right.
00:00:12I can map the tightest infiltration routes in the world and slip into any fortified stronghold.
00:00:17But I could not do what he did.
00:00:19Ghosting through a hundred layers of hell just to materialize before Magnus.
00:00:23Like the wind itself.
00:00:28He has my blade.
00:00:32I have the lightest step and steadiest hands.
00:00:35I can bleed a man in his sleep or slit his throat in the middle of a banquet.
00:00:39But I could not do what he did.
00:00:42Dropping a Tyrant dead in front of thousands with just one blade.
00:00:49He has my blade.
00:00:53Escape is my specialty.
00:00:56But I could never pull that off.
00:00:58Vanishing into thin air in plain sight.
00:01:04He has my blade.
00:01:10He has my blade.
00:01:12From this night on, the underworld acknowledges him as the new Nightcrown.
00:01:18Bring him in!
00:01:30What's going on?
00:01:37The Nightcrown.
00:01:38He's gone!
00:01:56This is a curse.
00:01:58No mortal medicine can heal it.
00:02:00Who ever cast this doesn't want her dead.
00:02:03They want you to watch her suffer.
00:02:07I'll kill every last one of them!
00:02:09No.
00:02:12Blood only leads to more blood.
00:02:16Helena.
00:02:18Don't say that.
00:02:20Promise me, Jon.
00:02:22Her life is beyond my reach.
00:02:24But if you honor her dying wish, the altar can grant her soul peace.
00:02:30Name the price.
00:02:31Three years.
00:02:32For three years, your hands must shed no blood.
00:02:36Break this vow and the curse of the Abyss claims her.
00:02:39She will burn in the dark forever.
00:02:44I agree.
00:02:46I agree.
00:03:01Helena.
00:03:03I swear it.
00:03:33Don't touch me.
00:03:34Keep your filthy blacksmith hands to yourself.
00:03:38Shit.
00:03:39Shit.
00:03:49Make it shine.
00:03:53I meant the boot.
00:04:03Darian.
00:04:04The envoy of the royal trials just arrived.
00:04:06I think it's about the trial slots.
00:04:14The trials are early this year.
00:04:16Word is, the keeper put your name on the ledger, Tina.
00:04:19Come on.
00:04:20Let's head to the front hall.
00:04:21Really?
00:04:27Don't.
00:04:28What's the lecture this time?
00:04:30Keep your head, Tina.
00:04:31The royal trials aren't a game.
00:04:33The glory you're chasing is paved with corpses.
00:04:35Right.
00:04:36I'm the hothead.
00:04:37And you're the voice of reason.
00:04:40You had that exact same cold, cowardly look on your face the night my sister died.
00:04:45Tina.
00:04:46Don't say my name.
00:04:47Hate me all you want, but you're not walking out that door today.
00:04:51When the trials begin, I will be in that arena.
00:04:53Not for rank, not for glory.
00:04:55I'm fighting my way to the finals to get close to the temple sinkhead to find out exactly who cursed
00:05:00my sister.
00:05:04If you want to rot in obscurity, John, be my guest.
00:05:07But don't stand in Tina's way.
00:05:09She's already top three in the border inn.
00:05:11She's going to crush the royal trials.
00:05:13And when the time comes, I'll back you all the way.
00:05:17We'll hunt down the bastard who did this to your sister.
00:05:19I'll handle it.
00:05:20Just not yet.
00:05:22Give me a break, John.
00:05:24You're a crippled blacksmith.
00:05:25Staying out of our way is the best thing you can do.
00:05:28Avenge her?
00:05:28Tina, how the hell did you end up with such a pathetic excuse for a brother-in-law?
00:05:32He is no family of mine.
00:05:34My sister was blind.
00:05:36She should have married a man like Nightcrown.
00:05:38A real hero who dared to storm the royal court and bring it to its knees.
00:05:41Not some spinless shell who flinches at the first sign of danger.
00:05:49Make him shine.
00:06:11Three qualifying spots for your district this year, Mr. Vale.
00:06:14The roster is set.
00:06:16First up, Darian Shore.
00:06:18Word is you bagged three bounties back to back.
00:06:20Fast hands, loud reputation.
00:06:23Acceptable.
00:06:24You won't be disappointed, sir.
00:06:26Second, Luke and Vale.
00:06:27The Vale boy, I've heard.
00:06:29Solid frost warding.
00:06:30You hold the line and you don't break.
00:06:32I win what needs winning.
00:06:34Third.
00:06:36Tina.
00:06:42Her?
00:06:43She's qualified.
00:06:44The royal trials aren't a backyard brawl.
00:06:47I don't care how desperate the inn is for bodies.
00:06:49You don't pad a resta with a little girl.
00:06:53If you doubt my qualifications, give me an opponent.
00:06:57Tina.
00:07:00You're not here to judge our form.
00:07:01You're here to find who survives to the finals.
00:07:04Test me.
00:07:10In our line of work, you have to catch your mark before you complete them.
00:07:21Don't.
00:07:21You can't outpace him.
00:07:24Footwork is my specialty.
00:07:25You think I'm not fast enough?
00:07:27He's using momentum to dictate your position.
00:07:29He wants to break your rhythm.
00:07:30Don't tell me how to fight.
00:07:32Tina!
00:07:33Tina!
00:07:37Tina of the Border Inn.
00:07:39Make your move.
00:07:54Beautiful strike!
00:07:55Keep the pressure on.
00:08:02Tina!
00:08:03Tina!
00:08:19How is he this fast?
00:08:24Don't.
00:08:25You can't outpace him.
00:08:29Don't chase him.
00:08:30The second you chase, he dictates the pace.
00:08:33Plant your feet.
00:08:34Make him come to you.
00:08:35When he strikes, take his momentum and use it against him.
00:08:39Combat advice from a glorified blade polisher?
00:08:41He's fast, so you need to keep the pressure on and stay right on him.
00:08:44Exactly!
00:08:45You can't just stand there and let him run circles around you.
00:08:48Tina, ignore the cripple.
00:08:50Run the bastard down and take out his legs.
00:08:55Tina!
00:09:10Tina!
00:09:12Tina!
00:09:12Mr. Veil, looks like you're going to be disappointed.
00:09:14This girl is nowhere near ready.
00:09:17Damn it.
00:09:18Tina, step down.
00:09:24To plant your feet.
00:09:26Make him come to you.
00:09:27When he strikes, take his momentum and use it against him.
00:09:30Was he right?
00:09:34Mr. Veil, I'd like to try again.
00:09:36I'm not going to be disappointed.
00:09:36I'm not going to be disappointed.
00:09:58What?
00:10:02Shh.
00:10:02Now, who's got the better footwork?
00:10:19Don't stop. Keep the pressure on.
00:10:27She won! She actually won!
00:10:31Excellent!
00:10:33Truly excellent!
00:10:34Steady under pressure, unyielding in the face of a hit.
00:10:37That third spot is hers.
00:10:40The guy was so fast.
00:10:42How did John know his weakness?
00:10:44This man, he looks familiar.
00:10:47Who are you?
00:10:48Him. He's just the inn's blacksmith.
00:10:51Blind luck.
00:10:52A blacksmith?
00:10:53One who just casually mapped out a flawless tide-turning counterattack?
00:10:59John, if you're not just all talk,
00:11:01step up here and prove it.
00:11:04What a joke.
00:11:07The Border Inn has truly hit rock bottom if you're taking combat tactics from a damn blacksmith.
00:11:12One eye!
00:11:13Why are you here?
00:11:15Why am I here?
00:11:45I'm here for the same reason you are.
00:11:46one brother hold hinges on these royal trials.
00:11:49Are you really staking our victory on this pathetic lot?
00:11:52You looking down on me?
00:11:53Shh!
00:11:55And what if I am?
00:11:56Grown men are speaking, little girl.
00:11:58Know your place.
00:12:02Sir, if you truly want to convince the brother hold, why not let both sides have a spar?
00:12:07Bring it on.
00:12:07The Border Inn doesn't fear you.
00:12:09Then we invoke the old northern rites.
00:12:12Best of three.
00:12:13Your lodge is bleeded out.
00:12:14Three fighters each.
00:12:15The losers walk away to rot.
00:12:17The victors claim all three slots for the royal trials.
00:12:22What's the matter, Marek?
00:12:23You scared?
00:12:25We accept.
00:12:27These three spots belong only to the Border Inn.
00:12:30Tough talk.
00:12:32Since we're fighting, why not raise the stakes?
00:12:35What else do you want?
00:12:36A blood trial.
00:12:38A blood trial?
00:12:41Are you insane?
00:12:42A blood trial doesn't just crown a victor.
00:12:45It digs graves.
00:12:46These slots are prized, yes.
00:12:47But the second you wager your lives, this stops being a petty clash of egos.
00:12:51We're assassins.
00:12:52We already live on the edge of a blade.
00:12:55Let's raise the stakes.
00:12:56The losers, assuming they even crawl out of the dirt, surrender everything.
00:13:01The Border Routes, the Inn's Reserves, the Brotherhood Signals, stripped to the bone and wiped off the map.
00:13:06Permanently.
00:13:07What, you don't have the guts?
00:13:09If you don't have the guts, hand over the spots right now.
00:13:12By tomorrow morning, the whole Brunderhood will know the Border Inn back down without a fight.
00:13:18Looks like he's really scared.
00:13:21This place is nothing but an empty name now.
00:13:23Who said I didn't have the guts?!
00:13:27It's just a blood trial.
00:13:28Let me fight.
00:13:31No.
00:13:32Your injuries need at least two weeks to heal.
00:13:34If you push through now, you die.
00:13:36Not your call.
00:13:37Mr. Vale, put me in.
00:13:39Among the young blood of Border Inn, there isn't a better third choice than Tina.
00:13:42Anyone else we send out there is just offering their throat.
00:13:45Give me the slot.
00:13:46You saw me on that roof.
00:13:48I can take them.
00:13:51Right now, we're out of options, so...
00:13:55You're in.
00:13:58Wait!
00:14:05Fifteen minutes left.
00:14:09I'll fight in her place.
00:14:15Jon?
00:14:16You?
00:14:17You're joking.
00:14:18A useless blacksmith wants to fight for the Border Inn?
00:14:20If you really want to die, I can grant that wish right now.
00:14:23For the past three years, I kept backing down.
00:14:25I've put you through a lot.
00:14:28But not anymore.
00:14:29Jon.
00:14:30Maybe you're not who I thought you were.
00:14:32But if you've got what it takes, why have you done nothing for three years?
00:14:36You've got the nerve to pull this act in front of the Council's envoy?
00:14:41Durian, no matter how useless he is, it's not your place to touch him right now.
00:14:46Tina!
00:14:46If he goes up there and loses, he takes the entire Border Inn down with him.
00:14:49There's no way I'm letting him do this!
00:14:53Jon.
00:14:54Are you sure about this?
00:14:56This is a blood trial.
00:14:57Mr. Vale, trust me.
00:14:59Border Inn won't lose.
00:15:00Father, I think...
00:15:01Jon can do this.
00:15:03What?
00:15:04I didn't master the Ice Shield on my own all these years.
00:15:07He guided me.
00:15:11Him?
00:15:12Guided you?
00:15:13Lucan, you're talking nonsense now too?
00:15:14It's not nonsense.
00:15:16Every word I say is true.
00:15:19Enough!
00:15:24Jon.
00:15:24For Tina and Lucan's sake, I'll trust you this once.
00:15:27Don't make me regret it.
00:15:29Sir.
00:15:29But I have one request.
00:15:33I want to be the last one to step in.
00:15:36Just admit you're scared of dying.
00:15:38Going last won't change the fact that you're trash.
00:15:41I'm telling you.
00:15:42You slow me down, I'll take you out myself.
00:15:45All settled then.
00:15:48I'll take the first match!
00:15:50Great Wall Inn!
00:15:51Get up here!
00:15:53Rook.
00:16:01Who is this guy?
00:16:03You seriously don't know him?
00:16:04Rook V.
00:16:06The Hidden Blade.
00:16:07He's got a rapid fire blade rig in his sleeve.
00:16:09Close range.
00:16:10It splits your throat.
00:16:11Pull back.
00:16:11It puts one through your eyes.
00:16:13Rumor has it, anyone who's seen his second volley of blades is already dead.
00:16:18One eye!
00:16:19You're cheating!
00:16:20He's not an assassin from the Great Wall Inn!
00:16:22Hmph!
00:16:23Who says he ain't?
00:16:24I say he is, and he agrees.
00:16:26That's all that matters.
00:16:28You!
00:16:30Darian!
00:16:31Crush him!
00:16:32We have to win this first match!
00:16:36He's dangerous.
00:16:37Don't rush in.
00:16:39Wait out his first volley.
00:16:43Me?
00:16:44Dodge his blades?
00:16:46Hmph.
00:16:47Just a bunch of cheap parlor tricks.
00:16:58What the?
00:17:09Darian!
00:17:16Even Darian is no match for him?
00:17:18We are so screwed.
00:17:20You strike so ruthlessly.
00:17:22Aren't you afraid the council will hold you accountable?
00:17:28It's a blood trial.
00:17:29Sparing his life was me doing you a favor.
00:17:32Got a problem with that?
00:17:33You!
00:17:35Lucan, you're up.
00:17:36Remember, don't play the hero.
00:17:38If you can't hold him, just step back.
00:17:45Darian couldn't even dodge my first draw.
00:17:47You stepping up is just suicide.
00:17:50The fight hasn't started yet.
00:17:51We'll see who walks away alive.
00:18:04That's it!
00:18:06Beautiful strike!
00:18:07Lucar, when did he get so damn strong?
00:18:10Your ice shield!
00:18:12It's time stronger than when I taught you!
00:18:15Like I said, John taught me.
00:18:25Nowhere left to run.
00:18:27Don't dodge!
00:18:28Push in!
00:18:29Take his left arm!
00:18:30Push in.
00:18:31Left arm.
00:18:46That's it!
00:18:47The only way to break a hidden date rig is to close the distance, not run from it!
00:19:01What the?
00:19:07We won!
00:19:08We won!
00:19:09Lucan won!
00:19:15Hmph.
00:19:16Don't start cheering now!
00:19:17You just crippled my weakest man.
00:19:20You really think that wins you the trial?
00:19:23Come out!
00:19:33It's him!
00:19:41It's him!
00:19:43Mr. Vale, who is that?
00:19:45Grim Marr.
00:19:47The most ruthless assassin in the Northern Brotherhood, known as the Butcher.
00:19:50Once that black flame greatsport comes out, he leaves no corpse intact.
00:19:54Even I might not be able to hold him down.
00:19:56What?
00:19:57Then Lucan going up there, he doesn't stand a chance?
00:20:00No chance doesn't even cover it.
00:20:03Walking out alive would be a miracle.
00:20:11No.
00:20:13Lucan can't win.
00:20:14And that dead weight sure as hell can't either.
00:20:17I'm not throwing my life away here.
00:20:20Mr. Vale, just yield.
00:20:22With the Council's envoy here, one eye can act tough all he wants.
00:20:24He won't dare finish us off.
00:20:27What are you waiting for?
00:20:28I didn't claw my way here just to hand my life over to some dead weight!
00:20:33If you won't surrender, I will.
00:20:46The Great Wall Inn is too strong for us.
00:20:49The Border Inn yields to you.
00:20:52Ha!
00:20:53Marek.
00:20:54These are the types of assassins the Border Inn produce.
00:20:58Zero skills and spines made of jelly.
00:21:04Lucan!
00:21:05Lucan!
00:21:06Yield!
00:21:06Get down from there!
00:21:07Just surrender now and you won't have to die here!
00:21:10Ha!
00:21:10Ha!
00:21:11Ha!
00:21:11Ha!
00:21:12Lucan, please!
00:21:13Just step away!
00:21:14Yield yourself if you want.
00:21:16Kneeling before the fight even starts?
00:21:18I'm not taking that shame.
00:21:22Just hold on for five minutes.
00:21:24I'll handle the rest.
00:21:29Handle it?
00:21:31Who the hell do you think you are?
00:21:33That thing is a monster even Mr. Vale isn't sure he can hold down.
00:21:37You wanna die?
00:21:38Leave us out of it!
00:21:40A man who breaks on the inside first.
00:21:42Even if he walks away today, he'll never be anything.
00:21:45You!
00:21:46John.
00:21:47I'll hold on for five minutes.
00:22:00Lucan!
00:22:05Lucan?
00:22:09Lucan!
00:22:26Enough!
00:22:28Step down!
00:22:29I said I'll hold on for five minutes.
00:22:41Go to hell!
00:22:54Go to hell!
00:23:02The vow isn't broken yet.
00:23:04I can't attack right now.
00:23:07You?
00:23:09When did you get over here?
00:23:10While you were blinking.
00:23:12So fast.
00:23:14Did you see that?
00:23:15No.
00:23:16Not at all.
00:23:18John.
00:23:19Just how much are you hiding?
00:23:21Fast?
00:23:22It's nothing but a cheap trick.
00:23:24He's useless and you all know it.
00:23:26What skills could he possibly have?
00:23:28Hey.
00:23:28He can't even beat Darian or Lucan.
00:23:30What's the point of him going up?
00:23:32Relying on a guy like this for our final match?
00:23:34It's a total disgrace.
00:23:35Mr. Vale, please surrender.
00:23:37Ask the Envoy to intervene.
00:23:38If we drag this out, we're completely screwed.
00:23:40John!
00:23:41Get the hell down from there!
00:23:43Get down!
00:23:45Get down!
00:23:47He hasn't even fought yet.
00:23:49How do you know he's going to lose?
00:23:51Lucan said it himself.
00:23:52John's been the one coaching him all these years.
00:23:54Giving pointers is one thing.
00:23:56Actual combat is another.
00:23:58Tina, don't you know what kind of man John really is?
00:24:00John.
00:24:02Today I'll trust you this once.
00:24:04Marek!
00:24:05Yield now!
00:24:06Yield now!
00:24:07Yield now!
00:24:08Yield now!
00:24:11John.
00:24:13I'm sorry.
00:24:14Couldn't hold on for five.
00:24:16That's enough.
00:24:16I'll handle the rest.
00:24:28One minute left.
00:24:30What, one minute?
00:24:31If you can't kill me in this minute,
00:24:33when the time is up,
00:24:35whatever happens next is on you.
00:24:40He...
00:24:41He seems different.
00:24:42John.
00:24:43What exactly are you about to show me?
00:24:49You wanna die that bad?
00:24:51I'll make it happen!
00:25:02Why won't you make a move?
00:25:04Because there's no need to.
00:25:05You're asking for it!
00:25:19John!
00:25:25Thirty seconds left.
00:25:27Try a little harder.
00:25:28Grim!
00:25:30Kill him now!
00:25:45The three year blood vow.
00:25:47I have fulfilled it.
00:25:55John!
00:25:56John!
00:26:07I told you.
00:26:08Try a little harder.
00:26:10Tina.
00:26:12I'm no coward.
00:26:52John!
00:26:53John!
00:26:54John!
00:26:55This style.
00:26:57Why does it feel like I've seen it before?
00:26:59To beat him down like that!
00:27:00Who the hell are you?!
00:27:03Mr. Vale, who is he?
00:27:05He...
00:27:05Is nothing more than border ends blade sharpener.
00:27:08I never taught him how to fight.
00:27:13That explains it.
00:27:14I knew that move didn't look like border ends northern style.
00:27:17Get up!
00:27:18Keep fighting!
00:27:19You can't even put down a blacksmith.
00:27:21You're disgracing the Great Wall Inn!
00:27:23I'd think twice before letting him get up.
00:27:29Drag him down and treat him now.
00:27:31Maybe you can still save his life.
00:27:37One hit and he's like this.
00:27:38Is Grimm really that weak?
00:27:39It's not him.
00:27:40It's John.
00:27:41He's too strong.
00:27:43Strong?
00:27:44Did you forget what kind of loser he's been these past three years?
00:27:46If he was actually any good, why the hell was he stuck in the armoury shining my shoes?
00:27:51Makes sense.
00:27:52Brilliant.
00:27:54A blacksmith raises his hand and cripples the most brutal butcher in the Northern Brotherhood.
00:27:58I've never seen a spectacle like this.
00:28:00I've had the honour of meeting a few top-tier assassins in my time.
00:28:04The more capable they are, the more they like to hide their true skills.
00:28:09Marek Valley, you'd better tell me the truth.
00:28:11Is this man a ringer you brought in secretly?
00:28:13A ringer?
00:28:14Sir, you give him far too much credit.
00:28:16He dragged it out until the end, waiting for Lucan to wear that monster down,
00:28:19then stepped in to steal the glory.
00:28:20Good timing, I'll give him that.
00:28:22Hmph.
00:28:23I held back on that strike.
00:28:25If he couldn't take it, it's not because I hit hard.
00:28:27It's because he's too weak.
00:28:30You're a blade sharpening nobody and you're calling Grimm more weak?
00:28:33You got lucky once and now you think you're somebody?
00:28:35Tell me, who in this room isn't above you?
00:28:37No one here even comes close.
00:28:41Enough, Darian.
00:28:42He won this match.
00:28:43Meanwhile, your loss was a total disgrace.
00:28:46Tina, you actually believe him?
00:28:47At least he didn't kneel.
00:28:50Good.
00:28:51Very good.
00:28:52I was going to leave you some dignity, but it seems there's no need for that anymore.
00:28:57Master!
00:28:59Please make your move.
00:29:21You don't need the expansion of your prey.
00:29:21Not a sound.
00:29:22Not even a breath.
00:29:23That's no ordinary assassin.
00:29:28Hiding behind a bird mask, playing phantom.
00:29:31You think a cheap trick makes you deadliest than Al tô?
00:29:36Playing phantom?
00:29:37I haven't been flattered like that in years.
00:29:41Stop!
00:29:44Those eyes.
00:29:53No sound in your steps, no shadow in your strike.
00:29:57You're no ordinary assassin.
00:29:59This guy, could it be?
00:30:01I think so.
00:30:03A master assassin.
00:30:04How'd you get a master assassin in this trial?
00:30:06This is completely unfair.
00:30:09Getting them here?
00:30:10That's on me. Rules never said I couldn't bring in a master assassin.
00:30:16Shameless!
00:30:16Stealing a spot with dirty tricks like this?
00:30:19Do you even deserve to be a keeper?
00:30:21Only the victor has the right to stand and speak.
00:30:24Is that so?
00:30:26Die! Shut your mouth!
00:30:28Are you seriously betting all our lives on this cripple?
00:30:33Keeper.
00:30:34We don't want to die.
00:30:36Look at you border in lot.
00:30:38Every last one of you strays with nowhere to go.
00:30:41You deadweight blacksmith.
00:30:43Get lucky one time and think that makes you a hero?
00:30:46He's just a master assassin.
00:30:48It's not like I haven't killed one before.
00:30:52Real cute.
00:30:54Barely weaned the lot of you.
00:30:56You can't even show a master assassin some respect.
00:30:58I'd love to see what you have to offer.
00:31:14Mr. Vale.
00:31:15The trial's already started.
00:31:17You stepping in to take his hits?
00:31:19Border Inn really can't afford to lose that bad?
00:31:21That Raven Shadow's trick of yours isn't a trial.
00:31:24It's an execution.
00:31:25I am the keeper of the Border Inn.
00:31:27The man who forged them into assassins.
00:31:30If you want to play dirty in this ring, then come at me!
00:31:33Keeper!
00:31:33You old fool.
00:31:35A mere keeper picking a fight with a master assassin.
00:31:38My advice, tap out now and save your miserable life.
00:31:41Surrender.
00:31:43In all my years running the Border Inn, I never learned how to spell that word.
00:31:46Mr. Vale!
00:31:48Let me at him!
00:31:49I'm not afraid to die!
00:31:50Let me take this one.
00:31:51No.
00:31:52I've seen what you can do.
00:31:54But against a master assassin, you don't stand a chance.
00:31:56I never taught you anything and I won't let you die for my grudges today.
00:32:00The Vale's father and son.
00:32:02Loyal to your fault.
00:32:04Both of you.
00:32:05How touching!
00:32:06Brings a tear to my eye!
00:32:08Since you value loyalty over your own life, Marek,
00:32:11let an old friend put you out of your misery.
00:32:13End him.
00:32:24Behind you!
00:32:45Stop!
00:32:47Stop!
00:32:48Father!
00:32:53Keeper!
00:32:54Mr. Vale!
00:32:57So this is the Keeper of the Border Inn?
00:33:00Couldn't even last three strikes?
00:33:03So pathetic.
00:33:05And you've got the nerve to be training assassins?
00:33:08You should have closed your doors a long time ago!
00:33:11One eye! Stop it!
00:33:14Tell you what.
00:33:16Hand the border in over to me.
00:33:18You all get on your knees, surrender to be my slaves or my guard dogs, and I'll let you live.
00:33:23How about it?
00:33:26Keeper, you're crossing the line.
00:33:28These are the rules of the blood trial.
00:33:31You'd best stay out of it, sir.
00:33:33Avenge Mr. Vale!
00:33:41Tell me, is everyone from border in this eager to die? Master, why not let them die knowing why?
00:33:53It's him.
00:33:57It's him. No wonder. No wonder even marriage couldn't stop him.
00:34:02The Vale. It's actually the Vale.
00:34:05Scared now? Top ten assassin in the rankings? The big names he's put down, you can't count them on one
00:34:10hand.
00:34:10And he hasn't even unleashed his signature move yet.
00:34:17Now you see it. Crushing you is no harder than stepping on a bug.
00:34:34There's a reason my head is worth so much. You're not collecting that bounty today.
00:34:43You're not as good as he was. Take one more step, and you'll just be throwing your life away.
00:34:53One day, I'll make you taste what it's like to lose your own flesh and blood.
00:35:05It was Helena's curse his version of revenge. Now that the three-year vow is fulfilled, I'll start my hunt
00:35:12with you.
00:35:13You're absolutely right, sir. A great man like you should be commanding all the inns in the north.
00:35:17The Border Inn was blind to your greatness, daring to play hero.
00:35:21I'd much rather join the Great Wall Inn and serve under you than going down with this sinking ship.
00:35:26Well, look at that. Turns out there really is a smart, obedient dog here.
00:35:32Yes, yes. I know my place. Woof! Woof! Woof!
00:35:37What are you all staring for? Get over here and kneel. At least you'll get to live.
00:35:41Darian, have you lost your mind?
00:35:43Mr. Vale is lying there half-dead because of him, and you're over there kissing his boots?
00:35:47How is that any different from selling out your own blood?
00:35:50We won't kneel. We won't kneel!
00:35:59Selling out my blood? It's called surviving.
00:36:03If it weren't for this old fool and his damn pride, we wouldn't be backed into this dead end.
00:36:11Darian!
00:36:13Stop!
00:36:14Don't kneel. Even if it kills me, I refuse to watch you bow down to this bastard!
00:36:23Come on!
00:36:25Won't kneel?
00:36:27Fine.
00:36:28I've got all the time in the world. I'll pick you off one by one.
00:36:33Starting with him.
00:36:37No, don't pull out that blade! Mr. Vale won't survive it!
00:36:42I'll kneel. I'll kneel.
00:36:46Father.
00:36:48And you.
00:36:53I.
00:36:56Don't kneel.
00:36:58The trial isn't over.
00:37:00It's my turn.
00:37:04John.
00:37:05Mr. Vale didn't even last three hits.
00:37:07What are you going to do?
00:37:13When Helena died, she made me swear to protect you like my own blood.
00:37:16For three years, I had to swallow my pride.
00:37:19Watch you take their abuse.
00:37:20I couldn't lift a finger.
00:37:21That ends today.
00:37:22I'm done stepping back.
00:37:24But he's no ordinary assassin.
00:37:25He's...
00:37:26Doesn't matter who he is.
00:37:28From now on, no one touches you.
00:37:32Touching.
00:37:32Truly.
00:37:33Shame you have absolutely no idea who you're dealing with.
00:37:37He's butchered more nobles, bishops, and keepers than you've met in your entire miserable life.
00:37:42He's just a master assassin, not a god.
00:37:46He's...
00:37:46What?
00:37:47Are you about to tell me you're better than him?
00:37:49What's next?
00:37:50Gonna claim you're the Nightcrown himself?
00:37:53If this cripple is the Nightcrown, I'm Nightcrown's damn father.
00:37:56No, no.
00:37:56His grandfather!
00:37:57John Cade.
00:37:58You managed to beat the Vale.
00:38:00The Great Wall Inn surrenders this trial right here and now.
00:38:03But if you lose, every single soul in this inn goes to the grave with you.
00:38:09Are you kidding me?
00:38:12Why the hell do we have to die for his ego?
00:38:16Son of a bitch!
00:38:17You want to throw your life away, fine, but don't drag the whole name down with you!
00:38:23My lord, if anyone bleeds, it should be him and Marek.
00:38:27We have nothing to do with this.
00:38:28Darion, you spinless coward.
00:38:30Mr. Vale raised you.
00:38:32The Border Inn fed you, gave you a purpose, and you sell him out the second things go south?
00:38:37Bullshit!
00:38:38Did I beg him to take me in?
00:38:39If the Border Inn burns, let it burn!
00:38:40Why should I pay for it with my life?
00:38:42You!
00:38:43So sure I'm going to lose?
00:38:45What do you think?
00:38:48If you win, I'll crawl out of this inn on my knees.
00:38:53Good.
00:38:56Today, I'll grant you cowards your wish.
00:38:58You'll crawl.
00:39:00Brave words.
00:39:01It's been a very long time since a dead man barked at me like that.
00:39:05After I snap your spine, I'm going to butcher them all.
00:39:07One by one, right in front of you.
00:39:10For that alone, I'll show no mercy.
00:39:19Where is he?
00:39:20Why can't I see him?
00:39:21It's not just speed.
00:39:23The Raven Shadows are masking his strikes.
00:39:25Jon is flying blind.
00:39:34It's over.
00:39:37How the hell do you kill a ghost?
00:39:42Look at him playing it cool.
00:39:44He's just waiting for the execution.
00:39:57What?
00:39:59Jon!
00:40:00Caught him?
00:40:01He saw right through the Raven Shadows.
00:40:09Is that it?
00:40:11Master!
00:40:14He found the blind spot!
00:40:16We actually stand a chance.
00:40:22Mr. Vail, my surrender was just a ruse.
00:40:26I was playing along, swallowing my pride to buy us time.
00:40:29I always knew Jon would hold out.
00:40:31You hit the ground so fast, didn't look like a ruse to me.
00:40:36How did you let him lay a hand on you?
00:40:40Dumb luck.
00:40:42He happened to catch the real one.
00:40:44Next time?
00:40:57There won't be a next time.
00:40:59Oh no.
00:41:00Invisibility.
00:41:02Invisibility.
00:41:04Invisibility.
00:41:08Jon!
00:41:15Where did he go?
00:41:16How the hell do you fight this?
00:41:22The trial floor is only so big.
00:41:23Where could he have gone?
00:41:25He's right in front of us.
00:41:26We just can't see him.
00:41:31See that?
00:41:32That's true power!
00:41:34You think he got the name The Veil for nothing?
00:41:36Dead weight is dead weight.
00:41:39Playing hero one second, now he's just standing there, taking it.
00:41:43Enough!
00:41:44Jon, step down!
00:41:48Too light.
00:41:49Hit harder.
00:41:50You hear that?
00:41:51He's asking for more.
00:41:53Master, give him what he wants.
00:42:03See?
00:42:03The Veil doesn't even need to draw steel to put him in a body bag!
00:42:14There he is!
00:42:15There!
00:42:16That's where he is!
00:42:19My turn.
00:42:40It's you.
00:42:42You're the Nightcrown.
00:42:48So this is where you've been hiding.
00:42:51You know me?
00:42:53You.
00:42:54You are the Nightcrown.
00:42:58What is he saying?
00:42:59Who is he talking about?
00:43:03The curse on Helena.
00:43:05Was it you?
00:43:05What?
00:43:06Helena?
00:43:07Jon!
00:43:08What does he know?
00:43:10You finally remembered her.
00:43:12Shame it was too late.
00:43:14When she died, she didn't look much better than I do now.
00:43:22You don't get to die yet.
00:43:24Keep talking.
00:43:25That curse, it wasn't meant for her.
00:43:28It was meant for you.
00:43:30Who told you to touch her?
00:43:31You're just a blade, no witchcraft in you.
00:43:33Tell me, who's pulling the strings?
00:43:35Answer him!
00:43:36Who cursed my sister?
00:43:38Telling you change is nothing.
00:43:40You can't run.
00:43:42Your wife can't run.
00:43:43Everyone who's ever shown you kindness, none of them can run.
00:43:46The ones I serve, they will kill them in front of you, one by one.
00:43:51Just to watch you break.
00:43:53Who is it?
00:43:56It's the moment.
00:44:02Quite the establishment this border in.
00:44:04Using the Royal Trials as cover to kill in broad daylight.
00:44:21Marshal Shah.
00:44:22The High Marshal of the Radiant Order.
00:44:25What is he doing here?
00:44:27High Marshal.
00:44:29At ease.
00:44:31I'm merely here to see what kind of farce the Northern Royal Trials have become.
00:44:36What a spectacle.
00:44:37Using the Royal Trial as a front for murder.
00:44:41Murder?
00:44:42John stopped his bleeding.
00:44:44But clearly, someone didn't want him finishing his sentence.
00:44:48Are you accusing me?
00:44:50Am I wrong?
00:44:50He dropped dead the exact second you walked through that door.
00:44:56Tina!
00:45:02Let me educate you, little girl.
00:45:05Anyone who publicly slanders the Radiant Order either hasn't been born yet or is already six feet under.
00:45:11Without him, you'd be a corpse right now.
00:45:14This is the Border Inn's trial grounds.
00:45:17Since when does the Radiant Order have jurisdiction over the Royal Trials?
00:45:20Marshal Shah.
00:45:21Both parties are simply competing for trial qualifications.
00:45:23The Blood Pacta trial was mutually agreed upon.
00:45:26I have zero interest in your petty squabbles over qualifications.
00:45:30However, the man on the floor belonged to the Radiant Order.
00:45:34What?
00:45:35So the question isn't whether I have authority over the Royal Trial.
00:45:39The question is how you intend to answer to the Radiant Order for this man's life.
00:45:48The Radiant Order?
00:45:50You mean the Capital Knights?
00:45:52The ones who've been growing their reach these past few years?
00:45:55Precisely.
00:45:56They operate in the dark, but their reach is terrifying.
00:45:59Old Blood, Syndicates, everyone bends the knee.
00:46:02Even the Temple Sinkhead tiptoes around them.
00:46:03Three years ago, they came knocking.
00:46:06I turned them down.
00:46:08High Marshal, how do you wish to proceed?
00:46:11Proceed.
00:46:11We take his right hand.
00:46:13The hand that struck down a Radiant Knight never holds a blade again.
00:46:18That breaks the rules.
00:46:19The Vale went for the kill.
00:46:21John was forced to defend himself.
00:46:23Damn right!
00:46:24He was out for blood!
00:46:25If John hadn't struck back, we'd be burying our own.
00:46:28By what right do you take his hand?
00:46:30If your men hadn't rushed in to silence him,
00:46:32he wouldn't have died so fast!
00:46:35I wasn't opening a debate.
00:46:37I'm delivering the verdict.
00:46:40Envoy.
00:46:42Since when does the Sinkhead need a permission slip
00:46:45from the Radiant Order to do its job?
00:46:48We played by your rules.
00:46:50Start to finish.
00:46:51I won.
00:46:52Now you're going to stand there while they take my hand?
00:46:55If word gets out,
00:46:56what fighter will ever respect the Council's rules again?
00:47:00Hi.
00:47:03Hi, Marshal.
00:47:04The Vale's death is a tragedy.
00:47:06But a blood-packed trial means blood on the sand.
00:47:09The risks are known the second they step into the ring.
00:47:12John Cade won.
00:47:12He committed no crime.
00:47:14We cannot take his hand.
00:47:17What did you say?
00:47:26Fine.
00:47:27If the Temple Sinkhex insists on saving face,
00:47:30the Radiant Order will indulge you.
00:47:33However,
00:47:34the spots for the Royal Trials
00:47:36will not go to the Border Inn.
00:47:38They will go to the Great Wall Inn.
00:47:42On what grounds?
00:47:43We won!
00:47:44Those spots belong to us!
00:47:46High Marshal.
00:47:48The anallocation of the Royal Trial Spots
00:47:51is strictly Syned business.
00:47:53Not even the Radiant Order
00:47:54has the authority to intervene.
00:47:56No authority.
00:48:01What if the Order came
00:48:05from the Nightcrown?
00:48:07The Nightcrown?
00:48:11That's right.
00:48:13Grandmaster of the Radiant Order.
00:48:17Is the Nightcrown.
00:48:22Impossible.
00:48:23The Nightcrown disappeared three years ago.
00:48:25How could he be leading the Radiant Order?
00:48:27It's true.
00:48:28After the Night of Coronation three years ago,
00:48:30he completely vanished.
00:48:32Vanished?
00:48:33He never vanished.
00:48:35Just rebuilding in the shadows,
00:48:37laying the groundwork for the Radiant Order.
00:48:40What did you think it meant
00:48:41when all those families,
00:48:42brotherhoods,
00:48:43and inns
00:48:43started lining up
00:48:44to pledge to us
00:48:45these past few years?
00:48:46Using my ghost
00:48:47to build an empire
00:48:49and Helena's death.
00:48:51I'd bet my life
00:48:52they have her blood
00:48:53on their hands.
00:48:54That's a grand claim.
00:48:55I can't just take your word for it.
00:49:01If my word isn't enough,
00:49:03will this do?
00:49:08A Nightcrown blood pact.
00:49:10That's his personal seal.
00:49:13The Val runes.
00:49:14This is authentic.
00:49:16I locked my blood pact
00:49:17in a stone vault three years ago.
00:49:19That's a forgery.
00:49:20But why would the Nightcrown
00:49:22command this?
00:49:24Because...
00:49:25The Great Wall Inn
00:49:27belongs to the Radiant Order.
00:49:32If this is the will
00:49:33of the Nightcrown,
00:49:34the Royal Trial Sloths
00:49:38go to the Great Wall Inn.
00:49:41What?
00:49:42We bled for those slots.
00:49:44He snaps his fingers
00:49:45and you just roll over?
00:49:46I'll be sure to put in
00:49:48a good word for you
00:49:48the next time I speak
00:49:49with the Nightcrown.
00:50:03Father,
00:50:04what do we do?
00:50:06What can we do?
00:50:08We bite our tongues.
00:50:11Forging my seal.
00:50:13Handing out orders
00:50:14in my name.
00:50:15Forcing his pawns
00:50:16into the Royal Trials.
00:50:18That kind of ambition
00:50:19can't go unchecked.
00:50:20Looks like I'm going
00:50:21to the finals.
00:50:24Don't let it get to you,
00:50:25Jon.
00:50:26There's always next time.
00:50:28No.
00:50:29I'm fighting in these trials.
00:50:33But they took our slots.
00:50:34Then I'll enter
00:50:35the Exile Qualifiers myself.
00:50:38And I'll bleed my way
00:50:39to the finals.
00:50:49John, we owe you our lives today.
00:50:52Without you, we wouldn't just have lost our seats.
00:50:55The Border Inn would be burying its own.
00:50:57Just doing what needed to be done.
00:51:00I never knew I had a fighter like you
00:51:02hiding under my own roof.
00:51:05The Border Inn got lucky.
00:51:08The rule of the North
00:51:09has always been simple.
00:51:11The strongest holds the seal.
00:51:13I'm old.
00:51:14I'm broken.
00:51:15This inn needs you
00:51:16to hold it together now.
00:51:18From this day forward,
00:51:19you are the keeper
00:51:20of the Border Inn.
00:51:21I'm not the man for this.
00:51:23Listen to me.
00:51:24You're going to the finals
00:51:25to find answers
00:51:26about Tina's sister.
00:51:27Having this ring,
00:51:28having the entire Border Inn
00:51:29at your back
00:51:30will clear a lot of hurdles
00:51:31for you.
00:51:32Bullshit!
00:51:33You promised me.
00:51:34Once I secured
00:51:35the Royal Selection Seat,
00:51:37I'd be the heir to the keep.
00:51:38He wins one fight
00:51:39and you just hand it over?
00:51:41Darian,
00:51:42you really have the nerve
00:51:43to bring that up?
00:51:44For years,
00:51:46I'm the one who bled
00:51:47for this inn.
00:51:48I'm the one out there
00:51:49claiming the bounties.
00:51:50He's a nobody
00:51:51who's been hiding in the dirt
00:51:52for three years.
00:51:53Enough!
00:51:54You were the first one
00:51:55to drop to your knees
00:51:57in the arena.
00:51:57You tried to drag
00:51:58the rest of us down with you.
00:51:59The blood isn't even dry yet
00:52:01and you're now asking
00:52:02for the keep?
00:52:03That was a tactical retreat!
00:52:05You dropped so fast
00:52:06I didn't catch the tactic.
00:52:08All I saw was a coward
00:52:09terrified of dying.
00:52:11The arena is the face
00:52:12of the inn.
00:52:13We can't let a coward
00:52:14lead us.
00:52:15The Border Inn
00:52:15might be struggling
00:52:16but we don't hand
00:52:17the keep to a trader.
00:52:19You!
00:52:19You spinless bootlickers!
00:52:21Shut your mouth, Darian!
00:52:24The moment you knelt
00:52:25in that arena
00:52:26and forced your brothers
00:52:27to yield,
00:52:28you stopped being
00:52:29an assassin of this inn.
00:52:30Now get the hell out!
00:52:32Fine!
00:52:33Fine!
00:52:36Old man,
00:52:37you ruined my future today
00:52:39for a blacksmith.
00:52:40You'll regret it.
00:52:41And you!
00:52:43John K,
00:52:44don't think this is over.
00:52:46I'll be back
00:52:47to settle this.
00:52:54Drag him out.
00:53:23My lord,
00:53:24the board is set.
00:53:25Our men have infiltrated
00:53:27every bracket
00:53:27of the royal trials.
00:53:29These trials
00:53:30are our key to the top.
00:53:35If anything goes wrong,
00:53:37you know what happens.
00:53:39Rest assured,
00:53:40I have the capital finals
00:53:42locked down.
00:53:44Those bottom feeders
00:53:45won't make a ripple.
00:53:46When the dust settles,
00:53:48every assassin
00:53:49in the underworld
00:53:50will crawl at my feet.
00:54:09Who the hell is he?
00:54:11Three moves
00:54:12and he just crippled
00:54:12the south's top hound.
00:54:13We're dead.
00:54:15Pray we don't draw him.
00:54:16John,
00:54:17not bad!
00:54:17Is this what the qualifites
00:54:19have sunk to?
00:54:20Where are the assassins
00:54:21that could actually survive
00:54:22a clash with me
00:54:22three years ago?
00:54:26John K,
00:54:26the useless blacksmith
00:54:28actually came to the capital
00:54:29to compete?
00:54:30Darian,
00:54:30why are you here?
00:54:31Why do you think
00:54:32to take his spot
00:54:34in the finals?
00:54:35You?
00:54:36A spineless rat
00:54:37who flips whichever way
00:54:38the wind blows
00:54:39thinks it's in my league?
00:54:40Laugh it up, John.
00:54:42I run with the radiant order now.
00:54:44Scum like Rook
00:54:46and the Veil,
00:54:46I squash them for sport.
00:54:48Delusional.
00:54:49You couldn't touch John
00:54:50on your best day.
00:54:51Ignorant fools.
00:54:52The order showed me the truth.
00:54:54Your kind of blade work
00:54:55should have been buried
00:54:56a long time ago.
00:54:57The future belongs
00:54:58to the radiant order.
00:55:00Tina, we're done here.
00:55:02He's lost his mind.
00:55:09You know what to do.
00:55:11I do.
00:55:48You must be exhausted.
00:55:50Drink.
00:55:55John.
00:55:57This time,
00:55:59you're dead.
00:56:06Didn't expect my chance
00:56:08for payback
00:56:08to come this fast.
00:56:10John Cade,
00:56:12your luck just ran out.
00:56:14Cut the crap.
00:56:15I'm on a schedule.
00:56:16You've got a death wish!
00:56:32Hitting harder today.
00:56:33I told you,
00:56:35since joining the radiant order,
00:56:36I'm not the same Darian you knew.
00:56:39With the order's holy light
00:56:40flowing through me,
00:56:41my strength is at least
00:56:42ten times what it was.
00:56:43What have you got to fight me with?
00:56:46Cutting corners with smoking mirrors
00:56:47and you make it sound so noble.
00:56:50If there's a corner to cut,
00:56:51why the hell would I grind
00:56:52and suffer like you fools?
00:56:55Only the power you earn yourself
00:56:56is real.
00:56:58Screw what's real.
00:56:59Winning is all that matters.
00:57:12A few days
00:57:13and Darian's moves and mind
00:57:14are completely different.
00:57:16The radiant order,
00:57:17something's wrong there.
00:57:27So that's your holy light?
00:57:29Couldn't even take
00:57:30a single punch from John.
00:57:31Don't get cocky.
00:57:33You got lucky for a second,
00:57:34but I'm the one
00:57:35walking out of here alive.
00:57:37Drop the tough act here.
00:57:56John!
00:57:59You poisoned me.
00:58:01Careful now.
00:58:02You drink something
00:58:03you shouldn't have
00:58:05and now you want to pin it on me?
00:58:13You had a lot of nerve earlier,
00:58:15John Cade.
00:58:16Let's see you act tough now.
00:58:23Still got some fight left in you.
00:58:26Guess I did underestimate you.
00:58:29Cheap parlor tricks.
00:58:30I'll settle the score
00:58:31after I break you.
00:58:33You're barely standing
00:58:34and you think you can win
00:58:35in your dreams.
00:58:37Darian,
00:58:38how about a bet?
00:58:41On what?
00:58:42If I win,
00:58:43you spill everything you know
00:58:45about the radiant order.
00:58:46So that's what you're after.
00:58:48And if you lose,
00:58:50this hand is yours to take.
00:58:53John, no!
00:58:54Deal!
00:58:54You're on!
00:59:05How?
00:59:06But you were already...
00:59:11Poison?
00:59:13That's a gut attack to me.
00:59:16Only an idiot like you
00:59:17would rely on it.
00:59:19I saw you coming a mile away.
00:59:21John!
00:59:23You bastard.
00:59:25You faked it.
00:59:26You can spike a drink
00:59:28that I can't put on a show.
00:59:33Impossible!
00:59:34A nobody like you
00:59:36can't beat me!
00:59:50Now, it's time to honor our bet.
00:59:53Start talking about
00:59:53the radiant order.
00:59:56I hear you're asking around
00:59:57about our radiant order.
00:59:59Yes.
01:00:17The Nightcrown!
01:00:18You're finally here!
01:00:21Is...
01:00:21Is that
01:00:22the Nightcrown?
01:00:23The Nightcrown
01:00:24who vanished three years ago?
01:00:26Showing up here?
01:00:28Could it be
01:00:29the Grandmaster
01:00:30of the radiant order
01:00:30is actually
01:00:31the Nightcrown?
01:00:33The Nightcrown.
01:00:34So the imposter
01:00:35showed up in person.
01:00:38My lord.
01:00:40One more holy blessing.
01:00:41Just one more layer
01:00:43and I'll win.
01:00:44I'll grind him
01:00:44into the dirt
01:00:45for the Order.
01:00:57Pathetic.
01:00:59You're an embarrassment
01:01:00to the Order.
01:01:01Get him out of my sight.
01:01:06No!
01:01:07Lord Nightcrown!
01:01:08I'm still useful!
01:01:10Give me one more chance!
01:01:11I don't want to be sent
01:01:12to the Holy Crucible!
01:01:14I don't want!
01:01:16Holy Crucible?
01:01:33You have potential.
01:01:35Want to join the radiant order?
01:01:41Who is this guy?
01:01:43Getting a personal invitation
01:01:44from the Nightcrown himself?
01:01:46Talk about luck.
01:01:47If he actually gets
01:01:48into the radiant order,
01:01:49he's set for life.
01:01:51Just say the word.
01:01:52Wealth, arcane secrets,
01:01:54even a seat
01:01:55at the Brotherhood's
01:01:55high table.
01:01:57It's all yours.
01:01:59Not interested.
01:02:01Is he insane?
01:02:03That's the radiant order.
01:02:05People would kill
01:02:06for an opportunity like that
01:02:07and he just turns it down?
01:02:08Insolent fool!
01:02:10You dare refuse
01:02:11the Nightcrown?
01:02:12Begging to be kindling
01:02:13for the Holy Crucible?
01:02:15You can keep that privilege
01:02:16for yourselves.
01:02:18My lord!
01:02:19Let me gut him right here!
01:02:29Fascinating.
01:02:30It's been a very long time
01:02:32since someone dared
01:02:33to speak to me like that.
01:02:35You've got some nerve.
01:02:40I look forward to seeing
01:02:42how you perform
01:02:43in the Royal Trials.
01:03:03My lord,
01:03:04that brat
01:03:05publicly disrespected you.
01:03:07Why did you stop me
01:03:08from killing him?
01:03:13Idiot.
01:03:14The Royal Trials are upon us.
01:03:16You want to jeopardize
01:03:17my entire board
01:03:17for a pawn like him?
01:03:19I wouldn't dare, my lord.
01:03:22Hmph.
01:03:23He possesses raw talent.
01:03:25If he can be leashed,
01:03:27perfect.
01:03:27If not,
01:03:28feed him to the Crucible.
01:03:30You know what to do.
01:03:32Understood, my lord.
01:03:34Helena,
01:03:35I will find whoever
01:03:36is behind this
01:03:37and make them pay for you.
01:04:01strange.
01:04:03Where is he?
01:04:09Looking for me?
01:04:12Take him!
01:04:18Skills like yours,
01:04:19wasted on a midnight ambush.
01:04:22Who the hell are you?
01:04:23Dead men don't ask questions.
01:04:35Let me guess.
01:04:36You're with the Radiant Order.
01:04:38You don't deserve to know!
01:04:41Perfect timing.
01:04:43I've got a lot of questions
01:04:44for you.
01:04:45In your dreams?
01:04:46Talk.
01:04:47Who's the man in the mask
01:04:48running the Order?
01:04:50Everyone knows
01:04:50the Master of the Order
01:04:51is the Nightcrown.
01:04:53I'm asking
01:04:54who is the man
01:04:55behind the mask?
01:04:56The Nightcrown's name
01:04:58isn't something
01:04:59filth like you
01:05:00gets to ask.
01:05:01Stop right there!
01:05:09John.
01:05:10Let her go.
01:05:11Let my man go.
01:05:12Or
01:05:12I slit her throat
01:05:14right now.
01:05:21Release him.
01:05:22Cuff yourself
01:05:23and walk.
01:05:25John,
01:05:26don't!
01:05:26We finally have
01:05:27a lead on my sister.
01:05:29You need to find out
01:05:29who hurt Helena.
01:05:31Shut up.
01:05:32No!
01:05:33You're terrified
01:05:34the truth is getting out
01:05:34which means...
01:05:35Then go to hell!
01:05:48Who gave you the nerve
01:05:50to come after my sister
01:05:52right in front
01:05:53of me.
01:05:58Tell me everything
01:05:59you know
01:05:59about the Holy Crucible.
01:06:01Talk!
01:06:04Even in death
01:06:06I won't tell you
01:06:07a thing.
01:06:12You'll never
01:06:13escape.
01:06:20John.
01:06:21John.
01:06:21He's dead.
01:06:22He had poison
01:06:23hidden in his teeth.
01:06:25Whoever's giving
01:06:25the orders
01:06:26is more ruthless
01:06:26than I thought.
01:06:29So what do we do
01:06:29now?
01:06:31The Royal Trial Finals.
01:06:32Are we still going?
01:06:37Of course.
01:06:52Your eyes deceive you.
01:06:54My lord.
01:06:55But his opening forms.
01:06:57The channeling.
01:06:58The way he suppresses
01:07:00the rings.
01:07:03Enough.
01:07:09I knew it.
01:07:11John steps up.
01:07:12Everyone hits the dirt.
01:07:14I didn't realize
01:07:15to be this powerful.
01:07:17He won our pride
01:07:18back today.
01:07:19The crown belongs
01:07:20to him.
01:07:21Excellent.
01:07:22Since no one else
01:07:23dares to challenge
01:07:25I hereby declare
01:07:27the victor
01:07:28of the Royal Trial.
01:07:30Finals.
01:07:32It's time.
01:07:48What is this?
01:07:50Where is it
01:07:51coming from?
01:08:00John.
01:08:02This smoke.
01:08:03something's
01:08:04wrong.
01:08:11Tina.
01:08:13Stay with me.
01:08:19It's you.
01:08:31Project Cruciven
01:08:33begins now.
01:08:35This smoke.
01:08:36It might be.иц
01:08:47name. It's
01:08:47you. It's
01:08:50you.
01:09:11John, weren't we just at the arena?
01:09:13What is this place?
01:09:14Not sure yet, but one thing's for damn sure.
01:09:17This has the Radiant Order's stink all over it.
01:09:22Damn it.
01:09:24Locking us all up in here.
01:09:25This can't be good.
01:09:31Lord John, we can't just wait to die here.
01:09:33You make the call.
01:09:34What's our move?
01:09:34Why don't we just blast the walls down?
01:09:36We can't let our elves get trapped like rats!
01:09:38Save your breath.
01:09:40That's no ordinary stone.
01:09:41I hid it with everything I had.
01:09:43Didn't even leave a scratch.
01:09:46Then what do we do?
01:10:00Let us out!
01:10:03What exactly are you trying to do?
01:10:07What am I trying to do?
01:10:23Welcome, my guests!
01:10:26Every single one of you assassins will make for magnificent material.
01:10:32Project Crucible?
01:10:35What do you mean?
01:10:36It's quite simple.
01:10:38The Crucible will strip away your soul, your will, and your fear.
01:10:46Once forged in the Holy Light, you will no longer be human.
01:10:51You will be forged into mindless blades, bound entirely to my command.
01:11:00You tricked us into the Royal Trial just to lock us up in this hellhole?
01:11:04We came to fight in the Trial!
01:11:06What gives you the right to hurt us here like raw material for your damn Crucible?
01:11:11Let us out!
01:11:12Let us out!
01:11:13Let us out!
01:11:14The Royal Trial?
01:11:15Nothing but a theater to sift you out.
01:11:17Layer upon trials, a gauntlet of life and death, all just to single out the sharpest blick.
01:11:21You bastard! Killing us like livestock!
01:11:35Want out?
01:11:36Beat me and I'll let you walk.
01:11:38Lose, and you march right into the Crucible.
01:11:42Like good little sheep.
01:12:21Lose, and you march right into the Crucible, and you march right into the Crucible.
01:12:40What kind of sick sorcery is this?
01:12:42What kind of sick sorcery is this?
01:12:56Beaten into submission yet?
01:12:58Then step into the Crucible.
01:13:02What's the rush?
01:13:03I haven't had my turn yet.
01:13:10John, be careful.
01:13:34He's dismantling the mirror illusion.
01:13:48John!
01:13:55John.
01:13:58Helena?
01:14:01Helena?
01:14:11John, you've suffered so much these past years
01:14:17Tina, look how much you've grown
01:14:20Sister, is it really you?
01:14:43Touching, isn't it John?
01:14:45I really should thank you for delivering your wife right into my hands back then
01:14:48Otherwise I never could have kept this sweet face of hers
01:14:51Let alone forge the perfect weapon to end you today
01:14:56The bishop from back then
01:14:59It was you
01:15:00Spot on
01:15:02And I was the one who lifted
01:15:04If you didn't love her so deeply
01:15:06If she wasn't your whole world I never would have thought of such a perfect plan
01:15:09Make you put down your blade yourself
01:15:11Walk away from the night crowd
01:15:14Go hide on the border like a dog too scared to show his face
01:15:18You sick bastard
01:15:24It's a pity
01:15:28You're not her after all
01:15:30What are you talking about?
01:15:32Because if you were her
01:15:34You would have known
01:15:44My heart isn't on this side
01:16:02I was you depressed
01:16:06Wait
01:16:06I've never been murdered
01:16:20To think of the legendary Nightcrown I've obsessed over looks exactly like this.
01:16:30Why steal my name?
01:16:32Why? Because the name the Nightcrown is just too damn useful.
01:16:37I accomplished what you never could.
01:16:39An assassin's greatest flaw is that they still think of themselves as human.
01:16:47So I'll drain them of their fear and choices, and turn every assassin into nothing but a pure blade.
01:16:53You're insane.
01:16:54What the hell do you think people are?
01:16:57Materials.
01:16:59So it was you.
01:17:07What are you doing with these corpses?
01:17:09The dead are my materials.
01:17:12Materials?
01:17:13I study the minds of assassins for the High Table.
01:17:16Loyalty secured by oaths, obedience restrained by human conscience.
01:17:19An order like that is doomed to crumble.
01:17:21But I realized if we could just strip away the hesitation, the fear, the betrayal...
01:17:26Then you're not talking about assassins, you're talking about livestock.
01:17:29Stay the hell away from me.
01:17:36So it really was you.
01:17:39You finally remember.
01:17:41You were so high and mighty back then, couldn't even be bothered to spare me a second glass.
01:17:45But I never forgot you.
01:17:46I remembered your mask, your tone, your sheer arrogance.
01:17:51I actually plan to throw you into the Crucible too.
01:17:53To forge the true Nightcrown into my sharpest blade.
01:17:59You're not worthy.
01:18:00Not worthy?
01:18:02John, do you know what sickens me the most about you?
01:18:05You had everything in the palm of your hand and you threw everything away for a woman.
01:18:09But right before Helena died, she looked at me with those exact same eyes.
01:18:23You were supposed to disappear.
01:18:27The only one disappearing today is you.
01:19:13It was you all along.
01:19:15You're the real Nightcrown.
01:19:18All these years, you sacrificed so much for my sister.
01:19:23And yet I still couldn't protect her.
01:19:27But from this day forward, I won't make the same mistake twice.
01:19:30I made a promise to her and to myself.
01:19:32I will keep you safe.
01:19:33I'll keep all of you safe.
01:19:44What's next?
01:19:46John, what's the play?
01:19:54Tina wanted me to be a hero like the Nightcrown.
01:19:58So this time, I'll take that seat myself and rebuild the Order from the ground up.
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