The evil King Tagon ruled the Land of Arth, colonizing various territories including the village of the Wahan tribe. Tanya, the daughter of the chief of the Wahan tribe, tried to save her tribe from slavery. She experienced many difficulties until s...
For the first time in hundreds of years, the Myo Clan and the Tae Clan of the Ago, unite in a marriage. Myodalchi is the Chief of the Myo Clan, married to the Chief of the Tae Clan, Taemaya. Together they lead the Ago in peace and prosperity. The marriage produced in a boy named Dangyeol, which means integration or unity, and was expected to become the leader of the Ago United in the future.
Dangyeol installed a ballast at the end of the rope, then threw the rope until it could be wrapped around the sturdy twigs of a large tree. He climbed the tree and sat on a branch while eating the fruit that was hanging there.
"Hey, Dangyeol, don't eat alone! Share it, please!" Exclaimed Ipsaeng under the tree.
"If you want to, come up here," said Dangyeol.
"You know I'm afraid of heights."
Dangyeol chuckled, "is there something you are not afraid of? Even insects are scared. Are you an Ago man or not?" Dangyeol's mockery.
"Who says I'm afraid of insects?" Grumbled Ipsaeng not accept.
"Oh ... oh ... bee ... there's a bee near your head!" Dangyeol exclaimed which made Ipsaeng scream while wagging around his head where there really wasn't anything. Dangyeol burst out laughing.
"Damn it!" Cursed Ipsaeng when he knew that he was just being bullied.
Stopping his laughter, Dangyeol is now admiring the view of the sunset from the tree.
"Ipsaeng, are you sure you don't want to come up? The sun is beautiful, you know."
"The sun is just like that, what's so special about it?" Nagged Ipsaeng who was still upset while crouching under the tree.
"Boys, let's go home, it's dinner time!" Exclaimed Taemaya from a distance.
Dangyeol descends the tree and goes home with Ipsaeng. They eat together at Dangyeol's house while occasionally fighting over meat.
Dangyeol and Ipsaeng are cousins and close friends. Ipsaeng's father is Dangyeol's mom's brother. Rather than his own family, Ipsaeng is more comfortable in the Dangyeol family. Ipsaeng's father is very rude, likes to beat his child when he is drunk. This happened since Ipsaeng's mother died after giving birth to Ipsaeng. He seemed to think Ipsaeng was a jinxed child.
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Five years after the tragedy in Neanthal, Tagon began to glance at the Ago Tribe. Actually there is nothing special about that tribe. The area is not too large and does not have any natural resources on their land. Compared to other regions, we could say the Ago are the poorest. The Ago tribe is divided into several clans and the biggest are the Tae Clan and the Myo Clan. For hundreds of years there have often been wars between clans, both in the struggle for territory and food.
However, since the marriage that united the two great clans of the Ago fifteen years ago, all the clans had slowly begun to unite and the Ago tribe had now become bigger than the unions of the tribes in Arth. Tagon is worried that one day the Ago tribe will attack Arth.
Sanung Niruha only laughed at his son's worries, but he also cautioned that Neanthal tragedy should not happen again at Ago. But Tagon always has a way to realize all his plans.
Secretly Tagon and Taeapdok, Taemaya's brother, meet. Tagon promises wealth and power, as long as Taeapdok destroys the unity of the Ago clan.
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When everyone was sleeping in the middle of the night, Taeapdok came to his sister's house holding a sword given by Tagon. Standing in front of the bed where his sister and brother-in-law slept, he drew his sword and plunged it into the heart of Myodalchi. Taemaya woke up and was surprised. No time to scream, her neck had been slashed by her own younger sibling.
Dangyeol stood transfixed in front of the room, watching the massacre of his parents. Suddenly his hand was pulled by Ipsaeng. They immediately ran away before Taeapdok killed them too.
When running in the woods, they fall into a small abyss. Dangyeol's leg is hurt. Ipsaeng painstakingly supported him so they could hide while in a small cave.
"Dangyeol, I'll get water and look for medicinal leaves," said Ipsaeng when morning arrived.
"Don't take too long, okay?"
Ipsaeng picked the medicinal leaves and pounded them, then went down to the river to get water. Suddenly a sword unsheathed in front of his neck.
"Fa ... Father ..." Ipsaeng was scared to the point of dropping water and the medicine leaves of the concoction.
"Take me to that boy."
Ipsaeng clenched his fist, trying to stir his courage, "No! You can't kill Dangyeol!"
"Then you will die ... painfully ..."
Ipsaeng's body trembled until he urinated in his pant.
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"You took so long, I was very thirsty," said Dangyeol when he saw Ipsaeng coming in after almost noon.
"Why? Where's the water?" Dangyeol asked because he saw Ipsaeng returning empty-handed.
He did not answer. His head bowed deeply. Dangyeol was surprised until when Taeapdok appeared behind Ipsaeng. Dangyeol is shocked and drags his body away from Taeapdok which is getting closer.
Ipsaeng began to cry, "I'm sorry ..."
"Ipsaeng, hold him!" Taeapdok's command while trying to hold Dangyeol's body struggling.
Ipsaeng raised Dangyeol's hand up and was gripped tightly. Taeapdok reached into Dangyeol's mouth, cut the boy's tongue using a knife and accidentally scratched Dangyeol's cheek.
"This way you won't be able to become the leader of that crap unity," Taeapdok whispered before leaving Dangyeol just like that while pulling his son's hand.
Ipsaeng turned his head to see his cousin and friend moaning with bloody mouths. Dangyeol's eyes looked at him with all of revenge.
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Sanung Niruha, who heard the news of the riots in Ago Village, sent Mubaek, who was not yet the leader of the Daekan, to monitor the situation there. That's when he saw a teenager lying near a cave.
"Hey ... hey ... are you alright?" Mubaek patted the boy's cheek.
He also took him home and asked Harim for help to treat him. The boy's tongue is cut off. Although he can still make a sound, but he can not talk anymore. He was invited by Mubaek to live together.
One time Mubaek saw the boy climbing a tree using a rope with an agile ballast attached. Seeing the potential in the child, Mubaek included him in the training of elite Daekan warriors. Mubaek even designed a special weapon that could only be used by the boy, a bronze chain. He also gave a mask to cover the scar which is often used as teasing material by Mugwang and his friends.
And he named the boy Yangcha.
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