Lilith nodded, remembering that name. "My grandmother used to tell me about those times."
"Ahh, Lillian, I remember her. Yeah, those times were great. The Radiant Tribe worshiped me and Luminera with all their hearts and devotion, even welcoming the teachings of both angels and demons. Then, demons attacked, and they fought back hard and won after being blessed by us."
"Then the other gods were born, and since they didn’t worship them, they were outcasted. Right?" Lilith asked
"Yup. They didn’t care, though. They loved it in fact. But good things always come to an end. After the demons attacked, the Radiant tribe became demon hunters and dedicated their clan to wiping them out, well, those who invaded the middle realm. But after the Great War 10,000 years ago, they lost me and my sisters’ protection, so the gods and other devils used that opportunity to wipe the Tribe out. Those who survived were cursed to only bear women."
"So how did they survive?"
"They moved to an island that the will of the world protects. Using our last bit of power, we granted them the ability to give birth without the aid of a man."
"Wait, so how did Zion end up being born?"
"Lumi and I were pulling the strings from the start. Do you think he was the only soul to be reincarnated into this world? Nope. He was the 666th soul and the only soul whose memory we didn’t wipe. When Zaleena got pregnant with him, it was going to be a girl, but a stillborn one. So, knowing the future, we removed the soul of the fetus and replaced it with Zion’s soul. Because of his attachment to his past life and his soul memories still being there, he developed into a boy instead of a girl. And since his soul is technically not from this world-"
"The curse wouldn’t affect Zaleena, and she was able to have a boy!"
"Wait! So, did you guys plan for this exact moment?" Lilith wondered.
"Well, yes and no. We always planned to come back, and like I said before, it took us 666 tries to even get this far. In fact, all of our other tries were so bad that the gods and devils didn’t even know what we were doing. It wasn’t until Zion that they caught on."
"Pwhahahah! Fail? Him? That’s funny. Lilith, Zion can die right now, and he would have already completed his task."
She looked confused. "What do you mean?"
"Sure, Zion’s mission is to kill the gods, but we never specified how. His true mission was to restore our power. He’s taken over 90 percent of the middle world, restoring Lumi’s power greatly. Not only that, but she even has her heavenly realm back. Since we’re connected, this applies to me as well. Not only that, but do you see the mortals now? I don’t know what juice he fed them, but they’re absolutely cracked now!"
"Hmm? Oh, I was reading up on the ’lingo’ that Zion uses. He has a whole app dedicated to these words and their weird meaning. Like ’bussin’ means ’good as fuck’ for food. ’Peak’ means good as fuck for anything that isn’t food. ’Cap’ means lying. ’No cap’ means not lying. ’Cracked’ means someone or something is overpowered or just really fucking good. But not in like sex or something. Like you can’t be cracked at sex. I mean, you can, but the lingo isn’t used that way. My favorite one is ’Aura Farming’." Erebosa giggled
"Aura Farming? How in the world can you farm aura? That doesn’t even make any sense. I guess if you meditate, you can absorb mana continuously and convert it to aura."
"Pwahahahaha! Hahahaha! Scrub! You don’t even know what Aura Farming is!"
"Fuck you! I’m reading that app!"
"Hahaha! Yeah, go ahead. You need to brush up on your lingo, fam."
"Fam? As in Family?" Lilith asked
"Ha, just read the app."
"It’s here! Everyone! It’s here! Gather around! Come, quickly!" Zion shouted as he ran through the halls holding up a letter.
"Woah there, slow down, young master, you don’t want to get hurt." A maid said with a smile.
"But it’s here! We finally got the letter! I gotta tell mom!" He ran even faster.
"Oh my, this reminds me of when he was a little boy. He always ran to his mommy when he got good news." The maid smiled as she thought back to Zion’s childhood.
"MOMMY!" Zion busted down his mother’s door without knocking, waving the letter in his hand. "The letter came!"
"Oh, that’s amazing." She responded shirtless, her massive boobs on display.
"Ahh! My eyes! Put on a shirt!"
She slapped him on the back of his head. "Stop acting like that. It’s nothing you haven’t seen before. Now, what does the letter say?"
"Right!" He opened it. "Ahem. Holy Empire and Zion Zagan, Apostle of the goddess Luminera. Due to the recent activities going on on the continent as well as your attempt to infiltrate Hylaea, we have declared war against you all. In one month, we’ll meet at the Plain of Falling Stars to end this once and for all."
"So, they officially declared war on us, huh?"
Zion smiled so hard that his white teeth were lighting up the entire room. "I know, right? I’m so excited! I can’t wait! They don’t even know what’s coming."
"I bet they’re saying the same thing about us."
"Oh, they definitely are. I’m sure they also expect us to do something as well, but we aren’t. We’ll just take care of the spies they send, as well as the people who try to cause chaos, and when they least expect it, I’ll bombard their kingdom with so much firepower that they’ll have no choice but to surrender. Oh, I’m killing Circe, though."
"You better. That bitch almost killed me and it pisses me off that I cant get revenge. But I’m happy knowing that my son can do that for me."
"Anything for you, mother."