Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

"Those who have a grudge should seek revenge! Those who have a grudge should blame each other! It's okay to put aside grudges and temporarily join hands for a greater threat, but I fucking hate this kind of happy family story where you're paired up with your enemy!"

He raised his middle finger to the sky and laughed maniacally.

"The grudges of life can be forgotten after death? To hell with making dumplings! We're all dead, shouldn't we settle our scores and grievances even more?"

His gaze was fixed on Boudica, and he grinned.

"I don't care what you become after you die, but what I see of you in life must be the image of an avenger!"

"I will not give you an ambiguous choice, Boudica! Either accept my power to kill, or die under the iron heel of Rome along with your tribe, and become that ridiculous clown. You have no middle ground!"

After saying this, the thrush immediately took flight, leaving Boudica alone to silently contemplate the Roman corpses for an entire night.

The next day, she returned to Aisini.

She abandoned love and innocence, choosing instead killing and revenge.

When Boudica confronted the leaders of other tribes and kingdoms who were disgruntled about waiting for him, he showed them the Roman mound of heads and explained his purpose and plans.

In short, it's about taking down the Romans!!!

Boudica demonstrated her strength, as well as her determination and resolve to resist the Romans. For these Celts, who had long suffered under Roman oppression, this was undoubtedly a cause for celebration, and they rallied under her banner!

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Fuck the Romans!!!

Soon, several linked tribes assembled an army totaling 120,000 men. And without a doubt, this was a motley crew, and they were all carrying their families when they managed to 'coup' an army of 120,000.

Fortunately, Boudica never placed her hopes on these two-faced British kin!

Seven days later, they captured the unsuspecting British capital, Camrodonum. In a stark contrast to her usual benevolent nature, Queen Boudica publicly massacred all the retired Roman soldiers and residents of the area, numbering in the tens of thousands, and refused to take any prisoners.

The cruelty and horror shocked all the Britons except for Iseni, and also conquered the tribal leaders who viewed Rome as a monstrous threat. This bloodshed and cruelty did not alienate them in the slightest; on the contrary, it truly made Boudica feel convinced.

Then, in the field, she defeated the hastily assembled Ninth Legion and ordered the Britons to collect the corpses of thousands of Romans and, with the advanced experience of some 'good angel', pile them up into horrifying mounds of corpses along the roadside.

Such cruelty not only shocked the Romans but also horrified the Britons, who for the first time felt fear towards Princess Iseni, whom they had once regarded as weak.

Boudica, however, had no intention of lingering. Instead, he used this opportunity to advance rapidly, capturing the commercial center of Lundinium and the religious center of Veruramium, and slaughtering every Roman he saw!

Upon learning of the fire in the rear, Governor Paulius was furious and immediately withdrew his army, assembling a force of 10,000 men, including the Fourteenth Legion and part of the Twentieth Legion, and chose the Battle of Watling Street, which was advantageous to his side.

Before the battle, looking at Boudica's so-called "army" with their families, Paulius sarcastically mocked them as nothing more than a mob, predicting they would be utterly defeated by the elite Roman legions. He declared that he would surely suppress all rebellions in Britain before the Lupercalia festival and then personally stab the traitors in the head with his spear.

Before the battle even began, facing the well-prepared Roman legions, Queen Boudica chose to go into battle alone, demonstrating to the arrogant Paulius what the methods of warfare in the Age of Gods were.

That day, the routed soldiers fleeing to the province of Gaul described it in this way.

Their enemy was not human at all; the barbarian queen was a demon that could not possibly have been born even in the deepest depths of hell!

Blood-red wings, blood-red claws, blood-red death.

Laughing wildly on the throne forged from the skulls of countless Romans, he proclaimed the Blood God's Whip that would destroy Rome!

News of the fall of Britain quickly spread throughout Rome, and soon, the provinces also began to stir.

The fall of Rome has begun!

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While the game of destroying Rome was being played out on the other side of the Tsurugi River, Rome was being built on the Tsurugi River, right next to Nero.

This feeling of being split in two is really interesting, but for both sides of Tsurugi, all they need to do is focus on their own goals.

For the devil Dongjiang, who remained in Rome, building Rome was his current pastime.

In this round, he pointed out religious unity.

It must be said that monotheistic religions are indeed very effective in spreading their influence.

Even in a modern country like Tokyo, Christianity has managed to rise to become the religion with the largest number of members by relying on a quick and effective egg-based offensive and propaganda policies.

Believe it or not, the egg-giving trick is actually a proselytizing tactic that Christianity has consistently employed by various sects throughout history since it separated from Judaism.

In the Roman Empire, a polytheistic country, this tried-and-true tactic was an even more devastating blow.

After letting St. Peter and his Catholic followers into Rome, Tsurugi and Nero didn't really care about them, neither offering any special help nor causing them any trouble.

In any case, for Nero, not bothering to target these rebellious atheists was already a testament to her great tolerance.

Even so, simply by allowing them freedom, these Catholics spread rapidly throughout Rome like a plague.

The reasons are multifaceted.

Firstly, the most obvious point is that there are no gods left on the surface of this world. With the Roman gods having long since disappeared into the inner sea of ​​stars, the help they provide to believers is truly not as effective as that of Catholicism.

While the early church, founded in this era, did not yet possess the ability to chant baptisms, the foundation of its faith and its members already existed, and the priests of the church, relying on this foundation, were truly capable.

Saint Peter: I can't resurrect people, but I do have the ability to cast a spell to heal people and have some basic martial arts skills.

The remaining remnants of the Pantheon, who had been thoroughly humiliated by Dongjiang, were clearly no match for these Catholics. They had no magical artifacts and could only manage a few crude magic tricks at most.

Therefore, those who attempt to physically debate and besiege these Catholics often end up being caught and severely beaten.

After the siege and underhanded tactics were thwarted, the Pantheon had no choice but to abandon the idea of ​​physically eliminating their opponents. They turned to a propaganda offensive, whereas in the past they would have directly lobbied the Roman upper class to persuade the Senate and the emperor to expel and suppress these heretics.

However, they had recently offended the emperor, who then dealt with the Senate. The senators were now cowering like a bunch of turtles, leaving the Pantheon completely helpless.

What, you mean launch a grassroots offensive?

Are you sure you want to compete with Christianity in terms of grassroots offensive during the Roman Empire?

Leaving aside the fact that Protestantism was manipulated and distorted by those monsters and demons of the New World, Christianity truly gave things to the lower classes!

Compared to Judaism, which is extremely stingy and considers everyone except Jews as an untouchable, and Protestantism, which has spawned countless cults based on its interpretation of classical texts, Catholicism has at least one thing that neither of them possesses: when proselytizing, Catholics are genuinely generous and attempt to unite the underprivileged.

The Catholic Church provides money, bread, olive oil, and wine to its lower-class believers, and even covers their medical expenses and funerals. In normal history, during the Roman Empire's missionary period, they thrived through this system despite being constantly attacked.

The money donated by wealthy Catholic believers is mostly used by the church to help those who are poor and need financial support. In fact, if everyone is struggling financially, the church organizes mutual assistance among its members.

Although the Church later monopolized knowledge, if you compare the two, is it more reliable for a dying poor person to seek help from a nobleman or from the Church? Not to mention that the Renaissance and scientific development were actually driven by the Church itself.

Before Christianity, could ordinary people in Europe learn the knowledge they needed? Even in the early days of China, Confucius, the first sage to advocate education for all, required his disciples to bring twenty pieces of dried meat!

Of course, it's not that Confucius was gluttonous, but his attitude was very direct—if you can't even take time off work, what are you talking about learning? It doesn't matter if you're not an aristocrat, but you at least need to have the foundation of taking time off work. Being from a poor family is still a path, but if you don't even have that, you should think about how to eat first.

Unlike the Catholic Church that some people imagine as a place for little boys and monopolistic thinkers, for a long time Catholicism existed as a haven for the poor, relative to nobles and kings.

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It can only be said that although Catholicism has also produced many unpleasant things, and like Confucianism, its scriptures have been misinterpreted in later generations, over the past two thousand years, this religion, like Confucian culture in the East, remains the source of the political and moral systems of almost every related Western country.

The world is realistic. Although the Catholic Church has many drawbacks, it is still a system and group that can unite the grassroots and establish an effective ruling hierarchy.

You can't deny that, compared to the Roman Empire at that time, they were truly among the most benevolent towards the poor. Even without Dongjiang, Christianity, through this strategy of encircling the cities from the countryside, successfully suppressed Roman pantheon and became the state religion of the Roman Empire over the next three hundred years.

Therefore, Christianity is not a religion that ascends to the upper echelons. Those complex religious rituals and stories that came later were all created by scholars who incorporated Roman and Greek culture after Christianity became orthodox.

In reality, starting with Nero, almost every Roman emperor would expel Christians from Rome, whether for a reason or not. As a result, this religion, which was rooted in the common people, showed no signs of being eradicated. On the contrary, it grew in number with each attack. As the emperors became inhumane, the number of believers increased proportionally, eventually reaching the point where most of the people in Rome were Christians.

You might think that Constantine the Great was inspired by God to convert to Christianity—the lunar history is uncertain, but in normal Earth history, the Edict of Milan was filled with compromise and helplessness. After all, during the Great Persecution, the amount of property confiscated from Christianity alone far exceeded the combined total of all other religions.

Of course, none of us are completely innocent. The Roman emperors coveted the Christians, and the Christians, after gaining power, did countless terrible things. There is no regime or religion in this world that is entirely innocent.

So, with Nero leaving it to its own devices, Catholicism spread and eroded all of Rome at a rate almost like a virus.

Why? Because there are too many poor people! The priests of the Pantheon don't care about the lives of ordinary people; they can't even be bothered to fool them. Nero and Tsugumi may have ensured that the poor wouldn't starve, but they couldn't fill the void in their spiritual lives for the time being.

Saint Peter and his group were not the later charlatans who used God's name but never even saw the face of an angel; they were genuinely educated under the tutelage of the Great Teacher.

Even when Tsuruga revealed Hier's information to Lezi, he also included a portion of the history of the Holy Church's development.

While this history may seem as absurd to them as an emperor seeing the history of the Empire ten thousand years in the future right after leaving Terra, it undoubtedly offers valuable lessons.

At least in terms of developing grassroots capabilities, they have done absolutely the right thing.

Therefore, in just over six months, the spreading Catholicism had successfully penetrated every aspect of Rome.

It's hard to say what the nobles think, but at least among the common people, they have accepted this special deity outside of the main gods.

Forget everything else, just tell me if you'll give us bread, wine, or even medical care!

Nobody wants to? Then I don't care if you're Jupiter or Mars, Apollo or Venus, you can all just go to hell!

God (free bread) is our only faith!

Dongjiang felt strange watching Catholicism flourish and spread in Rome.

After all, other time travelers who come to ancient times either worship communism or try to establish constitutional monarchies, while he's here doing some kind of missionary work.

Oh well, he doesn't understand anything anyway, let it be.

"So? You're actually a magician!"

Inside the newly built church in Rome, Tsugumi looked at the Via St. Matthew in front of her with considerable surprise.

He truly hadn't expected that among Jesus' twelve disciples in the Moon World there would be a skilled magician.

Oh no, there's more than one. Judas, who betrayed us, and several others were actually magicians too.

"By the standards of later generations, the twelve of us are actually the most orthodox magicians."

Saint Matthew, with his long, light blue braid, adjusted the instruments in his hands and spoke without looking up.

“But we who serve our Lord perform miracles, and all of this later became known as the power to shape the righteous path, so we are not the kind of people who use that vile and evil magic.”

Tsugumi looked at Saint Matthew with great interest. This apostle, who wrote the famous 'Gospel of Matthew', was also a standard magician before joining Jesus's cause. It was he and a few others who established the initial magic foundation of the Holy Church and the ritual of baptismal chanting.

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However, in their view, all magic is nothing but evil and heresy, so even if they are doing similar things, they would never admit to being magicians.

"Okay, debugging is complete."

With that, St. Matthew handed a stack of seven blank cards to Tsugumi, and then immediately began to usher people away.

"You'd better hurry up and leave. John will be back soon, and if he sees you again, you two will inevitably start fighting again."

Tsurugi grinned. The last time he saw St. John, he was beaten by this most beloved disciple of Jesus, who, along with his martyred brother John, was known as 'Ban Nicholas' (meaning Son of Thunder).

He was actually a kind man known as the 'Apostle of Love' because he spoke of the importance of love more than any other New Testament author. He particularly emphasized the Christian love for Jesus Christ, but upon seeing Tsugumi, all patience vanished.

There was nothing they could do; the Tsurugi here was a devil devoid of any holiness. St. John wasn't targeting him personally, but he felt that this evil one should be eliminated so that the other Tsurugi could become a perfect person.