Typhon

Max who was hearing the story couldn't believe his ears at all. If it was not for the fact that the two Old Progenitors were willing to testify that this old man was indeed someone who had lived for years and survived the cemetery, he would have really taken his words as nothing but bullsh*t.

The old man obviously while going through the story was skipping details about the artifact and had replaced it with 'something important' and his conquest for finding the person for the artifact as 'finding a person who could inherit his mantle'.

It was bullsh*t, both the Progenitors and Max understood it. But Max, who knew the truth, was able to understand the truth in those words.

The old man continued with his story, and Max tried his best to read in between the lines and avoid lies to see the truth.

With the marriage of Erina's mom and dad.

Things settled down a bit, and the old man once again disappeared.