Chapter 142 142: What Daughter?

The cloaked man glanced back. His emotionless eyes gazed at Atlas. A slight frown spread across his forehead.

He was sure that the person behind him was Castiel. There was no doubt in it. However, at the same time, he also felt as if the person was different for some reason. He was Castiel but not quite.

Atlas still hadn't spoken or done anything, yet Lucius realized that something was wrong thanks to just one glance. Unfortunately, he just couldn't put his finger at it. What was different, he didn't understand. He just knew that it was the case.

Atlas also frowned. Gazing at the man, he realized that it wasn't Atlan. He had heard about Atlan and how he looked. He was sure that it wasn't Atlan before him.

The aura was that of a Progenitor. And the eyes and the hair of Lucius gave his identity away.

"Lucius..." Atlas muttered. Just last night, he was thinking about how to find Lucius, and today he stood before him. Unfortunately, this situation wasn't good either.

It was different if he had gone after Lucius since he would've been prepared on how to react or deal with any unfortunate incident. But this sudden appearance...

Castiel and Lucius didn't have a good relationship. In fact, it was the same for Castiel and everyone else. A conflict of centuries couldn't be removed within seconds. With Atlan, it was different since Atlan was weaker because of being trapped for so long.

Lucius wasn't weak. Lucius had been free... He wasn't trapped... He wasn't hungry. If anything, Lucius was the strongest person here.

Three men all stood at some distance from each other. And all of them were lost in serious thought. For Zhang, there were two Progenitors he needed to face. For Lucius, he didn't know if Castiel was going to side with him or fight him. And Atlas was concerned about having to fight both Lucius and Zhang.

"So that was why you were so confident?" Zhang asked, glaring at Lucius. "You came with backup."

He didn't know that even Lucius had no idea about Castiel's arrival here before he came. He hadn't planned anything.

"Backup? For you?" Lucius looked at Zhang as if he was looking at an idiot. "The younger generation is really too naive if they think, and I need backup. Even bigger idiots if they think Castiel will come to give me a backup of all people."

For a moment, he didn't even care about Zhang. The arrival of Castiel had made him momentarily forget his own goal as well.

"Why are you here?" he asked Castiel. "After disappearing for so long, you just make an appearance here? Why? If you are here to stop me, then I'll warn you. Don't even try... Things are different now."

Atlas scratched his temple, trying to make sense of the situation. Atlan wasn't out, and Lucius was here instead. That meant Lilith hadn't succeeded yet. That also meant she was still inside.

If Lilith was inside, then it was only a matter of time before she could get to Atlan. All he needed to do was to make sure that Zhang or Lucius didn't create a problem for her. He needed to keep the two here, distracted.

"I didn't know you were back as well," Atlas spoke with great calm.

Lilith had trained him on how Castiel used to talk, just for a situation like this, so he couldn't be found out that easily. He couldn't let anyone know that another soul was accompanying his body.

Even though he wasn't perfect at impersonation, the fact that Castiel didn't have an accent helped him a lot. He had the same voice as Castiel as well. So as long as he kept his composure and didn't speak about things he didn't know, then it wasn't hard to pretend to be Castiel.

That way, even if the other side could see that something was wrong, they weren't going to know that it was a different soul in his body.

And what better way to make someone believe he really was Castiel than to pretend to know Lucius? All he needed to do was talk about how Lucius was back after a long time since he was sure that Castiel would have spoken the same thing.

*****

Lilith finally destroyed the Portal Formation! She had succeeded in her mission. Now there was no way for the Franc Clan to call for backup. Moreover, with Zhang and the strongest mages distracted outside, she had free reign inside the castle. She could even free Atlan.

She left the hall and went to the prison on the lowest floor. Without Zhang inside, Lilith was like a fierce cat in the nest of rats. No one could stop her, especially since she was already inside.

By the time Zhang even sent his people to alert the Guards inside, Lilith had already killed many of them, utilizing the opportunity when they were not on alert.

She ran down, trying to get to Atlan to get the Key Fragment from her before freeing him.

She killed anyone who stood in her path, being the real Warlord of this place.

She was worried at the start as to how she was going to get down without alerting anyone, especially Zhang. However, now she didn't care about anything. She had destroyed the formation that she was most worried about. Moreover, she also knew the guard formation and where she was going to find them.

A wave of flame rushed through the hallway, burning many unsuspecting guards to cinders. Closely behind the flames, Lilith walked into the scorched hallway.

"The feeling of power... It makes me remember old times." Lilith stretched her arms, enjoying all the chaos. It had been a really long time since she felt so liberated.

She finally reached the cell. It was much easier for her to get to the cell of Atlan than it was in the Kingdom of Werewolves, maybe because the Franc Clan hadn't taken as many precautions.

They couldn't just create a formation to block everyone except werewolves here. If they did, they couldn't enter themselves. They also couldn't block mages from entering the cell since they were ones as well.

The only precaution they took was creating spells to block Vampires and Werewolves from getting to this part of the cell, which was ineffective for Lilith.

Lilith broke the lock on the cell, pushing the metallic door open.

Atlan was sitting in the darkness inside the room. As soon as he saw the door open, he raised his head.

"Lilith... I just say, I thought you would be the last person to come here. Are you here to take me as a prisoner as well?" Atlan inquired, smiling. He didn't appear worried.

"I came here because your daughter asked me to. She begged us to help you."

"My daughter?" Atlan tilted his head sideways. "When did that happen? Did you finally lose your sanity? I don't have a daughter. You know we can't have kids."