Chapter 109 109: Flaws

To distract was Atlas's mission, yet there wasn't too much he could go without seriously offending the others.

If he dragged it for too long, he believed those people were going to find out his intention and become wary. On the other hand, he also couldn't do it in such a way that would incite a battle.

"Razil, why are you even apologizing to him! Did you forget he's a Vampire? He's no different than the others. He also has the blood of millions of people in his hands. His hands are also stained with the blood of innocent, including the blood of my family."

Zhang still didn't understand why Razil wasn't siding with him. Let alone not siding with him, Razil was instead issuing an apology for what happened here? Just what kind of nonsense was this?

Throughout the years, Zhang had seen a lot of nonsense, yet this was something he never expected to see. The Werewolf King was being friendly with a Vampire?

"You! It's because of you!" Razil furiously glared at Zhang. "In all my life, I've never had to apologize to anyone. You know why? It isn't because I was the strongest, but it's because I've always been true to myself! I was never in the wrong. That's why I could stand tall even in the face of death."

"If you hadn't kidnapped Lilith, making me guilty by association, none of this would've happened."

Razil growled in frustration before controlling himself as he turned to Atlas.

"Castiel, as I told you before, mistakes have been made which shouldn't have happened. But I will handle them. I'm not in a good mood, so don't make things worse. As far as Lilith's injuries are concerned, you can come inside my Kingdom. We have some good doctors who should be able to help her recover fast."

"What? You're inviting him to the kingdom? Old man, did you really lose your sanity?"

Zhang couldn't believe it. Not only was this guy apologizing but also inviting him in? How could a King be as stupid as him?

Generally, Atlas would've accepted this offer since it meant he could get an easy entry into the Kingdom, which was his initial goal but not this instant. For now, his goal had changed to a simple goal of keeping the Wolves out of their own Kingdom. He couldn't let them get inside.

In his mind, he was also slightly upset at how long Lancaster was talking in coming out. Just what was he doing inside? This much time should've been enough for him to come out, yet he wasn't here.

He needed more time.

'There he is...'

Fortunately, he finally saw Lancaster coming out of the Kingdom.

"Hmm? This guy?" Razil frowned. "How did this guy get out?"

He remembered thrashing this guy badly before giving him to his guards to imprison. How did he escape?

"Ah, wait a minute. He was sneaking inside the Castle. Castiel also came for the same thing. Could it be that..."

"Is he with you?" Razil asked Atlas.

Atlas didn't even need to answer before everything became clear as Lancaster stood beside Atlas, trying to understand the situation. Lilith had told him to inform Atlas about her plan, so Atlas didn't start a battle, but it didn't appear as if there was a battle taking place here. Things were awfully calm for now.

He was also surprised to see Lilith in Atlas' arms, covered in blood as if she was hurt.

'So that's what she meant by clone. It's so realistic. But why isn't there a battle here? There is not even any conflict from what it appears.'

Instead of surrounding Atlas, the wolves appeared to be leaving.

He gazed at the clone of Lilith, who gestured to him not to speak.

" He already knows," she stated.

Lancaster followed the advice and didn't speak, assuming that the clone already told Atlas the reality.

"So he did work for you. That means you sent him to infiltrate the Kingdom?"

Atlas nodded. "I sent him to save Lilith."

"And here I thought he sent his kid to kill me," Razil muttered. "It's fascinating how he went against the Family because he didn't want to serve under anyone, and now his heir is serving under a Vampire. Oh, how far his lineage has fallen."

"It's none of your concern," Lancaster retorted, understanding what this guy was implying.

"Seriously?" Zhang slapped his forehead. "Razil, are you really that stupid? Do you think Lilith came inside the Kingdom for no reason, and Atlas just happened to be in the area with a Royal Blood? It's true that I caught Lilith, but it's also true that I did it when she was already inside the Kingdom."

"Did you even take a minute to ask yourself what she was doing, sneaking inside the Kingdom? As for this Royal Blood, you said he was also inside the Castle when he was caught. And now Castiel's creating distraction after both of them was caught! It's not a coincidence."

"They came here for Atlan! That's why they sent Lilith and this Royal Blood. When both were caught, Castiel pretended to be innocent, and here we are! Don't tell me you're seriously falling for their trap!"

The longer this went on, the more disbelieving Zhang was. How could everyone here be so dense? Or was he intentionally ignoring all the evidence just because he was upset at Lilith's kidnapping by him.

"Hmm?"

No matter what, Zhang's points did appear to have some merit that even Razil couldn't ignore. He was so distracted by their own mistake that he had even forgotten to consider the other factors before inviting Castiel to the Kingdom! Just what was this guy doing here in the first place?

It was the first time they had heard about Castiel being back, and he was straight here. That was too much of a coincidence. Moreover, why did Lilith have to sneak inside? If it was true that she was caught lurking inside the Kingdom, that meant she didn't have as pure motives as they claimed.

It was the same for Lancaster. Was he truly there to save Lilith, or was he there to save someone else?

"Castiel, do you have anything to say to that? Why was Lilith sneaking around the Kingdom?" Finally, Razil asked the question that mattered.

Just as things were going well, they returned back to square one. Atlas was slightly pleased before that he had Lilith back and also received the access to the Kingdom but was that going to go down the drain? Even if he claimed it was a coincidence that he was here, Lilith sneaking in was already something hard to justify.