Rome, Palace of Rutland.

The Archbishop in the Cardinal sat solemnly, staring at the sheepskin curls that were sent by each person. The newly elected Pope Cialis II wore a crown on his head, turned his back to them, and looked at the icon of the suffering of Jesus Christ, motionless.

A cheering voice came from outside the window: Long live Silisius II! God bless Silisius II!

This is the citizens of Rome cheering. In order to create a new pope, there has been endless disputes in the past few pope elections. It often takes a lot of time to produce a pope. Unexpectedly, this time the pope was elected so quickly.

This is obviously God showed his will!

However, when the cardinals in the Rutland Palace heard the sound of cheering and crying, weeping for the arrival of the end of the world! The end of the Christian world is probably coming... Then will it be the judgment of the end of the end?

Bang! Bang! Bang...

The bell of celebration rang, which was a standard ceremony, the beginning of the Pope's throne ceremony. After that, there was a lot of red tape. But in the ears of the Archbishops, the sound seemed to be the death bell that had been ringed for Rome!

The Cardinals were in this mood, and naturally they were related to the parchment before each of them. The news on the parchment was nothing else, it was the news that the Eastern Roman Emperor Michael VIII and the Patriarch Constantine John Joseph betrayed God.

Before today, none of the people here looked at the Eastern Roman Empire. In the eyes of these bishops and the entire West, this ancient empire was a symbol of dying, decay, and outdated. Destruction was its inevitable ending. No one thought it could save Eastern Rome, and no one was willing to do so. There were even many Western Christian great figures planning to destroy the Venetians in Constantinople and once planned to do this! In the years after the restoration of Constantinople, the Venetian navy continued to block the city until Michael VIII agreed that Venetian had the same privileges as Genoa.

And those Westerners who were determined to destroy the Eastern Roman Empire seemed to have forgotten that such a reality was actually defended by the Eastern Roman Empire and Constantinople.

Now Eastern Rome and Constantinople have finally surrendered to the enemy!

The Western world has lost their fortress! The Mongols are coming. The end of the world may come together!

The air pressure in the conference room became lower and lower, as if the Mongolian army was about to come to Rome tomorrow. All the archbishops in the cardinals turned their eyes to Siliceus II's desperate gaze.

This is a bought pope... Can you still expect a pope who came to power by bribery to grow the wings of a holy angel on his back? Can you still expect a villain with such a bad reputation to become the savior of the Christian world?

Everyone regrets it.

They know they will go to hell!

No amount of indulgence is useful!

God will not forgive, now it's all...

At this time, Cialis II suddenly turned his body and glanced at everyone with bright eyes.

"If...if...if I said. I just heard the voice of Christ and Christ asked me to take on the mission of saving the Christian world, would you believe it?"

Everyone shook their heads. How could Christ talk to you, the villain? You wouldn't have heard Satan's voice?

"Well, you don't believe it..." Cialis II smiled bitterly, "Actually, I don't believe it either. How could a person like me, who is unforgivable, be given such a divine mission by Christ?"

His tone suddenly became very solemn: "But, Christ did give me a mission! The mission to save the Christian world! Although I was your choice, this is also the will of Christ... You should not doubt your God!

Since God has chosen a villain who believes in him to lead Christianity, this villain must be the most suitable person... I think the Mongol Khan Kublai Khan must be an extremely evil devil. A person who is too kind and too upright is unlikely to defeat such a devil."

This is a fact!

Most cardinals have rich experience and know the reason why people are good and deceived.

"Your Majesty," said Osini, who was blinded by cataracts, tremblingly, "Do you have any specific solutions? How should we save the Christian world?"

Cialis II nodded and said, "First of all, we need an emperor! The emperor is the commander of the Christian army. The throne of the Holy Roman Empire has been suspended for more than ten years, which is a huge mistake! The Christian world needs a powerful country that can withstand the invasion of Mongolia! This powerful country can only be the Holy Roman Empire... Therefore, from now on, the Holy Roman Empire should be committed to strengthening the Holy Roman Empire, rather than weakening it! If we do not want to face millions of Mongolian troops and the end of the world alone!"

"But we have two emperors now!" One cardinal said worriedly, "The seven electors support the two emperors respectively. If the Holy See makes a rash decision, it is very likely that one of the emperors will surrender to Mongolia, just like Michael VIII!"

Cialis II smiled faintly and said, "We don't need to worry about this matter. Alfonso X has already had a solution."

Another cardinal asked: "Alfonso X? Is the Holy See ready to support the King of Castile to become the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?"

"Yes, otherwise who else can there be? Someone from England?" Cialis II shook his head. "The Tianfangists on the Iberian Peninsula have been eliminated. Alfonso X can summon an army of 100,000 people for the defense of Central Europe. Moreover, the French king is also an ally of Alfonso X. They will work together to resist the Mongols in Central Europe. The Earl of Cornwall can only summon one thousand people at most, and his relationship with France is bad. If he becomes an emperor, it is very likely to cause an opposition between France and the Holy Roman Empire."

"What about England?" another question was asked. "Don't you have to consider England's attitude?"

"Of course I need to consider it!" The Pope just smiled, "The England issue. It is actually the issue of sea power in the English Channel... and this is related to our only ally, the Cyris!"

"Seris?" *na Ossini frowned, "What's the difference between them... and the Mongols?"

The Pope smiled bitterly, "The Seris are civilized, and... stronger than the Mongolians!"

"More powerful..." *Na Ossini just sighed, "It sounds really desperate. It seems that I am right not to be a pope. Moreover, I am old and I will probably return to the Lord's kingdom of heaven before the end of the world. I am such a lucky person, Amen!"

Cialis II glanced at the old guy who was sarcastic, "Don't worry, I will save the Christian world because this is the will of Christ!"

He paused and said coldly: "In order to defeat the Mongols and preserve Europe, I decided to form an alliance with the Ming Empire. And I will also invite them to enter the English Channel, a harbor in the southern concession of the British Peninsula, as an anchorage of the Ming Atlantic Fleet and a base of the Ming Army Expeditionary Force."

"What?"

"Let the Cyris settle in the English Channel?"

"As they are like the Mongols, they are not believers of Christ!"

"The King of England would not agree..."

The Cardinals expressed their disagreement one after another, and the only one who did not speak was Clement Doria.

"Clement, what do you think?" the Pope asked Doria.

The young cardinal stood up, bowed to the Pope, and said lightly: "I think this is necessary! Because the battleships of the Ming Atlantic Fleet are all large sailing battleships suitable for operating in the Baltic Sea, and they are very powerful and have no opponents. As long as they enter the English Channel, the Mongols must always worry about the threats at sea after they attack Eastern and Central Europe. They must arrange troops on the long coastline, which will disperse their strength."

Someone reminded: "But why is the King of England willing to hand over a port? We have no right to ask him to do what!"

The Pope just snorted softly: "There will be compensation. You can give the King of England a piece of land on the territory of the Teutonic Knights to establish a principality."

The Knights nominally belong to the Grand Duke Church, and the Grand Duke Church can certainly grant the land of the Knights to others. However, generally speaking, doing so will be boycotted by the Knights. However, the situation is special now, no one thinks that the Teutonic Knights can block Kublai Knights' "million-strong army". Since it cannot be stopped, the land of the Teutonic Knights will sooner or later fall, so it doesn't matter if it is divided into some of the King of England.

As for whether the King of England can accept it... the church has achieved superficial justice anyway.

"If you have no objection, this matter will be decided!" Cialis II shook his head, "In view of the crisis we are currently facing (the end of the world is approaching), there is no need to worry about these trivial matters. Let's focus on thinking about how to face the sinister situation after the betrayal of the Eastern Roman emperor."

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Cialis II said in a heavy tone: "It is necessary to seek help from the Ming Empire, and some painful concessions may be needed for this! But in order to survive the Christian world, we must form an alliance with the Ming Empire!

At the same time, we still need to make peace with the Tianfang scholars... secret or open. Now the main enemy of Christianity is no longer the Tianfang scholar, but the Mongolians! Later, I will send a secret envoy to Egypt."
Chapter completed!