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"This must be to mask the stench of the decaying living corpse, right?"
Kim Jinsoo speculated.
"The great king lies within. Step forward ten paces and kneel to kowtow!"
After Zhao Guozhang issued the reminder, he stood still.
Dae Jang Geum and Li Taewoo were trembling with fear, ready to step forward and kowtow immediately, while A'xin held onto her knife handle firmly. Although the Goryeo king was not the chief culprit behind the destruction of her village, as a king, failing to protect his people meant dereliction of duty.
"I'll go!"
Quan Sangin walked forward, with no intention of kowtowing, but rather to check out the king's current condition.
Dae Jang Geum and Li Taewoo knelt down and fervently knocked their foreheads to the floor, "Long live the King, long may he reign, forever and ever..."
Before they could finish their chant, clank—a sound of chains followed and a living corpse burst out from behind the curtain with an intense stench of decay and blood.
Roar!
