Seirei no Moribito

Synopsis

Balsa and Chagum, now with his hair cut off, set off and head toward the mountains. Unable to pinpoint the location of the bodyguard and the prince, all of the Emperor's hunters split into separate areas. The four hunters determine that Balsa and Chagum are heading north to the mountains, but Taga and Sune, respectively the seventh and eighth secret hunters, report that Balsa and Chagum may be travelling west instead. Mon and Zen manage to track Balsa and Chagun down in the mountains, and they attempt to corner the two at a cliff. All of a sudden, they witness Balsa and Chagum being dragged off the cliff by a large wolf, assuming the pair have died. However, Torogai was behind this course of action in order to fake their deaths.

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