What is the significance of Chapter 55?
What should we do if we kill too many people?
It's easy to deal with.
Eric took some money directly from those taxes and threw it to those who survived.
This is a tax refund.
But when Eric grabbed the money and threw it back, his iron-grey eyes that were supposed to be ruthless were actually mixed with mockery.
The casualness when throwing the gold coins was actually humiliating. He was enjoying the fear and hatred of these pagans.
What he said before about killing one more person seemed closer to a deliberate performance.
The houses on both sides of the surrounding roads stood motionless. They looked at Eric and the townspeople, like silent spectators, enjoying the performance of the actors on the stage.
Who can save those townsfolk?
No one can save them.
This wonderful scene was exactly what Eric couldn't wait to lead.
When all this was over, Eric still didn't get the pork knuckle he longed for, but it didn't matter anymore. He needed to prepare for the war in the future.
He obviously had a different view on Gareth.
When late at night came, the boy who had been cleansed of snake venom by Garris in the past escaped from the town under the cover of darkness.
He didn't know how long a devil like Eric would stay in the town.
If he kills one-tenth today, he can kill another tenth tomorrow!
After seeing the mockery in the guy's eyes, he knew that this guy never regarded Muslims as "people", and the reason why he didn't kill them all was just to collect taxes for the coming year.
How could one sleep peacefully in the same town with such an inhuman being?
There were scars all over his body, the clothes on his body were stained red, there were wounds all over his feet, and the pain was unbearable.
But the young man also felt that the physical torture was no match for the sadness in his heart.
There is no god but Allah. Everything in the world is arranged by Allah. Just like the stars in the sky, they adhere to their trajectory. No living creature can shake this sacred order.
So, is all this arranged by Allah?
Can people really change the future through obedience and patience to God and following the requirements in the scriptures? Or that is just changing the future of the next life...
But if everything in the world is arranged by God, then aren’t your daily prayers and compliance with the precepts of the scriptures also determined by God?
What's the point?
Was it God's arrangement that saved him from snake venom?
Was it God's arrangement that caused his father to die by the sword?
Was it God's arrangement that made him run wildly through the night at this moment?
At this moment, the contradiction between the three points of God's omniscience, omnipotence and determination, and personal free will threw the young man into an unfathomable theological whirlpool.
And he was completely unable to save himself, so he could only let those thoughts linger in his mind.
But one thing is clear to the young man: in the east, there is a prophet who can exorcise evil spirits.
The prophet has killed Ahmed's family and will surely be able to banish Eric, the devil, to Hell.
When the dawn sun shone its first ray of light on the earth, the boy fell to the ground. His weak body after experiencing snake venom has not yet fully recovered. It is his limit to be able to persist here.
But even so, he was still crawling in the compound that was supposed to be the hungry wolf's lair. For such a young man, it was the last straw. He had to crawl over anyway and tell the prophet the current situation in the town.
... Standing on the platform behind the compound wall, Garris leaned against the wall and looked in the direction of Alhadi Town.
Looking towards the town from here, all that can be seen is actually just a black dot, or a thread, which is inconspicuous at all.
He was thinking about Eric and recalling the past. It was clear that it was just a memory from a few months ago. To Garris now, it seemed like a lifetime ago.
Gareth is no longer the same person, but Eric remains the same.
Click, click, click, footsteps climbing up the stairs could be heard from the side. Lowering his head to the left, he could see Isabel coming to his side.
"How is the situation?" Garris asked Isabel.
"It's just that my body was so weak that I fell into coma. It's nothing serious. What do you think about Eric?"
Isabel was talking about the boy who crawled out of the town and was discovered by the guards at night. When he was rescued, he told the people around him as briefly as possible about what happened in the town.
After hearing the young man's description of the knight's appearance, whether it was John, Garris, or even Isabel, they knew clearly that it was Eric.
Among the many knights they knew well, only Eric had those iron-gray ruthless eyes.
"I never thought that Leonard would let him come over, but it actually doesn't matter. There is no difference. It would be better to resolve some personal grudges by the way."
Garris did not continue to look at Isabel beside him, but once again set his sights in the direction of Alhadi Town.
"How did you get into a grudge with him?" Isabel asked Garris casually, also lying on the wall.
"Having a grudge? No, I don't actually have any grudge against him. It's better to say that he is jealous of me, and I can't stand some of his behaviors."
"Jealous?" Isabel was a little confused, and her speaking eyes revealed strong curiosity.
Garris squinted his eyes and searched through the memories of his previous life before continuing: "Yes, jealousy. When I was an attendant, I was the one who received the most visits from His Majesty Baldwin, and he The least one.”
"He simply couldn't understand what His Majesty Baldwin was seeking under his iron face. He actually always felt that the purpose of the kingdom's existence was to kill all the heretics."
As Isabel listened to Gareth's narration of the past, she also missed her deceased brother.
"Do you know? Gareth, we in Anjou have a family motto: We are all descendants of the devil and are destined to go to hell. Do you think my brother can ascend to heaven?"
Garris was a little silent. Now, it was difficult for him to comment on the existence of heaven. How could he answer Isabel's question?
Simply, Garris changed the subject and said: "By the way, there is another thing that makes Eric very angry."
"What?" Isabel was a little curious.
"He felt that your relationship with me was too close, which made him very disgusted. Therefore, after the death of King Baldwin, he did not choose to be loyal to you, but directly switched to Leonard."
Hearing Garris mentioning herself, Isabel couldn't help but snorted, and then lightly punched Garris to express her dissatisfaction.
Just when Isabel was about to continue chatting, Garris motioned for her to stay quiet.
Ordinary people's eyesight may not be able to see clearly, but Gairis has noticed that in the direction of Alhadi Town, a group of people has already set off and is heading towards the Ahmed compound.
This is the first update
The second update will be completed before 12 o'clock,
As for yesterday’s late update, because I don’t have enough time and energy today, I may have to wait another day. Mainly because I have to do other things in the morning.
(End of chapter)