Give Me the Name of God

Stanley almost jumped when he received Manda's news.

The Chinese New Year is in a few days, and now we’re going to fight?

Worm was also a little helpless, but Manda's order could not be disobeyed. After complaining for a while, Stanley began to order his troops.

The lord of Gray Fish Town is Viscount Dadalo. He has more than two hundred soldiers under his command, and it is said that there are two first-order believers. The best way to deal with such a weak person is to crush them directly.

There were less than ten days left before the New Year. In order to complete the mission as scheduled, Stanley selected 200 cavalrymen. He selected Zigese and Encia as deputy generals and had to bring along the God's Punishment Warrior Jenkins, who was the nominal Roman. ·Wilkins, you have to take Worm with you so that you can deliver messages to Manda at any time.

Others did not dare to say anything, and Zigese was a little dissatisfied.

"Okay, okay, it's New Year, and I'm still newlywed."

Stanley smiled and said: "It's been two months, you should be tired of it, and it's time for us to do something else."

Zigse frowned and said: "What's the use of that broken town? You can't get anything, and you'll get into a lot of trouble!"

"I can give a lot of speculations, but it's useless. You have to go when you have to. This is Manda's order!"

Zigse went home to pack his bags and felt very uncomfortable when he looked at Roshan who was reluctant to leave.

"My little fairy, tell me, what do you want? As long as Grayfish Town has it, I will bring it back to you." Zigse gently stroked Roxanne's cheek.

"I want you to come back safely," Roxanne kissed Zigese deeply, "I want a child."

"I remember." Zigse climbed on the horse and left Qixing Mountain with three steps at a time.

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On the first day of the new year, all courtiers must follow the king to the cathedral to pray. For believers in the ancient gods, this is a difficult test. Every time the archbishop reads a prayer, everyone must praise the Lord of Divine Punishment in unison. , to praise thirty times in one morning, this is obviously a great blasphemy against the ancient gods.

Even those who are not officials are not immune. New Year's prayers last for fifteen days, and all churches in the royal capital are open. No matter nobles or commoners, everyone must participate in prayer at least once, otherwise they will have to pay a high fine or even be sentenced to hard labor.

This is the majesty of the Lord of Divine Punishment. Whether he is sincere or not, the entire king will echo his name for half a month. The power of the gods comes from the faith of believers. I wonder which ancient god can compare with him? A balance of power?

The only one who escaped the prayer official was Manda. He asked Bigda to lead a group of gangsters to cause trouble in the city, fighting, stealing, robbing, extorting, and just doing things that didn't seem big but were very troublesome. , and Manda led the law enforcement officers to patrol the city every day on the grounds of maintaining public order.

If you can't confront him head-on, you'll find ways to take advantage. Anyway, Manda doesn't want Hermes to suffer.

After the first day of prayer, the king will stand at the foot of the stone steps and wait for the archbishop to give him a blessing on behalf of the Lord of Divine Punishment.

For the king, this was a humiliation, but it had to be done in full view of the public. As in previous years, the king still had unconcealable anger on his face, but when he returned to the palace, he revealed a strange smile.

Late at night, the king called his confidants and asked about a detail from the day: "Have you noticed how many times Horwitt paused when he read the prayer?"

The general looked confused. He just shouted along with everyone, without listening to a word of the prayer.

The situation of the others was similar. The Minister of State asked cautiously: "Is there anything special about the Archbishop today?"

"It's very special," the king said with a mysterious face. "He paused six times in total when reciting the prayers, and he paused four times in total when blessing the kingdom."

Stanton mused: "It does seem like there are more pauses than in previous years."

"It's not that it's more, it's that there was no pause at all in previous years. He didn't know how many times he had recited those prayers, but today he seems a little forgetful."

Everyone didn't understand why the king cared about such details. Although Manda did not participate in the prayer, she guessed the reason.

The archbishop was very weak, and this was noticed by the king.

The king then asked: "Have you noticed how much Howitt sweated today?"

Stanton thought for a moment and said, "His clothes are soaked through."

"That's right, in such a cold weather, don't you think it's strange that his clothes are soaked through?"

Realizing that something was wrong, the Minister of State wanted to change the subject: "Your Majesty, the prayers will continue for more than ten days. We might as well take this opportunity to take a walk outside the capital. I hope you can go..."

"I don't want to go anywhere!" The king glared at the Minister of State. "Howitt is very weak. I heard that he fought a fierce battle in the Rockland Valley and lost many soldiers."

The Minister of State said: "I don't know where this rumor came from. You saw it at the time. He brought back more than 2,000 soldiers on the day he came back."

"Those are refugees. I have received the news a long time ago. Many God's Punishment Army died in that battle. We were deceived by Howitt. Now his situation is very bad. Although Leo Frank is recruiting new people everywhere, But it takes a long time to train soldiers, and we still haven’t missed the opportunity.”

The Minister of State shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I implore you not to discuss war in the New Year..."

"I don't want to listen to you!" The king interrupted the minister of state rudely and turned to Longeson, "What do you think of this matter?"

Longesen stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, I agree with your idea and am at your disposal at any time."

"What about you?" The king looked at Manda.

Manda hesitated for a moment and said: "I think we should first find out the cause of that war, at least to find out who Horwitt's enemy is."

The king frowned and said, "Is this important?"

"I think this is very important. If Horwitt and others fight and both sides are injured, it will naturally be a good opportunity for us to take action. But if we fight with Horwitt and both sides are hurt, it is equivalent to leaving the opportunity to others."

The king pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you to investigate and give me an answer as soon as possible."

When leaving the palace, Longgesen gave Manda a vicious look. Based on the situation just now, Manda seemed to be on the side of the Minister of State.

Manda did agree with the Minister of State's position. He needed to delay. On New Year's Eve, he received news from Worm that Stanley had captured Grayfish Town and expelled Lord Dadalo.

What we have to do now is to wait for the news to reach the royal capital. The lord has been taken away by bandits. Such a thing has never happened in the history of the Romulu Kingdom. The king will definitely send people to exterminate the bandits. Manda is undoubtedly the most powerful one. Good candidate.

In this way, he could leave the royal capital smoothly before the war broke out.

Ten days later, the king asked Manda about the results of the investigation. Manda told half the truth and half the lie: "Howett and Bucken fought a fierce battle in the Rockland Hills. Both sides suffered casualties. Bucken fled to the southwest. .”

"Bucken? He's still alive!" The king was startled and asked, "Where did you get the news?"

"I captured a God's Punisher. He experienced that war and learned about it through torture."

"Reckless!" the king said angrily, "This will alarm Howitt. Where is the God Punisher now?"

"He couldn't withstand the torture and was already dead."

"Dispose of the body cleanly, and don't leave any holes." The king walked back and forth in the meeting hall a few times, then stopped and asked, "What does Bucken want to do in the southwest?"

Manda shook his head and said: "It hasn't been found out yet."

"Go on and check. This person must be on guard."

More than ten days later, the king met Dadaro and heard him tearfully describe what happened in Gray Fish Town.

Just as Manda thought, the king was furious. He grabbed Manda by the collar and asked: "Isn't Roman Wilkins you? What is going on!"

Manda looked calm and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know why this misunderstanding originated. Roman Wilkins is a divine punisher and my enemy."