Give Me the Name of God
Chapter 23
After listening to Manda''s analysis, leond suddenly realized: "you knew that the Golden Apple was fake. You can tell the true and false of things, so you bought so many gods from the market!"
Manda blinked and said, "how can I tell the high-grade goods like golden apples..."
"You lie! Pluto''s eyes are blind and burnt by radon''s anger, you know!"
Leond is roaring. He may tear Manda to pieces at any time. This is the reason why Manda is worried. The rules of communication with people are too complex. It was originally a pertinent suggestion, but now it almost caused death.
His fingers are hardening, and if leond messes around, Manda won''t let him bully.
Sphinx stood up and pushed leond away: "this is not the time to argue about this!"
Everyone fell into silence. Kunta whispered, "Manda is right. This is NARS''s plot!"
Marquis NARS deliberately sold the count a fake golden apple in order to arouse tifeng''s anger. He knew the consequences of tifeng''s anger. The count would be injured and probably die, and most people in the valley would not be spared.
At this time, the valley had lost nearly 80% of its combat effectiveness. Nals had expected this, so he sent three fugitives to investigate the situation. As soon as they opened their mouth, they asked about the count''s whereabouts. If they found out the truth, the Marquis army might have entered the valley.
Flustered, Sphinx was dizzy. She immediately ordered: "gather all those who can fight to the mouth of the valley and go to war!"
"Why gather at the mouth of the valley?" Manda sighed.
"Where do you think it should be assembled?" said the lioness angrily. "Are they all waiting in the castle?"
"What''s wrong with the castle? At least the enemy can''t see us," Manda said, pointing out the window, "Gather everyone at the mouth of the valley and let the Marquis of NARTH see the momentum of our fight to the death. Can he scare him off? He will see our fear, our panic, and the desperate struggle we made when we had no choice! I''m really sorry for NARTH. He doesn''t need to send three people out to explore the way. You''re going to show him all his family!"
Manda''s words left Sphinx speechless and silent for a long time. Sphinx asked, "do you have any good ideas?"
"I don''t know whether to say it or not," sighed Manda. "You don''t seem to like listening to the truth very much."
"I''d love to listen when I''m patient," Sphinx hooked Manda''s chin. "Don''t exhaust my patience."
Manda looked at the three heads on the ground and said, "go to Portia first, clean up their bodies, and then send them to the mouth of the valley, as usual, as if everything had happened."
"Nothing has happened?" leond said angrily. "We should hang their heads in front of the castle gate of Claude say, smear their blood on their faces and put their meat in their mouths. This is the least warning!"
"It''s fun to do that," Manda nodded. "It can fully show your anger, but reduce our... Force."
Manda really can''t find a more appropriate word than force.
"What is force?" Kunta looked at Manda in surprise.
"Forcing... Is a realm, a bearing, a silent and invisible majesty to show power!" Manda gave a serious explanation.
Kunta licked his lips and looked at the lioness, saying he didn''t understand.
Lioness looked at leond and said she didn''t understand.
Leond looked disdainful and turned his head aside.
Manda said in a deep voice: "whether it''s the servants, Li Nong or the believers of ancient gods, we need to let everyone understand one thing. In the valley of resentment haze, they are just mole ants."
Kunta understood Manda''s meaning: "mole ants are just mole ants. Everyone is equally vulnerable in front of us. Send out the body as usual, as if it is no different from ordinary people. Let them know that everything is so small in front of us."
Manda nodded and said, "only in this way can we really deter the Marquis of NARS. In addition, we have to ask old yaman for help."
The lioness shook her head and said, "as I said, he is unreliable."
Manda shrugged. "We have no choice. This is the first element of war."
"The first element..." Sphinx looked at leond, who still smiled contemptuously.
Manda was stunned: "haven''t you experienced war?"
Aren''t they all big people who are used to bloody storms? It''s very different from what Manda imagined.
"You want to show off in front of us just because of your age?" leond Leng said. "Isn''t the first element of war murder? Everyone here has been stained with blood. Those who break into the valley will be killed, and those who prevent us from completing the task will also be killed. We will kill hundreds of people every year! Tell me, how many people have you killed so far?"
Manda couldn''t answer. Worm looked at leond. "War and killing are two different things."
"I know what war means," Kunta said. "Since I came to the valley, I have never experienced war here for at least ten years."
Sphinx said, "I haven''t experienced war. I came earlier than others for more than 20 years."
Lioness has been in the valley for more than twenty years? Manda looked at her charming cheeks and graceful posture again and again. There may have been some misunderstandings about her age before.
"Have you ever experienced war?" Sphinx looked at worm. Since the castle, there has been this book worm. He, old Arman and Portia are the people who have followed the count for the longest.
Worm thought for a moment and said, "I experienced a war, just as described in the war chronicle, but there were not so many people. A group of people broke into the valley, about more than 100 people, and they almost burned the castle."
"And then?"
"They''re dead."
"More than a hundred people? How did they die?" Manda was a little puzzled. According to worm''s description, the count was fledgling at that time, and the available people around him were limited. Even if the opponent was only a hundred ordinary people, such a victory was magical enough.
"I don''t know. I didn''t have enough wisdom at that time. I only remember that the count said that there was the power of the abyss of hell in the valley. Unless TIPHON''s permission is obtained, the intruder will die."
These words filled Sphinx''s confidence: "no one can defeat us under the protection of tifong, so... What does this have to do with old yaman?"
Manda said, "the first element of war is news. We need to know the strength of the enemy."
Leond sneered, "who do you think you are, the messenger of Ares?"
"This is not what I said..." Manda didn''t know how to explain. Worm said in a side way: "this is the record in the war chronicle. The first element of war is news, which is on page 4. Why don''t you follow the advice of the count and read more books?"
Leond said, "you''ve eaten all the books. What else can I read?"
"I eat my own copy!"
"Stop arguing!" the lioness looked at Manda. "Do you think we should ask old yaman for information?"
Manda nodded: "Apart from old yaman, I don''t know if there is a better source. If Marquis NARS only brought 100 ordinary soldiers, we will be able to hold the valley. If he brought 200 soldiers, our war will become very difficult. If there are more than 500 soldiers, we must leave the valley as soon as possible. I only read one third of the war discipline , that''s all I know. "
Worm said hoarsely, "you haven''t read it. I gave it to you!"
Manda whispered, "but it''s more useful in my mind."
Ignoring Manda''s sarcasm, worm said to the lioness, "we can''t give up the valley. This is the count''s territory, the last territory!"
Manda said: "this is war. On the battlefield, we only look at strength and never care about anyone''s wishes."
Worm stared at Manda with round eyes. Although there was still no expression, Sphinx saw worm''s anger and another man wanted to tear Manda to pieces.
The lioness had to hide Manda behind her, although the guy was careless as soon as he got behind her skirt.
After some thought, Sphinx adopted Manda''s suggestion. When the people were about to leave, leond suddenly asked Manda, "are you really only twelve?"
Manda smiled contemptuously and said quietly: This is the wisdom from Athena.
After laughing, Manda took two steps forward, then turned her eyes up, foamed at her mouth, and lay on the ground convulsed.
Kunta was shocked and helped Manda up. After a meal, Manda gradually calmed down and reluctantly drank some water.
"What just happened?" Kunta whispered. "Have you been inspired by the gods?"
Manda didn''t answer. He frowned at Kunta, his face full of resentment.
Worm said sarcastically, "excessive arrogance will arouse Zeus''s anger."
Leond smiled and said, "as he said, this is the kind of thing called force grid. His force grid is too high. He must have been hit by the lightning of the Lord of the gods."
Manda was not in the mood to quarrel, and the voice of Benming God still echoed in her mind:
"If you dare to pronounce my name wrong again, I''ll kill you!"