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In fact, there were eight previous Crusades.

Plus this Ninth Crusade.

The reason behind this is actually that these European kings wanted to expand their territories.

Because Europe has been a place of various scattered countries since ancient times.

It has never been said that there is a great unification.

The only unified empire was the Roman Empire.

But later the Roman Empire was divided into Eastern Rome and Western Rome.

Both sides claim that they are orthodox.

This led to a situation of two popes.

Since ancient times, whenever human beings have been at peace for too long, internal strife will arise.

Instead of letting them fight among themselves, it is better to let them go out and expand their territory.

This is an open conspiracy of the Vatican.

At the beginning, the Vatican said it wanted to recover the old territory.

To recapture the holy land of Jerusalem which belongs to them.

This is when the battle began.

All this was ordered by the Pope.

We have the reason and we have the army.

Each of them wants to prove themselves.

There is also a need to expand territory.

But this played right into the Pope's plan.

At that time, various countries competed for the position of leader of the Crusades.

They have already fought over it in Europe.

In the end, they almost got into a fight.

But the final result is in order.

Every country can be a leader.

This is a very glorious military achievement.

If you tell others about it, it will go down in history.

I helped the country expand its territory and directly recovered the lost territories.

What kind of great achievement is this?

Many of those who participated in the Crusades eventually returned to their homeland.

Either he became a king or a new noble.

Because of the expansion of territory, there is a chance to become a new noble and be granted a title.

How could this not be attractive?
So everyone flocked to it.

By the way, the Pope can also weaken the power of these countries.

After all, the Crusades required real money and manpower.

What about the Vatican?
Of course, we also need people.

It would be inappropriate to send fewer troops, after all, this is the Crusade.

If too many troops are sent, the Pope’s goal will not be achieved.

This is tantamount to weakening one's own strength.

Finally the Pope came up with a good idea.

That is to let some guilty Knights Templar get involved.

As long as you have military merit, you can atone for your sins.

At the same time, you can also send people who disagree with you.

Use the Crusades to eliminate dissidents.

Let those people go directly to our door and die.

So the Knights Templar who went to the battlefield were not elite.

Many people are guilty.

So they don't really want to fight hard.

The real power of the Holy See lies in the Papal States.

This is the Pope's open conspiracy, and there is basically no way to crack it.

Especially since the first eight Eastern Expeditions were all successful.

In the subsequent Eastern Expedition, whoever loses will win.

They will all become sinners for eternity.

Why are others able to return with great victory, but your country loses under its leadership?
Or lose to outsiders?

This doesn't make sense.

Any country in particular will be nailed to the pillar of shame if it loses.

It has directly become the object of condemnation by the entire Western world.

No country dares to do this.

So as long as the ones in front keep winning.

Later on, we had to increase the number of various troops and personnel.

This resulted in wars becoming more brutal each time.

Even if you win, people will still gossip about you if it’s not a big win.

What? You don’t have as much land as the neighboring country?
This is a shame.

This has put a lot of pressure on these European countries.

In this era, they have the so-called chivalry, and they regard honor as more important than life.

So on the battlefield, you can see ordinary Crusaders fighting desperately.

If some countries encounter extraordinary powers.

What to do when faced with irresistible difficulties.

For example, Ifrit or something like that.

At this time, it depends on your relationship with the Vatican.

Some people's families hold important positions in the Vatican.

Some families have even produced popes.

So when they encountered such force majeure.

The cardinal will be asked to take action.

For example, the page of the human skin Bible used by Julian.

It is a very precious prop.

But this time it was Master Julian himself who wanted to make a contribution.

Want to gain some military merit for his campaign for the next Pope.

What's more, the leader of the team this time is Prince Edward of England.

In terms of kinship.

Prince Edward is a distant relative of Bishop Julian.

If Prince Edson had seen Bishop Julian.

Everyone calls him uncle.

Plus Prince Edward’s son, who was baptized by Bishop Julian.

Nominally, Prince Edward's son is called Julian as his godfather.

The relationship here is very close.

So Bishop Julian did it for Prince Edward and for himself.

Such a precious thing was used.

I thought we would win this time.

Who would have thought that a Satanist would show up halfway?
Julian felt his blood pressure rising infinitely.

"This devil, he must be a devil."

"I have some holy water that I brought with me."

"I brought it from the Vatican."

"And there is also a silver cross from the Holy See blessed by the Pope."

“There’s also an old Bible here.”

Julian could be said to have spent all his own money.

These are things that cannot be bought even with money in the world.

Especially the silver cross blessed by the Pope, which can be considered as half a holy relic.

The Pope of this era.

But it is not as simple as the spiritual leaders in modern times.

The Pope of this era is a real Pope.

Possess the most powerful power.

The kings of some countries need to be crowned by the Pope.

Their promotion to power is legitimate.

It is considered legal.

Otherwise, they would be accused of being in the wrong position.

So the Pope can be said to have great power.

Plus, the Pope himself is a powerful supernatural being.

He is God's only representative on earth.

But the shepherd.

The power of the Pope is unfathomable.

So every pope stands at the pinnacle of the times.

The things they bless are basically priceless in the world.

No one else wants to collect it.

Now Julian actually took it out.

The other priests looked at the silver cross with envy.

"Now I send you to destroy that demon!"

In fact, Julian himself didn't have much confidence.

I don’t know if the person in front of me is really a devil.

Because he didn't know where the person in front of him came from.

It's just that everyone needs an explanation to stabilize the morale of the troops.

Now he has taken them out and kept them for himself.

It can be said that the greatest effort was put in to annihilate this demon.

Soon these exorcism props were delivered to the front line.

"These are top-notch exorcism tools."

"Even the devil with a true name would be afraid."

"I think our Crusaders will win this time!" (End of this chapter)