Chapter 1441: Protestantism and Catholicism

The captain also sent people in to inspect, but they only found this pool at the end of the karst cave and made no other suspicious discoveries.

But Captain, I always feel that things are not that simple.

General Ling Chen said that there might be an enemy attack tonight; according to Ling Chen's judgment, there were only two directions from which the enemy was most likely to launch an attack.

One is the jungle, where visibility is poor and it is easiest to camouflage oneself to launch an attack, but it has a fatal flaw.

If they attack from there, there will be noise.

Moreover, they carefully inspected the surrounding situation and found no signs of the Austrian Army.

Therefore, it is unlikely that they would launch an attack from the jungle.

Then it could only be in the karst cave.

But when the karst cave was inspected, there was nothing peculiar about it except for a pool.

The captain thought about it in every way and discovered there was still one problem.

When Ling Chen left, he said that the Austrian Army might launch an attack tonight, so why would it be tonight?

And how did the Austrian Army know that the Longyan army was right here?

Is there a traitor?

The captain thought of this layer and instantly saw the light, so he sent the Longyan Special Forces to lie in ambush inside the karst cave.

As soon as any abnormality was discovered, they were to act immediately.

As it turned out, just as Ling Chen and he had expected, there really was a traitor, but what they didn't expect was that the Austrian Army would actually emerge from beneath the pool.

"How did these Austrian Army soldiers come out from under the water?" the captain asked in a deep voice.

The female general sneered, putting on a posture of righteous indignation, and kept saying: "Don't waste your efforts; I am loyal to the Lord and will absolutely not betray the Pope."

"Even if you kill me, my soul will return to the Lord's embrace!"

"Because we are the Lord's Envoy!"

A fanatical look appeared on the female general's face; she showed no signs of cowardice despite her life hanging by a thread.

Slap!

Diana, having recovered her spirits, fiercely slapped this female general across the face.

"The Lord loves all people; you, who have betrayed the Lord, only deserve to go to Hell!"

"The subordinates you led, those Protestants who trusted you so much—you led them to their deaths. When did the Lord ever teach us that this is right?"

The female general looked at Diana and laughed loudly: "The Lord loves all people, but the Pope has said that all believers should obey his teachings regarding faith; anyone who does not obey is a heretic!"

Diana gave a miserable laugh; this was the fundamental philosophy of Catholicism.

The Pope has no power on the surface, but in reality, he has achieved absolute control, possessing the power to appoint and dismiss the entire Holy See and even the monarchs of various European countries.

The so-called listening to his teachings regarding faith is merely a pretext for his prior monopolization of power.

And what Protestantism pursues is freedom; they believe that everyone has the ability to understand the meaning of the Bible themselves and gain insights on their own.

This is the Lord's revelation to the world.

Because people's understandings differ, the revelations they receive are also different.

Diana looked at the female general with disappointment; the female general who once led the Protestants to break out of the encirclement no longer existed in her heart.

"This pool emits a luster because its other end is illuminated by moonlight; those Austrians are likely at the other end of this pool."

Diana looked at the female general calmly and said faintly: "The Lord never recorded in the Bible that killing and betrayal are glorious things; Judas went to Hell because he betrayed the Lord."

"Does your Pope teach you that betrayal is a great thing?"

Hearing this, the female general's face suddenly turned pale; the record in the Bible states that Judas betrayed the Lord, did not repent, and went to Hell.

The Pope's explanation of Judas is also that those who betray will eventually be punished.

But she herself had betrayed the Protestants, and without a shred of repentance, she had believed from beginning to end that this was helping the Lord to eliminate heretics.

But now it seems that the one who did not follow the teachings of the Bible is herself!

The female general suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Diana: "I didn't, I did this for the Lord! To eliminate heretics for the Lord."

Diana let out a laugh and shook her head bitterly.

She was completely disappointed in her; she was nothing more than a pawn in the Pope's hand, tempted by the devil to betray the Lord.

Betrayed the Lord's teachings in the Bible.

Diana looked at the two Longyan men and nodded gently: "Two Warriors, according to my observations, the Austrian army is not far from us. I will wake everyone up now and let them prepare to leave."

The captain understood what Diana meant, but Ling Chen had not returned yet.

If they retreated, Ling Chen's situation would become somewhat dangerous.

General Ling Chen only brought a dozen people with him this time to scout the terrain, and no one was familiar with the terrain nearby.

Moreover, the Austrian Army is here; if they run around in such a place, it is very dangerous!

But if they don't leave now, the Austrian Army will realize something is wrong as time passes.

Without knowing the strength of the opponent, attacking rashly is not a wise choice.

Now the Austrian Army is in the dark, and their Longyan army is in the light; the situation is unfavorable!

Retreating is indeed a very good choice for them.

"What about General Ling Chen? I will find the safest route now," Diana said anxiously.

The captain frowned: "The General has important matters to handle and is not here."

Diana frowned deeply; General Ling Chen was actually not here.

He wouldn't still be scouting for information on the provisions, would he!

He couldn't still be out scouting for news about the provisions, could he!

Now they don't know the strength of the Austrian Army on the other side, and the female general, who was captured, kept repeating one sentence: "I am not guilty, I will not go to Hell, I will not..."

We do not know the strength of the Austrian Army on the other side now; the captured female general kept repeating one sentence: "I am not guilty, I will not go to Hell, I will not..."

It is likely impossible to get any information out of her.

But withdrawing now is not an option.

Diana ran out anxiously, saying that they were facing a predicament, but they had to do something.

They had to wake everyone up; if a battle broke out here, those poor Protestants would be caught in the crossfire.

And the fate awaiting them could be death!

Diana ran to the natural karst cave, and looking at the Protestants sleeping soundly, she could not bear to wake them.

They did not know how long they had been fleeing, and today was the only time they had slept so soundly.

But soon everyone was woken up, and the slightly panicked expressions caused Diana's heart to ache.

Although Diana did not tell them exactly what had happened, she only told them it was time to leave.

More than a hundred Protestants left the camp under Diana's lead.

But at this very moment, a group of people came rushing from afar.

The night was too dark, and Diana did not see clearly who had come.

As the figures drew closer, Diana recognized who they were at a glance, and feeling a surge of joy, she hurriedly shouted.

"General Ling Chen, you have finally returned."

Ling Chen looked at the Protestants coming out of the natural karst cave; although they looked slightly haggard, they were not panicked.

However, the moment Ling Chen saw them, he knew what had happened.