"Ares\'s iron man, Hera\'s puppet, Athena\'s twelve line chess, look at how many priceless treasures our Manda has brought back." the count sat in his chair and appreciated the treasures bought by Manda one by one.

Manda asked excitedly, "are these artifacts?"

A golden apple can be worth 600 gold coins. How much is this artifact worth?

The count squinted at Manda. His eyes could see through lies, but Manda didn\'t lie in front of him.

"These are just mortal objects illuminated by the holy light, also known as divine objects. They have certain magic power, but they can\'t be compared with divine objects. Of course, they are also valuable."

Manda rubbed her hands and said, "in short, they are all good things. You should give me some rewards?"

The count had two more eyes on his face, the fire in the fireplace was much dimmed, and everyone put away their smiles. It seemed that the count was angry, including Manda.

"Do you really want a reward or are you kidding?"

"I really want a reward," Manda said with a straight face.

"Very well," nodded the count, "first tell me, how did you find these things from the market?"

Kunta shivered. The real test came. No matter what answer he gave, he must not lie in front of the count.

In fact, he didn\'t have to worry. Manda had prepared the answer. Because the count could see through the lies, he decided to tell the truth. Of course, it was only part of the truth.

"When I saw these things, I seemed to see a pile of gold coins."

He didn\'t tell the life God\'s hint, but he didn\'t lie.

The count had two more eyes on his face, and then asked, "don\'t you know the origin of these things?"

Manda shook her head and said, "I don\'t know. I just feel the smell of gold."

The count picked up a stone statue: "this is the statue of Ares, one of the twelve main gods. Do you recognize it?"

"I don\'t know."

"It\'s engraved with ancient words. Do you recognize it?"

"I can\'t read."

Twelve eyes had appeared on the count\'s face, but he could still see no trace of lies from Manda.

The room was getting colder and colder, and Kunta\'s blood was freezing.

But unexpectedly, the eyes on the count\'s face became less, and the air in the room gradually warmed up.

Kunta was surprised and delighted. Unexpectedly, Manda really cheated the count. This is the power of wisdom, which can defeat the count\'s third-order divine power.

"Lucky little fellow, if you want a reward, I\'ll give you a reward," the count smiled. "You can choose one of money, gods and meritorious deeds."

"What is meritorious service for?"

"It seems that you don\'t understand the rules here," smiled the count, "Merit is the most precious reward. According to your contribution in this task, I can reward you ten points of merit. When the merit accumulates to 100 points, I can arrange a second sacrifice for you, that is, give you the opportunity to upgrade. When you reach 500 points, I will help you find artifacts, just as I help Pluto find golden apples."

Manda\'s heart was rolling. Meritorious service was indeed a precious reward, but it was of no use to him. He was not a believer of tephon at all. Another sacrifice was equivalent to another death.

"Where are the gods?"

The count was stunned. Manda didn\'t choose merit, which surprised him. He picked up the knife bought by Manda: "your merit is not enough to exchange for a divine object. I can reward you with this dagger. It\'s not a divine object, but a weapon made by ancient god believers."

Manda felt a fit of resentment: I bought all these things. He only gave me a knife and said it was a reward.

Besides, a knife is useless to him. No matter how sharp it is, it can\'t compare with his golden finger.

"I choose gold coins."

"Really?" the count smiled strangely.

Manda made a serious mistake. Judging from the situation of this trip, lioness, Pluto and leond are not very rich, which proves that the count is not very generous in money.

The count gave Manda three gold coins. How should we measure this?

When converted to later currencies, the three gold coins are almost 60000 yuan, which sounds very powerful.

In this era, there is even more momentum. A farmer may not be able to earn a gold coin after several years of busy work.

But what Manda brought back could be worth a thousand gold coins. The reward of three gold coins was really disappointing.

"Thank you, count!" the lioness kicked Manda. "Don\'t forget you still owe me a gold coin!"

Seeing Manda\'s depressed face, the count smiled and said, "is it too little? I have another reward. I\'ll find someone to teach you to read."

Manda sighed and said, "read, good, good. Thank the count for his generosity."

Kunta thought the opportunity was coming, quickly raised his hand and said, "Lord count, I\'d like to teach Manda to read."

The fire trembled, the room became cold again, and an eye appeared on the count\'s forehead.

"Knowledgeable Kunta, it\'s rare that you are so kind, but I don\'t want to waste too much time. I guess you will be very busy these days."

No, the count seemed to know that he had copied the ancient text on the stone statue. Kunta hid behind the Sphinx, bowed his head and said nothing.

The count pointed to an attendant and said, "call worm."

On hearing worm\'s name, everyone changed his face. Sphinx looked up and said, "Sir, you don\'t have to do this. The child didn\'t deceive you..."

The count squinted at the Sphinx: "worm is the best teacher. Does anyone want to question my decision?"

Sphinx did not dare to speak. The attendant soon brought a thin middle-aged man and stood in front of the count.

"I\'ll give you three days to teach the child to read."

The middle-aged man saluted deeply and said, "follow your orders."

This man is worm? Manda stared at him for two eyes. He was very tall, his skin was very white, there were many wrinkles, his eyes were very big, his pupils were also very big, he could hardly see the whites of his eyes, his nose was very round, and there were a pair of lips under his nose that could hardly see the color of blood.

Who is he? Why are people so nervous?

"Come on, little fellow, our time is precious." worm took Manda\'s arm and left the count\'s room.

Will you start studying tonight? For seven days, Manda had planned to eat and sleep well.

Manda was taken away by WOM, and Kunta was heartbroken. He knew wom\'s means. If Manda could read, WOM would soon find that if she deceived the count, Manda would die.

If Manda really doesn\'t know how to read, he\'ll never survive under worm for three days.

He also knew that the count was cruel and cruel, but he didn\'t expect that he didn\'t leave any chance for Manda. Manda didn\'t show any flaws in front of him, let alone he did nothing wrong.

Pluto also wants to say a word for Manda. Without Manda\'s help, he can\'t buy golden apples.

"I think the child is just playing tricks. According to Sphinx, the old man took the initiative to find him and made him buy a lot of babies. I guess he doesn\'t know these things at all. He\'s just a big talker and pretending to be smart."

The count was silent. He sat back by the fireplace and played the harp.

Pluto realized that he was talkative and subconsciously took a small step back.

After playing the song, the count turned to Pluto and asked, "are you questioning him or me?"

"Of course I won\'t question you, I just think..."

"Why did the old man find him, but not the Sphinx who already had the name of God?"

"Maybe it\'s because he has a special smell, just like you said..."

Pluto was sweating and his tongue was beginning to knot.

"He found the boy selling knives before. Is this a mistake?" the count continued to play the harp.

"That knife... Seems nothing special."

"Really?" the count stopped playing and came to Pluto. "Give me your sword."

Pluto\'s hands are shaking. He is about to get the name of God and he is about to get eternal life. He has suffered for more than 20 years. Now he is likely to die under his own sword because of a lot of words.

He gave the long sword to the count. The count touched the body of the sword and said with admiration, "it\'s a top grade in the golden light city. Unfortunately, it\'s used too long. It\'s a little old."

Pluto swallowed his saliva and stepped back several steps.

With a smile, the count came to the table with his long sword, picked up the dagger bought by Manda and cut with Pluto\'s long sword.

This time, it didn\'t take much effort. The long sword broke at the sound, and the fracture was very neat.

And there was not even a trace on the blade of the dagger.

The people were stunned and speechless. The count sighed: "this is the skill possessed by the believer of Hephaestus, and this believer has reached the first level."

Sphinx took a breath and said, "I missed it. I should buy more weapons..."

"You should bring back the boy who sold weapons!" the count threw the dagger aside and returned the long sword broken in two to Pluto.

"Old things have feelings. I understand that feeling, but you are about to get the name of God. It\'s time to change a new sword."

Pluto breathed a sigh and just came back from the gate of hell. All he could think of was the joy of the rest of his life, but he forgot all about Manda.

Manda was taken to the basement of the castle by worm. Why is there a basement in the castle suspended on the cliff? Manda didn\'t understand why. The structure of the castle was beyond his comprehension.

The corridor is dark and narrow, and still continues the gorgeous architectural style. The walls and floors are paved with marble, and the smooth blue stone surface makes the humid air colder.

Worm walked ahead with a torch, and he had not said a word since he left the count\'s room.

The two men walked in the corridor for a long time. The corridor seemed to have no end. A strange cold wind blew from the dark. Manda shivered and worm stopped.

He took a bunch of keys from his waist and opened a door.

Behind the door was a dark room, and the dust in the room was heavy. Manda slapped her nose and said, "can\'t you find a better place to teach me to read?"

Learning this kind of thing is a test of the environment. It is impossible to have high learning efficiency in such a place.

Worm didn\'t speak. He climbed the ladder and lit the chandelier. Under the shadow of the light, the whole room appeared in front of Manda.

Pale yellow tapestries, log colored floors and dark brown bookshelves are arranged in two rows, which can\'t see the end like the corridor.

A bronze desk was defeated in front of us. On it were a stack of parchment, a bundle of quill pens, and two ink kettles.

Is this the library? If the university library has such an atmosphere, Manda firmly believes that she will be admitted to a doctor in her previous life.

"This is the count\'s study. It belongs to you tonight." after entering the study, worm spoke more, and there was an imperceptible smile on his stiff face.

Manda took a deep breath and seemed to smell a faint fragrance of books from the smell of dust.

Learning is a matter of great significance. The life with knowledge is the real life. Even if people without knowledge get eternal life, they are just an empty shell.

A stream of heat poured into Manda\'s chest. He sat at his desk and said seriously, "I\'m ready. Let\'s start."

Worm took a book out of the shelf and sat opposite Manda. "Let\'s start with the letters."

The common language of origino is simplified from the ancient Yiqin language, with a total of 41 letters.

Confident Manda was confident that he could recite all the letters in one night, but worm thought it was completely unnecessary. He took out a copper hourglass.

"We don\'t have so much time. A 200 minute hourglass is enough."

The hourglass is origino\'s most commonly used timing tool. The 200 minute hourglass is one hundredth of a day, only more than seven minutes.

Isn\'t it a joke to write down 41 letters in more than seven minutes?

But worm was not joking. He looked at Manda and said slowly, "I\'ll just say it again. You should remember their pronunciation, their writing methods and the rules of spelling."

"How can I remember..."

"You must remember!" worm opened his mouth and two long teeth like pliers stretched out.

The long blood red teeth knocked twice, and a ball of fine silk thread gushed out of worm\'s mouth.

The silk thread tied Manda\'s hand, covered Manda\'s head, opened Manda\'s eyelids, pulled his to the table, and let his eyes stare at the books on the table.

Two strands of silk thread got into her nostrils and went up until they got into Manda\'s brain.

Worm shouted to the silk thread, "I\'m starting."