Leond''s speech was a little vague, which made Manda uncomfortable.


    Moreover, his practice is also very obscure. He said so many threatening words, but he did not force Manda. He just prepared a manor for Manda. There are no guards and a lot of young and beautiful maids.


    Think you can keep me this way? Think I''m such a lecherous?


    Manda had intended to leave immediately by shuttling through the underworld, but after calming down, he felt some deep meaning from leond''s words.


    For Manda, the most important thing is the last sentence, thiefon''s position and leond''s position.


    What does their position have to do with Manda?


    It''s hard to guess the position of the gods. Let''s start with leond. His position has a distinctive feature that he is an ally with everyone.


    In the previous Northern War, he and bucken had a tacit understanding with each other, which should be regarded as an alliance.


    Not long ago, he formed an alliance with sheltai.


    He and Manda have always maintained a good relationship, although there is no covenant, but also a substantive ally.


    This should be his position. He can take refuge in the power of any party.


    But if he chose bucken or sheltai, the result for Manda would be disastrous.


    If leond takes refuge in bucken, the north will be unified, the southeast will fall, and the resentment between Manda and sheltai is too deep, there is basically no possibility of alliance, so he can only wait to be broken one by one.


    If leond takes refuge in sheltay and loses the control of the southeast, sheltay will seem afraid to attack the southwest, and bucken will put pressure from the north, leaving Manda with a dead end.


    This is only the level of the human world, rising to the level of the gods. Behind sheltai is Cronus, and behind bucken is the Lord of divine punishment. The powerful TIPHON will pose a serious threat to Hermes no matter which side he takes refuge in.


    Seeing through the interests, the idea is clear.


    Leond made a mistake. When the North was not completely stable, he rashly occupied the southeast, resulting in a long front, too many problems and out of control.


    This is in keeping with the divinity of Typhon, who made a similar mistake when he attacked mount Olympia.


    According to tifeng''s temperament, he certainly hopes to remain independent rather than attached to other gods. Once he chooses to attach, his speed of developing believers will be limited and his strength will be limited. However, the premise of maintaining independence is that leond can solve the current dilemma.


    Leond has no ability to solve the dilemma, but tifeng has grasped a key point. Leond''s position is a matter of life and death for Manda


    So he gave Manda a choice question, either to help leond clean up the mess or to wait to die.


    What a shameless coercion! But Manda really got caught. Judging from the current situation, Manda has no choice and must help leond solve the problem.


    Medusa ate wild goose meat and drank green fruit wine, looked at the colorful maids around, and sniffed at Manda:


    "I said long ago that men don''t have a good thing. When you were asked to go to sea, you said you had only ten days and didn''t give you more than one day. Now you have time to see these flirtatious women?"


    Manda shook her head and said, "I have no choice. Do you understand?"


    "I don''t understand!"


    Manda looked at the sleeping sus: "he knows, but it''s a pity that he won''t help me."


    Sue knows the southeast best, but you can''t expect him to help others run the territory that once belonged to his family.


    While Tilla was still asleep, Manda first shuttled him back to parrot city with the underworld. The navy must be on full alert. The angry sheltai is likely to launch a surprise attack.


    Just arrived at parrot City, the Oracle ring lit up. Manda quickly arranged the altar and summoned pan.


    The old goat sighed and said, "you''re really hard to find. Where have you been these days?"


    Manda told pan about her experience at sea. Pan was quite surprised: "Poseidon is really deep. From this point of view, he is not our friend. The relationship between Athena and him is extraordinary. We should be on guard."


    While talking, the old goat took out a pure divine blood stone: "this is a reward for you. According to my calculation, when you finish all the divine blood stones, you should also finish the road of cultivation of the sixth level. At that time, I will tell you the whereabouts of the seventh level statue."


    Manda was stunned: "is there no ready-made one?"


    "There was, but it was accidentally lost," the old goat smiled. "Don''t be so greedy. You have to make more efforts to become a saint. I came to you to tell you an important thing. Cronus has completely taken over ares''s power in the world. She was very angry and her mood is not too stable. You should be careful of Hera''s believers."


    Manda whispered, "you mean, let me kill them?"


    "No," Pan Shen shook his head. "Tian Tian''s strength can''t be underestimated. As a last resort, her father didn''t want to annoy her."


    "What should I do?"


    "Keep them away from your territory, especially high-level believers, but it is by no means an expulsion. Let the other party leave willingly. Don''t provoke the queen. Remember this."


    Pan Shen left and Manda rubbed her temples.


    At present, there is a sixth order believer of Hera in Qixing mountain. He can''t kill or drive away. He has to leave his territory willingly.


    Is the minister so easy to cheat?


    I don''t know how to deal with the mess in the southeast. Now there is such a thorny thing.


    But think of the two things together, and a beam of light suddenly flashed in Manda''s mind.


    Mess, mess, who is best at dealing with mess?


    The king controlled by the divine Punisher is definitely a mess, but he also maintained stability for decades.


    Manda used the underworld to shuttle back to the Seven Star Mountain and happened to meet the anxious Pluto.


    "Sir, I sent you an urgent letter, but you haven''t replied. The king sent a messenger. Bucken became the king. He wants to canonize you as the Duke of southwest and let you be canonized in Wangdu."


    Manda said, "where is the messenger?"


    Pluto said, "we were intercepted in bluestone and haven''t gone deep into our territory."


    With just one piece of information, Manda can infer bucken''s intentions.


    A messenger was sent from the road to issue an imperial edict to Manda openly, which was not only announcing his status, but also questioning Manda''s position.


    It''s not a test, it''s not an investigation, it''s a direct question.


    Bucken is ready for Manda''s refusal and wants to weave charges for Manda. As long as Manda refuses, bucken will immediately declare Manda a traitor.


    It''s no big deal. Manda is not the first time to be a traitor. Now the key is to look at the attitude of others. Sheltai has rejected bucken. Who else is there besides him?


    There must be leond. There are just a few forces in Romulus, which confirms leond''s previous words and his position is very important.


    Bucken''s messenger was still waiting for a reply, but Manda didn''t want to waste time on it. He entrusted the task to King tikas.


    Tikas is also a king. The former king and the government minister jointly designated the authentic king. Although he does not have any actual power, he is more orthodox than barkenlai in terms of blood origin, jurisprudence and authority certification.


    Such a good king can''t always be a decoration. Clothes, food, housing and transportation are the highest standards. He must do something useful. Manda is going to send him to bluestone to negotiate with the messenger.


    Pluto reminded, "if you want to send a king, you must first obtain the consent of the Minister of state."


    "Not only does he have to agree, he has to do something for me. Southeast needs him very much now."


    Manda came to the residence of the Minister of state. As expected, the Minister of state did not agree with the king to leave the seven star mountain.


    But Manda did not intend to ask for his advice: "bucken has declared himself king, and the king should negotiate with the king. This is called identity equivalence. If I intervene, I may make a wrong decision because of some temptation of bucken."


    This is a threat from Manda. If tikas is not willing to negotiate, Manda may turn to bucken.


    Lesio can naturally hear the implication and knows that he can''t refuse the current situation, but he doesn''t want ticas to go to bluestone. It''s too dangerous.


    "The messenger of bucken should be allowed to meet his Majesty in the Seven Star City. This is in line with etiquette."


    "That''s impossible," Manda shook her head. "Do you think I''ll show the whole southwest to bucken''s messenger? Will I show him the whole seven star city?"


    Lesio knew that he could not convince Manda, so he could only make one last request: "at least let me go with his majesty, and I can protect his safety."


    Manda once again rejected lesio: "I think what I said is very clear. The situation in the southeast determines our future. Your students are very smart and know enough about the southeast, but in the face of his family''s territory, he will certainly have other ideas, so I need someone smarter and better at handling government affairs to help me."


    "I can supervise and guide sus in other ways, and I don''t have to go to the Southeast..."


    Manda shook her head and said, "I have provided shelter for your majesty and taken great risks. I have tried my best to protect your Majesty''s status. I have suffered a lot of hatred for this. The transaction must be fair. I want to see not only your sincerity, but also your chips."


    Lesio said no more. Manda''s hegemony was beyond his imagination.


    Although extremely unhappy, he also acknowledged Manda''s wit. Manda made the best response to such complex changes in the situation.


    After proper negotiation, Manda took lesio to Longyin city overnight. The strength of the sixth order believer is extraordinary. He doesn''t need to take medicine powder and can use his skills to make his soul sleep.


    After understanding the current situation of Southeast Asia, lesio put forward two conditions:


    First, we can''t disclose lesio''s identity. This is not a contempt for lyonde, but a precaution against tifon.


    Second, business matters are solved by Manda, and lesio only puts forward suggestions on government and military affairs.


    The next day, leond had changed his decree and promised to buy wheat at the price of ten copper coins a pound and barley at the price of eight gold coins a pound.


    At the same time, he handed over the deployment of troops in the southeast to Manda.


    After taking the deployment map back to the manor for a while, Manda was surprised and quickly circled xiangteng county and Quehua County on the map with a pen: "we have to send more troops to these two places immediately. I''m afraid barken has already started!"


    Lesio looked at it for a moment, shook his head and said, "it''s enough to send more troops to Quehua county. Divide half the troops of xiangteng County into the surrounding villages."


    Manda said in amazement, "there are only 800 people in xiangteng county. Do you want to divide troops?"


    Lesio smiled, "it''s just a suggestion."