Lord Of Dying Smoke - Chapter 157



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The King of Dying Smoke Episode 157

Interlude Masterpiece and Last Companion (18)

As for the story that followed, director Dusk had no choice but to give up understanding.

The first scene that immediately raised expectations was the library.

Richard I, who made an impressive appearance and raised expectations, is busy looking through all kinds of history books about himself and grumbling.

The main reason was that not even half of his coolness was revealed in history books.

[Ah, William of Newburgh! I swear to the Lord, I should have broken the nose of this hook-nosed priest. How can such a malicious narrative exist?]

[…] … Well, I guess you weren’t as fat as recorded?]

[He had a dignified appearance!]

[…] … .]

From then on, whether he was lamenting the decline in the popularity of the name Richard after the 20th century, clicking his tongue at the disastrous evaluation of his younger brother King John, or at the very least looking up some science fiction novel and admiring it, he did nothing sane.

[This is fun! Have you seen this wonderful story?]

[…] … no.]

[It’s a story about a priest in the distant future who discovers a fallen star and agonizes over the existence of the Lord! The aliens who thrived on that star were very peaceful, but eventually their home star exploded and the entire race was wiped out! Where is the Lord’s grace in such a tragedy? The bride’s agony begins here… … .]

Rupert, a young man overcome by energy, begins to suspect that the person in front of him is simply a psychopath.

Well, that’s right. Now that the self-proclaimed Saladin has appeared in the world, how can we believe the bullshit that the Lionheart King has also been resurrected?

Rupert sighs, saying that it might be time for him to go after being lured by such a madman.

Of course, that was only for a moment.

Richard, who was chatting cheerfully and stacking books, soon stood up as if he was satisfied.

[Okay, I guess this is enough.]

[…] … What do you mean?]

[My quotations, which you of course know, evaluate Yusuf as a brave, wise, and honorable monarch. At least, if he is the person I know, he would not have killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people.]

[Damn it, make a role play like that Geek!]

Rupert growled impatiently.

[It killed 500,000 people. Do you understand? That’s 500,000 people! Whether it is Saladin or Joseph, the fact remains that he is a bastard who will go to hell! Do you understand?]

[Of course, young man.]

Richard smiled charmingly.

[I swear to the Lord, there is nothing more questionable in this world than true justice, but protecting innocent civilians is one of the few exceptions. Then, wouldn’t the opposite have no choice but to be evil?]

The screen briefly shows the table of contents of the book in front of Richard, the sections and .

Richard closes the book and stands up with a grin.

[Okay, you’re the most devoted friend I’ve had since I blew out the Marquess of Huntingdon’s eardrums. Then let’s go.]

[yes? Where… … .]

[Didn’t you say you wanted revenge? Then we have to go to war.]

He smiles broadly.

[Just trust me. There are many things one person can do on the battlefield.]

And the next scene.

Young Rupert was screaming in the middle of the desert amidst the sound of gunshots exploding.

[This is crazy… … !]

* * *

Afterwards, the story unfolds in two directions.

One is the situation that is close to the disgrace of the so-called .

Even though numerous countries have united, or rather, because of that, the situation is sluggish.

Most people are busy paying attention to the movements of their neighbors rather than any threat that has threatened Jerusalem.

[We, Germany, can no longer accept our own sacrifices! The passive attitude of Britain and France is disgusting!]

[Funny sound!]

[Greece will resolutely reject joint operations with Turkiye!]

[Same goes for Bulgaria!]

[Japan is convinced that Korea is engaging in blatant sabotage. The Cabinet is very concerned about this… … .]

[I don’t know what’s wrong with that great rearmament! Send more aircraft carriers!]

[Spain─]

[Our Italy─]

It would be better if the United States were the leader as usual, but the lukewarmness of the current White House and the indirect checks by Russia and China are literally creating chaos.

As a crusade with a history of internal strife and deviation, it may be closer to tradition.

And, absurdly enough, it is one monster who breaks through the frustrating gridlock.

[Bo, here’s a report. The Palmyra front has been breached… … !]

[Hmm, it looks like the White House has finally come to its senses. It will be much better.]

[Oh, no, that’s not it. One person lured the entire chariot corps of ‘Saladin’… … ! It is said that he called himself Richard I… … !]

[…] … You look tired. Just one sleep though?]

If what the characters on screen were feeling was bewilderment, what the audience outside the screen was feeling was despair.

The movie doesn’t use any other tricks.

The scene really shows Richard facing off alone against an army of dozens of tanks.

[Hahaha, this is good! It would be nice if there was an iron horse like that on the battlefield I was in!]

[Are you crazy?! We have to go back immediately!]

[It looks like you didn’t study history! What is this Richard so afraid of that he retreats from the battlefield?]

[105mm main gun—!!]

Needless to say, it is Richard’s own movements that make a transition that seems absurd and unreasonable at first glance believable.

Everyone knows that actors have strengths in action.

But this is not at that level.

It’s as if I was taught by an experienced knight who really knows the battlefield.

[Hahahahahaha—!]

[What on earth is that madman!?

[God!يا إلهي]

They don’t care about the pouring bombardment.

This is not something that is covered up with clumsy directing. He is avoiding the point of impact with precise movements.

Moreover, it doesn’t seem like they used a separate stunt actor, but the horsemanship is almost magical.

If you go, you go, if you stop, you stand, and you keep pace while twisting your body in place and launching the rocket launcher. At this point, it’s completely in-mile style.

Everyone in the audience is busy staring blankly at the scene that is close to a stunt.

It was as if one actor was taking over the sense of immersion that had created with a large budget, directing, and special effects.

Richard, who hit the target with an anti-tank rocket by jumping almost like a stunt with his horse, laughs and laughs as he sees the smoke rising from the tank.

Director Dusk felt like a gestalt collapse was coming.

‘how… … What on earth do you want to do with this movie? … !’

At first, the foundation was laid as if the destruction of Jerusalem would lead to a devastating world war.

Next, Richard I made a grand appearance, laying the groundwork for what would likely be a proxy war between the two sides.

But now, rather than commanding the army, Richard I is just fighting alone.

But even that is awesome.

I don’t understand.

‘Gee, an actor of that caliber would have had a much better synopsis! tournament! Colosseum! A small-scale story like Robin Hood! But why this crazy scenario… … !’

That’s because the production team was completely fed up with it.

This is also the reason why Director Penelope screamed every day.

But of course there is no way to guess that.

While Director Dusk was upset, the audience gave up their thoughts and began to enjoy themselves.

“Richard, your strength is endless… … .”

“That’s right, Katie… … .”

Just like that, the middle part of the play passed in an instant with the ‘Crusader’ in confusion and Richard, on the other hand, showing off his daring immodesty.

Those who were influenced by him begin to follow Richard, and power is gradually created.

And of course, such a situation is also conveyed to the head of evil.

The man whose face is not revealed mutters softly after receiving the report.

[I knew it would come, ok e no.]

The middle part passed by with countless chaos, battles, wills and intentions, and some kind of foreshadowing scattered throughout.

And then, the second half arrived.

The two finally met face to face.

* * *

The Sultan acknowledged, as he had a thousand years ago, that humane tactics would not work against that monster.

Wasn’t their first meeting when they burned down Hellepolis with Greek fire and then dug a hole with the engineers and went on a rampage alone?

The smile that made the subordinate commander mutter, ‘Isn’t that bastard Satan?’ was still alive and well.

His characteristic is that he is always friendly and cheerful to those he likes, but is cruel to those he doesn’t, so it can be said that he has no intention of harming them right now.

As expected, when the Sultan appeared, he put down the stinger missile he was holding – Director Dusk pulled out his head – and laughed.

[Ah, Yusuf! You look a little more handsome!]

[I’ll just do it for you, Richard.]

The Sultan stroked his beard as he looked at the squire next to him, glaring at him. It was not uncommon.

Richard laughed even louder at the frown on his face.

[There is no need to be on guard! I chased you away with three horses and without even any armor on, so how can a brat like this outshine me?]

[Didn’t I give it as a gift after that?]

[That was a big help, hahaha!]

There was only laughter ringing out like that.

Young Rupert asked quietly.

[Why did you do that?]

[…] … hmm.]

[I can now believe a little that this madman is the Lionheart King. But if you were Saladin, how could you do such a terrible thing? Weren’t you the person everyone unanimously said was honorable?]

The Sultan was silent.

And I took a moment to choose my words.

[…] … A thousand years ago, I thought I had a timeless mission.]

It is a famous anecdote that the Sultan was greatly shocked by the cause of the Crusades.

He was so shocked that he sent letters to various places.

-They performed their duty and gave their wealth solely out of passion for their faith and pride in their beliefs! On the other hand, what about Muslims? Just the opposite!

-You must regain your honor and shake off your lethargy! By praising Allah, we can seek His help!

Of course, there was an embellishment for the purpose of gathering troops, but the shock itself was real.

The early sultan was confident that he had a mission to gather the power of Muslims and thereby build a great empire that would become the cornerstone of permanent peace by the will of Allah.

That made him honorable.

[But, it wasn’t.]

The Sultan spoke slowly.

[Even after a thousand years, no glory remains in the Holy Land.]

[The foundation I laid only sowed the seeds of an even greater tragedy.]

[I was convinced that that small piece of land would become the seed of all conflict even if thousands or tens of thousands of years passed. And that it will last forever.]

[And that it will never lead to the glory of Allah.]

Rupert is adamant.

He shouts “whale whale”. That reason doesn’t justify the hundreds of thousands of people you killed. I can’t justify the deaths of my parents and younger brother.

The Sultan acknowledged.

[Of course it is. I have no intention of making excuses for that.]

[But it was necessary. What I became convinced of after researching the history of this land was that someone must be a common enemy for harmony to arise.]

[Those who served Allah more intensely than anyone else became extremists who did not compromise on development. These are all seeds I sowed.]

[Then, shouldn’t you take responsibility?]

[I accept your revenge. You are justified. But the timing is not enough. Why not just wait for the next few months?]

The young man is momentarily speechless.

Those words had weight and agony. He even had a certain determination to disregard his own life.

The weight silenced him.

The young man who was trying to explain something lowers his head. At least, if the other person was accepting death, there was nothing more he could do.

silence.

And, in that solemn atmosphere, Richard finally burst into laughter.

[Hahahahaha! This is funny! It’s a masterpiece!]

It was so loud that the audience flinched for a moment.

He chuckled for a while, ignoring the blank expressions on his face, and finally gasped.

─And then, just like that, his expression distorted.

[Say it straight, Yusuf. Isn’t that the whole reason?]

[…] … I don’t know what you’re talking about.]

[There’s no way you wouldn’t know! Isn’t that what you thought the moment you came to this land?]

Christian.

Islam.

The two Abrahamic religions have one thing in common.

It is the denial of reincarnation.

[How can something like this happen when He alone exists? Where on earth is His great will? How could you not have thought of it!]

[…] … that.]

[I know you, Yusuf. Even though you were perplexed, you must have gathered information first. How far has this land developed, and whether we can finally understand His will.]

[…] … .]

[But you must have despaired quickly!]

Humanity has clearly developed.

The progress has been unbelievable.

However, at the same time, it drastically reduced the space for God to reside.

[For us, seeing Him was easy! When I look at the sky, when I look at the stars, when I look at the sun that rises every day, and when I look at us humans, I can see that His will is coming! But, not anymore! Hahaha!]

The reason the sun rises every morning is because the Earth rotates every 23 hours and 56 minutes.

The reason the sky is blue is because the intensity of scattered light is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the wavelength.

Stars are created from dense macromolecular clouds made up of hydrogen and helium.

Humans evolved from monkeys.

Richard checked it while looking through books in the library.

The place where God lived was established with numerous laws and brought down to the realm of science, and now in order to imagine God, one had to imagine ‘the unimaginable.’

and.

Jerusalem was still full of tragedy.

[Your despair has failed, Yusuf.]

Richard chuckled.

[The crusaders of the new age are more stupid, pathetic, and base than before. I can guarantee that after you die, they will split up and fight again.]

[…] … .]

[Of course, there’s no way a man your size wouldn’t know! Please stop denying reality.]

[Then what are you here for, Richard!]

The Sultan exploded.

[You must have had faith too! He may have dreamed of glory through means, but it must have been faith that supported that glory! no?!]

[Oh, of course it is.]

[Then, where is your faith!]

[hmm.]

Richard shrugged his shoulders as if he was annoyed.

And said.

[I read an interesting story.]

[…] … ?]

[I was imagining a long future. It was a story about a priest in the distant future discovering a destroyed star and agonizing over the existence of the Lord.]

For a moment, Rupert remembered what happened earlier.

The audience off-screen and Director Dusk did the same.

[The aliens who thrived on that star were very peaceful, but eventually their home star exploded and the entire race was wiped out. Where is the grace of the Lord in such a tragedy, he wondered.]

[…] … So, are you trying to say that there is no grace from him?]

[no!]

Richard laughed.

[The priest eventually determined, after very accurate research, when the final moments of the peaceful planet were.]

[And cried.]

Ah, Lord! You really couldn’t have chosen another star?

Did you really destroy these peaceful people and make the star of Bethlehem shine in order to guide the lost wise men on their way to the baby Jesus?

[…] … .]

The Sultan was silent.

At the same time, Richard’s eyebrows arched.

The raised corners of the mouth touched the cheek. The raised lips wrapped around the bottom of his nose. The torn eyes were bent all the way to the temples.

The sound of intake of breath could be heard from all over the audience.

And then, the madman smiled and whispered.

[Yusuf, old friend.]

─This is faith.

So just shut up and continue the war.

* * *

So 30 minutes later.

The movie is over.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Director Dusk could not get up from his seat.