The God of Thieves, Mask, had already fallen at the hands of Shar, and now Waukeen was the only missing deity.
"Do the priests of the Goddess of Wealth have an unbreakable faith connection with their goddess? Do they know any useful information?"
There is an unseverable connection between bishops - level priests and the deities they worship. If one really wants to know the current situation of Waukeen, starting from the priests is the most effective way.
The Red Knight was somewhat helpless. "Before Waukeen disappeared, she entrusted her divine mantle to the Goddess of Joy, Lliira. The believers who originally belonged to the Goddess of Commerce flocked to Lliira's embrace in large numbers! Lliira once swore an oath to the River Styx that she would return Waukeen's divine mantle. As long as she has not violated the oath, we have no excuse to intervene."
Tyche pondered. Things were getting more and more interesting.
Since she had sworn an oath to the River Styx, Lliira had no reason to embezzle the divine mantle in any case. However, this kind of loose oath still had loopholes. As long as it was not Waukeen herself asking for the return of her own divine mantle, Lliira had every reason to refuse to answer any questions. After all, Waukeen was not a subordinate deity of anyone, and her friends all kept silent. The gods who were not close to Waukeen had even less reason to intervene.
The Red Knight's words had a hidden meaning. The divine mantles of commerce and wealth were in Lliira's hands. As long as the Goddess of Joy was willing, the priests' faith would be connected to the divine mantle first rather than Waukeen herself.
Tyche also understood the Red Knight's meaning. From a rational perspective, Lliira was undoubtedly the last deity who wanted to see Waukeen reappear. And the Red Knight had no reason to ask the Goddess of Joy to open up the commercial and wealth divine mantles to cooperate in finding Waukeen's whereabouts.
This plot was even more exciting than "Tiny Times"!
The curious feeling that was eager to move was like an restless cat's paw. Tyche immediately came up with an idea for the Red Knight. "I think the key to this matter is the Love Goddess, Sharess. As long as it can be confirmed that Waukeen is in danger now, the fiery - haired lady will have no choice but to ask the Goddess of Joy to cooperate in finding Waukeen."
Although the goddesses in the Domain of the Bright Water had an alliance, these goddesses were not the subordinates of the fiery - haired lady. In order to maintain the stability of this alliance, Sharess would surely help find Waukeen's whereabouts.
"But I don't have any evidence that Waukeen is in danger. This is also the reason why I accepted the invitation to come to the Domain of the Bright Water."
The Red Knight was even more distressed. The Lord of War, Torm, had no need to fully support Waukeen. He was only interested in the reasons for the appearance of demons on the Material Plane. At most, he also had the reason to take the opportunity to make Sharess look foolish.
Did the goddesses in the Domain of the Bright Water really know nothing about Waukeen's situation?
To put it bluntly, this was just an interest - based exchange!
After all, Lliira was only a lesser deity. She had taken the most precious part of Waukeen's legacy, and she couldn't even digest the remaining interests!
Tyche thought to herself. If she were Sharess, she would definitely not want a new powerful deity to appear in the Domain of the Bright Water and split her influence. Tymora's domain of luck could also be seamlessly integrated with commerce. As for the remaining lesser deities and weak deities, the soup made from boiling meat would be enough to deal with them.
From this point of view, perhaps the goddesses didn't mind Waukeen quietly disappearing.
"A kind - hearted Strategy Goddess, you should know that you can't wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep."
Tyche said softly, "Does this evidence really matter? As long as the gods can be made aware that Waukeen is in trouble and has to be helped, no matter how flimsy this evidence is, Waukeen will make it airtight."
Although she had become a deity not long ago, and was promoted to a deity by Torm's favor, the Red Knight's wisdom was definitely above average.
The divine mantle of tactics affected the Red Knight's thinking. The real world was much more complicated than the battlefield.
"I think I understand. Thank you for your guidance."
The Red Knight, who had broken out of her inertial thinking, had a new perspective. "Goddess of Mercy, your wisdom far surpasses that of these goddesses. I sincerely hope that you can visit my divine realm in the Warrior's Rest. It would be my greatest honor if I could receive your guidance."
Tyche naturally would not refuse and smiled as she saw off the Red Knight.
The priests of the Church of Mercy taught the poor on the Material Plane how to identify herbs. The divine spells in the fields of health and herbalism made them more powerful, and they established a solid foundation among the grassroots masses.
Tyche's reputation was already good. Many physicians joined her church to share and pass on their knowledge. The priests of the kind - hearted believers voluntarily formed ambulance corps and rushed to the battlefield to provide help to the wounded. And all parties had reached an unwritten rule not to harm these ambulance priests.
The gods of the good alignment had invited Tyche to visit Mount Celestia many times, but she was too lazy to move and refused on the grounds that she would not be biased towards either the good or the evil side.
And the places that most needed medical services were on the battlefield. Torm could bring courage and strength to the warriors, but he did not involve in the fields of life and recovery. So it was understandable that Torm sent goodwill through the Red Knight.
Talona's research in the fields of poison and bacteria was also inherited. Tyche was worried that her church lacked deterrent power for self - protection, and poison and disease just filled this gap.
Tyche was also very clear that if she abused these powers and caused irreparable damage to the earth and nature, Silvanus and Chauntea would surely be hostile to her. So she only provided the power of poison and disease to the priests as a means of self - protection.
The Material Plane had always been in turmoil, with good and evil intertwined. The ones who always bore the pain were the powerless ordinary people.
However, the frequent appearance of demon believers still made the gods involuntarily pay attention. The gods of the good alignment all received news from the Church of War. They learned about Waukeen's whereabouts from the mouths of demons!
The poor Goddess of Wealth, Waukeen, was imprisoned in the Silver Palace by one of the three dark lords of the abyss, Graz'zt!
This news caused an uproar. Everyone knew what kind of person Graz'zt was. Waukeen was facing extremely humiliating pain!
Tyche originally thought that this was a false message spread by the Red Knight. Unexpectedly, the Red Knight specially visited her to explain the reason for getting this message.
"The Succubus Queen, Malcanthet, exchanged this message for the return of her daughter. The Abyssal Prince, Demogorgon, also took the initiative to reveal this message."
The Red Knight had a serious face. "I even asked several deities who placed their divine realms in the abyss. The God of Mud, Grendal, and the God of Gnolls, Yeenoghu, both confirmed the authenticity of this message."
After all, Graz'zt was just one of the dark lords in the abyss. He had no fewer enemies in the abyss than on the Material Plane.
Tyche was a bit surprised. In this case, this matter could not be covered up by Lliira and Waukeen alone. The Love Goddess, Sharess, would also have to give way in the face of the great righteousness of being enemies with the abyss. All the goddesses in the Domain of the Bright Water would be questioned because of this.
"We don't have much time." The Red Knight's face looked a bit ugly. "Lliira still can't fully control Waukeen's divine mantle. The power in the fields of wealth and commerce has already begun to shift!"
Tyche also knew what this meant. A new God of Wealth and Commerce would be born, and this new god would lead the power of commerce towards the chaotic abyss side!
Demons can also become deities!
The shattered laws were scattered all over the world, combined with the Nine Hells and the Abyss. Demon Lords and Archdevils could also possess divinity and obtain powers and authorities comparable to those of deities!
According to Tyche's observations during this period, Erevan tried his best to maintain the balance between order and chaos, good and evil. No matter which side could not completely overwhelm the other, and they were always in a long - term stalemate.
The Goddess of Magic returned, and Erevan immediately supported Cyric's ascension. There were few close relationships among the powerful deities. This was probably also Erevan's idea.
This was a rare opportunity for the Anti - Erevan Alliance. If Erevan took action, the alliance members could explore Erevan's true strength and decide the next step. Tyche was very sure that Erevan would not want to see the promising field of commerce fall into the hands of the abyss!
The promotion of the Demon of Cruel Officials, Graz'zt, to a deity was already enough to make the gods vigilant. After all, since this demon from the abyss successfully became a deity, the influence of the abyss on the Material Plane had increased sharply!
The Demon of Cruel Officials, who possessed four divine mantles of betrayal, cruelty, political corruption, and strong cruelty, was regarded as an enemy by almost all the deities. It had been a long time since he became a deity, but he was still a weak deity, which showed how difficult it was for him.
Politicians and traitors all secretly worshiped Graz'zt. But as long as any reverence for the Demon of Cruel Officials was exposed, his end would be more painful than being hung on the Wall of the Faithless.
Bane, the God of Tyranny, once coveted Graz'zt's divine mantle. But the cunning Demon of Cruel Officials combined his divine realm with the abyssal plane he controlled. With the support of the abyssal consciousness, Bane also dared not act rashly.
One could imagine that once the demons snatched away Waukeen's commercial divine mantle, the impact would be far greater than that of Graz'zt!
After seeing off the Red Knight, Tyche immediately contacted the members of the Anti - Erevan Alliance.
"This is an excellent opportunity!"
Mystra immediately spoke up, "Erevan has used the Tablets of Fate twice. It is impossible that he didn't need to pay a price to calm the crisis of the Weave getting out of control and to knock the gods out of their divine realms! The fact that the Three Deaths stole the Tablets of Fate is the most reliable evidence!"
Tyche then turned to the Death Recorder, Kelemvor. "Your Grace Kelemvor, was the theft of the Tablets of Fate by the Three Deaths at your behest?"
Kelemvor was silent for a moment and then slowly said, "They asked me how to obtain power beyond other deities. I was just fulfilling my duty of assisting the new Death God."
This was undoubtedly an admission that the actions of the Three Deaths had his guidance. The four goddesses' eyes lit up, and they immediately asked, "Was there anything abnormal with the Tablets of Fate?"
"I can't answer this question." Kelemvor's quill flew out and wrote something on the parchment scroll.
"But you can see for yourselves."
A dim light spread out and took the five deities to Kelemvor's memory.
After all, Bane and Bhaal were powerful deities. What Kelemvor saw was not a coherent picture, and some information blocked by divine power could not be obtained by him.
Although there were only a few pages, the state presented by the Tablets of Fate was undoubtedly very strange.
Kelemvor had no reason to lie! And in his memory, Tyche could clearly see that the Three Deaths actually did not succeed in their attempt! The Tablets of Fate autonomously detached after Erevan used them!
This discovery made the four goddesses excited. Erevan did not fully control the Tablets of Fate! Or rather, the Tablets of Fate were rejecting him!
"Ladies, I know what you are thinking. But I have to remind you that Erevan still has the authority to deprive us of our divine power! Once he senses our plan, we won't have a second chance. So everyone still needs to be cautious. If we can't kill him with one blow, we still need to lie low and wait for the right opportunity."
Kelemvor's words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the fire in the goddesses' hearts.
"Indeed."
Tyche was the first to notice the problem among the four goddesses. "The legal domain of the Sun God, Amaunator, was completely lost with his death, and Mystra's time domain was also lost due to frequent reincarnations. There are no deities of moderate or higher levels in the legal and time domains, and the Tablets of Fate are part of the laws. Perhaps this has caused irreparable damage."
"Isn't this a good opportunity now?" Shar's deep black eyes flashed with light. "Now it depends on how much price Erevan is willing to pay to save Waukeen."
"But before that, no deity qualified to succeed Waukeen can appear in the fields of commerce and wealth."
Sune nodded. "How weak do you want Lliira to be? As the custodian of Waukeen's divine mantle, her death at this critical moment will cause unnecessary trouble."
"Who will suspect us?"
Tyche smiled. "If the Goddess of Joy has an accident, the abyss will be the gods' prime suspect, right?"
Sune only tried to keep Lliira alive out of sentiment after getting along with her for a while. Since the other allies didn't care whether the Goddess of Joy was alive or dead, she stopped saying more.
"Since the abyss side has entered the fray, the Hells can't stand idly by."
Tyche looked at Kelemvor again. "The Underdark is closest to the abyss and the Hells. Do you have a way to point the evidence at the Archdevils?"
The Hells and the abyss had been engaged in a bloody war for thousands of years. It was understandable that the Archdevils would do something to prevent a new deity from emerging on the abyss side and making Lliira repeat Waukeen's fate.
"A piece of cake."
Kelemvor had no friendship with the Goddess of Joy, so he didn't mind using her to test Erevan.
The God of the Dead, Myrkul, died in Waterdeep. Before his death, he poured all his divinity and divine power into an artifact called the Crown of Horns. And the whereabouts of this artifact were naturally not hidden from Kelemvor, the puppet - master behind Myrkul.
Just as the gods were mobilizing their churches on the Material Plane and gathering strength to counter - attack the abyss, the Goddess of Joy, Lliira, received a piece of shocking news! The Pontiff of the Church of Joy, while investigating the case of a priest's accidental disappearance, personally witnessed the Crown of Horns, the artifact left by the God of the Dead, appear in a demon - summoning ritual.
This loyal pontiff immediately called for the descent of the goddess. Lliira also personally saw the Crown of Horns, which contained Myrkul's divinity, slip away from her sight.
The God of the Dead, Myrkul, had four divine mantles: the dead, decay, corruption, and dusk. As long as she could obtain his divinity, Lliira had hope to get the other three divine mantles except for the dead!
Although the divine mantles of decay and corruption did not match the nature of joy, their value was still immeasurable. Lliira could definitely ask Sharess to help her exchange these two divine mantles, or spend a lot of time purifying them.
And the dusk divine mantle was necessary for Lathander, the Lord of Dawn, to complete the solar deity's power. As long as she could give up the dusk divine mantle, Lathander and his lover, the Earth Goddess, Chauntea, would surely not be stingy. If she could get the support of these two powerful deities, she might be able to take the largest share of the interests in the fields of commerce and wealth.