Chapter 633: Buying and Selling with God
The nature of the Adamantite Coffin Hammer can be concealed from others, but it is absolutely impossible to hide the eyes of a god, even if it is the first time that the incarnation of the Divine Coffin comes in, the goddess of strategy feels the unusualness of the Adamantite Coffin Hammer and the reason.
As for the confusion of the attribution of the priesthood of death, it is no secret in Faerun.
In the history of Faerun, there have been three lords of the dead, at least so far.
The original Lord of the Dead and the God of Death was named Jecob, a very ancient god, whose specific identity is no longer known, only that he was once a mortal, he did not have a godfall, and still exists, but as the overseer of the death order, the grave keeper, the official funeral, the custodian of the name of the dead, the holder of a series of death-related priesthoods such as fatalism, only a weak divine power.
Tired of his duties, he voluntarily stripped most of the priesthood, including the Lord of the Dead, from himself and handed them over to Mirkor, Baal, and Bane, while he served as a god, who mainly inherited the priesthood of the dead.
If it is said that Jecob is in charge of the priesthood of the Lord of the Dead through mystery (so that the world does not understand death, and worship it), then the second Lord of the Dead, Mirkor, is through fear, so that the world fears death, worship and belief in him, he and the Lord of Murder, Baal, the Lord of Darkness, Bann before the turbulent years, and called the Three Gods of Darkness, they used fear to influence the rule of Faeron for thousands of years, and the inflated desires made them no longer satisfied with the powerful divine power, and stole the Tablet of Destiny, Trying to tamper with the laws of Torrell and the entire multiverse, and make himself a god above all else.
This behavior completely angered the gods, the creator and guardian of the Thorell plane, Io, and he angrily reprimanded all the gods for their dereliction of duty, and sent them all out of the kingdom of God to the Toriel plane, and as saints, they found back the Tablet of Destiny, so that they no longer stood above mortals, but must rely on mortals to exist, and when mortals no longer worship and fear them, it will also be the time for them to fall.
And all this happened last year, in 1358 of the valley calendar, a series of turmoil caused in the process, known as the year of turmoil, all of which ended with the death of the three gods of death, Mirkor, Baal and Bane, as for the death of the magic god Mistra, it was purely his own death, ignoring the orders of the gods, trying to return to his kingdom before the fate tablet was not recovered, and was killed by the guardian god Heim, who faithfully performed his duties, and then reborn through the backdoor, becoming the third generation of the goddess of magic Midnight.
The priesthood of the Lord of the Dead fell into the hands of Shirek, the god of conspiracy and strife, and became the third generation, he was the most incompetent of all the Lord of the Dead, as I have said before, the priesthood is a thing that exists with my personality, and if it is incompatible, even if you obtain this priesthood, you will not keep it for too long, and you will be deprived of it because of your own dereliction of duty.
In the hands of Ciric, the Lord of the Dead is just a stepping stone for him, helping him to obtain the Priesthood of Conspiracy and Strife, in fact, the Priesthood of Intrigue and Strife is just his new tool, in order to gain more power, he even secretly creates a supreme artifact of his own Cirry Sutra, worshiping himself as the only god in this world that is truly worthy of faith.
He was too greedy, and there were too many unrelated priesthoods at once, murder, strife, lies, conspiracies, frauds, illusions, death, and the dead, and many of his priesthoods were drawn out at random, all of which once belonged to powerful divine powers, let alone fused together again, and before last year, he was just a mortal, and he suddenly gained so much power and ability, it was inevitable that there would be swelling and indigestion.
All his energy is focused on his grand plans, his own intrigues, and his own disputes, where is there still energy to care about the affairs of those who have died, and this dereliction of duty has directly become a new source of turmoil, and the operation of the entire Pan-Feron God System has become extremely problematic, countless souls that should have been led away have not been taken away, countless souls have escaped supervision, wandering in the material plane, causing many disputes and killings that should not have occurred, and countless deaths that should not have died, This brought divine power to his priesthood of strife, but he was seriously derelict in his priesthood of death and the dead.
Gavin obtained the Vizeme Manor, and through it gave birth to the spark of immortal divinity, it is also under this premise that under normal circumstances, in the case of the deceased priesthood has ownership, if the controller has a very strong ability to control it, the immortal divine spark is not so easy to spawn, even if it is spawned, the other party will sense it for the first time with the deceased priesthood, even if it does not take the initiative to find the door, it will send a messenger to retrieve it, Because the spark of immortal divinity is a key and a flame that will shake his deceased priesthood, and it cannot be overstated.
So far, Ciric has not taken any action, and the only explanation is that he has no scruples at all, and he does not feel it.
And the reason why Gavin dared to make a big move in this regard was because he knew this clearly, and he also knew that Shirek's incompetence had disappointed Yerda and secretly turned his back on him, and had re-screened and cultivated a new Lord of the Dead, and this person was none other than Cranvo, a powerful warrior who had ventured with Shirek and Midnight in turbulent years and retrieved the Tablet of Fate, and betrayed him with Midnight for the sake of strength.
He has now obtained the divine spark of the priesthood of the dead, and actively deals with things related to the dead all over the world, accumulating faith and connections, and Ciric seems to be completely unaware of it, that is, he has been deceived by Jeco, although Jerk is now a weak divine power, it is because he is willing, this ancient god has far more influence on the deceased than the world thinks.
It's just that if Kranvo wants to become the real Lord of the Dead, he also needs an important medium point, and this medium point is not in himself, but in Shirek, he himself made a serious mistake, which led to his complete dereliction of duty, and the godhead of death and the dead took the initiative to completely strip him from him - otherwise, except for the god Io, no one can forcibly deprive him of a part of his priesthood from a powerful divine power.
But after the turbulent years, Io fell silent again, not answering any prayers, not to mention that mortals and even the gods did not know where he was, as if he did not exist, but all the gods knew that he was there, but both mortals and gods were his children, as long as they did not dig their own graves and cause the collapse of the Torreel plane, he would not interfere in the operation of this place, because he knew that once he did, he would become the biggest danger to the entire Torreel plane, Last year's turbulent year was proof that although this wave of destruction was brought by the gods, the source was from him.
"I know." Gavin's expression was full of helplessness, "My Vizeme Manor is now a bit of an earthly kingdom of God, but it doesn't have the ability to gather faith, if you want to obtain a unique shadow power, if you want to expand, you can only accumulate through a large number of souls, if you rely on my immortal revenge realm alone, the efficiency is too slow, you can only use this method." ”
How did he not know, this is an act of taking chestnuts in the fire, but this is the foundation of his rapid development, if there is no dragon oak mother tree, if there is no Vizeme Manor, he is estimated to be still in the rocks of Cormier, with kobolds working hard to mine for development, if you want to realize your plan, it is estimated that it is still a distant dream.
The more he came into contact with the gods, Gavin found that the hope of success of his plan was slim, even in the turbulent years, the laws of operation of the Torel plane changed, and the influence of mortals on the gods had become much heavier, but if he wanted the mortal body to fight against the gods, even if it was a high-level legend, it was a mantis arm as a car, at best, it was to wrestle with the divine incarnation of powerful divine power, not to mention the strength to stand in front of his body, it is estimated that there is no chance.
Mortal God Slaughter is not unheard of in Faerun, but most of the people killed are only a divine incarnation of that god, not the main body.
Most of the roots that really caused the fall of the gods appeared in herself, as evidenced by the immortal goddess of vengeance, who was destroyed by her own greed, and it was not a mortal who hit her hard, but a demon lord who mortals hated.
"This time, because of the Marauder Calagos's initiation of a divine war against me, this matter should be hidden." The strategy lady threw out her final intention and said, "It is a big taboo for mortals to steal souls, but it is another matter for the gods to intervene, especially since the current Lord of the Dead once tried to attack me when I ascended to God, I have the divine right to fight back, as long as you nod, I can inject my plan and strategy divinity into it to help you cover the spark of immortal divinity." ”
"Once that happens, the soul that I draw is no longer my own, but needs to be given to the lady." Gavin uses not a question, but an affirmative, the production of divinity is closely related to the soul, and since anyone is involved in it, there is no reason to be empty-handed.
Although he is now a voter of the Lady of Strategy, the relationship between the two is more like a community that is tied together because of interests, it is not considered to be on an equal footing, there are benefits, Gavin must give priority to his own hands, not like Catherine and them, everything, whether glory or soul, belongs to Ms. Strategy.
"Yes, since I will help you withstand the pressure, and I will bear the charge of stealing souls, I will naturally get a piece of the pie, and half of the souls you have obtained through this kind of soul will go to me." The Goddess of Strategy is obviously very aware of this, and knows that this in itself is Gavin's uniqueness, so she does not try to use her identity as a god to suppress him and swallow all his souls alone, nor does she offer me a greedy price like a greedy dragon that eats big heads.
As if afraid that Gavin would not agree, Ms. Strategy added: "And this is not entirely determined by me, but by the divinity injected into it, there is only a little divinity in your hammer, I have to inject at least a little divinity into it, and after the soul is drawn back, it will inevitably be divided in half according to the divinity inside." ”
After thinking about it for a while, Gavin offered his own price and said: "I will inject a little more immortal divinity into it, you and me, now the manor is the booster of my rapid development, the faster I develop, the bigger the situation I stir up, the larger the number of enemies I can face, and the more souls I can harvest, but my soldiers, unless they are willing to stay in your kingdom, you have to return it to me." ”
He can't do charity, and neither can the strategy lady, and if you want to pull her tiger skin, you have to give benefits.
The advantage of this is obvious, he has taken a huge risk to steal, but he has become above board, and if the owner of the priesthood of death is not satisfied, he will definitely not talk to himself directly, but to talk to the strategist lady.
Judging from Ciric's previous attempt to assassinate and seize the newly condensed Godhead of the Lady of Strategy, there is no possibility for the two to sit down and talk calmly, so draw their swords first.
Relying on the goddess of strategy alone, there is definitely no way to resist Ciric, but there is also a main god Tampas behind her, who will not only stand on her side unconditionally, but even intervene enthusiastically in this matter.
Because for him, there are also huge interests hidden in this matter, and the Lord of War definitely does not look down on their petty stealing behavior, but the deeper possibility represented by this matter - intervening in the Death Priesthood, war and death are never separated, they don't need to take the entire Death Priesthood, as long as they take one of the branches, the War Death Priesthood, how huge are the benefits contained in it? There is no need to say more, and the conflict priesthood in Ciric's hands belongs to the category of the war god, and if he can take the opportunity to take it, it will also be a kind of expansion of the war god system.
Shouldn't I ask Lady Strategy to invite Tampas, the god of war, down to discuss the matter?
When the mind is opened, the pattern immediately opens up.
Before Gavin could speak, the Strategist Lady preemptively spoke: "There are some things that can be thought and done, but it cannot be said that all our plans and all our strategies are our own, and have nothing to do with the Father of Battle. ”
Obviously, just like before, the plan that Gavin had in his mind about the Goddess of Strategy and even the God of War didn't need to be exported at all, and she immediately sensed it.
"Understood." Gavin showed a smile that I understand, once the plan is spoken, it is equivalent to leaving evidence of the crime, although it will be left later, but at least it will not be understood before it is done, and a corresponding prevention plan will be formulated.
As for having nothing to do with Tampas, it's not that it's hidden from him, and it's not really unrelated, just like the current war transformation of Ms. Strategy, everything is the goddess of strategy rushing to the front, if it fails, it's Ms. Strategy's problem, if it succeeds, he, as her main god, will also follow her to enjoy the glory of success.
From the very beginning, put yourself in an invincible position.
The matter of seeking the priesthood of war death is no exception, and if something really happens, how could he not make a move, at worst, he will also do his best to protect the lady of strategy, so that her priesthood will not be seized by the other party.
This is not only a strategy for the struggle between the gods, but also the intrigue between the human kingdoms, which is usually this kind of drama, and the lords below, when they expand their territory, the kings and dukes above just look high.
If the lord who opened up the territory fails, the enemy takes the opportunity to come to the door, if it is profitable, he intervenes to fight back, but if the enemy is strong, then return the occupied land, and at most push the lord out to blame.
If the expansion is successful, it will belong to the new territory of their kingdom, and they will not need to do anything, they will enjoy the maximum benefit.
After having a deeper consensus, Ms. Strategy readily agreed to Gavin's conditions and said: "There is no problem with the attribution ratio, but the resurrection you said needs to have a premise, that is, ten to one, every ten extra souls you contribute to me can be exchanged for one person from me, mortals for mortals, extraordinary for extraordinary, legends for legends, not cumulative, a battle is settled." ”
Everything needs a price, even if it is a god to resurrect a person, it also needs to consume divine power, especially this kind of large-scale resurrection without consumption, not to mention the large consumption, there are many restrictions.
Again, for that reason, people do what God does, and only when people make corresponding prayers and things that are beneficial to their own priesthood can they have a reason to intervene.
If there are no restrictions, those gods can resurrect whoever they want, and in this world, there is no such accidental death as death from illness and war, only normal aging and death.
It wouldn't be long before the entire physical plane was overcrowded, but the kingdom of gods and gods was empty.
When the grace of God and God give it cheap enough, the world will no longer cherish it, and naturally it will no longer fear and worship the gods, which is extremely unfavorable to the gods, and Gavin's change in attitude towards the favor of God is the best proof.
Being a god is not only a restriction on the gods, but also a protection of the interests of the gods, and a law of balancing mechanism.
"Yes." Gavin didn't bargain, because it seems like a deal now, but in fact it's not, this matter does not conflict with the interests of the goddess of strategy herself, and those soldiers who were resurrected by her will do their best to serve her in the future and help her expand her faith, so in this matter, there is no need for Ms. Strategy to lower the price, what she gave must be the highest price she can give.
As for mortals for mortals, transcendent for extraordinary, legendary for legendary, this is just the price tag, to the transcendent and legendary class, they don't need the strategy lady to help resurrect, this kind of collective resurrection is mainly for those warriors below the extraordinary, they have the largest number of deaths, if you go through the ordinary resurrection process, the cost is also the largest, the scale of a thousand people needs five or six million gold coins, and the most important thing is that resurrection resources (diamonds) are not easy to obtain.
"Are there any other questions? If not, I'll start. The Lady of Strategy asked.
"Nope." Gavin didn't ask too much, because even if he did, it would be in vain, because for this kind of finished artifact, even a god can do very limited hands and feet, and can only inject his own divine power into it, giving birth to changes that are beneficial to him, rather than making major adjustments.
"Are you sure?" There was obviously a smile that could not be concealed in the inquiry.
(End of chapter)