Source of Strength is the 165th chapter of the Kingdom manga, written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara.
Summary
The duel between Ou Ki and Hou Ken continues. Shin notices that the General isn't moving. He is thinking back of when Kyou was killed. The anger he felt after witnessing her death. He then starts roaring and every member of the Qin soldiers are shocked.
Hou Ken is happy as this then person who defeated him nine years ago. In Hou Ken duel between Kyou, he states that there can only one person that the heavens fear and that one is him. Ou Ki then charges in, angered of what he witnessed. Ou Ki easily overpowered him, leaving Hou Ken shocked. Ou Ki soldiers then charge on Hou Ken and leaving him for death. Hou Ken survived this battle and asks himself on why he was defeated. He then realizes that Ou Ki simply was far above him. At the present time they start clashing again. Some soldiers are getting caught in the crossfire. Hou ken then tells Ou Ki that his wounds took 3 years to heal. After that he trained for six years.
Then one day a messenger of Ri Boku appeared. He only agreed to him because he felt that he reached a level of power Ou Ki would never be able to reach, but He then sees that he can't repel his blows. Ou Ki has been on the battlefield since the age of 13. He slain and buried tens of thousands of foes and lost tens of thousands of comrades. The hope and wishes which faded together with the spark of all those lives. All of that now dwells heavily upon these two shoulders. Kyou is also with him. He then states a hermit like him who spends his life in the mountains all alone probably has no idea of what this entails.
Characters
Qin
- Shou Bun Kun Unit
- Shou Bun Kun (flashback)
Zhao
- Hou Ken Army
- Hou Ken (flashback and main story)
- Unidentified soldiers
- Ri Boku Army
- Ri Boku (mentioned)
High Points
- A flashback of the duel of Hou Ken and Kyou is shown.
- Hou ken wounds of Ou Ki took 3 years to heal.
- Ou Ki has been on the battlefield since the age of 13.