Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 598 Between Destiny (4)

No matter how nice doctrine sounds, it only serves one purpose.

Help God gain divine power.

Divine power does not come entirely from the prayers of believers; the key is how many believers will carry out God's will.

Just like the god of war Tempus, if all his believers pray at home, Tempus will not become more powerful, but will fall from the throne. However, if his believers fight everywhere or provoke wars, then even if there are only a small number of believers, Tempus can still obtain divine power continuously.

Of course, this does not mean that the number of believers is not important. The larger the base number, the higher the probability of devout believers appearing. The more devout believers there are, the more people will naturally carry out God's will. Except for very few individual cases (such as Lady of the Night Shar and Mother of Souls Pharasma), all gods hope that their believers will be spread across every corner.

The same goes for the evil god Lord of Centipedes. If He was controlling all of this, then after the Demon King disappeared, Lord of Centipedes should have jumped out immediately to gather the collapsed followers of the Demon King. Even if He had not become a mainstream belief at the plane level, He should have at least become a well-known religion.

The results of it?
The Church of the Centipede Lord is a very small church in the Demon Realm. Only killers, executioners, and some gangsters believe in Him. They are like rats in the gutter, and mainstream beliefs have nothing to do with Him.

The Lord of the Centipedes is too humble to just eat some leftovers after busying himself.

And if we consider the person behind the mystery of the disappearance of the Demon King God from the perspective of believers, there are too many people to suspect.

A group of good gods including Lathander, as well as neutral gods such as Helofer and Tempus, are all on the suspicious list because they have become mainstream religions, or at least at the level of state religions.

But what about considering it from another perspective?
What if the mastermind behind this is not seeking believers, but the power of the Devil God?
The Demon God is a racial god. The advantage of a racial god is that as long as the race does not disappear, even if people do not believe in Him, He will gain a certain amount of divine power, which is equivalent to a guaranteed bottom line.

For example, the dwarf god Moradin, the elf king Corellon, the spider goddess Rose and so on.

The disadvantage is that it is difficult for ethnic gods to expand their faith outward, and they have almost no believers from other races, unlike non-ethnic gods who have believers of all races as long as they meet the requirements of the deity.

It sounds good, having a guaranteed job means a stable job, but on the other hand, once the stable job is taken away, the racial god who is unable to expand outward will immediately fall from the throne.

According to the clues in the video we just saw, the mastermind behind this should have deceived the seven apostles closest to the Demon King, letting them resist in secret and use a ritual to sever the connection between the Demon King and the mortal world.

When the Four-Nation Alliance was fighting Viola, they used a shielding array to block Li Chengxi's direct intervention. This is the ironclad evidence!
After that, just a gentle push from behind will surely destroy the Demon King from all hope.

This is why Rose especially hates her own daughter Eilistraee. Her attempt to let the drow return to the surface is equivalent to digging up Rose's roots. If they are dug up, Rose will definitely disappear.

Of course, this is easier said than done. In reality, if the Demon King had any clue about the whole process, it would have been impossible for him to succeed.

Orday felt that she was getting closer and closer to the truth. What she needed to find out now was who was the mastermind behind the scenes and how much residual poison from that time was still in the demon realm.

Nimia did not join in the conversation between Olde and Zora. As a tiefling, she really had nothing to do with the affairs of the demons.

While the two men were discussing, Nemea stood at the edge of the pit and looked up and down.

"Professor, is the cup that was thrown into the pit in the video still there?"

She was really so poor that she actually cared about this issue. Aoerdai was also stunned when she heard this. Oh, yes, the cup might still be there. Even if the cup was gone, the pale green flame burning at the bottom of the pit in the video just now should have left some traces for reference.

So Olde checked the darkness that lurked in the cave, then made a few gestures and shot a shining ball of light into the pit.

That is the daylight technique.

Daylight is not only an advanced version of the light spell, illuminating a large area, but also dispels all magical or nonmagical darkness of a spell level not higher than that of the caster.

The ball of light was shot down, and a moment later, darkness began to disintegrate. After a few more seconds, the darkness like smoke completely dissipated.

The pit was estimated to be three or four meters deep, and looked like an explosion pit caused by something rather than being dug. At the bottom of the pit were densely packed large pieces of bones, enough to make one's scalp numb.

The silver cup that Nimia cared about was right at the edge of the pit. Perhaps it was not thrown to the center, so it was not burned by the pale green flames.

Orday took out the silver cup with the wizard's hand. When the translucent force field palm touched the white bones, it felt like a very powdery and crispy biscuit, which fell apart with a slight touch, leaving a slippery and uncomfortable feeling on the hand.

The mage's hand has the characteristic of being able to feel touch but not pain, which makes people feel uncomfortable for the first time...

Fortunately, the silver cup was indeed taken out, and under the detection of magic, it was flashing with strong magical light, and it was estimated to be a perfect magic item.

The silver cup has a handle on each side, and two gemstones the size of pigeon eggs are inlaid on the front and back, one red and one blue, and the edges of the gemstones are outlined with tiny diamonds.

To this day, you can still see dark red, congealed plasma-like substance inside the cup, so it is estimated that its last use was not to hold wine.

Oldie just took a quick look, nodded and said to Nimia:
"Thanks for your reminder. I'll give you a big bonus when I get back."

She said this because Oldie knew this thing.

This is an elemental cup. Its most basic ability is to instantly summon a large level 40 fire element and a large water element. Just like the Yangyan Sword, different manufacturers will add different functions, and the details need to be carefully identified.

Since entering the ruins, although there are many surprising things, I am getting closer and closer to the truth. I also obtained two perfect magic items, both of which are of great historical and research value.

This is because the high fever she had as a child damaged the nerves of Olde, so her face has no expression. Otherwise, if you look at her face now, she would probably smile like a husky.

The Cup of Elements was also stuffed into the magic bag for later identification. The three of them walked around the deep pit and opened another door opposite the room.

Still walking along the corridor, this time turning around, a circular hall appeared in front of us.

After going around and around, I ended up back here?

(End of this chapter)