The sky is covered with dark clouds and the sun will never be seen. Strange rocks with painful human faces are scattered all around. The endless desolate plains. Rivers and streams that are red like blood. Even the air is filled with death.
The taste...
This is the kingdom of Baal, the god of murder, a place that will make you feel extremely frightened, painful and depressed all the time.
Only in such an environment, after completing the reincarnation, the mortal soul will be quickly driven crazy by the huge external pressure and become cold and bloodthirsty.
After the death of all Baal's followers, they will inevitably continue to hunt each other in this desolate country to satisfy the murder god's desire for violence, blood and death.
In addition, there are evil creatures from the lower planes, such as demons, yugoloths, devils, etc., who will also join this never-ending killing game in order to hunt for souls.
Judging from the layout of the country and the set rules, it can be said that among the three gods of death, Baal is the one with the lowest level and the least pattern, taste and rational thinking.
Exactly as the outside world comments, he is a beast that succumbs to primitive instincts and impulses.
Even when his influence was at its peak, his followers and churches did not dare to build temples blatantly. Instead, they secretly carried out secret activities in hidden and dark places.
Otherwise, once it shows up, it will definitely be jointly suppressed by the local lords and other churches.
After all, when these guys engage in assassinations and bloody sacrificial rituals, they don't care whether the target is a commoner or aristocrat, the lower ruled class or the upper ruling class.
Therefore, the ruling class generally believes that what Baal and his followers do is a huge threat to the safety of themselves and their families, and must be eliminated ruthlessly.
This is why Baal's faith is generally concentrated in towns where thieves' guilds are rampant, public security is extremely poor, and various illegal activities are endless.
Only in a chaotic enough place, people who see no hope will be more inclined to use violence and killing to get what they want, whether it is strength, wealth, or social status and power.
But the interesting thing is that usually the death of a god usually means that his kingdom will collapse rapidly in a short period of time.
When Cyric killed the third generation of Midnight, the latter's national spell heart collapsed at an unimaginable speed, so much so that it even affected Azuth, the mage god who also lived here.
However, the situation of Baal, the God of Murder, is obviously somewhat special.
He was a saint who was in an incomplete form when he died, and most of his power as a god was retained in the Throne of Blood at the center of the kingdom.
Therefore, death did not trigger the complete collapse of the entire country, but only disintegrated at a very slow speed in the peripheral areas, and it would take at least several hundred years for it to completely disappear.
A similar situation exists in the Castle of Eternal Glory in the Mechanical Realm of the ancient sun god Amaunata.
This ancient sun god had more than one kingdom, but the rest have completely collapsed with death.
It is said that this is because his great contribution to order, law and contracts during his lifetime was recognized by the will of the machine realm, so his country is still quite intact.
There are even a large number of petitioners from the lawful camp living inside, chanting poems praising the sun god day and night, hoping that the god they believe in can return again.
Therefore, the kingdom of gods is a very complex research topic.
It is not a spiritual home and soul destination that is completely shaped by the power of gods, as described by many churches, nor will it necessarily collapse with the death of gods. There are many factors involved in it.
To sum it up in simple words, the kingdom in the outer plane is more like the home of the spiritual body of the gods.
You can renovate and decorate an existing rough house, or you can build a house from scratch.
The so-called "rough house" is equivalent to the outer planes such as hell, abyss, paradise, and mechanical realm. A self-built house is equivalent to creating the plane itself through divine power.
The most important thing is that the residences of these gods are not static, and they occasionally choose to move.
For example, the kingdoms of the second-generation magic goddess and the third-generation magic goddess are not in the same place.
The Heart of the Mantra was built by myself after becoming a god after midnight.
And the kingdom of gods is not the only one.
A few gods will establish more than one kingdom for some purpose.
But usually, its spiritual entity can only exist in one of the countries.
It is precisely because of the diversity and complexity of the kingdom of gods that it is very difficult for one god to kill another god.
Not to mention that after a god kills a god, he himself will fall into a period of weakness for a long time.
It is so weak that a powerful mortal with a little bit of divine power can easily kill it.
This is also the reason why almost every god has more or less several chosen ones.
In addition to the function of performing dangerous missions, the electorate actually also bears the responsibility of avenging their gods after they are killed.
In this way, a stable cycle of deterrence is formed between God and God, God and the elect, and the elect and the elect.
Midnight, the third-generation magic goddess, believed too much in this deterrent force and felt that even if Sirik had some sense, he would not dare to kill her.
Otherwise, when it enters a period of weakness, Elminster and many other voters will immediately knock on the door to complete the counter-attack.
It's a pity that deterrence is only effective for calm and rational people.
What she met was a truly reckless lunatic.
As a result, without sufficient psychological preparation, Midnight eventually died at the hands of Cyric, triggering the famous third runaway ley line in Toril's history.
Fortunately, with Zuo Si's intervention, Cyric has now fallen to a demigod with weak divine power. No one on the west coast and its surrounding areas is willing to believe in this lunatic.
In particular, they guided public opinion and allowed the bards to write a large number of jokes, jokes, funny puppet shows and satirical stage plays, directly portraying the once powerful prince of lies as a complete clown.
Anyone who has seen the scene of him being beaten by a group of gods will never have even a little bit of respect and worship for this god.
The decline of Cyric's power directly led to the complete loss of control of the divine power of the Blood Throne in the Kingdom of Baal, which can give the sons of Baal more powerful power.
At this moment, Yagasura was standing on top of a black boulder, raising his head and looking up at the gray sky. All the injuries on his body had long since disappeared, replaced by a huge body infused with divine power by the Blood Throne.
If the previous four-meter-tall half-fire giant was regarded as a small hill, then he is now a steep peak, with a visual height of about thirty or forty meters, exuding destructive power with every move he makes.
Any scholar or mage who has studied gods and divine power can easily see what this giant form means.
Obviously, after the epiphany, the son of Baal has gained the power equivalent to a demigod.
Although he is not a complete demigod who has completely spiritualized himself, there is basically no big gap in terms of power.
"Do you feel it?
My dear brother!
This is the power from my father!
The power of true God!
I have been recognized by the entire country to some extent!
Even the Blood Throne is cheering for me!
From this moment on, I am the master of my father’s kingdom and the sole heir to the Blood Throne.
Only I, and only I, am qualified to become the new God of Murder."
As the last word blurted out, Yagasura suddenly raised the giant's arm and made a grabbing motion.
The next second...
Boom!!!!!!!
A mountain thousands of meters high rose directly from the ground, completely changing the surrounding landscape, and hot magma spewed out from inside the mountain.
In less than a few seconds, a radius of more than ten kilometers changed into a completely different look.
You don’t need to ask to know that this is the power of the true God, who can shape everything around him as he wishes.
And with the emergence of volcanoes and the continuous spewing of magma, Yagasura's giant body that is beyond ordinary people's understanding continues to grow in size, and the blood vessels covering the superficial layers of the skin emit a faint red light as if they are flowing with energy.<
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"So...are you ready to fight me for the second round?"
Davian took the initiative to take a step forward, soaking most of his body in the red magma, continuously absorbing the fire element energy from it.
Yagasura glanced at the opponent with whom he had been fighting for several days without a clear winner, and responded in a very calm tone: "No, you are no longer qualified to be my opponent.
Because the only one who can truly confront God is God.
Let my brother come, he is the only one who is qualified to fight with me.
As for you, you are just a witness to this battle.
After killing him and seizing the power that belongs to my father in his body, I will immediately set off to find the last few brothers and sisters."
"Only gods can fight against gods? Sorry, I don't quite agree with your point of view. What's more, I don't know who it is. Just now he was kneeling on the ground begging me to spare his life."
Davian sneered and sarcastically said, then jumped forward and rushed forward, intending to continue to rely on the blessing of the Blazing Death Sword to compete with his opponent.
Although Yagasura's current giant size has reached an exaggerated thirty or forty meters, it is still far behind the flame dragon.
To be continued...