Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 62: Life for Life, Eye for Eye

Khalid, who was lying on the ground, raised his head and looked at Gairis after his panic subsided a little. He saw that the Frank gave him a half-smile, which was meaningful!
This man must know something!
At that time, he knelt on the ground and humbly reported to Eric that Gairis was a false prophet and slandered Gairis by saying that he was the king of Jerusalem. If such a lie was known by the man in front of him, he would be in trouble!

Just as the scriptures taught, Khalid fell into panic, as if a curse had arrived.

[If he is a liar, may the curse of Allah be upon him.]

— Quran 24:7
But was he going to tell more lies to cover up what had happened before? Wouldn't that make things even worse?
Khalid glanced at the townspeople around him furtively. Although they had not said anything yet, he knew that truth would come to light sooner or later. Sooner or later, his deeds would be exposed by the townspeople...

How would he cope with the situation then?
Would it be better to just throw the jar into the air, tell everything, and beg for forgiveness from the man in front of you?

"You should know that Allah gave me the power to perform miracles, not so that you fanatics would kneel down and worship me, but so that I could let you know that the flood is not far away."

"If you don't save yourselves, when the raging flood from the east comes, the Prophet Muhammad's legacy will be destroyed."

"What you experienced the other day was only a small precursor. When the devastating flood rushes over the dam, how will you save yourselves?"

Garys was still preaching, but Khalid no longer had the mind to understand the meaning of his words.

He fell into the self-panic of the cup of snake shadow, and fell deeper and deeper. So much so that Gellis's calm preaching became increasingly distant in his ears, as if they were two different worlds.

Everything around me was dark...

Finally, he heard a word in a trance.

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness... Then we can..."

The words spoken by Gillis come from the Book of John in the New Testament, which emphasizes the importance of repentance and God's mercy.

This sentence has nothing to do with Muslims, but Khalid thought of a sentence from the Prophet Muhammad: Regret is confession, and those who repent and reform are sinless.

It is like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw, and the door of heaven opens a tiny crack for the person who is about to fall into hell.

Khalid immediately crawled to Garys, hugged Garys' legs, and told him tearfully what he had done.

Even though Garys pulled his foot out immediately, it did not stop Khalid from crying and repenting.

"Prophet! You are the true prophet! There is no doubt about it!"

"Just like the unchangeable book that Allah revealed through the mouth of the Prophet Muhammad, you are also an undoubted prophet, the brother of Isa, and the two sides of the same coin. You died on the cross for Isa. Now you have returned from seclusion and should be the Imam of thousands of tribes and peoples on earth!"

"A few days ago, I not only questioned your identity, but also reported you to Eric, who is now in Hell, as a false prophet who lied and said that you called yourself the King of Jerusalem!"

"When I saw you perform miracles earlier, I should have known that this was the will of Allah! But I was blinded by that man's lard and said such blasphemous words."

"This is all my fault..."

Khalid's rambling confession, in which he even masturbated himself with lard, came as a huge shock to the surrounding townspeople.

He is not an ordinary person, but the Imam of this town, a scholar and teacher who guides believers in worship and teaches religion!

Although the Sunni Imams are not as noble and special as the Shia Imams, and do not have the various privileges of the Catholic clergy, but now this town has no mayor! The mayor was beheaded by Eric's servants, so Khalid is the one with the highest status among all people.

How should people around him react when such a religious role model personally acknowledges Gairis's status as a prophet?
And when they thought of the devilish Eric, whose head was now the only thing left being brought to the town by Garys, they subconsciously agreed with Khalid's words.

Many people around knelt down and followed Khalid in reciting those words.

"Prophet! You are the true prophet! There is no doubt about it!"

"You are the brother of Jesus, one with whom you have one side and the other side. You died on the cross for Jesus. Now you have returned from hiding and should be the Imam of all nations on earth!"

One, two, three... the power of a group is terrifying. When someone takes the lead, others will follow suit.

Gailis did not continue preaching. When he saw other people around him kneeling down like Khalid, his expression turned cold.

The more people knelt around him, the gloomier his expression became.

While he was here, these people knelt before him.

But when he is gone, to whom will these people who are kneeling down continue to kneel?

"Get up! Don't kneel! The Leper King is gone, no one is worthy of your kneeling! I am not worthy of your kneeling either!"

There was anger in Garys' words.

But it was meaningless. No one was willing to stand up because their Imam Khalid, who was responsible for leading the prayer, was still lying on the ground, muttering and repenting.

Amid the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Gailis walked towards the east, leaving only his back.

But this time, when Gailis left, he turned around and said something.

"They shall give life for life, eye for eye, nose for nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, and every wound as compensation. Whoever gives it in charity, it is his redemption. And whoever judges against what Allah has sent down, these are the wrongdoers."

"Those soldiers who have killed your relatives, raped your wives and daughters, and robbed your property are now in Ahmed's compound. If you don't come and identify them, it will be considered that you have forgiven them..."

But when Gailis said this, his expression revealed a sarcastic look.

The meaning of this is as if it is mocking the townspeople in Alhadi, who pretend to forgive to cover up their cowardice. After being violated, they dare not even face the perpetrators to identify them.

But at this moment, Gailis heard a familiar voice.

"I'll go, I'll identify those... sinners!"

Looking in the direction where the sound came from, at the door of the clinic, Dr. Abdullah, with dishevelled hair and red eyes, was standing there weakly leaning against the wall.

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