[?]: The rivers of West Liang flow and flow,
[?]: toward the central plains they flow!
[?]: The Alliance of Liang Province has been formed. Who can stop Heaven’s Will!
[?]: Even if it means a sacrifice,
[?]: I…
(“to me”)
chapter 597 Tactics Through Genius
[Liaoyuan Huo]: So annoying.
(I want to translate it as “shut it”, but the raw is more like, “noisy [to] death”)
[LYH]: A sacrifice is fine? Looks like you’re ready to give up on the King of Di, General.
[Ma Chao]: The King of Di is my brother. You, an outsider, don’t get to pit us against each other!
{wham~}
[?]: I’ll lure him away, you go save the king!
{stab}
{wham~}
[MC]: Liver shot.
{wham~}
[LYH]: Huff.
{wham~}
{wham~}
{snap~}
{wham~}
{slide~}
[MC]: Liver shot, broken tendon.
[MC]: With one less arm to use,
(“already ruined/crippled your one arm”)
[MC]: even if you could still stand…
(“you stand [capable back] up…”)
{slam}
{slam}
{slam}
{crack}
[LYH]: Done with my stretches. What were you saying?
[?]: He’s acting like nothing happened? Is that some kind of magic trick!?
[?]: No way, it must be because the general went easy on him!
[MC]: I refuse to believe that you can’t be killed!
[MC]: Take this.
{stab}
{stab}
{wham~}
{grab}
[MC]: Break!
{pop~}
(not sure what kind of damage it’s doing)
[LYH]: Hit.
{wham~}
{slam~}
{crack}
{crack}
[MC]: Impossible.
{crack}
[MC]: Impossible.
[?]: Hold on a second, teacher has lost consciousness.
[?]: Let him rest for a bit.
[Zhao Ang]: Who knew we would meet big brother again after all these years, he must have…
[Wang Yi]: Brother Ang, remember how I managed to survive those years?
[ZA]: Foolish sister, there’s no need to reopen old wounds.
{slam~}
[Eighth]: Yang Ang, this way.
[Yang Ang]: Yessir.
[Eighth]: Capture these three to trade for the King of Di.
[ZA]: I’ll cover you, Sister Yi, run!
{kneel}
[WY]: It’s hard to live,
[WY]: Brother Ang, I…
[Eighth]: What’s the matter? Just say it.
[ZA]: Sister Yi!?
[WY]: Is there any hope for Ji city if we make it back there?
[WY]: Instead of fighting to the bitter end, why not surrender?
[WY]: Perhaps then our teacher can still be saved, and you’ll still live.
[ZA]: Sister Yi, we can’t give up on the city, nor its people!
[WY]: I…
[Eighth]: You haven’t done anything wrong; you’re just a little smarter than Zhao Ang.
[Eighth]: Come.
[Eighth]: Help me get back the King of Di, and I’ll let you all leave Liang Province.
[ZA]: No!
[WY]: Take me away.
[WY]: I’m sick of all of this.
[Eighth]: Wise.
[WY]: Brother Ang, wish me
[WY]: luck.
{pow~}
[YA]: Quicklime!
(“enter well powder”; not sure)
[Eighth]: Huff!
Tactics through genius,
fight genius with ingenuity!
(“use unpredictability [to] conquer surprise/wonder”)
[Eighth]: Ahh!
[ZA]: Foolish sister, don’t be so reckless.
[ZA]: If we must go, we go together!
(euphemism for death)
[WY]: Brother Ang, my eyes…
[?]: Ahh!
[?]: Existence and extinction depend upon substantiality, not on numbers.
[MC]: Amazing. Too bad you’re about to run out of throwing knives.
[MC]: Forget the King of Di and focus on this duel between us.
[LYH]: You have so many men, General. It certainly is difficult to focus when they come in waves.
[LYH]: How about this? I promise to save my last knife for a spot in the king’s brain.
[LYH]: Or you can take one yourself and solve all of our problems.
[MC]: You’re holding a hostage, so don’t shame me for trying to use numbers to my advantage.
{flop}
[?]: That King of Di has such bad luck for catching your attention.
(reworded)
[?]: There are more people through that entrance!
[?]: Are those enough for you?
[LYH]: Sure.
[Fan Shuo]: Who knew we would meet again.
[FS]: The three of us barely make a formation. Remember how we came up with this technique back then?
[LYH]: Yes, and it had an unforgettable name:
[LYH]: Only use once.
(by tradition, I’m keeping the old name, but cooler alternative can be, “One-And-Done, Just Once”, etc.)
— author’s comment —
Unkillable versus infinite stamina. Who will be the last one standing?
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It’s the same move, but not the same partners. Only the memory remains.
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