Chapter 1842 The Relation Between Goddess Great Mother & Witch Goddess Two Lips
"Goddess Two Lips?"
Eren raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect this particular question to come up in the discussion.
The divine faction, led by the Goddess Great Mother, and the demonic faction, led by the Witch Goddess Two Lips, were at odds with each other. Each side had their allies, further complicating the matter.
However, both goddesses seemed to have a personal vendetta against each other.
Nonetheless, Eren had no interest in directly supporting a faction. After all, he had a faction of his own to lead. Why should he support anyone with nothing to gain? Especially when both sides were at odds with his faction?
Interestingly, both the divine and demonic factions had managed to find common ground when it came to resisting the influence of the third faction– the Elder Ichor faction.
Eren didn't request the goddess Great Mother to change that dynamic. Although she was seen as a leader of the divine faction, the Immortals supporting her side weren't doing so out of respect for her. They had their own potential profits to look after.
Plus, Labh Salem was just one single world where the goddess Great Mother's influence was a bit stronger than the other gods. In other worlds, the situation was different because the equations playing out in those worlds were different.
Goddess Great Mother couldn't offend her allies in Labh Salem or in other worlds by openly supporting Eren and his Elder Ichor faction. Doing so might not only backfire on her but also negatively affect her followers.
People who had stakes in diverse fields couldn't survive without a bit of diplomacy.
The divine and demonic factions were both like this. The parties involved from both factions had their own dynamics with each other within their faction.
Some had also formed a coalition with their supposed enemies from the opposite faction just to take down their common opponent.
To the Immortals, the various worlds were like playgrounds in which they had spread their faiths. These playgrounds had their own set of rules and regulations. Labh Salem was just one among these playgrounds.
So of course, there would be as many legends about her as there are stars in the sky. However, I didn't want to ask you about the goddess' known details.
Let me be clearer this time– have you been contacted by Goddess Two Lips recently? Do you know anything about her on a personal level?"
"No," Eren simply chose to speak the half-truth without a care in the world.
He had been approached by Goddess Two Lips recently when one of his pseudo-avatars married Shaai. However, no deal had been struck between them. He also knew nothing about her.
As such, Eren gained nothing by admitting to the fact. Plus, he just didn't want to upset the goddess by telling her the truth. He guessed that the Great Mother also wanted to believe in his words because she accepted it easily.
"In that case, let me be honest about the past and present of Labh Salem," the Goddess Great Mother reclined in her chair before speaking in a tired voice.
"To tell you the truth, Goddess Two Lips is one of my clones. Or to be more precise, she 'WAS' one of my natal clones before she decided to form her own divinity."
"Hm? What?" stress lines appeared on Eren's forehead as he looked at the goddess, as if telling her to repeat what she had just said because it was too shocking to digest right away.
"Yes. Let's just say that I paid a huge price for my dreams to become an Elder God," the goddess sighed as she continued.
"Not only did I not succeed in becoming an Elder God, but my own clone rebelled at the very last moment and formed a divinity of her own. I have been fighting with my own clone in Labh Salem ever since then," the goddess revealed with tired expressions.
"The witch goddess was your clone in the past? What exactly happened?"
Eren couldn't help asking. He put down the teacup and focused his attention on the goddess.
The information she had provided was just too mind-blowing to listen to calmly while sipping tea.