Port Mordor, Deep Water Alley.
It only took a day for the believers of the Lady of Joy to build a small altar.
Most of these believers were quite handsome, and many of the performers had to have a certain level of appearance. At this moment, these believers were performing the last important ritual. A pair of beautiful human girls picked up two weapons and threw them on the ground. Then, under the guidance of the priests, the surrounding believers covered the weapons with a pair of fresh flowers, completely burying the two weapons in it. This ceremony was called [Abandon Violence], and it was also a ceremony that represented the principles of the Lady of Joy. This goddess did not like to fight.
Then, the believers began to prepare for the celebration.
As mentioned before, the Lady of Joy was a bit of a funny goddess, and those who believed and served her were also a bit funny. In the church of the Goddess of Joy, almost every holiday that had nothing to do with evil beliefs was a reason for the church to hold celebrations. In other words, they could always find reasons to hold all kinds of celebrations full of joy. As for how many people would participate, it was not something they could decide.
The arrival of the Goddess of Joy added a touch of vitality to the city of Mordor.
However, Søren had always had strict restrictions on the gods. He did not exclude people who liked and believed in the Goddess of Joy, but he would never allow this kind of hedonism to prevail in the city of Mordor. Therefore, the whole process of the ceremony was filled with members of the church and a small number of hedonistic civilians in the port of Mordor.
Flowers, wine, music, and dancing.
A simple celebration soon began. Beautiful singers danced around the altar, and bards played a variety of instruments next to them.
The priest was praying in it, and with the atmosphere of joy, a little light invisible to the naked eye was gathering.
This was the divine power of the Goddess of Joy being injected into the altar.
She had noticed the altar that she had just built and quickly connected her faith to it. This meant that she had been silently paying attention to the city of Mordor. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, many celebrations would be held to attract the attention of the gods if an altar wanted to open. The celebration ceremony did not last long. Soon, the priest placed a girl statue that had been prepared long ago in the center. Then a divine light emerged. This was a faint light visible to the naked eye, which meant that the Goddess of Joy had recognized this place as her temple.
It was different from the old Lady of Wealth and the influential Sea Goddess.
The strength of the Church of Joy was only enough to build a small temple. These believers would earn money through performances and then give it to the temple to gradually expand.
The Goddess of Joy had a large number of bards as believers.
The church controlled a large number of theatres and circuses, which would definitely greatly enrich the entertainment of Mordor city in the future.
Søren looked down at all this from the sky.
After the believer of the Goddess of Joy had completed all of this, he transformed into an ordinary young man and walked past the people who were immersed in the celebration, arriving at the back of the temple.
No one noticed Soran's arrival, except for the golden light that appeared on the statue of the girl on the altar.
"Welcome," he said.
"The Lord! The Lord of Mordor! The Protector of the half-elves! "
With a little bit of light, the light of faith behind the temple converged into a graceful figure of a girl. She bowed slightly to Soran and said in a pleasant voice, "Thank you very much for accepting my church."
"May joy be with you!"
The figure of the Goddess of Joy appeared. While bowing to Søren, she also used a relative honorific.
As a veteran god, although she had existed longer than Sauron, because of the level of divine power, Sauron's status was far higher than hers. In the future, she would be much lower than Sauron in the Pantheon temple.
"Although Mordor is ruled by order, it does not exclude joy."
Søren looked at the beautiful girl in front of him and said with a smile, "I hope your arrival can bring more happiness to the civilians."
Hearing Søren's words, the Goddess of Joy fell into deep thought.
Søren's words were not a simple greeting. As a god, the Goddess of Joy obviously understood Søren's meaning. He could accept joy, but he couldn't accept pleasure. As for the idea of freedom of the Goddess of Joy, it obviously wouldn't work in Mordor. Søren pointed out the order to tell the Goddess of Joy that she must pay attention to this. Mordor was a city full of order. He could accept the Goddess of Joy, but he didn't agree with the idea of freedom of the chaos camp.
"I understand."
The Goddess of Joy's smile had a hint of bitterness. If it weren't for the Avatar Crisis, she definitely wouldn't want her believers to develop in Mordor. But now the continent was full of war, and many people couldn't even fill their stomachs. The Goddess of Joy's position was more awkward. She nodded gently to Søren and said, "My believers won't bring you any trouble."
"That's good."
Søren smiled and said, "There will be a large celebration in Mordor soon. Maybe your church can be responsible for hosting it."
He had to give her a carrot after giving her a stick.
Mordor did have a celebration. As a new city, the day of the establishment of Mordor was an important celebration. Søren's military parade was also an important celebration. These celebrations were handed over to the Church of Joy to help the Goddess of Joy gather some believers. Looking at the believers of the Church of Joy, there were more bards than priests. Søren guessed that the Goddess of Joy's situation wasn't very good. Perhaps many priests couldn't give her divine spells. This was the limitation of the priesthood. The priesthood she had was not good for the Time of Turmoil.
"Then it's time to talk about business."
Søren didn't come in person to chat. He looked around, waved his hand, and a Divine Barrier appeared. Then he said, "I want to know the whereabouts of the Goddess of Abuse, Lauvita."
"She's your old rival."
"You should know something about her, right?"
The Goddess of Joy was stunned for a moment and then said, "Is she also an enemy of Sir Søren? If it's Lauvita, I do know something about her. "
Søren didn't answer her question.
He just looked at the Goddess of Joy in front of him and smiled. "The Maiden of Pain has been fighting with you for thousands of years. I think you would be happy to see such an enemy disappear, right?"
The Goddess of Joy was silent. Obviously, Søren's words touched her heart and made her hate him.
This famous goddess had several lovers who were priestesses in the church, and many of these priestesses died in the hands of the Maiden of Pain's believers.
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(PS: The first chapter. There's one more chapter.)
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