Everyone, listen closely!
I, Mountain World King Yang Duan He, hereby form an alliance with the King of Qin, King Ying Zheng, stronger than any formed before!
I-It's a woman!
For the sake of that alliance,
we will now go to take back the King of Qin's throne that was unjustly taken!
Gather the soldiers from the neighboring mountains!
All armies, depart to the field with the preparedness to fight to the death!
Our goal is the capital of the State of Qin, Xianyang!
Ancient China.
After learning that the era of saints had ended,
human desire was unleashed.
And a storm of violent wars erupted for 500 years...
until over one hundred states were reduced to merely seven.
And now, a wind of great history gusts from the State of Qin in the far West.
This is the tumultuous tale of a nameless boy and a young king who brought the warring era to its end!
In a starry sky that disappeared faster than it ever has
the many piled up meetings we've had
swallow me.
This dream cannot be broken.
Among this rusted fear in my heart
and the anxiety that makes me waver
is a truth that interrupts the rain.
No one can take it away,
our pride that lurks in the same landscape.
The fortuitous desire I have will definitely come true one day.
We won't throw away our weaknesses,
those are scenes that won't disappear.
My desire in my unbreakable heart runs like a discontinuitous line.
I knew at the start that there's no end.
I've made up my mind, right now it's the time to take the first step.
Now's the only time.
Now, to Xianyang!
This has gotten pretty amazing!
It's only just beginning.
Xin! The reins! Pull the reins, Xin!
I am pulling them, dammit!
Xin!
Tajif praises his "amazing horseback riding skills", as well.
When that guy's around, he always dissolves all the tension.
He's such a handful...
Heavens!
Why do we let these cowardly traitors do as they please?!
Bastard...
You there, Changwenjun's subordinates.
I haven't committed any acts of "treason".
What?!
I just brought things back to the way they should be.
The way they were five years ago...
So this is a horse?!
That's it, Xin!
You're doing great!
Brother Bi, I know about it!
About what?
About how people riding in on horses changed the battlefield!
About King Wuling!
I'm impressed you know the name of King Wuling of Zhao.
I just remembered...
About when we yearned for the days when we could mount horses...
Xin, we're gonna ride horses one day!
That sounds cool!
I'd like to eat one o' those someday!
I said ride.
I heard about it in the market today.
That until the age of King Wuling of Zhao, they didn't ride horses.
King Wuling?
He was the king of Zhao 80 years ago.
That king made the first cavalry in all of China.
He destroyed the idea that horses were just something for pulling carts.
But Piao, can you really fight riding on a beast like that?
Apparently, they're incredibly strong!
According to what I heard from Mr. Tian, who's been on the battlefield before,
he saw one horseback rider scatter a whole army of foot soldiers!
They're that strong?!
Then I wanna try riding on one, too!
I wanna, Piao!
I know, right?
But there's a procedure to everything.
Procedure?
The only ones allowed to ride horses are the regular army soldiers of the warrior or noble class.
So that means we need to start out as foot soldiers and then build up achievements...
until we reach warrior class status before we can ride horses.
What?!
That's gonna take forever, isn't it?!
I wanna ride a horse really soon!
Oh, that reminds me. Wasn't there a horse in Mr. Xi's shed?
No. That was an ox.
Well, for now, how about we try riding an ox?
Okay.
Piao... Can you see me?
Piao! I'm riding a horse right now!
You beat me to it by a little, though.
I'm riding a horse!
H-Hey! Don't get carried away, Xin!
Lankai has run out of toys.
Go fetch the next ones, Shi Shi.
Yes, my lord.
But the prisoners who were Changwenjun's subordinates...
just ran out with those last few.
Then just bring...
his family.
No, that wouldn't be enough.
Capture all of the people living on his territory and bring them here!
Actually, we've already started moving to capture Changwenjun's close relatives,
but there were people who got in the way.
Who?
The current feudal lord of Changwenjun's territory.
Deliver Changwenjun's wife and children to you?
But his territory belongs to me now.
Which means that all of the humans inside it belong to me as well.
I find it fascinating that you would ask me to hand them over.
If you really must have them, then please give me your wife and children in exchange.
If you do that, I'll think about it.
Farewell.
That damn Wang Qi.
He's going too far in boasting that he defeated Changwenjun...
After things calm down, give him to Lankai as a toy.
By the way, Shi Shi...
Yes, my lord?
Have you still yet to take Ying Zheng's head?
I'm running out of patience!
Yes, my lord.
We are still searching for him.
Shi Shi. I will continue to let you do what you will with this kingdom!
But you absolutely must bring me Ying Zheng's head!
That is my one and only command.
If it is not fulfilled, even your life will be in danger!
Yes, I'm quite worried, your highness.
This chancellor promised with his life that he would bring you the king's head.
Now that Changwenjun is dead and the king has no one left to rely on,
he must be suffering at this very moment.
Knowing that, waiting for the day he loses his head...
must be enjoyable as well, no?
Also, the king is now but a meager existence.
And that lord is approaching.
Lü Buwei, huh...?
You're okay, too?!
Let me get a good look!
Where are the water and food supplies!?
Sixth unit! 31 soldiers have just returned!
You guys are alright, too?!
We have injured soldiers.
Please give them treatment!
Understood!
But...
I'm surprised this many survived...
Yes. We've gone in groups to gather the soldiers that spread or were seperated from the others.
We're still bringing back more.
I see.
And the lord?
I heard he was all right. Where is he?
Up above.
Above?
The mountains are... shaking.
Wh-What's that?
What's that rumbling?!
I'm baaaack!
Huh?
Thank you for meeting me.
I have returned.
We have awaited you!
Diao! Hurry and get some plants!
This guy's hungry!
Captain!
Boy, Tajif is surprised.
He says, "That horse has the wildest temperament.
Even among the Mountain People, there are few that can ride him.
You are quite something."
Well, I guess I'm just...
Wait, you guys made me ride the wild horse on purpose, didn't you?! Hey!
Xin!
What took you so long?
Geez, you sure know how to work someone hard!
Hey, uh...
Hasn't the number of Changwenjun's soldiers increased?
They're spilling out from inside the cave.
Yeah.
I guess even if he is an old man, Changwenjun didn't just sit around and wait.
I'm kind of pumped now!
Like we're finally getting somewhere!
Xin!
Good job saving His Highness!
No, more than that, to come back here leading the Mountain People... It changed my opinion of you!
Me, too!
I just thought you were a rude kid at first!
Who're those kids?
Those are Xin and Diao.
After we left the mountains, Lieutenant Bi and those two followed His Highness into the Mountain People's castle.
Hey! Is the strategy meeting over?
Xin! It hasn't even started yet!
And anyhow, don't come in here without permission!
Huh?
Your face is kinda red, Brother Bi.
Could you be lovestruck?
What're you talking about?
What could I be talking about, indeed!
Tajif also says that, "He doesn't have the kind of face the king likes."
Seriously, what are you guys talking about?!
Not now!
C'mon, let's get going!
Everyone's really fired up right now!
A war's won on momentum, right?
A simple strategy is fine!
Let's just go in with a bang!
Again with that brashness...
He has a point.
As Xin says, momentum is one of the elements needed to win a battle.
But that is only enough to win in the battlefield of a small country.
We are about to invade the royal capital of the State of Qin.
Knowing the enemy's military accouterments and having a plan to cross the castle walls are necessary.
Qin's... capital...?
If the four of you would like to join our meeting,
please sit over there and be quiet.
Zheng, you bastard!
My king,
we descended the mountain first,
so I've had my subordinates sneak into Xianyang and gather all the information they could.
Tell us.
Yes, my king.
Firstly, there have been large changes in the enemy camp.
It seems to have been reported to them that I have died,
and their focus has changed from you, my king, to Lü Buwei.
So Jie Shi has started to make his move?
Yes, my king.
It seems that in the past few days, he has gathered 80,000 soldiers at Xianyang.
80,000?!
C-Captain! How many tens of thousands of Mountain People do we have?
3,000 at best.
W-We haven't got nearly enough!
80,000...
It's not a bad number...
It's 3,000 VS 80,000!
What the hell isn't bad about it?!
Have you gone nuts?!
Say something, old man Changwenjun!
It is as the king says.
It is a most suitable number for carrying out our plan.
Plan?
There's something we need you three to make before we depart.
Make?
First...
Have you awoken already?
Yes.
The time has truly come.
Mm.
It would seem the preparations for the plan are going smoothly.
Yes, my king.
Aw man, that's great, Xin!
Shut up!
Going well?
Zheng!
Check this out!
It's a mask Xin made!
Ain't it awesome?!
Shut up!
I made it weird on purpose!
For you, that's a great job.
Quit laughin'!
I made one for you, Zheng.
Geez, forcing us to make these weird things...
What're we using these things for?
You'll find out later.
Anyhow, are preparations complete?
What preparations?
We made the masks.
The ones in here.
This is going to be a full-scale sword fight.
Don't insult me.
I'm always ready for a sword fight!
I did special training for that with Piao from all the way back!
Bi!
Wake everyone up!
We're preparing for departure!
Yes, your highness!
We're going home to Xianyang!
Our enemy is Lü Buwei.
If we were to lose the decisive battle,
that merchant would end up seated on the king's throne.
Just imagining it makes me want to vomit!
No matter what the price, we must return this royal palace to its former glory.
5 Years Earlier
The Zhao minister, that came here a few days ago,
praised you quite a lot, didn't he, Lord Chengjiao?
"The youngest child is sure to become a rare, wise ruler."
With you here, Lord Chengjiao,
the State of Qin's next generation is in good hands.
What is it, my lord?
There's no bridge.
Why, there's a bridge just over that way...
A bridge.
The crowned prince is not Chengjiao!
It's Lord Ying Zheng.
Lord Ying Zheng?!
Ying Zheng?!
I've never heard of someone like that! Who is he?!
Yes, sir...
He is your older brother, Chengjiao.
Older brother?!
I never heard that I have a brother!
That is because Lord Ying Zheng's mother is of low social status.
So she has not been seen in public often.
But now, she has been taken as the king's legal wife,
and Ying Zheng has been informally named as the crowned prince.
Low status?
The child of a woman like that is going to be the next king?!
Please, lower your voice, my lord!
Lord Ying Zheng is already inside this royal palace...
He looked down on me...
That bastard...
looked down on me!
He looked down at me, a royal among royals!
I can't see Mother?
Yes, my lord...
She is ill, and therefore cannot meet with anyone.
Please, leave this place, Lord Chengjiao.
My mother took ill...
I thought it was an excuse not to see me.
But Mother's illness was real.
Her seat as Queen, being taken from her by a low-class woman, turned into a sickness in her heart!
Lord Chengjiao, here they are.
My soldiers that will fight to defeat Lü Buwei and make you the king of the State of Qin...
are gathered here.
Now that's more like it.
Xin!
What a rude fellow!
Riding in front of His Highness like that!
It's fine. Let him do what he likes.
Yes, my king.
Is something wrong?
No. Nothing.
Xin... Piao...
You two are...
We've finally made it.
It took quite a while.
So... that's...?
Yes.
That is the royal capital of the State of Qin, Xianyang.
To weave together my breaking heart
I gaze at the fragments of a dream (No more crying)
The moon I see before my eyes
reflects this promise in my heart
I won't turn away from my tearful memories
nor the past where we laughed together
Voice of soul
Voice of you
Sadness is sure to turn into strength
I won't cry
I won't fear
I won't stop
If I jump high enough, I'm sure I'll reach beyond the sky
Voice of mine
Yeah
Voice of soul
Preview
We're doing it.
Preview
We're really doing it!
Preview
Towering castle walls,
and the plan to overcome them relentlessly begins now.
Invading the Royal Capital
Next time,
Invading the Royal Capital
End
Invading the Royal Capital