"I need one of you to help me" "Please decide between yourselves" "Meet me at the Qin camp tomorrow morning" "How swift thy sword!" "True" "Sky was a superior warrior" "He willingly gave his life to this man" "He can kill the King" "We must proceed" "That means... we will die" "Then we die together" "You were one step ahead of me" "Did I hurt you too much?" "I should be the one who fights him" "I want you to live" "If you died, how could I live?" "You will live on... promise me" "Say it!" "All right" "Moon is on her way" "I had better go" "I am Nameless, Prefect of Leng Meng County" "Please allow me to fight this assassin" "She is on His Majesty's most wanted list" "Now that she's here, I will arrest her" "The assassin and I have agreed" "To fight one on one" "Should I be unable to defeat her," "Please apprehend her" "I seek your permission" "Draw your sword!" "Make your move!" "I die willingly" "Make your move" "How swift thy sword!" "What are you here for?" "For what you once said." ""I will fight the one who harms Flying Snow"" "Please draw your sword" "Thank you" "I believe you and Broken Sword also fought" "And like your fight with Sky It was not real" "But rather it was A fight to honor Flying Snow." "My master wishes you to have his sword" "Why?" "Broken Sword and Flying Snow are bound in life and death" "They will never part, nor will their swords" "It is his dying wish" "That you take his sword for your mission" "Sky, Flying Snow and Broken Sword" "Sacrificed themselves" "So you could be within ten paces of me" "All three gave you their lives" "The best of friends could not give more" "Therefore you are The most dangerous assassin of all" "How did you uncover my plan?" "The flames of these candles" "Are disturbed by your murderous intent" "All of you" "Are willing to die for a cause" "I am ashamed to say I'm not that committed" "Your Majesty has seen through our plan" "If I had realized this sooner" "I wouldn't have allowed you so close" "A citizen of Qin would not do this" "Who are you?" "A man of Zhao" "Your Qin soldiers killed my family" "I wandered into Qin" "And was adopted" "I discovered my real identity ten years ago" "And set my heart on this plan" "You've come to avenge Zhao" "I see" "I would like to know" "If your special skill has a name" "As Your Majesty guessed" "There is only one crucial move" "What is that?" ""Death within Ten Paces."" ""Death within Ten Paces." A good name!" "All my guards are one hundred paces away" "Outside the palace" "You are within ten paces" "It would seem That today I am doomed" "But I sense your hesitation" "Your Majesty is perceptive" "However" "You too have underestimated someone." "Who?" "Broken Sword" "I needed to prove to them" "That my sword was fast and accurate" "Within ten paces" "My sword strikes with surgical precision" "If it enters at precise pressure points" "It will not cause any fatal injury" "If one of you would take a blow" "Before witnesses, we can fool the King" "Such a blow is hardly child's play" "How is Sky now?" "Fully recovered" "His trust in your sword was extraordinary" "The King's security is impenetrable" "There was no other way" "His Imperial Guards were useless" "He should have died three years ago." "What went wrong?" "I abandoned the plan" "The King must not be killed" "He said that?" "Yes" "Why?" "I also asked him" "What did he say?" "He would not explain that day" "Broken Sword is the strongest of the three" "He and I are probably equal in skills" "What he told me later" "Greatly unsettled me" "While I'm alive" "I will stop you from assassinating the King" "I will help you" "He let the opportunity go by" "This time, we must succeed" "I'll see you tomorrow at the Qin camp" "Please do me a favor" "Help me fight Broken Sword!" "Master!" "What are you waiting for?" "Although I had agreed to help her" "Attack from behind is dishonorable" "So I couldn't draw my sword" "But we both knew" "If we did not stop Broken Sword" "We would never succeed" "Moon, don't!" "You're no match for him." "Stop" "I knew this would happen" "You can't stop me now" "Even wounded, I would still stop you" "Then I will kill you!" "Did I hurt him too much?" "Your special medicine" "Should heal his wounds in a day" "Have you delivered it?" "I tended to the wound myself" "After the battle, take my sword" "And follow Nameless to see the King" "Yes" "They won't treat a servant harshly" "If the assassination succeeds" "Wave a red flag on your return" "If it fails, a yellow one" "If something happens to you" "My message will be useless" "I will smile from Heaven" "If I see a red flag" "How is Flying Snow?" "She is resting" "She doesn't know I've come" "You said you would stop me" "Please abandon the mission" "You know I'm a man of Zhao" "So am I" "Doesn't Qin want to conquer Zhao?" "Yes" "Isn't the King the enemy of Zhao?" "Yes" "Who are you trying to defend?" "You call yourself a man of Zhao?" "Flying Snow has asked me that too" "When we first met" "I was living a carefree life" "She is the daughter" "Of a Zhao general" "Who died in battle against Qin" "She inherited his sword" "She wanted to avenge her father" "I promised to help her" "Calligraphy and swordplay" "Share the same principles" "We did calligraphy to inspire our swordplay" "And to heighten our powers" "She knew I'd drifted since childhood" "Calling no place home" "Once we had killed the King," "She said she would take me to her home" "We would be swordsmen no more" "Only a man" "And a woman" "The essence of calligraphy is from the soul" "Swordsmanship is the same" "Both aspire to truth and simplicity" "Gradually I recognized a greater cause" "Three years ago we perfected our skills" "Flying Snow insisted on going ahead" "Together, we stormed the palace" "She asked why I had abandoned the mission" "I told her the King must not be killed" "That is what calligraphy taught me" "I didn't kill the King" "After that she refused to talk to me" "Please abandon your plan" "No" "Was your sword forged in hatred?" "Yes" "For ten years, that hatred has never died" "I can't stop now" "How can I dissuade you?" "Only by killing me" "Are you that determined?" "Yes" "Allow me to convey my conviction" "In three words" "These words express my heart" "Please consider" "Moon, give my sword to Master Nameless" "Flying Snow and I will never part" "Neither will our swords" "Master Nameless Though I am just a humble servant" "Allow me to say a few words" "I have been with my master since I was eight" "He taught me martial arts" "And how to be a decent person" "Whatever my master does" "Is for a good reason" "The words he has given you" "Carry a deep meaning" "This will be the last thing I can do for my master" "Master Nameless, please take his advice" "Why did you want to do that?" "I wanted to follow the example of my master and to persuade you with my life" "You're still young Life is precious" "If you must die you should die for a greater cause" "Be on your way" "I will remember what should be remembered" "What were the words he wrote?" ""All under Heaven."" "All under Heaven..." "Broken Sword said" ""The people have suffered years of warfare"" ""Only the King of Qin can stop the chaos"" ""By uniting all under Heaven."" "He asked me to abandon the assassination" "For the greater good of all" "He said, "One person's suffering is nothing"" ""Compared to the suffering of many"" ""The rivalry of Qin and Zhao is trivial"" ""Compared to the greater cause"" "The person who really understands me" "Is my most feared enemy" "Alone, I have endured so much criticism" "So many attempts on my life" "No one understands my intentions" "Even my court officials" "See me as a tyrant" "But I never imagined" "That Broken Sword, my arch-enemy" "Would truly understand" "And appreciate my real motives" "I would like to know" "How you mean to kill me without your sword?" "By capturing yours!" "This sword has protected me" "Through all my battles" "Having found a true confidant in Broken Sword" "If I die, I am content with my life" "Let "All under Heaven"" "Guide your decision" "It just dawned on me!" "This scroll of Broken Sword's" "Isn't about sword technique" "But about swordsmanship's ultimate ideal" "Swordsmanship's first achievement" "Is the unity of man and sword" "Once this unity is attained" "Even a blade of grass can be a weapon" "The second achievement is when" "The sword exists in one's heart" "When absent from one's hand One can strike an enemy" "At a hundred paces Even with bare hands" "Swordsmanship's ultimate achievement" "Is the absence of the sword in both hand and heart" "The swordsman is at peace With the rest of the world" "He vows not to kill" "And to bring peace to mankind" "Your Majesty, your visions have convinced me" "That you are committed to the highest ideal" "Of ultimate swordsmanship" "Therefore I cannot kill you" "Remember those who gave their lives For the highest ideal" "Peace with no more killing" "Nameless went to within ten paces of the King" "He could not have failed" "There is only one explanation" "He must have abandoned the mission" "What did you say to him?" "I wrote three words" "What words?" ""All under Heaven."" "That is all you care about!" "And you" "I don't believe you" "How can I convince you?" "Draw your sword" "You've misled Nameless" "You've ruined Sky and the Kingdom of Zhao" "Draw!" "When we first met..." "I had to prove myself to convince you" "What can I do this time?" "Just draw your sword!" "Why didn't you fend off my sword?" "So that you'd believe me" "I always wanted to go home with you" "Sadly, it won't happen now" "Take good care of yourself" "Why didn't you defend yourself?" "Why didn't you defend yourself?" "Why didn't you?" "No more drifting, no more roaming" "I'm taking you home now" "Our home" "Your Majesty, permission to execute?" "Permission to execute?" "Your Majesty, permission to execute?" "Permission to execute?" "He conspired to assassinate Your Majesty" "Show no mercy!" "This is the law of Qin!" "To conquer all under Heaven" "The law must be enforced" "Set an example for the world!" "Execute him!" "Execute him!" "Execute him!" "Execute him!" "Execute him!" "Execute him!" "Execute him!" "Nameless was executed an assassin but buried a hero..." "Sky gave up his sword in honor of his fallen friends..." "In 221 B.C., the King of Qin conquered all six kingdoms and unified China." "He ceased all expeditions and built the Great Wall to protect his subjects from the Northern Tribes." "The Qin Empire became the first dynasty of China..." "And Qin Shihuang..." "the First Emperor."