Manda asked sangjira to send a letter to the valley, suggesting that leond resume his contacts with gessack. Leond took Manda''s suggestion as an order, and asked sangjira to reply the same day, saying that she was willing to send envoys to Niujiao town and to help count gessack continue to cultivate believers.


    In this slow-paced era, Stanley was deeply shocked by Manda''s efficiency. After living in the manor for a few days, he found that Manda''s efficiency was more than that, and his team was growing at an amazing speed.


    Although Manda deliberately hid his young men, Stanley still noticed the existence of ziegesse and the lion girl: "two third-order gods and a second-order half god, your subordinates are really enviable."


    Manda smiled, "it''s a pity that the two third steps are disabled."


    "Don''t overestimate the loyalty of the dungeon hunter, nor underestimate the strength of the poet. Of course, don''t underestimate the determination of the count. He wants to see you, but I can''t let him see you. You have to think about how to deal with him."


    Manda thought for a long time and said, "it''s my luck to get the count''s favor, but I really don''t want to participate in the war. In order to express my apology, I want to present a gift to the count."


    Manda took out a pair of locks and touched the locks one by one. Stanley sighed, "good material, good construction method, good..."


    Stanley''s expression solidified. He carefully sniffed the smell of lock armor and said in surprise: "this is blood blade."


    Manda nodded and said, "this lock armor is mixed with the God blood stone of demos, the God of fear. Wearing it will make the enemy fall into fear on the battlefield."


    Stanley licked his lips and said, "it''s really enviable. Did the poet do it for you? As I said, never underestimate his strength. In fact, I need this armor more. I''m the one who really works hard on the battlefield..."


    Manda smiled, "you can stay by yourself. In short, don''t forget, I don''t want to see the count, and you don''t want me to see the count. This is our common wish."


    After receiving Manda''s gift, Stanley should leave. He has to rush back to Niujiao town to arrange for the count to meet leond.


    Before leaving, Lord Pedros rushed over and presented Stanley with a big gift, four pure black pearls the size of eyes, each worth more than 50 gold coins.


    "This is a gift from Baron Claude Sai and I to the count. Baron Claude Sai wanted to visit you personally, but you have heard that his legs..."


    Stanley smiled, "I heard that his legs were broken by a group of mean, greedy, cruel and shameless robbers."


    While talking, Stanley also looked at Manda. Manda smiled and said, "yes, how cruel..."


    The old Lord took out a pair of exquisite armor and asked his servant to bring a strong horse.


    "This is a gift for you, viscount. We are friends of the Knights of munchke. We hope to be your friends, too."


    "Of course, of course," Stanley said casually. He knew that Lord gave this gift not only to please himself, but also to please Manda.


    If he hadn''t seen it with his own eyes, he would never have imagined that a Lord would please a knight. Looking at Pedros''s respectful attitude, Stanley had a new understanding of Manda.


    "I hope we will never become enemies." after embracing Manda for a moment, Stanley stepped on the horse and led the squire away from Tieshan town.


    Stanley left, but the old Lord didn''t. He finally recognized sorense''s attitude towards him and his precarious situation. He regarded the munchke knight as the only backer of the two families, so some things must be said.


    "Knight munchke, I have another manor in the north of the town, which is a little smaller than this manor, but there are also three houses and a forest. The land there is more fertile and closer to the mine. I want to give you this manor."


    Manda was stunned: "such a valuable gift? I''m afraid I can''t afford it."


    "This is my intention. You saved our family. I should give you a reward. The manor has a lot of food in reserve. I give it to you. I suggest you move there for the winter, my precious wine and many lovely girls."


    Manda stared at the old lord for a while, then smiled: "Lord, please say something clearly. Is there anything I can do for you?"


    Manda hates greed, but he hasn''t lost his mind. He doesn''t mind the gift of his old lord, but it depends on how much it costs.


    Unexpectedly, this time, Manda missed the old lord''s intention.


    The old lord got: "don''t worry, I''m not asking for you. There''s something I''ve always wanted to tell you. I think you have questions about it. Why did I sell such a large manor to the Viscount, and only sold 150 gold coins."


    "One hundred and five..." Manda choked. He always thought that the Viscount had added money to him. Unexpectedly, he made fifty gold coins.


    The old lord sighed: "in fact, the value of this manor is more than a thousand gold coins. The reason why I sold it at a low price is because there are terrible monsters here."


    "Monster? What kind of monster?" Manda frowned. He had seen similar words in some ancient books, but they were only a few words without too much description.


    "I can''t describe the monster. I''ve lived for more than 70 years and never seen anything so terrible. It appeared on the first snowy night in winter. It rushed into the manor from the hillside, tore people into pieces of meat, and then swallowed them. He ate more than a dozen people that night and didn''t disappear until dawn.


    Since then, it will appear every snowy night. In that winter, he ate more than 80 people in my manor. However, I can only ask Viscount sorense for help, but Viscount said that I kept heretical monsters. He wants to inform the church about it,


    Fortunately, after the winter, the monster never appeared again. I spent 200 gold coins to appease the family of the dead, lied that they had the disease, and spent 500 gold coins to bribe sorense. It happened that the God punished those who lost power and didn''t dare to investigate more, so I hid the matter. In autumn, I was worried that the monster would appear again, but I sold it to you through sorense. "


    No wonder Ogg said there was danger in the forest. It turned out that danger meant monsters on the mountain. Manda had the idea of moving, but when she saw the new manor, the idea was dispelled.


    The old lord said that the manor was a little small, but according to Manda''s estimation, its area was less than a quarter of the manor. For Manda''s "army", there was no room for practice.


    What''s worse, it''s very close to sorense''s castle, offering sacrifices and prayers, making sacred objects, eating, drinking and Lazar... I''m afraid all big and small things can''t hide from his eyes. What''s more, in Manda''s view, sorense is much more terrible than demons.


    It''s better to guard the old manor. As for the monster, it may be too powerful for the old lord to defeat. It may be a mutated beast or a divine beast for Manda. Maybe we can find something good in it.