Chapter 543: The Ultimate Wisdom
Manda told Pan Shen what happened. In shock, Pan Shen couldn't come back for a long time.
"Are you sure that the believer of Athena you are talking about is the eighth order?"
"That's what Medusa said."
"She shouldn't read it wrong, could it be him..." Pan Shen said with his fangs, "What does he look like?"
"He's a middle-aged man, and looks..." Manda rubbed his temples and recalled hard, "He has eyes, nose and mouth... By the way, he has a beard, as if, beard..."
"Did you forget his appearance?" Pan Shen could understand Manda's difficulties. In the process of fighting with Odarsi, Manda had a large part of his memory that was incomplete.
It is understandable but the current problem cannot be avoided. Pan Shin said: "We must find out the origin of this person. Is there anyone else present at that time? It is best to draw his appearance or tell me some prominent characteristics!"
Manda hesitated for a moment and said, "I can present him to you, provided that you can allow others to come and see you."
Pan Shen understood what Manda meant. He waved his cloak gently, and his figure disappeared from the altar, but his voice was still: "Call that person over here, don't stay for too long, don't look directly at me, and don't talk to me even if you realize my existence."
Manda quickly found Cheldan, and Pan Shen offered to help. This opportunity must not be missed.
This incident has caused misunderstandings among gods. Manda's situation at this time is as dangerous as when he encountered Zeus. He is likely to be besieged by Athena and Apollo, and may become Hermes' abandoned son.
Cheldan came to the secret room. According to Manda's instructions, he did not dare to look up or speak. After showing the incomplete pictures left last night, he immediately left the secret room.
Pan Shen reappeared and stood on the altar with a blurred look.
Manda had many questions to ask, but Pan left only two remarks and hurriedly left: "If Apollo's believers come to provoke, don't respond, don't fight back, don't aggravate misunderstandings,
If Odasi appears in front of you again, don’t contact, don’t fight, run away immediately.”
The old goat disappeared, and Manda sat in the secret room, covering her eyes with her hands, forcing her to concentrate.
From Tieshan Town to the Hanyang Valley, from Niujiao Town to Qixing Mountain, from Wangdu to the south, Manda traveled to most of the Roma Road Kingdom, and during this period he also saw many superb intelligent games.
But compared with the methods of gods, those are not considered games at all, or even wisdom.
Now that all the clues are linked together, Manda finally clarified her ideas and, in chronological order, the process of the matter is as follows:
Apollo showed kindness to Hermes and sent ten Itathians to form a messenger group to form an alliance with Hermes' only followers.
These ten Itathia people were intercepted by Odasi, a believer of Athena, and were under his control. This is why Apollo sent ten people to Qixing Mountain but eleven people were there.
Next comes the exciting part. From the time these eleven people arrived at Qixing Mountain, Athena had already won, leaving Manda with only different results after failure.
The first result, and the worst result, Manda and Medusa were trapped in the underworld, and Athena's believers directly took control of the Seven Star City and even the entire Southwest.
Manda worked hard for many years and developed a large number of second-hand believers for Hermes in the southwest. This was an important capital for Hermes to compete for the Lord of the Gods. But if Athena's plan was successful, all this would belong to Him, and with almost no cost was invested, she would take away Hermes's faith power on earth.
It sounds incredible, but Athena almost succeeded. Manda's ability to escape from the underworld has a great luck component. If he is not so lucky, he is trapped in the underworld or delayed for a few more days, O'Dassi will definitely be able to take Qixing Mountain into his pocket.
Will Hermes, who has lost the power of faith, take revenge on Athena? Maybe, but you also have to look at your own strength. Even if you revenge, the first target is Pluto, not Athena.
Manda's trapped in the underworld was the direct cause of all this. Whether Pluto knew it or not, He was suspected of being unable to wash it off.
The second result, an extremely bad result, Manda successfully escaped from the underworld, but was eliminated by Odasi at the banquet.
The harm of this result is comparable to the first result, but at least it gives Manda the opportunity to fight head-on. This also explains why Odasi refused to poison Manda instead of letting his subordinates kill Manda. The reason is very simple. The one who killed Manda was Apollo's believers. Hermes should seek revenge on Apollo. Before Athena completely steals Hermes' authority, the whole thing has almost nothing to do with Athena, because even Pan Shen did not feel the breath of Athena's believers in the whole incident.
The third result is a relatively good result, that is, the result I am facing now, Manda was not removed by Odasi. Although Manda saved his territory, he killed Apollo's believers. Hermes broke with Apollo, and Athena gained an important ally.
This is top wisdom, and even the least ideal result will be rewarded.
Now it depends on how Pan is coordinated. The ideal result is that Hermes and Apollo resolve the misunderstanding and expose Athena's conspiracy.
This matter should not be difficult for Hermes, but before the matter is finalized, we must strengthen our guard against the south of the city.
As for that Odarsi, will he die if he is infected with the deadly venom? Will he come again?
Manda waited for more than ten days, but did not wait for news from Pan Shen, but received news from Zhengnan.
Sheltai and Barkeen started a war.
The war that Manda had been waiting for for a long time finally began.
Since Manda easily defeated Roma, Sheltai's goal of restraining the southwest and attacking the southeast was dashed. Around the New Year, Sheltai and Leonde had a fierce verbal battle, but the verbal battle was not over yet, and Barker took action first.
His first target was Leonder. After occupying the southeast, Leonder still occupied seven cities in the north. Barkern directly captured four. He thought this move would anger Leonder, and Barkern was also ready to counterattack his opponent, but unexpectedly, Leonder endured it.
The reason I chose to be patient was because I followed the advice of the Minister of Government Lesio.
Among all the people Manda knew, no one knew better than Lesio. He pointed out the most critical issue: Leonder's population was seriously insufficient and the land that could be controlled was limited.
Leonde couldn't accept it. There were only five cities in the southeast and seven in the north. It was heartbreaking to give up four cities at once.
Lesio didn't want to explain at first, he was just forced to help by Manda. Due to Leonder's repeated gratitude and sincere attitude, Lesio asked him three questions:
"The first question is, if you can only choose one of two, and let you give up the southeast and stick to the north, are you willing?"
This was absolutely unwilling. Leond knew in his heart that the Southeast was more important, but he couldn't explain clearly what it was.
Lecio helped him answer: "The cities in the north are very dense, but many cities are pitifully small, just like the Parrot City in the southwest. These cities should not have been called cities. They can only be called slightly larger counties, or even slightly larger towns. There is only one reason why they are forcibly called cities. The lords there want to take the opportunity to become counts or even marquis.
Those cities have barren land, sparse population, and no solid city. It takes two thousand people to capture a small city, and five thousand people to guard a small city. It is obviously not worth the loss to leave such a territory."
Leonde admitted that the Southeast is more important, but why did he have to choose one of two? Why can't he find a way to protect both areas?
Lesio asked the second question: "Can you concentrate all your troops and fight with Barkern and Sheltai at the same time?"
Leonder sniffed and said, "That's not... easy."
Lecio smiled and said, "There is Sheltai in the southeast and the Bucken in the north. You can't fight at the same time, so you can only choose one."
Leonder was still dissatisfied: "Manda will help me, we can join forces to let Manda restrain Sheltey, and I will deal with Barkern."
Lesio asked the third question: "Even if you join forces with Manda, can you beat Barkern and Sheltai?"
Leonder pursed his lips and said, "There is always a chance."
Lecio sneered: "As a sixth-level hero, you have the wisdom of being the most outstanding among people. You are the best friend of Tifeng, so why do you still have such a naive idea?
In Romeland, the most powerful one is still the God-Punishment Church. Barkhon acts recklessly and does not care about the consequences, which makes you and Manda get some advantage. Do you really think you have the strength to conquer the kingdom? Barkhon can get tens of thousands of troops from the pope at any time. If you concentrate your efforts against you and Manda Claudesay, you will not be able to hold on for even three months!"
Leonder said with a slight head: "As long as the tactics and strategies are used reasonably, it is normal to win more with less."
"Tactics? Strategy?" Lecio laughed loudly, "You know tactics? You know strategy? Are Barkern and Sheltai the idiots you can play with? With temporary intelligence, you can get a temporary advantage, but to the end of the war, you have to compete with the strength of both sides.
Apart from Barkern, the most powerful one is Sheltai. He has many soldiers and a wide range of generals and a vast land and wealth. He beats you until you lose everything. He only hurts some of the fur!
Sheltai was followed by Manda Claudesey, who worked hard in the southwest for years, accumulated population, reclaimed land, built cities, and dealt with various forces, restrained his edge, and took every step forward. Even his strength was much stronger than you.
Among the four forces, the least helpful one is you. The north has no foundation, the southeast has not yet established a foothold, there are not many people, there are not many soldiers, and there are not enough food! Do you really think you can occupy half of the kingdom?"
Leonder wiped off his spit and looked at the Minister of State and said, "Then what should I do? Is it really giving up these four cities to Barkern?"
"Not only four, seven are needed. Apart from the saury city, these cities do not have much value. The saury city does not border the southeast, so it is useless to keep it."
Leonder said angrily: "I'll give it to him for free?"
"Of course it's not for free," said the Minister of State. "Write a letter to Bucken. The city can give it to him, but the population must be returned to you, especially the believers of Tifeng. It's useless to keep it. It's nothing more than killing it as a heretic. Although Bucken is arrogant, there should be some truths."
Chapter completed!