Southern part of the Alemannic Federation, along the Mediterranean coast.
This is the territory of the Alemannic Federation closest to the Empire of the Seven Hills. After the military operation against the Empire of the Seven Hills failed, the defeated Alemannic remnants fled back to the Alemannic Federation in a hurry, bringing the Black Death with them.
Now the Black Death has spread throughout the Alemannic Federation, and the epidemic is especially severe in these lands close to the Seven Hills Empire. The rapidly developing epidemic caused the Seven Hills Empire to give up its plan to counterattack the Alemannic Federation.
, and even closed the border with the Alemanni Federation for this reason.
The number of patients increasing at a terrifying rate not only alarmed the princes and princes in the Alemannic Federation, but also alarmed the Abrahamic Church that had taken root in the Alemannic Federation. As the top leader of the Alemannic Federation diocese, Ge
Rigori left Cologne with a team of clergy and came to inspect the border in person.
The road was very quiet, with less than one-tenth of the number of people walking outside. Some uncollected skeletons were piled on the roadside, and the meat on them had been eaten away by crows.
A seriously ill adult was lying on a stretcher, and was carried laboriously by two men, an old man and a young man, all the way to the local church. They knelt at the door of the church and prayed silently for a while, and then
A priest came out, dipped his finger in some water, and drew a cross on the patient's forehead. The old man and the child bowed their heads and thanked for a while, then took up the stretcher again and left the church door.
Gregory saw it clearly from a distance. When he entered the church, he frowned and asked the priest: "What did those three people do here just now?"
"The man on the stretcher is suffering from the Black Death," the priest replied. "His father and son carried him and came to seek healing."
"Absurd! You should go to a doctor when you are sick. You are not priests of Ibn Sina's sect. Why do you treat people?"
Gregory's shout startled the priest, and he hurriedly defended himself: "But no doctor can cure this disease at all! Rather than a disease, this is more like a whip from God, sent down for the unjust.
punish……"
"God's punishment? Ridiculous! Did these farmers enslave God's chosen people, steal the Ark of the Covenant, or commit serious crimes like the people in Sodom?"
Gregory cited all examples of punishments inflicted by God in the scriptures. Among them, only the city of Sodom was directly destroyed by God, but it was only the size of a city; the Tepuis who enslaved God’s chosen people also died.
It was just the first born in every family; as for another case of pagans stealing the Ark of the Covenant, the plague sent by God was nothing more than hemorrhoids; now the Black Death has spread to several kingdoms and empires, and he used this
The three allusions question the priest: What kind of sin can make God send a plague that is larger and more serious than these three?
The priest was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word.
While he was talking, a small parade came from a distance, which was particularly eye-catching on the empty street. In the middle of the parade was a trailer with a cross erected high on it, and a light tied to the cross.
There was a shirtless man. There were two other people, one holding a chain and the other holding a whip with nails, and they beat the man hard, leaving bruises all over his body and blood dripping from his body.
Gregory recognized the man tied to the cross as a clergyman of the church, and couldn't help but asked angrily: "What is this doing? What serious crime has he committed?"
"Lord Gregory, he has not committed any crime. He is using this action to atone for people's sins." The priest replied in a low voice, "We don't know why God was angry this time, but as clergy, I think we should take the initiative to take responsibility.
Let God punish people just as the Son of God did."
"Absurd! Ridiculous! Ridiculous!" Gregory cursed three times in a row, "Sickness requires a doctor to treat. Even a three-year-old child understands this principle, but you have been treated like this! Stop this practice immediately!"
"But Lord Gregory..." the priest asked in a low voice, "If we don't do this, what else can we do?"
Before Gregory could reply, the man holding the chain suddenly fell to the ground. Immediately afterwards, a scream sounded near him: "It's the patient!"
The crowd panicked, and in the blink of an eye, they fled in all directions, leaving only the man tied to the cross and the man holding the chain who fell to the ground.
"Oh my God, it's one of ours again!" the priest shouted in panic, "There are thirteen people in the local church, and only three are still alive now!"
"It's actually during the procession... Can't God hear our prayers?" A priest behind the priest cried, "God doesn't even care about the priests he chooses. Could it be said that he has given up on us humans?
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Although Gregory clearly expressed his displeasure at associating the Black Death with God from the beginning, the local church people still insisted on God's punishment - this idea has been deeply ingrained in their minds.
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Gregory raised his head and sighed, feeling a little helpless: If the Black Death was allowed to continue to develop like this, the foundation of the church, both internally and externally, would probably be shaken.
"It would be great if Master Ibn Sina was here." A priest who was traveling with him sighed and said, "His words may be able to cure this basic problem, but it is a pity that he is on an eastern expedition and cannot come back."
"Not necessarily. I heard that this disease has also appeared in our Tianfang Empire." Another priest who came with Gregory interjected, "Perhaps the King of Kings will provide countermeasures soon."
This "King of Kings" does not refer to the Son of God, but an apostle who inherited the title of Son of God. Unlike other apostles, the apostles of this sect are hereditary. Members of this family are listed among the apostles because they can talk directly to the Son of God.
First, he also became the nominal leader of the Tianfang Empire. Although the four apostles did not get along with each other, they still had to listen to the instructions of the King of Kings. His words gave him the authority to bring Ibn who was marching eastward to the west.
Then bring them back to deal with this plague.
Gregory's face suddenly became very ugly: "This is the land of our Crusaders, how can we allow the apostles of the Xingyue Sect to enter? If I have to find Ibn Sina to solve the problem, then I
There is a better candidate on the side - the King of Sweden, what do you think?"
The priests rubbed their heads and smiled awkwardly: Gregory was right. If you want to find a Crescent Sect to solve the problem of the Cross Sect, it would be better to find a pagan.
But Gregory suddenly closed his eyes and seemed to notice something——
