Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 94 Summary
Garys drank some water and ate some food. Now there were only four people left in the room: himself, John, Simon and Isabel.

Since he woke up, Isabel started to drive people away, saying that Garys needed to rest, and did not give those people the opportunity to ask questions.

But he kept John and Simon. One of them was the person in charge of specific affairs, and the other was Garys' right-hand man.

If Garys wanted to understand the current situation, the fastest way was to communicate with the two of them.

And Garys and Isabel can have absolute trust in both of them.

It was already evening, and the room was not bright enough under the dim sunlight.

After resting for so long and drinking water and eating, he felt much better.

During the previous melee at the valley entrance, his body had already reached its limit, and in the following time, Gailis had difficulty concentrating his mind, so he ignored a lot of useful information.

Coupled with the "absolute" time zero achieved due to the burst of adrenaline, it can be said that his physical strength and energy were completely overdrawn.

Even now, Garys' mind has only returned to normal, but his body is still exhausted.

"How long have I slept?" There was a strong sense of fatigue in his voice.

"About four hours," John replied.

"It's okay, not too long." Compared to the first time he fainted, Gailis was quite surprised that he only slept for four hours.

Then Garys immediately asked the question that concerned him the most: "Have the casualties been counted? Are our losses heavy? Has Doctor Abdullah arrived?"

Hearing Garys' question, John thought for a moment and answered directly: "In general, there are not many casualties. There are only 9 dead in the battle, 6 seriously injured, 2 of whom died, and 12 slightly injured. Doctor Abdullah has arrived and is treating the wounded."

John always spoke directly to the point, without beating around the bush or wasting time on unnecessary words.

After hearing the casualty figures, Gaillis could not help but sigh. 11 deaths was indeed a number he could accept, but it still made him feel uncomfortable.

After all, this is the first time that comrades have died on the battlefield, but this is just the beginning, and there will be more and more such deaths in the future.

[The corpses of those who died because of my incitement filled the land of the Holy City, and those who died because of the oppression of tax collectors have already filled the mountains and seas.]

—The Gospel of Simon 2:16
"Where are the enemies?" Gailis asked again.

"The total number of those bandits was 214. 53 of them were killed, 18 were seriously injured, 8 of whom died, and the number of those slightly injured was not counted."

When the number of killing 53 people was mentioned, even a veteran like John couldn't help but shudder.

It’s not that the number is so scary, but he thought of Garys’ heroic figure on the battlefield.

Of those 53 people, nearly half were killed by Garys himself.

John felt a little scared when he thought of Garys' extraordinary sword skills on the battlefield.

The layman watches the excitement, while the expert sees the details.

It was because John had been in battle for a long time that he knew the terrifying power of Garys' swordsmanship.

When Gelis draws his sword, there are usually two speeds. One is the normal speed, which seems to be able to be parried, but Gelis's sword will suddenly speed up and stab or chop from another angle. It is completely not based on common sense or intuition.

John didn't know how Gillis did it, maybe it was a miracle.

"However, many of them fled. Apart from the wounded, we only captured 48 prisoners."

Gailis nodded, indicating that he understood the situation. "Based on previous experience, John, you should have people divide the prisoners into several groups for interrogation. Those who are stubborn and commit crimes should be executed directly by guillotine."

"For those who have committed less serious crimes or have shown a clear attitude of repentance, you should find someone to form a court and discuss the length of their hard sentences."

Although the construction of Skar Village has been preliminarily completed, a large number of manpower will be needed if other villages want to be transformed. Garys will naturally not let these prisoners of war go.

Unlike the soldiers sent by Reynald before, most of the soldiers Reynald asked Eric to bring were freemen recruited from the manors, the main body of the feudal army in Western Europe. In the case of the Celestial Empire, freemen were closer to the concept of good family sons.

Most of these free soldiers had no blood debts. Some of them had records of rape and massacre, but they were screened by Garys and executed by guillotine. It was relatively easy to reform the rest.

But these bandits are different. According to Abdullah's letter, Maher and his gang are notorious throughout the Levant.

Although their number is small, they make a living by capturing slaves and often work as mercenaries, appearing at many massacre sites.

As for this group of repeat offenders, Garys cannot "love them to the end" like the Heavenly Brother Jesus, nor does he have the ability to perform miracles like the Heavenly Brother Jesus to make all sinners repent.

Therefore, he could only select some useful people and try to reform them through labor, so that those sinners could redeem their sins with their own hands and contribute to the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven.

"We have also found out the reason for the Mach gang's attack. The Mach gang was previously active near Damascus. But not long ago, they were hired by someone. The employer specified the location of the attack and specifically wanted to kill the "False Prophet". He was willing to pay a total of 4000 gold dinars for it, and directly paid 2000 in advance."

"Tsk." Gailis couldn't help but sigh. 4000 gold dinars is not a small number. It means at least 16 kilograms of gold, which is equivalent to several thousand taels of silver in the Celestial Empire.

As for who would pay so much money to kill himself, Garys could actually guess roughly.

And obviously, Kaler's knights were tasked with two tasks.

One purpose was to monitor the Mach gang. If that gang successfully captured the valley, Kaler and his men would be able to kill Isabel easily.

When they found that the battle situation was not favorable to the Mach gang, this group of people decisively stabbed in the back. By selling out the Mach gang, they gained the trust of Garys and others, and took out the forged letter, looking for an opportunity to assassinate Isabel.

Even if Gellis and his men were overly vigilant and ignored Europe's feudal traditions, allowing Kaler and his men to take off their armor and weapons, Kaler would still be able to pull out a dagger from the letter box.

The whole plan is truly a grand undertaking, with every detail flawless.

Whenever the scene or the people change, they will succeed.

However, they did not notice the most crucial point: Garys, the [False Prophet], really has "divine power"!

"Damn it, if Reynard and his gang had focused their attention on internal fighting instead of the kingdom's political situation, the country would have been in such a mess!"

"I can't stand it anymore!"

　Second update. Because of my burned hands, I can only write 4,000 words today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)