underworld.
The sky is gray, and there are tributaries of the Styx River everywhere on the ground, and you can faintly see the pale soul in it, whose memory is constantly being washed away, and the face is slowly becoming flat and dull.
The wilderness is dotted with cities built of black granite and rotting soil, the most gigantic of which is naturally the city of the dead of the mighty god Rick Ramvor.
The huge wall of unbelievers towered into the sky, and the souls of many unbelievers wailed mournfully on it. More than half of their bodies had already merged into the wall, as if they were being swallowed by the wall.
In the world of the gods, unbelievers are more terrifying existences than pagans, devils, and demon believers. Their souls after death will not be accepted by any god's kingdom, and they can only suffer eternal torture on the wall of unbelievers. pain.
And even if these souls want to temporarily convert to a certain god, it is too late. Of course, the great god of death still gives them a final choice. Although these two choices are not very good, they may be more terrifying than the Wall of Unbelievers— Abyss, or hell!
At this time, only the abyss and hell are willing to accept the souls of these unbelievers and transform them into soul worms as a supplement for consumption.
The entire city of the dead is dead silent and indifferent, full of dull-faced undead, even liches are rarely willing to stay in this place.
boom!
Suddenly, a huge golden door opened, rippling endless sacred light.
The light of the gods has the taste of purification and redemption, and it seems to bring hope to this area, but this is not the case at all.
The undead exclaimed and screamed, avoiding the light of the gods.
Just a bit of golden afterglow made some undead rush to avoid it. Once touched, even their souls would melt under the golden light.
That kind of majesty and the glory of the gods are not what they are qualified to face now.
The end of being forcibly sowed is to completely disappear from this world, cease to exist and lose all imprints.
"Damn it, a true god has descended, and she is also the goddess of the magic net..."
At this moment, the entire city of the dead was in turmoil. Many liches, devils, and demons hiding in the ground, mage towers, and even in the gaps between the planes cursed and fled hurriedly. Shine in the city.
The figure of Mystra stepped out of the huge golden gate, looking at the turmoil in the city, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Mystra!"
A loud voice sounded from the center of the city of the dead, and then a middle-aged man in a blue robe appeared in front of the goddess of the magic net.
The other party's appearance was very ordinary, and he looked no different from an ordinary middle-aged nobleman, except for a pair of eyes with a gloomy light, which seemed to see through everything.
A more powerful domain of death lingers around the opponent all the time, as if he is the master of death in the world! King of all undead!
This is the god of death! The mighty Kelenvor!
"You always give me trouble!"
After seeing the turbulent city, Kelemvor frowned, and the death domain on his body instantly transformed into a peaceful force.
A layer of protective technique spread across the domain in an instant, comforting the turbulent undead and calming them down again.
A variant of the realm of death—the realm of eternal sleep! It has the power of protection and comfort, and it is also the respect and protection of the dead.
Kelemvor has always been a lawful neutral deity dedicated to bringing peace to the dead and opposing spells that violate the laws of nature to prolong life, or desecrate undead and corpses.
The golden balance supported by the arm bone is his symbol.
Of course, there are rumors that he and Mystra, the Goddess of the Magic Web, maintained a very close relationship when they were mortals, but after they each became gods, this relationship gradually faded away.
Although neither Mistra nor Kelenvor admitted, judging from the current situation, this rumor is very likely to be true.
"Why do you disturb the peace of the underworld?"
Kelemvor stared at Mystra.
Their current relationship is not as good as it used to be. This is because Kelenvor hates magic and thinks that the power of magic has greatly disturbed the peace of the dead, and there are other reasons.
According to the secret speculations of many liches and devils, this may also have a deep relationship with Mystra raising the old face of Elminster, and even having a deep relationship with a mortal who gave birth to the silver moon queen Alustriel .
"Of course it's for the god of slaughter... Kelemvor, don't you feel annoyed when the other party steals your power and covets your throne?"
Mystra sneered.
"A new god who has only comprehended the realm of death is far less threatening than Nephthys and Sha Gouzhen..."
Kelemvor fell silent, then slowly replied.
The few gods he mentioned are all gods whose priesthood involves death, and more importantly, they are all medium divine powers!
In comparison, the current Leylin didn't even have the priesthood of [Death], so he couldn't be considered a big threat.
"Really..." Mystra's face changed for a while, and then she seemed to make up her mind: "Have you ever heard... the legend of the nightmare snake?"
"Is this your hunch?"
After many exchanges of divine thoughts, Kelenvor fell into a long silence, and then slowly said: "For you... I am willing to help again... Unfortunately, the camp and my original oath made me have too much limit… "
Kelenvor is a lawful and neutral god. Even if there is an excuse for a conflict of priesthood, it is a taboo to attack a true god's kingdom of God rashly.
What's more serious is that he can be sure that as long as he starts a war of gods because of the priesthood of death, the other gods of death will unite to resist him in an instant—no way, who makes him the most powerful and the most threatening
"No need... I just ask you..."
With a beautiful smile on Mystra's face, she slowly stated her purpose...
Soon, what happened in the underworld began to affect Leylin's kingdom of God.
"The souls of our believers were intercepted by Kelenvor?"
Listening to his subordinate's report, Leylin frowned tightly. This is a rather troublesome matter.
Believers believe in gods, and their souls will also ascend to the kingdom of gods after death. This is a god-man contract that cannot be violated.
However, there are differences in execution.
Generally speaking, the belief channel formed by those devout believers has enough power to lead their souls directly to the kingdom of gods after their death, especially the Holy Spirit.
Once a saint dies, the gods will even take the initiative to open the Kingdom of God to receive him, and he will be promoted to the Holy Spirit before the other party enters the Kingdom of God, becoming the most important arm of the god.
However, the souls of ordinary believers and the souls of general believers must go through another procedure-go to the underworld and accept the identification of Kelan Wo, the king of the dead, among them, the unbelievers will be crucified on the wall of the unbelievers Then, identify the gods the believers belong to, and hand them over to the envoys who came to receive them.
This is the contract that the gods signed with Kelemvor when it entered the underworld, and it also determines the lawful and neutral camp of the other party.
But once the opponent turned his back on him, Leylin now felt a bit difficult to deal with.
After all, the pious and fanatics among the believers are still a minority after all, and the general believers and general believers are the absolute majority!
Once this basic disk is damaged, the damage to faith is no small matter.
"Our divine envoy also questioned about this, but Kelenvor didn't respond to this... He only proposed a condition through his subordinates, that the Lord must go to the underworld in person before the other party agreed to release the souls of believers..."
A heroic spirit under him reported tremblingly, Leylin waved his hand to let the other party leave, and then fell into deep thought.
In this weird incident, he smelled a strong smell of conspiracy.
"Every step of the way... you don't even give me any time..."
Leylin smiled wryly, he wanted to recuperate now, but the other party didn't give him this chance at all.
Moreover, Kelemvor has a priesthood conflict with him, and even if he makes an attack on this, it is difficult to tell what is wrong with the other party.
He has no popularity among the gods at all, and I am afraid that he is more gloating.
"Fortunately... I don't have a lot of mortal believers. I'm still a native of Bankz Island, and I'm directly in the Kingdom of God. My soul doesn't need to go to the underworld..."
Leylin felt a little lucky.
To deal with any conspiracy and tricks, the key to breaking the game is not to follow the opponent's footsteps, otherwise the end will be extremely miserable.
Since Leylin judged that the other party's purpose was to lure him to the underworld, or to have a more intense conflict with Kelemvor, then he made up his mind to be a coward and ignore these things at all.
What about a bad reputation? What about the collapse of belief in the main material world
Anyway, his foundation is in the Kingdom of God, and he has nothing to fear.
What's more, his essence is a wizard, even if he relies on faith to become a powerful divine power, what's the use
When being threatened, the more you show your attention, the easier it is to be targeted, and you will get nothing in the end, or even lose your original things.
And the current Leylin is relying on his own wealth and power, and is going to spend it with Kelanwo.
Of course, this kind of believer in the Kingdom of God also has shortcomings.
At least Leylin knew very well that compared with the main material world, the beliefs provided by believers living in the Kingdom of God would be greatly reduced.
What's even more frightening is that after a few generations, these believers will gradually become "God-like"—that is, they will gradually transform into petitioners. This is an irreversible process.
Therefore, although they know that there are benefits in the Kingdom of God, the main source of believers for those gods is still the main material world.