Legion of the Lost
Episode 39
A few months ago.
Minhyuk and Namjoon were having a tactical meeting.
김남준
Let's abandon the capital city immediately when the imperial army comes.
김남준
I'm definitely going to track you down, so you need to stay here until just before the battle.
김남준
Then, when the Imperial forces arrive, we will shut down the capital and set it on fire to make it unusable.
김남준
The new capital is...Hanyang. How about Hanyang?
이민혁
So what about the people here?
김남준
All the managers should be sent to Hanyang.
이민혁
No. Not the officials, but the people.
김남준
We'll try to evacuate as much as possible, but some sacrifices will likely be unavoidable.
김남준
Not only can't we trust everyone here, but if there's too much movement, the Empire might notice.
이민혁
Let's find another way.
이민혁
We can't kill people by locking them in fire just because they live here.
김남준
Then what are you going to do?
이민혁
I'm in favor of changing the capital.
이민혁
But let us first move the people to different places and then set fire to them.
김남준
It's so reckless... Do you know if there's a spy among thousands of people?
이민혁
Everyone believes in me. It's thanks to that that I was able to become king.
김남준
Dude, wake up.
김남준
Does that make sense now? You're willing to risk the entire Korean Empire to protect a few people who might be spies?
김남준
Don't just live in your imagination, live in reality.
김남준
Only 4,000 out of 700,000.
김남준
0.06 percent.
김남준
Think rationally. There are times when you have to sacrifice the cow for the greater good.
이민혁
To me, the people are not cattle.
이민혁
Even if the number is small, the weight of life contained within is never different.
이민혁
Let's find another way.
Back in the present, Namjoon looked at the people fighting on behalf of the army.
김남준
'This is it...'
김남준
'The weight of life that my brother spoke of.'
Only then did Namjoon realize that all these people, their families, and even their neighbors were in his hands.
김남준
'For a moment, my shoulders feel heavy, as if they're going to sink.'
Meanwhile, Minhyuk and Woogi were climbing a small mountain that looked like it was walking through a thick forest.
이민혁
This is our second time seeing each other and somehow we ended up here together
이민혁
We didn't meet by chance, but wouldn't it be possible to tell me your name?
송우기
Oh, yes. I'm Song Woo-gi.
It was the same laughter as back then.
Even after Woogi found out that Minhyuk was the king, he treated Minhyuk no differently than before.
In fact, I wonder if there was no time to realize that fact.
As we climbed the mountain, we saw a narrow plain surrounded by mountains.
Minhyuk stopped walking.
Woogi looked at Minhyuk, who had suddenly stopped, and was startled by Minhyuk's eyes, which were quite different from before, and looked at him.
송우기
Why... are you like that?
이민혁
Because it's a place I know...
Although they were looking at the same place, Minhyuk's eyes seemed to see different things overlapping.
이민혁
That's great. I can go back now.
The city gate that the people risked their lives to guard.
The army that had been assembled was weak and more and more people were losing their lives.
Then someone ran out and detonated an explosion at the front of the Imperial army, separating them from the people.
And then someone ran out through the rising smoke and shouted.
이민혁
Civilians, stand down!
이민혁
Soldiers, protect the civilians!
이민혁
Today, the war ends.
황제
What the... I clearly took care of it back then...
The imperial army began to scatter at Minhyuk's sudden appearance.
Minhyuk drew his sword right there and went forward to fight the imperial army.
Unlike before, when Minhyuk took the lead and defeated the imperial army, the morale of the Korean army soared.
Even as the imperial army crumbled, the emperor did not rise from his seat.
Both the emperor and Minhyuk knew the outcome of this battle.
That day the empire collapsed.
The emperor took his own life just before Minhyuk burst in.
Even such a large and powerful empire is collapsing.
A young king ascended to the throne, a position that would determine the fate of many nations and countless people.
How will our fate change in the future?