Give Me the Name of God

Manda made the decision not to extract Siegsel's divine power and let him continue to upgrade.

No one could understand Manda's thoughts, including Pluto.

Manu was still pleading, hoping that Manda would change her mind. Roxanne burst into tears. Manda asked the guards to take her out of the room. Pluto stepped forward and said: "I know that Zigese will become more powerful after being promoted. , but he is our family, even if he can no longer fight for you in the future, he is still our family."

Manda ignored Pluto and turned to leave. Manu knelt in front of him again: "Sir, I will fight to the death for you until the last drop of blood is shed. Please let my teacher live!"

Manda knelt down and patted Manu's face: "Tell me, how many times have you heard the voice of the mountain god?"

Manu didn't understand why Manda asked such a question, but he didn't dare not answer: "I haven't counted. When fighting in the mountains, I often hear prompts from the mountain gods."

Manda smiled and said: "Zigese told me that he heard Gaia's call six times, including this one, it was only seven times. Not everyone is as lucky as you."

After saying that, Manda left the room.

Lessio and Manda walked out together. On the dark mountain road, he couldn't help but laugh: "Everyone doesn't understand you. It's not a good feeling."

"I don't need other people's understanding, and I won't work hard to maintain a semblance of harmony."

The Minister of State frowned and said: "Are you making fun of me? I think you should ask me for help. This is not the attitude of asking for help."

Manda smiled and said: "You are right, I do need something from you. I hope you can help me guard the Crispy Rock Mountain. My safety is related to your survival. I guess you will not refuse."

Lessio nodded and said, "That makes sense, and I shouldn't refuse."

"Tomorrow I will issue an order to hand over the military power of Crispy Rock Mountain to you, and at the same time let Manu assist you."

Lessio shook his head and said: "Let's turn it around and let the young man take charge of the military, and I will assist him."

Manda was startled: "This is not in line with your identity."

"This is in line with my identity. Manu is your family and I am an outsider. Rather than letting your family monitor me, it would be better for me to be your family's teacher."

It's easy to talk to smart people, which is what Manda wants most.

For the next ten days, Manda stayed in Crispy Rock Mountain to monitor the enemy's movements. The enemy's scouts appeared more and more frequently. Manu couldn't help but want to go to war several times, but was dissuaded by Lessio.

On the twelfth day, Lessio laid a trap, leading the enemy's scouts to a wilderness at the foot of the mountain, and surrounded the enemy with an ambush arranged in advance.

He could have easily wiped out the enemy army, but instead of doing that, he only killed half of them and deliberately let the other half go.

Manda marveled at Lesio's tactics, but Manu didn't understand the intention.

After letting the enemy go, Lessio sent cavalry to pursue him. Manu thought this was a failed remedy, but he didn't expect that the enemy scouts stopped running away. They occupied a favorable terrain and fought the cavalry desperately, while Lessio Oze gave up the fight and withdrew his cavalry.

The entire battle process was beyond Manu's understanding. He didn't understand Lesio's tactical purpose at all, but he saw Manda's eyes shining and he kept making mistakes: "If you fish, there will be big fish!"

What kind of fish are you fishing for? What is a big fish?

Fortunately, Lesio was not stingy and taught Manu a lesson.

"What do you think the enemy's purpose is in sending these scouts? Do you want to use them to seize Crisp Rock Mountain?"

Manu shook his head and said: "With this small force alone, it is impossible to capture Crispy Rock Mountain."

"Then what's the purpose of sending the scouts?"

"Detect our defenses." Manu also learned a lot of military knowledge. The main function of a scout is to detect the enemy's situation.

Lesio shook his head and said: "Sheltai has fought against you countless times, and he also knows the Crispy Stone Mountain well. You occupy the natural danger, and he cannot attack by force. There are not so many secrets to explore, and you have also seen the combat effectiveness of those scouts. Very strong, Shelty will not sacrifice his elite troops to do such a meaningless thing."

Manu scratched his scalp and said, "Then I don't understand."

Lesio patiently explained: "There are two possible purposes for sending scouts. One is to lure you down the mountain to fight, so that you give up the advantage of natural danger, and then use an ambush to severely damage your army. If he really wants to do this, the purpose has been achieved. , I sent cavalry to pursue him, but his scouts did not continue to run away or lure the cavalry into an ambush, why do you think this is?"

Manu thought for a moment and said, "Because there is no ambush?"

"You're right, there is no ambush, which proves that the enemy's purpose is not to lure us into battle, but their purpose is to monitor and intimidate us. Shelty is warning us not to act rashly. He has been watching the southwest. So what is the purpose of monitoring and intimidation? "

"Because he's afraid!" Under Lessio's guidance, Manu became enlightened.

Lessio then asked: "Why is he afraid?"

"Because he doesn't have enough strength to defend."

Lesio nodded and said: "Sheltey tried his best to fight Bucken. Although he won every step, he also risked all his wealth. He didn't have many troops for defense. The entire southeast is now very empty. These are those scouts. The reason why they are fighting to the death is that they must delay time for Shelty and try to get some support from the front line."

Manu suddenly realized: "So the time has come to fish!"

Lesio sighed softly and said: "If you only look at the immediate benefits, it is indeed a good time to take advantage of people's danger. But in the long run, this attack may push Sheltai to a dead end. If Sheltai is finished, you have Are you sure you can defend the entire south?"

While speaking, Lessio looked at Manda.

Most of the excitement on Manda's face disappeared.

Lesio continued: "If you can't hold on, you'll give it all to the God Punisher. Is this really the result you want?"

Manda looked slightly displeased and said, "Are we just going to keep watching like this? When should I see it?"

"There's nothing wrong with watching for a while," Lesio said with a smile. "You may want to laugh at my conservatism again, but I think Bucken hasn't been hurt yet. When both sides are really hurt and unable to fight back, it's you who will A good opportunity to take action.”

The Parliamentary Secretary's strategy seems to be flawless, but in fact it ignores a very serious problem. The outcome of the war may not be that both sides suffer, but it may also be the conquest of one side by the other.

If the war continues, it is very likely that one party will choose to compromise or even surrender because it cannot support it. This may even lead to one force annexing another force, and the two strongest forces merge into one, leaving Manda and Things didn't end well for Leander.

This is Lesio's problem of being too stable, but as he spoke, Manda could not refute the Minister of State, because he remembered Hermes's reminder that the conflict between Cronus and the Lord of Divine Punishment was inevitable. To reconcile, they are destined to fight to the end. From this point of view, the Parliamentary Secretary's strategy is correct.

Then watch them fight.

On the fifteenth day, Zigese's fever subsided, but he also fell into a coma.

"How long will he sleep?"

"It's hard to say," Lesio looked solemn. "It may be dozens of days, it may be decades, or it may never wake up."

Manda was leaving. He couldn't stand Roxanne's crying and Pluto's complaints, and he couldn't help here.

Before leaving, he asked Lessio for advice: "I am using a spell to track a person, but that person has a way to avoid tracking. He is still far away from me. What should I do?"

Lesio said: "I have no intention of prying into your secrets, but you have provided too few clues. What kind of person is that?"

Manda did not hide anything: "Eighth-level believer of Athena."

Lesio took a deep breath: "This is not easy to handle. Where is he?"

"A place of extreme cold."

"That would be even more difficult," Lesio smiled bitterly. "If you want to track such a long distance, you must increase the power of the talisman. If you increase the power of the talisman too much, it will inevitably cause the other party to notice it. This is a dead end."

"Does that mean you can't help it?"

"That's not necessarily the case. It depends on what spell you use."

Manda took out two spells, the first one failed, and the second one could not be completed due to Stanley's interference.

Lessio stared at the second talisman for a long time: "Did you use witchcraft? This is a good idea. Turn two talismans into one, and maybe there will be a turning point."

Mandado stayed one night and worked with Lessio to improve the spell. He had to admit Lessio's knowledge and experience. Although it was his first time coming into contact with the Messenger Talisman, he quickly found the crux of the problem. After improvement, two The spells mixed together, allowing Manda to sense Odysseus for the first time using the spell.

"It can't sense position, it can't sense actions, it can only sense the other party's voice," the Minister of State repeatedly warned. "Sound is the least likely to cause the other party to notice it. Even so, it can't be used for more than five breaths at a time."

Manda picked up the talisman and started experimenting on the spot. He wanted to hear what sounds were around Odysseus at the moment. If he heard Athena's oracle, he would make a lot of money.

But the moment the spell was sensed, Manda's hair stood up, and the loud shout almost shattered Manda's eardrums.

"Kubaga! Kubaga!"

After five breaths and less than twenty seconds, the spell induction was automatically interrupted. The Minister of State's approach was still very cautious.

During this listening session, Manda only received one piece of news. The followers of the Giant Bear Mother Goddess were very devout.

Trying your luck for twenty seconds a day seems to be a little less efficient.

But Hermes and Pan were unable to detect Odysseus' traces, and this clue was very precious.

Manda returned to Qixing Mountain. Just when he wanted to take a rest, he received another battle report.

Sheertai captured Lianyucheng, and Bucken retreated to the royal capital.

The focus of the battlefield has changed position, which means that Drawsha City has temporarily calmed down.

It seems like you can try your luck.

Since we are looking for followers of Hephaestus, we need to bring an extra helper.