Chapter 14 - Power of Tier 1
While negotiating outside, Quinta stuffed a piece of parchment into Sphinx’s hand, and pointed her eyes specifically to remind the Lioness that she must cry.
There is a paragraph written on the parchment, which is a line just designed by Quinta. He wants the lion woman to sell her pitifully through the tears of a woman. This is the wisest choice at the moment.
Sphinx is not going to be pitiful, she has long hairs on her body, and wings are protruding behind her, which means she wants to kill.
Quinta pointed to the outside of the carriage, and kept shaking his head. It was enough to deal with the divine punishment. They were wild in front of the lord of a place, and they could be surrounded by an army at any time.
Sphinx sighed and accepted Quinta’s suggestion. She looked at the parchment, read it silently, adjusted her tone, and finally spoke.
“Master Earl, can he get my brother back to the carriage first? He is frightened.”
Hearing this blunt tone, Quinta squeezed his sweat. Fortunately, Count Carlean was still tolerant. He asked the guards to lift Manda up and smiled gently: “Go back, kid.”
Manda got into the carriage in the blink of an eye, and the Sphinx continued: “My lord, please let me say a few more words. I am the daughter of Viscount Thorens of Iron Mountain Town. Last month, my uncle received it. A gift from the Marquis of Knars, I specifically asked my two brothers and I to go to the city of drawworks to offer a gift in return. We were cautious along the way for fear of encountering robbers, but we stopped the carriage when we encountered the distressed divine punishment, because we were all divine punishments. A faithful believer of the Lord…”
At this point, the Sphinx choked up because Manda bit her on her thigh, biting very hard.
Sphinx kicked Manda away and continued: “I believe that we are the servants of the Lord. I believe that they are all good people, not villains who frame us out of thin air…”
At this point, the lion girl cried silently, because Manda bit her other thigh and also bite out blood.
“Bishop Buckn, is what she said is true?” Count Carlean looked astonished.
The bishop sighed: “I never deny that they helped me. That’s why I want to save them.”
“How are you going to save them? Kill them, or make them your servants?”
“I don’t need any servants, we are all servants of the gods!” The bishop changed his face, “Count Carlean, there may be some misunderstandings between us.”
“You have caused me a misunderstanding. Marquis of Artex and Viscount Tieshan are my friends!”
Manda recalled the conversation between them in the carriage. He was curious, why did the Lioness pretend to be the niece of Viscount Solens? Thorens is indeed the lord of Iron Mountain Town, but it was all made up anyway. Why not make up a more distant place? If the God Punisher goes down Tieshan Town, he can easily find the Grim Haze Gorge.
What made him even more curious was, why did Earl Carlean offend the bishop for a few strangers? Even if he really saw the face of the Marquis of Knars and Viscount Solrence, he could persuade the bishop in a more tactful way, instead of using this politician method of labeling, hitting a stick, and attacking character. This method is Manda. I have seen too many in my last life.
First of all, it is certain that Earl Carlean intends to protect the believers of the ancient gods, and he may even be the believers of the ancient gods himself.
In addition, there is a smell of gunpowder between him and the bishop, which may be related to this temple of the sun, or it may involve a higher level of competition.
The bishop pointed to the carriageway: “There is no badge or mark on their car. What do they use to prove their identity? At least let them get out of the car and let everyone see what they look like. One of them has a devil. Like a face.”
Quinta was so frightened that he knew who the bishop was talking about.
The Sphinx was still calm, and she kicked Manda’s face while responding:
“That’s my brother. He has a serious cold. Is this the reason you framed him?”
After finishing speaking, Sphinx got out of the carriage with the Sorens family badge. She couldn’t stand Manda’s bite.
When I heard the word cold, the onlookers dispersed a lot. In this era, cold is a very fatal disease.
Kalean rubbed his eyebrows, and whispered to the bishop: “Not only did you bring me a misunderstanding, you also brought me a plague.”
Sphinx held up the badge and said, “Lord Earl, you see, this is the badge of my family. The reason why there is no mark on the carriage is because we are afraid of robbers.”
“Take it away girl, I believe what you said,” Carlean took two steps back, avoiding the sphinx with a look of disgust, “Good girl, hurry back to the carriage, this is not in line with you and me. etiquette.”
“I can’t go back!” Sphinx glared at the bishop with tears in his eyes, “I can’t accept unprovoked framing!”
Karean looked at Buckn: “Master Bishop, what else do you want to say?”
Buckn smiled coldly and didn’t speak any more.
He doesn’t care about any moral condemnation, nor is he afraid of the plague, let alone the identity of the other party.
But he saw the earl’s attitude. Kalyan obviously wants to protect these heretics. As a bishop, his status is slightly higher than that of the earl, but this is Kalyan’s territory. The dragon does not suppress the snake, and it is the truth in any era.
Moreover, the Punisher demolished the Sun Temple in Smokestone Town without Kalyan’s permission. Although Kalyan did not dare to complain about this, the bishop could feel some subtle changes, such as the earl. The number of guards is much larger.
It’s better not to get entangled in this matter anymore, taking advantage of Kalean’s attitude is still mild, enough is the best choice.
Seeing that the bishop stopped talking, Kalean started to make a round.
“Girl, take a few fine smoke stones and give them to the Marquis of Knars and Viscount Solrence. It is a little compensation for me.”
With Carlean’s comfort, the Sphinx returned to the carriage, and the Earl’s attendant sent two boxes of smoke stones. The quantity was not large, but the quality was good. If you meet someone who understands the market, you should be able to sell it at a good price. .
The Lioness first looked at Manda and then at Quinta, seeing their triumphant and sly smiles, always having the urge to kick them.
Can raise his foot, but didn’t kick it off, just hooked Quinta’s chin and pinched Manda’s nose.
Quinta blushed and Manda was in tears, pinching too hard now.
Pluto and Leonde drove the carriage back on the road, and the civilians continued to dismantle the statue of Apollo.
“Do you hurt?” The sound of the hammer was mixed with the voice of the **** of life.
Manda shrugged and said in his heart: That is just a stone statue, why should I hurt?
Apollo’s bow fell to the ground and fell into rubble. A rubble hit the collapsed column and turned into a stone. The stone hit another stone, changed the flight trajectory, and flew into the carriage. Yi hit Manda in the head.
Manda felt his skull shattered. He fell to the ground, rolling back and forth with his head in his arms, bleeding all over his face.
Quinta hugged him quickly, but Manda seemed to have lost consciousness.
“You should feel pain, even if it is not really painful, at least pretend to be painful,” the destiny said in his ear, “this is a sacrifice to me with your blood. You are my believer, and I give you strength. , The stone statue belongs to my relatives, you must show a minimum of respect!”
For the next seven days, Manda had been suffering from severe headaches, and he didn’t get any better until he approached Drawing City.
This made Manda understand a truth, the **** is not as tolerant as he imagined.
The towering city wall appeared in front of him, and Quinta exclaimed excitedly: “Did you see it? This is the Artex City, one of the most prosperous cities in the middle of the mainland.”
Manda poked his head out of the window, the dirt road under the wheel had become a gravel road, the carriage was no longer alone, and gradually merged into the traffic flow with the surrounding counterparts.
On the left is an ox cart carrying wheat and green beans, and on the right is a mule cart carrying clay pots of various sizes.
The carriage speed is much faster than the ox cart, but now it can only go side by side with the ox cart. A sheep guard drove a herd of sheep in front. The huge herd occupied the entire road and forcibly restricted everyone’s speed. .
After paying the poll tax and entering the city gate, everyone found a pub to live in. The medieval tavern took care of the functions of the inn, although the living environment was a little bit close, but it could avoid the divine punishment.
The tavern is the mortal enemy of the Lord of Divine Punishment. The doctrine of Divine Punishment prohibits drinking, violence, and gambling, and these are the main items of the tavern.
The God Punisher made a lot of efforts to kill the tavern, but it was blocked by the commoners and nobles, and finally made the tavern a forbidden place that the God Punisher could not touch.
After passing the dim and noisy lobby on the first floor, everyone chose two rooms on the second floor to live in. Pluto and Leonde moved the smoke stone and walked the stairs, while Manda had been following behind and groping for the ground.
The sphinx walking behind kicked Manda: “Silly boy, what are you doing?”
“A gold coin fell out!” Manda pointed to the box seriously, “I saw several, but I can’t pick it up!”
“You are crazy about gold coins, don’t be ashamed here, hurry up and follow me back to the room.”
Different from when he was in the car, Sphinx took the initiative to live with Manda. After all, from the perspective of age, Manda is the least threatening group of men.
While eating lunch, Manda noticed that a few gold coins had fallen out of the Sphinx’s skirt, so she got into the lion woman’s skirt.
He didn’t find the gold coin, but was beaten severely. Sphinx reminded Manda: “From now on, I will call my original name Horna, and I will not be allowed to mention the name of God.”
Manda smiled and said, “I always call you Lion Girl.”
Manda was beaten again, Sphinx and Bruto went to visit the Earl, leaving the other three guarding gold coins and smoke stones in the inn.
Obviously, the group of five has been divided into two factions. The Lion Girl and Pluto are about to get the name of God, and they belong to the same rank.
The three-headed dog has fallen to the same level as Quinta and Manda, and he has already felt the distance from Pluto to him.
Sleep is the best way to get rid of troubles. Leonde slept deeply, while Manda and Quinta played dice in another room.
The dice in this world are similar to the dice that Manda is familiar with. They also have six sides, but instead of numbers written on them, they are engraved with portraits.
The highest-ranking figure is the king, followed by the duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. The rules of the game are still bigger than the size, but there are also some unique exquisites.
Manda shook out two kings and a marquis, and Quinta shook out a king and two dukes.
If the king counts six points, the duke counts five points, the marquis counts four points, and both sides are sixteen points, it should be considered a tie.
But Manda wanted to play a trick: “My two kings have eaten your two dukes. Your king has eaten my marquis. I have won two games, and you have won one. , I won in the end!”
Quinta widened her eyes and said, “What are you talking about? Two kings mean rebellion. You obviously lost! And you have to lose twice the bet!”
“Is that really the case?” Manda curled his mouth and said, “I have never played dice, don’t lie to me.”
“What is the benefit of cheating you, and you have no money to give it.”
Quinta took the dice back into the dice cup, and Manda suddenly noticed that there was a dark red pendant hanging on his neck, the size of a walnut, almost a pure circle, no material, no special pattern. .
Watching Manda keep staring at the small pendant, it made Quinta a little nervous.
“It’s just a gadget.” Quinta hid the pendant in his clothes. Unexpectedly, Manda reached out and fumbled up and down in Quinta’s clothes.
“What are you doing, don’t you, don’t touch me!” Quinta pushed Manda away, this kind of crude behavior is really unbearable.
“Let me touch it again.” Manda rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked at Quinta greedily.
“What’s the matter? You are weird lately!” Quinta said angrily.
“It’s a little weird…” Manda saw gold coins falling out of Quinta’s clothes. He had seen it in the box containing the smoke stone, and he had also seen it in the dress of the lion woman.
He knows this is an illusion, but why is it so clear?
Seventeen gold coins, seventeen gold coins fell out of Quinta’s clothes.
One gold coin means 20,000 yuan, and seventeen gold coins means more than 300,000 yuan
What do these hallucinations mean?
The voice of the natal **** echoed in my ears: first-order power, value.