After returning a runaway slave family, Dae Gil has a change of heart and saves the woman and child from rape and torture. Dae Gil relives his horrific past and remembers both the pain of longing and the thirst for revenge.

Dae-Gil is tricked by his former mentor; the companions unknowingly hunt the man that Dae-Gil owes his life; Un-nyun, now Kim Hye-Won, gets closer to being forced into marriage.

Lee Dae Gil and Song Tae Ha's fight is interrupted when Chun Ji Ho's men attack; Choi persuades Ji Ho to stop the attack; Tae Ha is wounded but rescues Un Nyun from attackers; Dae Gil is the first target of the slave rebellion.

Tae Ha remembers the deaths of his wife and child; Chul Woong is imprisoned; Dae Gil must kill or capture Tae Ha or forfeit his life. Tae Ha protects Un Nyun from Dae Gil's arrows.

After betraying Tae Ha, Han Seom watches over the royal grandson; though Cheol Ung rejects Lee Gyeong Sik's orders to become an assassin, he is weakened after seeing his mother's tears; Tae Ha and Hye Won gradually become close while moving together.

Dae Gil learns how Tae Ha became a slave; At Lee Gyeong Shik's request, Chul Woong murders Im Yeong Ho; Un Nyun reveals to Tae Ha her real name, Kim Hye Won; Tae Ha battles Chul Woong, Dae Gil and Choi at the same time.