| rdfs:comment | - In Outworld, standing before the gathered crowds outside of his palace, Kotal Kahn informs the populace that Goro has gone missing while pursuing Mileena into the Golden Desert and has declared that his father, Kotal K'etz, will personally search for Goro before continuing to hunt for Mileena. Kotal also reveals that he has given Shao Kahn's Wrath Hammer to his father to use on the mission, which K'etz proudly displays. The crowds cheer for their emperor, and after Kotal and K'etz return to the palace, accompanied by many of Kotal Kahn's trusted warriors, K'etz is impressed by Kotal rallying the people.
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| abstract | - In Outworld, standing before the gathered crowds outside of his palace, Kotal Kahn informs the populace that Goro has gone missing while pursuing Mileena into the Golden Desert and has declared that his father, Kotal K'etz, will personally search for Goro before continuing to hunt for Mileena. Kotal also reveals that he has given Shao Kahn's Wrath Hammer to his father to use on the mission, which K'etz proudly displays. The crowds cheer for their emperor, and after Kotal and K'etz return to the palace, accompanied by many of Kotal Kahn's trusted warriors, K'etz is impressed by Kotal rallying the people. Kotal is quick to remind his father that speeches are not enough and informs him that Reiko has destroyed the northern trade route, days before the harvest of crops, which will anger the people as they starve. K'etz tells his son that his family is with him and he promises to return Mileena in chains. Kotal clarifies that Mileena is not the problem, and Kotal tells his father of his past with Reiko, as well as stressing Reiko's genius in strategies. Informing K'etz that their spies have revealed that Reiko has seduced Mileena to become her closest advisor, but have also located their hideout in the Golden Desert. Kotal Kahn orders his father to bring no one back in chains and declares history is written in blood. With that, Kotal orders that both Reiko and Mileena be killed. In the Golden Desert, Reiko discusses with Goro their strategy to usurp and defeat Kotal Kahn. Reiko reveals to Goro that in the past, when he and Kotal fought side-by-side, Reiko discovered that Osh-Tekk draw incredible power from the sun, but are likewise weakened when cut off from its light. Goro is unimpressed, but Reiko stresses that they no longer have access to the imperial army and must use patience and strategy if they are to win. The next day, Kotal K'etz and his band of warriors, among them Reptile, approach the temple where Reiko and Mileena are hiding in the Golden Desert, when the sun is suddenly blocked out by storm clouds, with Reiko's monologue from the previous day revealing Rain to be the culprit. Though momentarily shaken, K'etz presses on and confronts a waiting Goro. Goro calls K'etz a fool for coming while K'etz declares him a traitor and readies the Wrath Hammer as the two warriors face each other. K'etz strikes first with the Wrath Hammer, striking Goro across the face and shattering several teeth, but Goro is hardly fazed and challenges him to do better. As Goro and K'etz battle, Mavado and the Red Dragons are revealed to have been hiding using Lin Kuei cloaking technology, and the mercenaries quickly spring a surprise attack on K'etz warriors. Goro ultimately gains the upper-hand over K'etz, smashing his skull against a rock to stun him. Claiming the Wrath Hammer for himself, Goro kills K'etz with a single blow to his head, decapitating the former ruler of the Osh-Tekk. Later, Reptile reports to a shocked and shaken Kotal Kahn, who is in disbelief over his father's death. Drawing his own Kamidogu dagger, Kotal Kahn carves a wound across his chest to offer the blade blood and invoke the Blood Code to become a Blood God to avenge his father and defeat Goro. Unknown to the emperor, this was Reiko's plan all along.
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