“I became a true Immortal like you as well,” Vor answered with a smirk on his lips.

He could’ve easily told them the truth about his past, but he didn’t want to give them an opportunity to look down on him for being unable to save his people. Instead of telling the truth, he told them an absurd lie. It was also somewhat amusing for him to see their reaction to his lies.

The reason Progenitors could feel safe even in the presence of the Werewolves was because they were truly immortal. Their immortality was what created a balance between him and the venom of the Royal Wolves.

Unlike them, the Werewolves had to die sooner or later, so it was often the turn of the younger generation to take over, which made sure that there were no Werewolves who lived long enough to be a threat to the Progenitors.

Vor told the two Progenitors that the balance was broken, and now he was also true immortal.

Just as he expected, his statement managed to surprise the two Progenitors, who glanced at each other.

“That’s impossible,” Lucius refuted the claim. “Werewolves can never become true Immortals.”

At the moment, there was no way for anyone to gain immortality, let alone werewolves.

“Is it true?” Instead of asking Vor, Atlan decided to ask Atlas. “Is he really immortal now?”

“What do you think?” Atlas asked in return. “Moreover, how does it matter? Even if he’s an Immortal, it won’t change anything. We need to focus on what’s to come instead.”

Atlas didn’t directly answer either. Even though he knew that Vor was joking around, it was a very small thing.

“Of course, it’s not a small thing. If he became Immortal, that means there is something that can give immortality even now. How is that a small thing? If we have that, we can create powerful immortal armies. Just imagine an immortal army of millions working for us, fighting for us!”

Atlan knew the implications of this. It wasn’t small by any means.

Atlan’s words did make Atlas raise a brow. It was just like he had expected; the existence of the stone was a great allure and a massive threat to the world. Just the information about it alone was enough to make Atlan think of the militaristic uses of the stone to create an army.

That was when he didn’t even know that it wasn’t just something that could make people immortal; instead, it could make new Progenitors.

“There’s no such thing that can make new immortals,” he said, making Atlan drop the idea. He couldn’t let anyone know that such a thing ever existed.

Even though all of them were Progenitors who somehow came from that some, they still didn’t know about the existence of the stone. If they did, they would’ve taken it.

As for why they didn’t know, Atlas also had an idea about it.

Castiel knew about the existence of a stone that could make someone a Progenitor, bringing them back to life. But the others didn’t know it. It was clear from their surprise and questions. That could only mean that Castiel had come across the stone before others could find out about it.

It was quite possible that it was around the same time when all of them awakened as Progenitors. Castiel hid the stone inside the hall before anyone else could see it, keeping its existence a secret. He probably did it just to be safe as well.

Atlas believed that it was probably also the reason why he had the entrance key be divided into four parts, giving one to each of them. It was done so even he couldn’t come back here to take the stone if he ever felt greedy for it. Castiel took steps to ensure that even he couldn’t change his mind in the future when it came to the usage of the stone.

Even though Atlas wasn’t sure if that’s how things actually happened, he had a feeling that this was the case.

“So how did he become Immortal then?” Atlan asked. “If he really did tell the truth…”

“Why are you so curious about why I’m alive?” Vor found it funny that his one statement managed to get these people restless. However, he didn’t keep them guessing.

Atlas didn’t tell them that Vor was lying, and Vor also didn’t accept that he was lying, which left the two Progenitors really intrigued as to how it was possible.

“He is lying.” It was Lucius who came to a conclusion first, noticing the amused expressions of Vor as if he found their reaction funny.

“If there were a way for Werewolves to be immortal, he would’ve made his own family immortal first. His family wouldn’t have died in the attack by the Kingdom of Wolves,” he expressed, showing that he knew about the attack on the forest, which wasn’t a secret entirely.

“There is no way for him to be immortal. However, I know that he had disappeared since that attack on the first, only appearing now. If I’m not wrong, he also fell asleep like us after that attack.”

Lucius took his guesses which were surprisingly too accurate.

“He isn’t a Vampire like us, right? How can he go to sleep like us?” Atlan asked, but he slapped his forehead right after as if realizing the answer. “The Witches!”

“That’s right. If I’m not wrong, he can’t be made Immortal, but there could be some spells that froze his body which also stopped his aging. That’s also why he looks the same age as before too,” Lucius explained. “He just woke up from that sleep, continuing his time.”

“So he was pulling our legs,” Atlan couldn’t believe that he had been fooled, even if it was only for a minute.

“Not bad; I was honestly having some fun. I did think you’ll take longer to guess.” Vor didn’t show any anger even though he hated it when they mentioned his family. However, showing his emotions here was a sign of weakness for him, so he stayed with mocking them.