Give Me the Name of God

In the dungeon, Worm spit out a bunch of worm threads and stuck it into Manda's nostrils.

This is a special way of communication they came up with. After practicing many times, they can communicate with each other silently, although the process is a bit disgusting.

They discussed three countermeasures in total:

Plan 1: Escape from the dungeon.

This is a countermeasure that Manda came up with, but Worm disagrees.

He knew that Manda's sharp claws could easily open the iron lock, but he left worm threads along the way and could feel the tight defense of the dungeon.

The entire dungeon has three floors. They are on the lowest floor. Every time they go up a floor, they have to pass through a gate. Each gate is guarded by at least ten guards, including at least one first-order ancient god believer.

In other words, to reach the ground, you must pass through three major gates, three ancient god believers, and thirty guards, and you must not alert the people outside the dungeon, otherwise you will be instantly killed by the masters around the viscount.

More importantly, even if the escape is successful, the tavern must be abandoned. This is not the result Worm wants to see anyway.

Option 2: Reveal the earl’s identity and intimidate the other party

This is Worm's plan.

The Count once told Worm that as long as the power of the God Punisher is not involved, when you are desperate, you can show the other party that you are a subordinate of Count Haze. Earl of Resentment seems to have a lot of intimidating power in some places. Worm believes that as long as the other party hears the name of the Earl, they will never dare to hurt them.

But Manda disagreed. If Viscount Gaisac disliked people who pretended to be pretentious, he might do something impulsive in anger, something even more impulsive than having his intestines pumped out. Moreover, they would probably not be able to see the viscount, and they would most likely be dealt with directly by the two tax collectors or slightly more senior officials.

Option 3: Pay back taxes and fines.

This is the safest strategy, and it is the inspiration Manda found from the friend next door.

He paid less than half of the tax, which at least saved his life. If Manda paid all the tax back and paid some fines, maybe there would be no need to cut off the ears or nose, and the matter would be settled.

They only owed twenty-five silver coins in taxes, and even if they paid ten times the fine, it would only be two and a half gold coins.

Including Worm's money and the eighty silver coins from selling wine, Manda still had almost three gold coins in her hand. After paying the fine, there were still more than thirty silver coins left, which could be used to compensate the two people who were beaten. tax collector.

This strategy was approved by Worm, but Worm suggested that Manda leave a few silver coins because the New Year was coming and he didn't want the first New Year in the tavern to be too shabby.

After the exchange, Worm took back the worm thread and swallowed it back into his mouth, while Manda was thinking about how to meet the Viscount and admit her mistake.

Of course, the best way was to bribe. Manda took out two silver coins and waited for the jailer to appear. He tried to build connections at all levels, and he had to meet at least the two tax collectors or even higher-level officials before he could get in touch with the viscount.

When it was time to deliver food, the jailer appeared at the bottom of the dungeon pushing a heavy cart. Manda saw a prisoner exchange ten copper coins for an extra piece of bread from the jailer. It seemed that the bribery trick really worked.

Seeing the jailer coming to the cage, Manda quickly handed over the two silver coins. Among a group of poor prisoners, the two silver coins were obviously a rare and huge sum of money. The jailer's eyes seemed to be locked by the silver coins. I didn't want to leave for a long time.

But he still twisted his neck with difficulty and sent the food into the cage without accepting Manda's silver coins.

Bribery failed? What's the point? Is this jailer an upright man?

How is this possible? He had collected dozens of copper coins on the way to deliver the meal.

Why refuse your own bribe? He must have been admonished by someone, and I hope it didn't come from the two tax collectors who were beaten.

The food in the dungeon was miserable. Each person only had a small piece of bread and a small bowl of vegetable soup, and this was the only food every day.

Worm dipped the bread into the vegetable soup and ate it very sweetly.

Manda took a bite of the bread, licked the blood on her teeth, stuffed it into her arms, and kept it as a self-defense weapon.

If he couldn't see the Viscount, all other thoughts would be in vain, and the only effective strategy was to escape.

Before I was tortured into a cripple by this hellish place, I should take action tonight.

It was hard to tell the difference between day and night in the dark dungeon. Seeing that most of the prisoners were asleep, Manda gave Worm a look.

Worm closed his eyes and carefully felt the changes in the worm threads. He walked from the cage along the corridor to the stairs, then slowly along the stairs to the exit of the dungeon until he came to the ground, passed through the castle yard, and came to the moat. , the suspension bridge of the moat seems to have been put away...

Don't worry if there is no suspension bridge. Worm can still fly anyway. After investigating along the way, Worm didn't feel the aura of a strong person. He only felt a first-order believer on the second floor of the dungeon.

As long as you are prepared, it is not difficult to kill a first-order man. Manda came to the door and was about to cut the chain with his golden fingers when he suddenly saw the fat knight Stanley walking over with two soldiers.

ah! What a coincidence! Manda gave Worm a hard look. He was deeply doubtful of the bug's detection capabilities.

Then he turned his face, looked at the Lord Knight with a smile, and pretended to fumble with the bars of the cage.

Stanley looked at the two of them with a smile: Mr. Remus, and your son, Mr. Nedali, I know it's rude to call you this, but I couldn't find your last names.

Is it necessary to worry about this? Manda looked at Stanley in surprise. In this era, civilians could not have surnames, and he should not address civilians as sir, especially the two prisoners.

But then I thought about it, he spoke so politely, maybe it represented the Viscount's attitude, and because of his status, he was willing to appear here, which proved that things would turn around a lot.

Seeing that the two men did not respond, Stanley continued: I think these two gentlemen have understood the purpose of my coming here. If there is nothing else, let's leave now.

Manda pursed her lips, rubbed her hands and said, To be honest, I don't quite understand your purpose, and I really want to know where we should go.

Going to the place we are destined to go, no one can escape the arrangement of fate. Stanley's expression became slightly more serious. I know that the two of you are very skilled, so I can only send you two there myself.

Manda's face turned pale, and Worm was dumbfounded.

He was sentenced to death so quickly and executed by a third-level believer himself?

There is absolutely no chance of escape.

The two men were carried out of the cage by the soldiers and walked along the corridor towards the stairs.

The prisoner whose ears and nose were cut off shouted loudly: May the Lord bless you and may you live forever in His kingdom!