Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 18: War on Earth

Unlike China and Europe, the grassroots agricultural production in the Dead Sea region has unique characteristics. When Christian immigrants came to this land, quite a number of them were influenced by these customs.

For example, in the contemporary European homeland of France, almost all agricultural land was incorporated into the manor system. In other words, there were rural areas under the manor, and manors above the rural areas. There would be multiple rural areas in the manor, including not only arable land, but also pastures, forests, mills, wineries, ovens and other facilities. These facilities provided the rural areas with the resources needed for production and life, and built a relatively self-sufficient agricultural system.

The noble lords relied on their manors to govern and rule the French peasants.

But it is obviously not possible in Transjordan, as this land was newly conquered by the Crusaders and was not enough to establish a very strict manor system. In addition, there were great differences between different ethnic groups and religious beliefs.

The ruling model of the noble lords in this land was more diversified. Except for the establishment of manors in some areas, other areas still maintained the model of rural autonomy plus tax farmers collecting taxes. This model was relatively looser in management.

Both the village of Skarl and the village where Gellis is currently located are of the latter type.

In this model of grassroots rural areas, the status of the village head does not actually depend on appointment by superiors, but often relies on either reputation or force to stand out from the crowd among villagers.

When Cardoso said that among the people opposite, there might be the village chief's thugs, and he mentioned that the herbalist Thomas had a close relationship with the village chief.

Garys had already made his guess.

In order to control the village, herbalist Thomas and the village chief must have reached some private agreement. Perhaps the herbalist had to pay tribute to the village chief every year in exchange for the village chief's military protection, or the village chief needed the herbalist, the charlatan, to provide some reputation to ensure his transcendent status in the village.

But no matter what, the appearance of Gailis threatened the interests of some people in the village, and the other party decisively tried to use force.

Just as Garys was thinking about the current situation, a young man suddenly stood out from the crowd opposite. The young man shouted at Garys and the others, "Cardoso, this has nothing to do with you! These outsiders are wizards! They will bring diseases and curses, and they also have the power of the evil eye. Yesterday, because my cow stared at that guy for a while longer, it refused to eat hay and work today!"

Hearing the other party shout this, Gailis was able to keep his expression unchanged, while Isabel and Simon glared at each other in annoyance.

Garys is a wizard? What a ridiculous joke. If the saints who were resurrected by the grace of God in the new millennium became wizards, then wouldn't all the clergy in the church be devils?
Cardoso took a few steps forward and made a few excuses. The meaning of his words was nothing more than that Garys had successfully saved Jason's mother yesterday and had not charged any medical fees. Garys and his men were knowledgeable and were truly virtuous monks.

However, it would have been better if Cardoso did not defend himself. As soon as he did, the other party became even more aggressive and started to accuse him again.

"I told you they have a problem! Do you guys still believe it? Yesterday, old Thomas clearly said that Jason's mother was possessed by an evil spirit. Only a real devil could fight evil with evil to dispel the evil spirit in Jason's mother. But when these outsiders went to see Jason's mother, her illness was cured. If they are not wizards colluding with the devil, how could they do it! There is no such magical medical skill in the world. This must be witchcraft! Absolutely witchcraft!"

"Even if the disease is cured, so what?! Jason's mother's soul has been targeted by the devil. No matter how long she can live in the world, she is destined to go to hell when she dies! This is not saving people! It's clearly harming people! It's a huge harm to people! Compared to a short stay in the world, the eternal life in the future is destined to be tormented in hell!"

"If you get sick and die, you just lose your life, but if you are cured by the devil, you lose your soul!"

"Guys, do you want your souls to not be able to go to heaven after you die, but to be tortured in hell?"

"I don't want to!"

"I don't want to!"

"Drive out the outsiders!" A fanatical atmosphere was aroused, and the villagers raised pitchforks and sticks, thinking that they were righteous people fighting against the evil wizard.

As Garys listened to the incitement from the young man opposite him, his expression gradually became ferocious, and from a personal sense perspective, it was as if he had seen shit.

What the hell is this Christian version of heresy and feudal superstition.

Superstition is a belief based on ignorance. It takes advantage of others' ignorance to incite others in order to take advantage of one's own situation and seek personal gain.

This is not unique to religion or the times, but simply because of ignorance!
If they were placed in the Vatican, they would make the cardinals feel hot and think that these bastards are too backward, too superstitious, and too ignorant. They should be sent to the stake to correct their wrong ideas.

You have to know that even the Roman Catholic Church has not yet started the witch hunt. It will take decades before the Inquisition is established, and the book "Hammer of Witches" was not published until 1487.

Garys took a deep breath, suppressed the disgusted expression on his face, and decided to launch a magical counterattack.

"I didn't want to do this."

When Gailis first opened his mouth, he did not attract the attention of the farmers on the opposite side. The villagers were still shouting slogans under the instigation of the young man.

But when Gaires took off his shirt, he became the focus of the scene. Everyone who could see Gaires' upper body was stunned.

Scar! Scar! Scar!

A scar, although it has healed and no longer bleeds, is still as hideous and terrifying as if it were carved by a carving knife, which is frightening.

When Gailis breathed, the scar of flesh that stretched from his chest to his abdomen twisted like a living centipede, and its dark red color seemed as if hot charcoal was burning inside.

Such a scar must have been deep in the flesh, it must have been disemboweled! Even the internal organs must have been crushed.

It can be said that after suffering such injuries, it is impossible for a person to survive!

But the owner of the scar is still alive, standing in front of everyone, showing everyone the suffering he has experienced, preaching new doctrines to the world, and announcing to the world that a new era is about to come.

"I have figured it out now. Unlike my brother who was sent by Heavenly Father to preach the gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven, I am not as kind as him, nor can I perform as many miracles as him, and it is even more impossible for me to bear the original sin of the world."

“The Lord of Hosts did not send me into this world to preach the gospel to the world, but to call the earth to war!”

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