 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Odo haana kutevera marongero ababa vake ekurwisa France uye akaratidza kuva mubatsiri akakodzera waMambo Philip II weFrance muhondo dzake dzairwisana naJohn Lackland naMambo Mutsvene weRoma Otto IV weGermany. Akarwa noushingi nevakapedzisira kutaurwa muHondo yeBouvines, kwaakarasikirwa, maererano nevanyori venhoroondo venguva iyoyo, nemabhiza maviri aiva pasi pake. Odo aivawo munhu anokosha muHondo yeChikuruve yokurwisa vaCathar. Apo Philip II akaramba kubatanidzwa, Odo akapfuurira mberi nokutsigirwa navabhishopi vomunzvimbomo navabatiri vake ndokuronga nhimbe ya 1209 mukurwisana nenhare dzeCathar. Asati aenda kunorwa neCathars, Odo akapikira Castle yeIle-dOuche uye musha weCrimolois kuKnights Templar kuti avabatsire mukudzivirira kutenda kweKaturike. 