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▶ Ying Zheng : The king of Qin.	(0:00:15.85)
▶ Riboku : Zhao's chancellor, Li Mu.	(0:00:18.19)
▶ Riboku : I am most grateful to have been granted an audi--	(0:00:25.29)
▶ Ying Zheng : We can dispense with the formalities.	(0:00:28.36)
▶ Ying Zheng : What could have brought you all the way to Xianyang, Li Mu?	(0:00:31.48)
▶ Kaine : He won't even let him pay his respects?	(0:00:38.56)
▶ Riboku : I am well aware that I am not welcome.	(0:01:05.65)
▶ Riboku : But I wanted to address Your Highness while there's still time.	(0:01:09.38)
▶ Kaine : Huh?	(0:01:16.72)
▶ Riboku : King of Qin... please, before it's too late:	(0:01:18.26)
▶ Riboku : Abandon your dream of a unified Middle Kingdom!	(0:01:22.82)
▶ Riboku : Speaking frankly, Your Highness,	(0:01:31.82)
▶ Riboku : I respect you from the very bottom of my heart.	(0:01:34.91)
▶ Riboku : Overcoming your unfortunate origins in Handan,	(0:01:41.11)
▶ Riboku : rising to Qin's jeweled throne...	(0:01:44.00)
▶ Riboku : You personally rallied the troops in Zui's last moments and brought about a miracle.	(0:01:46.37)
▶ Riboku : And now--	(0:01:52.33)
▶ Riboku : now you aspire to make all nations one to eliminate war entirely.	(0:01:53.85)
▶ Riboku : In truth, I wish I'd served a king such as Your Highness.	(0:02:03.53)
▶ Kaine : My lord...	(0:02:07.86)
▶ Ying Zheng : You invite misunderstanding, Li Mu.	(0:02:10.21)
▶ Riboku : But if I had been in your service,	(0:02:15.34)
▶ Riboku : I would have done all in my power to put a stop to this unification.	(0:02:17.74)
▶ Riboku : When a nation approaches its final hours,	(0:02:23.87)
▶ Riboku : it taps into an unimaginable strength in order to resist its end.	(0:02:28.16)
▶ Riboku : Who knows the extent of this strength better than the people of Qin,	(0:02:33.25)
▶ Riboku : who repelled a coalition army?	(0:02:37.85)
▶ Riboku : In short, down that path lies gruesome, bloody war.	(0:02:40.80)
▶ Riboku : An ideal post-unification world is little comfort to those lost along the way.	(0:02:47.39)
▶ Riboku : All that blood shed, all those lives lost--they are tragedy itself.	(0:02:54.80)
▶ Riboku : Your Highness... I, too, long fervently and constantly for the eradication of war.	(0:03:04.01)
▶ Riboku : Surely there are some in the other five nations who feel the same way.	(0:03:10.72)
▶ Riboku : In which case,	(0:03:16.65)
▶ Riboku : shouldn't Your Highness join hands with them, rather than cross swords?	(0:03:18.09)
▶ Riboku : --Then the path to a peaceful Middle Kingd--	(0:03:24.10)
▶ Riboku : Yes, there is.	(0:03:34.10)
▶ Riboku : Your Highness...	(0:03:38.52)
▶ Riboku : allow me to send a missive to all six nations,	(0:03:40.48)
▶ Riboku : summoning their rulers to Xianyang!	(0:03:43.21)
▶ Ying Zheng : An alliance, then.	(0:03:48.02)
▶ Riboku : Yes. A seven-nation alliance.	(0:03:49.20)
▶ Riboku : We can keep it simple.	(0:04:04.81)
▶ Riboku : Its goal: everlasting peace in the Middle Kingdom.	(0:04:07.20)
▶ Riboku : Its members make but one pledge:	(0:04:10.47)
▶ Riboku : warfare with another nation is strictly forbidden!	(0:04:13.92)
▶ Riboku : Any member nation who breaks this pledge and invades another	(0:04:17.26)
▶ Riboku : shall promptly be attacked and destroyed by the other six.	(0:04:21.44)
▶ Riboku : If all seven members put their seals to this alliance and agree to its terms,	(0:04:28.28)
▶ Riboku : war in the Middle Kingdom will be no more--with no blood shed in vain!	(0:04:35.16)
▶ Ying Zheng : That will not do the job!	(0:04:39.81)
▶ Ying Zheng : It's true:	(0:04:49.09)
▶ Ying Zheng : If we were to join you now, Li Mu,	(0:04:51.39)
▶ Ying Zheng : put our wits together, and convince the other six kings	(0:04:54.99)
▶ Ying Zheng : to form an alliance that defers their own nations' interests,	(0:04:58.41)
▶ Ying Zheng : war would likely vanish from the Middle Kingdom.	(0:05:02.93)
▶ Ying Zheng : And yet...	(0:05:09.03)
▶ Ying Zheng : Can you guarantee that all seven nations will still be honoring that alliance	(0:05:09.78)
▶ Ying Zheng : a century from now, when we are both long gone?	(0:05:14.08)
▶ Ying Zheng : Should one nation grow prosperous over the years	(0:05:18.75)
▶ Ying Zheng : and happen to find itself with a wicked king and wicked ministers,	(0:05:22.53)
▶ Ying Zheng : it could and would break the alliance all too easily!	(0:05:26.44)
▶ Ying Zheng : Can you leave such an imperfect legacy and still claim to have achieved peace?	(0:05:29.99)
▶ Ying Zheng : How many times must the Middle Kingdom repeat that failure?	(0:05:35.35)
▶ Ying Zheng : We must change its very foundations!	(0:05:40.11)
▶ Riboku : Does Your Highness think pretty words are distraction enough?	(0:05:44.81)
▶ Riboku : Do you expect six nations to simply roll over and die for your ideal?	(0:05:50.37)
▶ Ying Zheng : I never expected them to go quietly!	(0:05:56.33)
▶ Ying Zheng : I am well aware this war will spell tragedy for the entire Middle Kingdom!	(0:05:59.57)
▶ Ying Zheng : And yet, I shall wage it!	(0:06:03.38)
▶ Ying Zheng : I speak in promises, not distractions!	(0:06:05.77)
▶ Ying Zheng : Listen well, Li Mu:	(0:06:08.05)
▶ Ying Zheng : Qin will conquer all six nations by force, Zhao included,	(0:06:10.14)
▶ Ying Zheng : and bring China together as one!	(0:06:15.40)
▶ Ying Zheng : If blood scares you, return to Zhao at once	(0:06:17.39)
▶ Ying Zheng : and petition your king for a full surrender!	(0:06:20.99)
▶ Kaine : Are you kidding me?! Bring it on, if you think you can handle us!	(0:06:29.80)
▶ Riboku : Understood.	(0:06:34.16)
▶ Riboku : Unfortunately, I can take this only as a declaration of war.	(0:06:36.02)
▶ Riboku : But Qin will be the one regretting it in the end, Your Highness.	(0:06:41.47)
▶ Riboku : I shall take my leave.	(0:06:48.81)
▶ Riboku : Don't you see, Qin army high commander Lord Changping?	(0:07:01.17)
▶ Riboku : If Qin sets out in earnest to conquer all six nations,	(0:07:05.48)
▶ Riboku : the first of the Middle Kingdom to perish	(0:07:09.11)
▶ Riboku : will be none other than Qin itself.	(0:07:13.49)
▶ Riboku : To battle six nations is to battle the limits of Qin's own endurance.	(0:07:17.64)
▶ Riboku : Which means,	(0:07:24.00)
▶ Riboku : strategy-wise, Qin will need to destroy the centrally located Zhao	(0:07:25.42)
▶ Riboku : sooner rather than later.	(0:07:28.89)
▶ Riboku : But Qin cannot defeat Zhao-- not as long as I'm around.	(0:07:31.59)
▶ Riboku : The more desperate Qin becomes, the further inland I'll lure its army	(0:07:37.28)
▶ Riboku : to meet its utter destruction.	(0:07:42.70)
▶ Riboku : That will come at a cost for Zhao, too, of course, but one I'm willing to pay.	(0:07:45.60)
▶ Riboku : As Qin grows embroiled in a bitter war with Zhao and its stamina falters,	(0:07:53.59)
▶ Riboku : the Chu army will most certainly move north and conquer Xianyang.	(0:07:59.58)
▶ Riboku : Zhao has no such agreement with Chu at the moment,	(0:08:04.89)
▶ Riboku : but Wa Lin will hardly let such an opportunity pass her by.	(0:08:08.75)
▶ Riboku : Oh? And who would do the deed?	(0:08:18.97)
▶ Riboku : Huan Yi? Meng Wu? Teng? Or Wang Jian?	(0:08:23.73)
▶ Riboku : Ludicrous!	(0:08:30.73)
▶ Riboku : Is that how you'll unify the Middle Kingdom, Qin army high commander?	(0:08:34.24)
▶ Riboku : Let me make one thing perfectly clear:	(0:08:41.45)
▶ Riboku : All of Qin's generals could attack as one	(0:08:47.06)
▶ Riboku : and still be no match for the great Li Mu!	(0:08:50.25)
▶ Riboku : If you insist on trying...	(0:08:52.84)
▶ Riboku : do your worst!	(0:08:55.28)
▶ Riboku : But do keep this in mind:	(0:08:59.47)
▶ Riboku : Zhao will never be destroyed.	(0:09:03.10)
▶ Riboku : The one doomed to perish in this fight	(0:09:06.06)
▶ Riboku : is Qin!	(0:09:09.82)
▶ Ying Zheng : He likely came have a look at me.	(0:09:52.77)
▶ Ying Zheng : What kind of man is this, pushing for a unified Middle Kingdom?	(0:09:55.57)
▶ Ying Zheng : I had the sense he wanted to see for himself, with his own eyes.	(0:10:00.60)
▶ Kaine : My lord?	(0:10:10.97)
▶ Riboku : This is my second time in Xianyang. Beautiful place.	(0:10:12.90)
▶ Riboku : I've seen what lies ahead.	(0:10:36.29)
▶ Riboku : Yes.	(0:10:46.84)
▶ Kaine : I've never seen Li Mu shout like that.	(0:10:48.73)
▶ Kaine : Aggravation from seeing what's to come...	(0:10:52.69)
▶ Kaine : So that's what we're plunging into:	(0:10:56.80)
▶ Kaine : an era of merciless war between Zhao and Qin--with no going back.	(0:11:00.35)
▶ Riboku : The storm is upon us sooner than expected.	(0:11:06.15)
▶ Riboku : Mǎ Nanci, Shun Shuishu.	(0:11:09.66)
▶ Riboku : As soon as you get back, call up 20 thousand troops each for drills.	(0:11:12.23)
▶ Bi Hei : Huh?! We got six thousand people wanting to fill our one thousand spots?!	(0:11:33.00)
▶ Bi Hei : When the heck did we get so popular?	(0:11:37.02)
▶ Bi Hei : And hey, why isn't the captain here yet?	(0:11:39.88)
▶ Bi Hei : Don't tell me he got lost again!	(0:11:43.26)
▶ Shin : Hey, 'scuse me.	(0:12:01.58)
▶ Shin : This where the new recruits are?	(0:12:03.61)
▶ Shin : Okay, good. I made it! Thanks.	(0:12:17.34)
▶ Shin : Huh?	(0:12:27.46)
▶ Shin : Nah, I'm good. I'm already part of this squad!	(0:12:30.22)
▶ Shin : Yep. Knock 'em dead, Bow Bros.	(0:12:36.06)
▶ Ten Karyou : Oh, looks like Xin showed up. Go ahead, Yuan.	(0:12:47.62)
▶ En : Line it up, everybody!	(0:12:52.70)
▶ En : The Fei Xin Force tryouts are about to begin!	(0:12:55.44)
▶ Bi Hei : We'd never make it through these...	(0:13:24.00)
▶ Ten Karyou : If we're serious about evolving the squad,	(0:13:35.06)
▶ Ten Karyou : we need to start with soldiers in peak physical form.	(0:13:37.56)
▶ Ten Karyou : We're pretty skilled at close-quarters combat.	(0:13:42.56)
▶ Ten Karyou : And yet,	(0:13:47.50)
▶ Ten Karyou : Qing She's elite troops mowed us down in the Battle of Heiyong.	(0:13:48.78)
▶ Ten Karyou : Our cavalry and infantry were clearly weaker on an individual level.	(0:13:54.14)
▶ Ten Karyou : If we don't solve that problem first,	(0:13:58.97)
▶ Ten Karyou : we won't be able to take on the even larger, stronger foes that'll come our way.	(0:14:02.06)
▶ Bi Hei : A-Are you sure, Chong Yuan?	(0:15:09.95)
▶ Shin : They're gettin' fired up.	(0:16:22.72)
▶ Shin : --What's with this sorry-lookin' bunch?	(0:16:25.71)
▶ Ten Karyou : Probably the rejects.	(0:16:28.78)
▶ Shin : Hey, it's the Bow Bros! Aw, you didn't make it?	(0:16:33.22)
▶ Shin : Man, that's a shame. I really thought you had it in you.	(0:16:48.32)
▶ Shin : Archers, eh...? Hey, Diao.	(0:16:58.66)
▶ Shin : Didn't you say you wanted some archers?	(0:17:02.34)
▶ Ten Karyou : If they failed the physical portion,	(0:17:05.55)
▶ Ten Karyou : they'll have to hit a target from twice the usual distance to pass.	(0:17:07.66)
▶ Shin : Target?	(0:17:13.04)
▶ Shin : Oh, those things.	(0:17:14.24)
▶ Shin : Gotta be twice as far away, she says.	(0:17:16.04)
▶ Shin : Can you do it, Bow Bros?	(0:17:18.36)
▶ Shin : Whoa--not from here!	(0:17:26.64)
▶ Ten Karyou : Stop! All those runners--	(0:17:28.35)
▶ Shin : But this is more than ten times further away!	(0:17:41.89)
▶ Ten Karyou : Were you--were you aiming for the target... between the runners?!	(0:17:45.39)
▶ Ten Karyou : Wha--	(0:18:05.39)
▶ Shin : Who are these brothers?!	(0:18:06.31)
▶ Ten Karyou : Wh-Where on earth did you learn those skills?	(0:18:08.65)
▶ Ten Karyou : No, I mean--who taught you to shoot like that?	(0:18:20.24)
▶ Ten Karyou : A-And where's your father now?	(0:18:26.97)
▶ Ten Karyou : He was under General Biao?!	(0:18:41.89)
▶ Shin : Wo Lu?!	(0:19:00.38)
▶ Ten Karyou : We happen to run into guys who've inherited that skill...	(0:19:15.49)
▶ Ten Karyou : ...and they want us ?	(0:19:18.68)
▶ Shin : Yue Lei!	(0:19:29.60)
▶ Shin : About the Fei Xin Force? What kind of rumors?	(0:21:37.02)
▶ Ten Karyou : You'll both build up your physical strength before you see battle!	(0:22:35.60)
▶ Shin : What she said.	(0:22:40.67)
▶ Shin : You gave 'em that special dispensation pretty easily, Diao.	(0:22:50.16)
▶ Ten Karyou : Hardly.	(0:22:53.41)
▶ Shin : Right.	(0:22:55.84)
▶ Shin : Man, we just got us some damn fine newbies, huh?	(0:22:57.31)
▶ Shin : Good job makin' it through those killer trials, gang! That's a big deal!	(0:23:45.88)
▶ Shin : But it only gets harder from here!	(0:23:55.65)
▶ Shin : You'll have drills and training till battle day comes--	(0:23:59.00)
▶ Shin : and you'll be seein' real blood, sweat, and tears!	(0:24:02.46)
▶ Shin : Drills that are so tough, they'll make those trials look like child's play!	(0:24:06.58)
▶ Shin : But if you've made it this far, you can go further	(0:24:23.27)
▶ Shin : and turn into great soldiers in no time at all!	(0:24:26.17)
▶ Shin : After all, you're part of the highly distinguished Fei Xin Force!	(0:24:29.76)
▶ Shin : Got that? Then it's time to get stoked, gang!	(0:24:37.99)