Chapter 122 122: Opportunity

'Is that even possible? My goal? My real goal was to save Misella, which I failed to do. I changed my goals to at least giving her a proper burial but was that enough? My promise to her was to protect her, not to bury her.'

'Is there really a way to save her now? A way to bring her back from death? My goal? Bringing Misella back? But is that even possible? Death is irreversible. And...'

'Wait... Key Fragment! Don't tell me that's what I was missing! If instead of stopping the Blood Council as Lilith wants, I get all four keys, I can enter that place! A Vampire is an undead! That means a Progenitor is an undead as well! Life and Death doesn't affect the undead, for the most part, especially the Progenitors!'

'It I take Misella to that place, and if it's successful, she might return... Return as a Progenitor!'

He didn't know if it was truly possible to bring Misella back like that, but if there was a way, this was it! He needed to get the key Fragments for himself and do what the Blood Council wanted to do but to Misella.

If he could turn her into a Progenitor, not only was she going to live, but she was going to have an eternal life as well.

He didn't have an eternity to live, but he could give her that eternity before dying. He could help her!

There was only one person who could know if this was going to work or not, and that person was Lilith. Unfortunately, she appeared to be sleeping for now, and he decided against waking her up for now.

Both Lancaster and Yovana were looking out the window from different sides, none realizing that Atlas was up.

"You two can sleep now. I'll be up."

"Hmm? You're already up. Didn't you just fall asleep?" Lancaster glanced back.

"I've had enough sleep. You two can sleep now."

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After two hours, Lancaster and Yovana finally fell asleep. As for Atlas, he didn't stay inside the Carriage; instead, he opened the door and climbed on top of the carriage.

He sat on top of the carriage, facing the cold yet gentle winds which brushed against his skin.

It had been a long time since he had been this happy. He finally had the hope of being able to bring Misella back. Even though he didn't know if it could succeed or not, it was better than having no hope. He was really optimistic.

His hands tested under his head as he laid on top of the moving carriage, staring straight at the moon.

"My goal... My aim... I don't know who you were, but you were right. I was lost. I was wasting an opportunity. Thank you."

****

A new day arrived, and it was finally the time for Atlan's custody to be given to Zhang, who had been staying in the palace.

Razil and Atlan walked together to the underground basement where the entrance of the secret chamber was. It was the first time Razil had arrived here since he had bluffed about killing Atlan before him. He didn't even know what happened here after he had left.

As soon as he arrived here, he realized that many things were wrong here. The two Guards he always kept here were missing, and there was no sign of battle taking place here.

"I sense some spell aura here," Zhang commented. "I know you don't have any Witches working under you. That leaves only one person who could've arrived here."

"Lilith!" Razil exclaimed. "But how could she? Wasn't she with you and then under my custody? I didn't leave her alone for even a moment. How could she arrive here without being caught."

"Who knows. That girl is quite talented. As I said, you should've let me kill them when I had the chance. Who knows what she did here. I'm telling you, if Atlan is missing, you and I are going to have a problem."

"There is no way they could've reached Atlan. Even if Lilith was here, it was probably just an attempt. They can't go farther without the key I hold. And it's been with me all this time. It seems that they attempted but failed."

"But I don't believe they will give up. They will try to get him back again. I think it's not the right time to shift Atlan to your clan. Unlike this place, your clan is less secure, and now that Castiel is after him, it's better I keep him. Only I can keep Castiel at bay."

It was just as Lilith had assumed. Razil tried to use this opportunity to keep Atlan here, but then again, Zhang didn't back off either.

"They know where you keep Atlan. And they probably also know what they need to enter next time. This place is less safe now. If I'm gone, they can come here, kill you and take the key when you're sleeping, and you won't be able to stop Lilith."

" It's too risky to leave Atlan here. That makes it even better than we are shifting him. Even if they come here next time to find Atlan, they won't find him. It's much safer with me."

The entire conversation went just like it was expected. Even though Razil tried to back off the deal by talking about the risks, Zhang didn't fall for it. Instead, he became even more stubborn, leaving no chance for Razil to refuse.

In the end, Razil could only agree.

Since he didn't have the key for the first door that was kept with the guards, he brought a spare key that was kept by him for a similar situation. For the first door, two keys were made, while the second door only had one key, which was kept by him, close to his heart.

He brought Zhang with him, opening the first door.

"So she passed the first door and even managed to destroy the spell formations. I must say I'm impressed. She destroyed the formations that were made to prevent this. I wonder how she achieved it. How did she even get inside without being killed?"

" The formations should've killed her if she stepped foot here. Unless... Unless she didn't come here in the first place but sent someone else to destroy these formations. Only a wolf can enter this place without being hurt."

"What are you implying? Are you saying my men worked for her in fear of their life? Nonsense. They will die, but they won't work for her."

"I'm not saying they worked for her in fear of their life. I'm just curious why they did it because there's no question that they were definitely the ones who did it."