"Your Holiness!" All cardinal archbishops want to pay the highest respect to the white-clad priest in front of them.

He led the entire Holy See to its zenith, from Turin to Sicilya, from Sardinia to Venice, and the princes and republics of Italy were completely subjugated. Under his leadership, the Holy See completely broke away from the control of the Holy Roman Empire and even recaptured Ravennath and Pantadris. Almost the entire territory of Italy was restored, which had long been a divided federation and which the Holy See controlled for the second time after the Roman Republic.

It was he who commanded the Crusaders to destroy the Crescent Empire entrenched in North Africa and bring Carthage back under the rule of the Holy See. And he showed no mercy to his political enemies, saying that he was not so much a religious leader as a true king.

Ingway III didn't say anything and walked straight to the throne that belonged to the Pope in front of him.

But the cardinal cardinals did not seem to want their pope to come, and although Ingway III was the most eloquent pope in the history of the Holy See, his theological attainments were not complimentary. Because of this, as Pope, he rarely attended the Pivotal Seminary, and spent more time studying the texts and dealing with the statutes presented by the Pivotal in that old monastery.

It is true that the Church now needs an iron-fisted pope, but the bishops do not want the pope to have too much power, especially a pope like Ingway III. In essence, the Pope was a madman, and if it had not been for the cardinal's obstruction, Constantinople would have been reduced to ruins by his edict.

"The Holy See. On behalf of all the concursors of the Republic of Venice, I beseech you to send troops to Constantinople. Frederick greeted Ingway III and pleaded earnestly.

But before he could finish speaking, Fusent's request was interrupted.

"Your Excellency Furcent, please don't forget the First Crusade." I only heard a cardinal archbishop say with an unkind face. "When the first army reached Constantinople, Emperor Alexei threw the holy army into battle as mercenaries, and 30,000 troops were wiped out in Nicaea. Even after the Crusaders conquered the Seljuk capital, our territory in Asia Minor did not last long. The march into Asia Minor was a completely risky move. ”

The other archbishops also nodded yes, and for them, everything is in the service of the Church first. Especially now that it's been an eventful time. Far from being as backward as they thought, both Saladin and Ottoman were formidable opponents.

Only Jerusalem was the city of real value in their eyes, and after the great armies of the East occupied the Levant, Constantinople's trade interests were already insignificant, not to mention the division between Venice and Genoa. And Jerusalem is the second Rome in the eyes of believers, and countless pilgrims have come and gone to bring great wealth. Moreover, the important towns of Antioch and Aleppo were far more important than the Novobullard kingdom, which was surrounded by Slavs and Serbs.

"But, Your Excellency, now that a new type of mecha has appeared in the East, the New Brad Kingdom is completely not strong enough to resist the combined attack of Nicaea and Seljuk." Fresente raised his voice and emphasized.

The archbishop refuted it mercilessly, and his statement represented the thinking of the majority of the cardinals, "That's why we have to send troops to Syria, and only by giving the Seljuks a military blow to the Crescent Empire can we give the Seljuks enough deterrence, otherwise we will only be bogged down in Asia Minor and lose our lands in the East." ”

"I think you will give us a satisfactory answer to this matter, Pope, that after 400 years you have led us back to Constantinople in the arms of Christ, and now you are going to sit back and watch the Holy New Rome be taken over by heresy?" Frecent had no choice but to put his hopes on Ingway III.

And all the cardinals also turned their attention to their pope, who, despite the constraints of the Council of Cardinals, is the supreme being of God in the world, the spokesman of God walking on earth.

And Pope Ingwe just lifted the glasses on the bridge of his nose and stepped down from the throne.

"I think we should send troops to Constantinople." Although Ingway III's voice was small, the cardinals present heard it clearly.

The audience was in an uproar!

"Your Holiness, please think twice!"

"Your Holiness, this is a matter of the rise and fall of the Holy See, you can't be so hasty!"

The cardinals rose up to stop their pope, and Ingway III's decision was something they never expected, but the iron-blooded Pope, who was familiar with military affairs, would decide to send troops to Asia Minor.

"You can't do that, the Holy See, every major decision of the Holy See needs to be passed by the cardinal in order to take effect." I saw that the cardinal who had argued with Fusente before said angrily.

"According to the Council of Constables, the Crown, as the supreme head of the universal Church, has not only the power to appoint cardinals, but also to adopt any decision of the Holy See. Isn't it, Archbishop Cato? As for your suggestion, I have read quite a few of the texts of the Holy See. Ingway III looked at the cardinal in front of him and said indifferently.

"It is good that the Pontifical See, of course, can improve his self-cultivation, but as President of the Cardinal Council, I also have the power to reject all papal resolutions, including the Apostolic Decree." Archbishop Cato said coldly that as the leader of the cardinal, his status is like that of the second pope, except for the inability to appoint cardinal archbishops, other powers are no less than the pope, and this cardinal intends to restrain their pope, Cato's power is unprecedentedly powerful and even serves as the archcardinal. In this way, the power of the Holy See reached a balance in which the cardinal took advantage of the military talents of Ingway III, who was given his position and power.

"Unless the Holy See can give us a convincing reason, even if we agree, it will be difficult for the princes and nobles of Roman Ani, Friedmont, and Genoa to support us." An elderly cardinal leaves the table to make a round, and the contradiction between the speaker and the pope has always existed, but it is not good on the surface. "Now that the kings of Normandy and the Franks are in Jerusalem against Saladin, and the Holy Roman Emperor is dead, it is impossible for the Seven Princes to come to our aid immediately. At present, apart from the Italian Confederation, only the Kingdom of Aragon can come to our aid, and the ambition of its monarch is clear to you, but with our military strength, we can only come to the aid of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and not attack Asia Minor. ”

"What if there is a good reason for this seat to go to the East?" Ingway III asked.

"I want to hear you."

"Our worst fears have happened, even greater ruins have been discovered in the East, in Asia Minor, if no more action is taken, and the Seljuks and Saladin come to an agreement, think of the scene of the Easterners marching into Rome in mechs! If it weren't for the Normans, it would only be a matter of time before the heretics of the Crescent Cult conquered Rome. "Ingway III sat back on the throne with a grim expression that had nothing to do with me, leaving only the cardinals who looked at each other.