The Pantheon instantly fell deathly silent!
The gods stared in shock at the occupant of the foremost seat in the hall, Lolth, the Spider Demon Queen!
Yes, those vicious words had come from Lolth.
The intermediate power who had objected earlier, the Sun God, ranked sixth in the Pantheon's seating order!
He was only two places below Dunn, yet Lolth had actually said he had no right to speak.
The gods were no fools. If even the Sun God had no right to speak, how many in this hall did? So at this moment, they all looked at Lolth in disbelief.
Even the Goddess of Magic looked across at Lolth in considerable surprise, though she said nothing. Her seat in the Pantheon was second only to Lolth's.
Whatever Lolth said, it could not possibly apply to her.
If it really came to that, Lolth would be taking on all the gods alone.
The last one to do that had been the mad War Overlord, who now could not even leave his own home.
Dunn and the Fate Overlord, however, showed no surprise at all.
Nor were they the only ones. None of the deities of the Silver Mirror Council looked particularly surprised.
Had any observant deity surveyed the whole situation at this moment, they would immediately have noticed something amiss.
Unfortunately, all the deities were now stunned by Lolth's words, their attention focused entirely on her.
Yes, Lolth's shocking declaration was part of the Silver Mirror Council's overall plan-or rather, their tacit understanding.
They had not explicitly discussed it.
But the council's six deities had tacitly chosen to seize control of who had a voice in the council of gods!
There were currently only two greater powers, and one had not even sent anyone over yet. Since this was a