Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 163 I am not God
The meeting ended unpleasantly, but the parliamentarians still recognized Gellis's position as city defense officer.

The main reason is that they cannot reason with Garys.

In the parliament hall, Gellis debated with the scholars and scolded those who intended to surrender.

It was almost as if no sooner had the congressman revealed his intention than Garys started spewing out all sorts of quotations from classics, which overwhelmed the old-fashioned congressmen present and made them not know how to respond.

I have really suffered from the lack of education.

The secondary reason is that Stephanie's guards were no match for Garys in a fight.

After Garys heard Stephanie slap him twice and said "little bitch", Stephanie started to rage like a shrew. The guards around rushed forward and tried to take Garys down.

However, such a group of guards armed to the teeth and wearing armor were unable to defeat Garys with his bare hands!

The twenty or so congressmen present heard the sound of Garys's punches and watched as Garys kicked and beat the guards down one by one.

When the guards were unable to move, even Stephanie just opened her mouth, wanting to curse but not daring to.

She was afraid that Garys would not slap her twice, but punch her directly.

"So, do any of you still object to my serving as the city defense officer?"

Everyone was shaking their heads, indicating that no one objected.

Based on the strength that Garys demonstrated, no one present dared to deny his qualifications.

If such a capable fighter doesn't become the city defense chief, then who else is qualified to be the city defense chief?
This is called reading, which is to talk to insects calmly; exercising is to let insects talk to you calmly.

……

Gellis stood on the city wall of Karak, looking down at the valley not far away. On that slightly flat ground, Adil's army had been camped for several days.

Today, the city of Karak is already under siege. It is only because Karak has stored a lot of food during the harvest season in May that the residents can still endure it.

However, as time goes by, if there is no hope of relief, the citizens of the city, whether rich or poor, will become impatient and waver...

Garys could hear footsteps behind him, and without turning around he knew it was Amedee.

Now, Amedee feels a little at a loss when looking at Garys.

If we talk about the past in the parliament hall, Amedee could still speak fluently with the majesty of the former bishop.

But when he was alone, Amedee couldn't help but think of the crown of thorns on Gairis's head, and the scene when Gairis disappeared out of thin air, and his heart was throbbing.

He was not sure what Gellis's identity was, a prophet? Or an angel?

Whenever Amedee tried to ask such questions and tried to get a clear answer from Gellis, Gellis would smile and then disappear out of thin air, interrupting their conversation.

The more you want something but cannot get it, the more obsessed you become and the more it makes you fantasize.

Amedee began to understand Father Antoine a little.

In the face of One who can perform miracles in this world, secular authority and church status are meaningless.

[He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the humble; He has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty-handed.]

——Luke 1:52-53
For a truly powerful person, it is easy to make those in high positions lose everything and to make the poor and humble people enjoy happiness.

In front of such a man of noble character, even Amadeus felt ashamed of himself.

"grown ups……"

"Don't call me sir, just call me Mr." Gaillis refused the other party's honorific. He has now begun to try to change some things in this era.

"Sir, I have a question." As he spoke, Amedai, an old man, carefully came to Gailis' side and looked at Adil's military camp in the distance with him.

"Just ask"

"Why didn't you just perform a miracle and subdue those people before?"

In Amedee's opinion, as long as Gérice is willing to perform a little miracle, he can shock all the parliamentarians, turn them into doubts, and then turn them into fanaticism.

"And then? Can their sins be washed away? Can their fanatical faith in me wash away the stench on them?"

“A sinner does not become righteous by faith.”

“For the righteous are justified because they repent of their sins and try to make amends.”

"But sinners seek to elevate God to the position of a harmless idol in order to justify their own sins."

"Amadeo, haven't you always wanted to ask me what it is?"

When he said this, Gailis did not understand what was being said, but paused for a moment.

He looked at the desolate plateau outside the wall. The rolling hills and deep valleys spread out before him like a picture scroll.

The sun shines down from the sky, illuminating the land, coating every inch of rock, every gully, and every speck of dust with a light golden glow. The wind carries the smell of dry soil and the slightly sweet fragrance of distant grass and trees, all of which declare to Gellis the reality of this world.

"Amedei..."

"I am not a goddess."

This is a plain declaration, a bolt from the blue, which will explode like thunder on this vast plateau and shake the earth to all corners!

In an instant, Amedai realized the core of the problem: what exactly is the world worshipping?
If others are respectful and fanatical because of Gellis' miracles, how is this essentially different from the idolatry that Christianity most resists?

In Christian theology, idolatry refers not only to the worship of concrete objects.

It also symbolizes the human mind's fascination with anything that is not God.

This includes wealth, power, status, and anything else that could distract people from their trust and devotion to God.

When Gérice declared that he was not God, it precisely highlighted that Gérice had the grace of the "Holy Spirit".

Because he was a humble man, he did not compete with God for favor by performing miracles.

"Amadeus, remember, we Christians only obey God, who is my Father and your Father. We will never submit to any idol or Caesar in this world, and even I am not superior to you."

“For Christians, Caesar is only a worldly Caesar, not a divine, heavenly monarch.”

"In the Kingdom of Heaven, there will be no room for idolaters, much less for evildoers who elevate God to the position of a harmless idol and force others to believe in Him!"

"Do you understand it."

The wind blew through Gérice's light blond hair, bringing the fragrance of life from the earth, allowing Amédée to feel that the world was rejoicing with Gérice's words.

"I understand."

"Sir, if I had not repented before Christ, would you have performed a miracle for me?"

The old Amedee was like a student in front of Gérice, asking for advice in every aspect.

Gellis did not answer this question directly, but changed the subject.

"Sinners can become righteous through their repentance and atonement. These two things are not irreversible."

"But not all sinners can sincerely repent and atone."

"If the Kingdom of Heaven, which is about to come, does not want to be replaced by the kingdom of sinners on earth, it must absorb sinners of the old era without discrimination."

"I came to this land to save Karak City, but more importantly, to cleanse Karak City of its sins."

"It is easy for me to defend this city, but it is more difficult to get rid of the sins in the hearts of the people than to make a camel pass through the eye of a needle."

Amedee nodded. He understood what Gailis was pursuing.

For Gellis, simply getting a city wasn't enough.

He would make a great pile of wood and heat the pot with hot coals to melt the filth in it and remove the rust from it.

Just as Garys and Amedee were chatting.

In the distance, several trumpets seemed to be heard from Adil's military camp.

Some soldiers began to gather, they prepared ladders and started moving towards the city of Karak.

The number of soldiers was not large, and there were only a few ladders. It was more like a test than a full-scale attack.

At the same time, the alarm bell on the city wall rang, and the volunteers who were resting in the towers all rushed to the city wall.

Lorian also hurried to Gailis's side. The young man was carrying two bows on his back, one of which looked more sturdy.

Garys took the stout longbow from Lorien.

When the small groups of Saracens came to a distance of about 700 feet, Gellis drew his bow and arrow, and then, with a sound of string, the arrow whizzed out.

At a distance that Amadeus could hardly see clearly, a black dot fell down, and then the cricket pupa soldiers stopped in their tracks, not daring to move forward.

Is this a coincidence?
Amedai opened his mouth wide?
At that distance, he could still hit accurately?!

It's really not luck?

"Look, Amedee, defending this city is no more difficult for me than planting a seed."

"But if I want to eliminate all the sinners in the city and stop people from worshipping the idols of tyrants, I feel like I am fighting against the wheel of history."

Then Gérice said something that Amédée didn't understand: "It's like trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm."

　This is the third update. There should be one more update. I’ll try.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)