Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 34
Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 34 is the thirty-fourth episode of Redice Studio's webtoon Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple, a sequel to Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. The webtoon, written by ARC and SHYATAN and with art by Tabii, was released on 12 December 2023.
Plot synopsis
Sun's guests—his nephew Xiao Han and his fellow warriors Liu Qing and Xue Yan—arrive on the floating gambling hall and meet with him. On a ship outside, Shimazu Saito wakes up on the deck before throwing up seawater. Across from her, Edward Kenway greets her while stating that he saved her from drowning for her to divulge information. Saito immediately tries to attack Edward but he quickly stops her, slams her on the deck, activates his Hidden Blade, and stabs at Saito.
On Sun's ship, John Young, posing as Edward, continues to gorge down on the ship's refreshments and food before drinking a hangover cure created by female server Xialun Qing. John begins to flatter her and even nears in for a kiss before being disrupted by ruckus outside his room. He looks over and sees the staff being attacked by Fuma Sukuna's ninja. Readying his pistol, John tells Qing to hide while he runs off to find Edward.
Saito watches as Edward's blade strikes to the left of her head. Edward explains he has no plans to kill her despite her contract to assassinate him. Hesitating, Saito attacks Edward with a fury and accuses him of sparing her because of her womanhood. Kicking him back into the mast, Saito holds her sword to his neck and demands to know why he spared her. Edward admits that she reminds him of an old friend whom he had lost and how both of them fought despite the weight it bore down on them. Saito asks why he is so willing to ally with her. He explains that they both need to each other and how they are both after the same artifact. Saito agrees to the truce until they discover the treasure. Edward then asks for Hendrik's sea log but Saito responds that she gave it to Sun as compensation to protect her men.
Soon, both Edward and Saito hear gunshots coming from Sun's ship and conclude that Sun may be under attack and that the sea log is in jeopardy. They both rush the ship. Meanwhile, Sun shows the sea log to Xiao Han and states that none of the cryptography experts he hired could decipher it. Xiao is familiar with the language as it has been passed down from their people, but claims it will take time to decode it. Ecstatic, Sun takes back the log and exclaims at the treasures they will uncover. Xiao Han asks what he intends to do with the treasure, to which Sun explains that an artifact from "Those Who Came Before" is not to be trifled with and he intends to gift it to the Qing Emperor. Sun expects to be rewarded well while Xiao's people be pardoned once the Emperor learns of their assistance.
However, Xiao throws a rope dart at his uncle and entangles Sun's wrist before slamming him down on the floor. Xiao reprimands his uncle for being the Emperor's lap dog while Sun looks at his mangled hand. While Xiao's compatriots take off their disguises, Xiao declares his uncle to be an enemy to their long-standing creed and intends to execute Sun in the name of the Assassin Brotherhood.
Characters in order of appearance
- Xiao Han
- Liu Qing (unnamed)
- Xue Yan (unnamed)
- Shimazu Saito
- Edward Kenway
- John Young
- Xialun Qing
- Mary Read (flashback)
- Bartholomew Roberts (indirect mention only)
- George I of Great Britain (indirect mention only)
- Sun