Give Me the Name of God

"May the Goddess of Wisdom bless you."

This sentence contains too much information.

This old king should not be a believer of Athena, but Manda said this deliberately.

This is a false accusation, not only in words, but also in actions. He just beat up a Bayer, a Bayer who has a high status.

It is definitely not a good thing for Odysseus to stir up disputes in the name of the goddess of wisdom.

It's not a good thing for Odysseus, and it's certainly not a bad thing for Manda.

Seeing Manda's retreating figure, the King of Agents almost shed tears. A lot of suspicions that were difficult to clear were attached to him.

The Bayer commanded one of his subordinates: "Follow them."

The king quickly explained: "They are just businessmen from Romulu country, selling some small things to me."

The Bayer pointed his riding crop at the king: "I will tell the Grand Duke about this matter. You'd better come up with a reasonable explanation. Where are the taxes this month?"

The king quickly asked someone to bring the money bag, and four strong young men drove the reindeer and pulled the sleigh to the Bayers.

There were two hundred gold coins in the money bag, and there were wild boars, pheasants and other prey on the sled. Behind the sled, there were two young girls.

The Bayers took inventory, took their things and rode off.

The king called two of his men and ordered: "Look where those Romalu people have gone. Don't alert the Bayers. If they are still wandering around tonight, you must inform me before dawn."

…

Manda led everyone to trek through the snow, and saw a cave not far away.

Chuyter frowned, Cheerdan grinned, and Worm clicked his fangs. He was going to live in a cave again tonight.

After lighting a fire and eating something, Manda opened the Styx island and began to read the letters.

Today I received a lot of urgent messages, some from Stanley, some from Manu, and some from Dunison. They all reported the same thing. Shertai captured the royal capital and declared himself king.

Unlike everyone else's reaction, Manda was not surprised by this result. After writing the reply, he asked Worm: "Have the dispatchers left?"

"Let's go." Worm arranged worm threads outside the cave, and every move outside was under his control.

Manda said: "Catch that Bayer man in."

He knew that someone was following him, and he also knew that the other person was a second-level believer. He also knew that this second-level believer was followed by a missionary.

He could have caught this Bayer man a long time ago, and the reason why he waited until now was to wait for the dispatcher to leave.

The old king is getting old, and what Manda will do next may affect the old king's health.

Worm brought the Bayer in, and because he kept struggling, Worm broke one of his arms.

"Look at you!" Manda scolded Worm, "Why are you always so rough? Your bones are exposed. Look how much it hurts. Can't you just cut it off?"

Worm nodded and said: "Wait for the next hand."

The Bayer man knelt down and cried, begging Manda to let him live. Manda responded in fluent Ruasai: "I can let you go, but you must obey me and answer a few questions first. Who are you?"

"We are the envoys of Grand Duke Bayev. We come here every month to collect taxes from Lao Lares."

"Old Lares?" Manda frowned, "Do you know he is the king?"

"He, so be it."

"What does it mean?" Manda picked up the dagger beside him.

"He is a king, but his country is not a kingdom..."

This Bayer man's expressive ability was extremely poor. He could hardly speak complete sentences when he was frightened. It took Manda a long time to understand what he meant.

Lares Loraya is indeed the king of the Kingdom of Pali, and the Loraya family has indeed ruled the Kingdom of Pali for thousands of years. However, due to its unique geographical location, this country is extremely backward. To be precise, they are not considered The previous country was a collection of dozens of primitive tribes that made a living by hunting.

The Bayers are also very backward, but when a feudal dynasty faces a primitive tribal group, there is an obvious generational difference between the two sides. The Bayers' advantage is overwhelming, and although the Paiwu Shi Kingdom is nominally owned by the Bayers They are vassal states, but their status is not much higher than that of slaves. According to this Bayer man, dispatchers are watchdogs responsible for guarding near the tundra, so much so that a subordinate of a grand duke dares to shout at their king. Come and drink.

After verifying the king's identity, Manda asked two more questions. She thought that the Bayer man would not give the answers, but the results were far beyond Manda's expectations.

"Is Lares a believer in the ancient god?"

The Bayer man shook his head and said: "He is not a believer, and all the priests are not believers. According to the laws established by our king, the priests are not allowed to believe in any god. Every year, we will send a high priest to check. If If a believer of a god is discovered among them, one-tenth of their men will be put to death.”

This is strange. Under such high-pressure legal constraints, it stands to reason that the ministers should not take risks, especially their king, but where does his divine power come from?

Manda then asked: "Have you met a believer of Athena recently, named Odaxi?"

The Bayer man shook his head and said: "I have never met anyone named Odaxi, but I heard that a man named Odesov went to the tundra. He seems to be a friend of the Grand Duke."

"Odesov..." Manda laughed. His name was really nothing new.

"If you come to follow me, how will you meet up with your leader?"

"We have a checkpoint in the south. We usually spend the night there. Please let me go back. If I go back too late, our general will be suspicious."

"Your general?" Manda thought of the fat man with a mustache, "Is he a believer of the ancient god?"

"He is a third-level disciple of Perses."

Perses, the god of destruction, was also a Titan believer.

"Besides you and him, how many followers of the ancient god are there in your team?"

"There's one more second-order and four first-order ones."

"How many followers of the ancient god are there in that checkpoint?"

"No, no more..."

The Bayer paused for a moment, then Manda smiled and chopped off two of his fingers with a dagger.

"Yes! There are more!" the Bayer man cried loudly, "There is a second-level and a first-level believer in the sentry post, as well as ten ordinary sentries, and there is no one else!"

Manda raised his head and looked at Worm, Chuyt and Cerdan: "I don't need to worry about this, right?"

Chuitt said: "We are deeply ashamed that you have troubled yourself with so many problems."

"There are a lot of people on the other side, so you should be more careful."

Worm moved his teeth and said, "Is this humiliating me?"

"Which of you speaks Ruasai?"

Che Erdan said: "I can speak it, but my accent is not very pure."

Chuitt said directly in Ruasai: "My accent is very authentic."

Worm can write but not speak, but there is no need for him to do this.

Manda ordered: "Clean the checkpoints cleanly. Leave the totem of the goddess of wisdom on everyone's body. Leave one alive to send a message and ask him to tell Grand Duke Bayev that the wandering sentient clan members have returned." Now, we want to revive our kingdom. The soldiers from the arctic land are crossing the tundra. Lord Odesov will fight alongside us. If you dare to despise our king again, Lord Odesov will kill Bayer. The king threw it to feed the bears.”

The Bayers couldn't understand Manda's words, but Worm, Chuyt and Cheerdan understood them very well.

Every time he fought with Odysseus, Manda was led by the nose. This time Manda wanted to take the lead.

The three of them took the Byers and set off immediately. On the way, Chuitt held the Byers by the collar and said, "Did you hear your instructions? Only one person can go back alive to deliver the message. Do you want to be that person?"

"I think, I think..." The Bayer man burst into tears.

"Just think about it, don't try any tricks, you will definitely not be the only one who wants to survive when the time comes."

Worm looked at Chuitt and couldn't help but shook his head. This man was too cruel.

Others have a chance to be the lucky one who survives, but this man has absolutely no chance. He knows too many things.

…

Manda stayed alone in the cave for a long time, preparing for the next business.

Shertai captured the royal capital, and his next target must be the southeast. He and the Minister of State agreed on this.

Typhon certainly does not want to be dependent on others, but Leonder certainly cannot fight Sheltai alone. The only thing he can count on is Manda's containment in the west.

Manda can give a promise, but how much value can a promise have? How many days can Leander be able to hold on?

If he cannot give a sufficiently convincing bargaining chip, Leander will fall to Shelty at any time.

What method should be used to gain Leonder's trust?

There were some footsteps outside the cave, and the dispatchers were back.

Want to eradicate it so quickly? These people are really impatient.

Manda calmly got into the underworld, and when he sent the servant king to bring people in, he saw the fire and leftover food on the ground, but not a single figure.

Are they gone? Where did you go?

The king saw some blood on the ground and muttered to himself: "There seems to have been a battle here."

A dispatched soldier walked into the cave and said, "Your Majesty, there are footprints outside the cave, and the footprints are in the direction of the checkpoint."

"Checkpoint? Were they captured by the Bayers?" The king sighed, "I hope this matter will not involve us."

…

Manda was very familiar with Longyin City, and this time he went directly into Leander's castle.

Leonder was sitting alone in the hall drinking wine. He was not surprised at all when he saw Manda.

"If I don't see you by this time tomorrow, I may have surrendered to Shelty."

Manda sneered: "You are so weak, aren't you afraid of the God Emperor's sanctions?"

"The God-Emperor will forgive me. He knows how difficult my situation is. No need to say any more unnecessary words. Manda Cloudsey, I just want to know one thing. Will you help me?"

Manda nodded and said: "Of course I will help you, our situations are not different."

"There is a difference, a big difference. The southwest is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there is not even a barrier in the southeast. Your soldiers can deal with Shelta for a year, or even longer, but my soldiers can't even hold up for two months. Even if you are defeated, you can still escape to other places. There is the Kingdom of Dill in the south and the Kingdom of Canglang in the west. You are so smart that you can always find a place to settle down. But what should I do? I can only escape to the sea. I don’t know the waves yet. Will Sedon take me in, so Manda Cloudsay, tell me, how can I trust you?"

Manda shook her head and said, "I've been thinking about this for a long time, but I still haven't found the answer, so I just don't want to think about it anymore. Tell me what you want?"

"Since you are so sincere, let me tell you straight, I want your family, two families."

He wanted to take hostages. In the ancient East, there was a similar tradition when princes formed alliances.

Manda was silent for a long time, and Leonde continued: "I want to be more careful. Don't just find some people to deal with me. I know the rules of your family, which are divided into direct and collateral lines. Although they are all called family, there are differences between them. The difference is, I want your immediate family, and as long as I am familiar with them, I can’t count those who are too smart, Holna, Quinta, Pluto, Eudora, Worm, choose two from them.”

Manda rolled her eyes and whispered: "You made me very embarrassed."

Leonde shook his head and said: "I don't want to embarrass you. If you don't trust me, you can leave at any time. If you trust me, bring them back within two days."

Leonder stood up to leave, but Manda stood up first.

"Why wait for those two days? I am disappointed for Typhon, and I feel sad for you. If you insist on surrendering, please say hello to Shertai."