When the king arrives, he is greeted with shouts of "swoop he is coming!" and "block gong che!" . Yimo tries to convince the king to let them go, but the king refuses, saying that it is too soon to tell who will win. He orders his men to step back and let the king speak. The king tells his men that he has enjoyed the highest honor and glory in the land, and that he cannot live for himself. He tells them that they are suffering because he tried to turn his own kill prince for his own selfish ends. He asks why they want to be together instead of him. He says that if she had shown him the token, the guards would have killed him. But she protected his dignity, and the king says that his country can lose him but definitely not him.