The Territory Finally in Hand

The auctions that followed went smoothly.

Waterdeep's people quickly secured that piece of land for themselves as well.

Neverwinter's people seemed to know they held the other half and had once tried to cause them some trouble. But after Waterdeep's merchant delayed his bids several times, they simply gave up.

Aside from Waterdeep's merchant, no one else had the slightest interest in that land, not even the desire to bid.

Merchants needed to make money. No normal person would stockpile something for centuries.

Many suspected that Waterdeep's merchant guild might serve some dragon. Only dragons would be interested in territory no matter where it was, and not care how long it took to recoup their investment.

Hill glanced across the room again. The deep killing intent and hostility made his sensitive nerves uncomfortable.

That Waukeen follower had not made another sound, but he had indeed been watching Hill the whole time.

Hill sneered. Alustriel would never give a passage mark to Waukeen's people. If they dared make a move in Silver Moon City, Hill could absolutely bury them all underground as flower fertilizer.

Waukeen's cooperation with the Evil Dragon this time had offended nearly every God on Toril.

True, she was not the main culprit. But when she had escaped the Bottomless Abyss and even managed to stabilize her Divine Kingdom afterward, many Gods had lent her a hand.

Though they had done so because they did not want her to keep disgracing the gods, even several Gods of the Evil Alignment had helped.

And in the end, for that little bit of divine power, she had watched the Evil Dragon treat the gods as pawns and jokes!

If Corellon had not intervened and taken away a group of troublesome humans, those Pseudogods representing the meanings of the gods would