Meanwhile as Maxwell was fanboying about some of the amazing feats that both heroes accomplished he felt that familiar feeling of those eyes in his mind opening. Jacqueline noticed as for a moment Maxwell's eyes turned red and almost gave off a glow. She was worried he was about to randomly start attacking people as the last time she saw those red eyes was when he fought to protect her years ago.

Maxwell stopped as he felt the sensation and the voice only responded with some nonsense that he did not know how to interpret, "Always blood of my blood. Sildra."

Max repeated the final word as he recognized it and was confused about what the hell the voice in his head meant by the statement, "Sildra. Why Sildra?"

"Sil....dra...? What does that mean," Jacqueline asked confused by his sudden change in demeanor and strange speaking.

Maxwell quickly got a hold of himself and started scratching the back of his head. He explained trying to sound a little bit more nonchalant and at ease, "Oh I think I just heard my grandparents praying. Sorry to worry you. Sildra is just our people's word that is akin to saying amen. It has the same connotation and religious reverence. It is Dragonspeak for 'as God wills it to be' or just 'God wills it'. I was just confused what they were praying about."

Jacqueline could tell that he was a little bit taken aback and nervous. However she did believe what he said. Hearing him talk about his religion was rare so she started asking about it trying to see what she could learn, "You don't really talk about your religion that much. I just know that you're a follower of The Dark One. I've heard a little bit about him but not that much. I mean like what's your religion about? What does your God do? Is he a good God or is he evil more like somewhere in between?"

Logan by this point approaches with his wife walking beside him with her arm intertwined with his. He spoke of and said like any true high priest would, "I believe I would be the expert to ask those questions. I am after all the head of the church here in America. I wouldn't mind answering your questions if you are sincere about wishing to learn."

"I would actually like that quite a lot Mr. Sinclair," Jacqueline responded showing proper respect and genuine interest.

"Let's see where to start...... I guess the easiest one to begin with is your last question.... The Dark One is a very complex and complicated God. Too many he is very evil because of the things he has done. But to just as many he is a great good whose methods are a lot darker than the soul committing them. And true if he lies somewhere in between both extremes. In fact the name the Dark One is not his actual name. It is simply a title or nickname that was given to him by the demons of hell after he led a single man invasion into hell to dethrone and utterly embarrassed one of his old nemesis," Logan began to explain as they started walking to their next destination.

"And what about my other questions," Jackie responded still curious what his answers are.

Logan chuckled and smiled seeing someone genuinely interested to hear about their faith at such a young age, "I guess there is no harm in telling you. In truth our God has many goals, but those of his faithful try to accomplish in his name or at least to help him accomplish. Our job is mostly to ease his difficulties with the goals that he sets out to do. Currently every one of the faith is awaiting is reincarnation. As you know people with powers like you that drink water infused by the divine essence of a god gain their powers from the Dark One. After all it was he who caused the Shattered Infinity using it as a means to initiate his reincarnation considering he cannot truly die like some Gods can."

"Why can't he die," she wondered while giving a look of genuine surprise and curiosity.

Logan answered confidently, "It is because of what he was before he became a God. Technically the status of godhood is actually a lesser status because technically he is higher than that of a normal God. As you know the Maker created all things and is the one true God of all creation. When he made everything he did so by first creating the first of the Angels which not only are angels, but physical embodiments of different aspects of creation. Other angels that came out there were modeled off of the first ones but are not the same. The first angels have been aptly named the Deathless by many cultures and religions. This is because they are more kin to living concepts that have been crafted into physical form. They transcend all realities because all existing realities require that they draw from them in order to exist. Most people will see them as higher dimensional beings but that is not entirely the case due to fundamental misunderstanding of what higher dimensions actually are."

Jacqueline was clearly struggling to understand it all but she was following along enough that he felt confident most the information was sinking in. Her brain started processing what to ask next and soon she came to a good question, "So if he's a living concept that essentially is stronger than a normal God, what is he?"

"Destruction...... Or at least that's the other half of it. In truth destruction is only a side of him. Originally he was the concept of fire itself. And technically the original word for fire is his true name. Although only a very small few in creation know what that is. But as you are very well aware fire is a very useful thing that is multifaceted and has the capability to help create, shape, and mold things while also providing light and warmth, but it has a even greater capacity for destruction. These are all aspects of him. He is the embodiment of fire, of a light, and of destruction. He is all three in one. But there is a fourth side to him which gives him the most reverence and fear. That fourth side is also what earned him his godhood."

"And what is that," she asked very shyly kind of not sure what to think about what she was hearing.

"Magic.... Originally magic was not in the Maker's design for creation. This would have remained so if not for the Dark One. You see he has always been a little bit more like us normal people then the rest of his siblings. After the fall of Lucifer he started to question himself and worried that he might become a great demon that would bring only destruction. And then there came the prophecy of the final war as ordained by the heavens in which he would bring about the start of Armageddon by tearing down the veil between realms and colliding them all into one. Out of fear that he would bring about untold destruction and death due to the actions that he was prophesied to commit, he began traveling the realms in order to find a way to change his fate. And it is this goal that our people have worked tirelessly to aid in."

Logan stopped for a moment as they all got into his car and started driving to the park that was nearby, "However through all his searchings he did not find a way and that only filled him with great dread and sorrow. Like all forces in creation there is a duality. And the opposite of destruction is creation. It is this duality that the maker made in order for each force to have a balance. But it is also the counters to these forces that the maker decided to make the spouses of the opposite force. Creation is the wife of destruction and true to her name when her husband came to her unable to find a way to change his fate and at his lowest point so far, she offered him advice. She advised him to forge his own path with his own two hands and to try and make something that could aid him. At first he did not understand as he was the embodiment of destruction and he couldn't really make things. Because he was made to destroy. However she reminded him that when Lucifer fell and all the angels that fell with him followed him they had to go somewhere and it was the Maker who tasked him with creating that other place. Although the Maker created the space it was the Dark One who shaped the realm that we know to be Hell at the personal request of his creator. She reminded him that the stars in the night sky are also his creations as each one of them is technically an eye of the Dark One to which he uses to witness all realms at once."

He stopped yet again as they arrived to their destination and he took a moment to park and let everyone get out of the car. As they started walking through the park he continued, "Seeing the wisdom in his wife's words the Dark One decided to trust his true love and follow her advice. No one knows how long it took but what is known is that eventually he succeeded. The Dark One was made to destroy and he originally could not overcome the fact that through the very will of his creator reality was set to work in such a way that the limitations of reality kept the ultimate balance between them all. But using the power that his creator gave him the Dark One found a way to safely temporarily destroy many of the fundamental aspects of reality by weakening their hold over all of creation and through his own will and imagination he could create whatever he wanted. This power gave birth to Mana, the energy that is used to conduct Magic. And thus as the creator of the fundamental force of magic, the Maker saw what the Dark One had created and was in awe. It was that day that the Dark One was forcefully ascended to godhood and became the second God in all of creation. Although he's still submitted to his creator and on numerous occasions would bring up how he did not like being a God even if it came with an increase in his power. But his ascension was different from the ascension of the other Gods that came after. His ascension marked him as the heir to the throne of the Maker."

Jacqueline clearly looked like she just absorbed way too much information at once, but she seemed to follow along with all of it having a good understanding of everything that was told to her. She sighed and remarked, "Well that's a lot."

"Indeed. I suppose you don't have other questions," Lalupita chuckled seeing the young girl clearly trying to wrap her head around all that she just heard.

"Well I do still have one," Jacqueline replied.

Logan smiled impressed by her curiosity and desire to still want to learn more, "What is it?"

"How do you worship the Dark One? Like you go to church and pray and sing songs and stuff? Or is it like old Bible stuff where you build altars and kill goats? Like most religions have a proper way to worship," she questioned as she thought about the different religions that she had learned about over the years.

Logan gave her a very nervous look as he knew that the ways in which most people worship the Dark One is not normal for humans. He cautiously answered, "Well technically there are many ways to worship the Dark One. Maxwell's father for instance did not worship the same way that we do. He wish to worship through songs as he poured all of his heart and soul into every song that he sung with utmost faith. Every song he sang no matter who too was also a prayer to our God. My wife and I are more traditional in our ways of worship which means that we go to the temple that we helped construct and pray. We also take part in some of the rituals, but none of it involves blood sacrifices of any kind. The Dark One doesn't like stuff like that. And then you have the more non-human ways in which they go about their worship. Many of the longer lived races who are naturally born with the ability to use magic follow in his ways a bit more directly...... I don't think I should talk about what those are around you...... It's not really something that humans are okay with especially given our much shorter lives than our outlook on different things....."

"Why is that? How bad could it be? What could they be doing that so messed up that you don't really want to talk about it," Jackie question concerned about some of the things that her mind was guessing me be going on. She thought about demon summoning rituals and devouring souls.

However her question was not answered by Logan and instead by a stranger who clearly stated what Logan was not willing to, "They offer up there bodies and souls to the Dark One usually being visited by an aspect of him in order to get fucked literally by their God. They also are willing to make soul binding contracts that make them the slave of their God, even though he doesn't like slavery all that much unless it's beneficial for his goals. Not to mention because of their long lifespans their definitely okay with what are technically children to them, but ancient to us, going through with many of these acts. Oh and the mass orgies and incest. Can't forget about that. Old man Sinclair's right..... Most of the non-human races are into some pretty weird shit when it comes to serving their God."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw two young men standing there. Max immediately recognized his two friends from back when he lived in New Orleans even despite how they've gotten older and aspects of their appearances have changed.

He questioned knowingly, "Franklin? Theodore? That really you too?"