Chitra was temporarily safe. The interdimensional farm was trying its best to save her.
Alex used the little bit of free time to treat his injuries. His broken right arm has begun to swell. Leaving it like that was not preferable.
Taking out some emergency supplies from the farm warehouse, he began to clean his wounds.
Most of his wounds were small, minor flesh wounds. Even with only one hand, he cleaned them easily. Then, he spread some of the medicine he acquired from the mupan. Although these medicines were painful, they were great in healing the wounds of warriors.
After that, he tied a loop of cloth around his neck and hung the broken arm over it. Treating a broken arm was not as easy as he imagined. So, he left it for later for the professionals to do it.
Now, it was time to leave the hell hole. Alex exited the farm with that thought in his mind.
However, just as he exited the farm, he was greeted with a bone-chilling and dangerous gaze. A middle-aged woman was looking at him as if she would kill him any second now.
'I didn't do anything. Please don't kill me.' Alex almost screamed out as he saw the woman seething with anger.
However, she didn't do anything to Alex, the white-robed man. She just observed him with angry eyes.
Nonetheless, Alex took a breath and waited. He wanted to see what the woman would do. Besides that, he didn't want to deepen the misunderstanding even further by opening his damned mouth.
After all, explaining was not his strong suit.
"Where is Chitra?" Finally, the woman opened her mouth to ask.
'Yahoo! For a second I thought she was someone from the evil bastard's organization. But it doesn't seem to be the case.' Alex heaved a sigh. He relaxed his tense muscles after that.
'This woman is surely related to Chitra or the Divine butterfly tribe. She might even be the backup Chitra was expecting. If she was with the evil organization I would be dead already. A tier 5 warrior like her doesn't need to be polite with me otherwise' Alex deduced after careful thought.
"Who are you?" Still, to confirm his doubts inquired about the identity of the woman.
"What!" Suddenly, the new person that emerged from the side exclaimed.
"You don't know!" It was none other than the protector of Karthi. After sending Karthi to get medical care, he entered the underground maze in hopes of finding Alex.
Now, he stood shocked about the ignorance of Alex.
"The person before you is the leader of the Divine Butterfly tribe. The strongest tier 5 warrior in the city. Be polite." The protector whispered his suggestion.
'That makes sense! Thanks for the tip protector guy.' Alex quickly grasped the identity of the person before him.
'She is the matriarch of the Divine butterfly tribe. Her name is Salwa or something? Then I should be polite.'
"Greetings!" Alex bowed, displaying his respect.
"In regards to Chitra…" Alex intended to continue, but Salwa interjected.
"Yes, where is she?"
"I understand your impatience, but please allow me to explain," Alex requested, sensing the urgency while also aiming to clarify the situation.
"Regrettably, she has left…"
"What!" Alex tried to explain but was again stopped by Salwa's words.
Salwa's rage ignited upon hearing this news. But the rage was not directed at Alex. Concurrently, a pang of heartache gripped her. Chitra was akin to a sister – the thought of her demise was agonizing.
"Um!" Seeing this, Alex panicked. He was about to explain that Chitra left for some place, leaving behind her last words. But, before he could say that, the other side mistakenly thought that she died.
'What should I do? Anyway, I should clear up the misunderstanding. Or else, I would be in deep trouble. I don't have a corpse to prove that she died.'
"Um! Hello! I didn't mean it like that." Alex said before the situation could spiral out of control.
"What do you mean by that?" Salwa asked again. But this time, in a nicer tone. For a moment, when she saw Alex for the first time, she lost control of her emotion. But now, she had realised her mistake and asked him politely.
"I apologize for any misunderstanding. By 'left,' I meant it quite literally. She sustained severe injuries from the mutant monster. However, through some unexplained phenomenon, she was rescued. Subsequently, she departed the area, entrusting me with a message to convey to you." Alex paused for a moment and continued. This time, no one interrupted him.
"She left after asking me to say that she found her sister. And she reminded me to say that Lila passed on without any regret. After that, she left this place."
'Although the part about leaving was a lie, it's better for them to believe that. I don't know if Chitra would survive for sure. It's a white lie.' Alex said to himself.
His explanation was simple for everyone to understand. But it was hard for them to come to terms with it.
Chitra didn't die. That was a good thing. But, how did she find her sister while battling against the evil organisation? Alex's explanation opened the way to more questions than answers.
"How do you know Lila? What exactly happened here?" Salwa inquired.
This time, Alex turned towards the protector.
"You didn't explain anything?"
"I did. That's why she is taking you seriously. Or else you would have been imprisoned the moment you appeared."
'Uh! That's correct. Why would anyone believe a white-robed masked man that was hiding his identity? It seems like the protector vouched for me.'
"Then, let me explain from the beginning." Alex began to recount the things that happened.
From meeting the street vendor to Chitra escaping, he explained most of it with the information he has. But he lied about some things to keep his secrets hidden.
"That's why she met Lila. Lila was turned into a mutant by the evil villain named Kain. He was also doing inhumane experiments on other children. To save them, I had to come to this place. Fortunately, I could rescue the children.
"I have brought the rescued children to a safe place and returned to investigate further.
"I also think that Lila was the reason for the unexplained phenomenon. She somehow saved us."
Alex concluded his words.
At first, it was only the protector and Salwa that were present inside the underground cavern. But soon, many high-tiered warriors of the Divine Butterfly tribe came to investigate the area. And they gathered near Alex as he recounted his experience.
A small had formed near him unknowingly.
Their blood boiled in anger when they realized how far the teeth of the evil organisation had sunk. And the cruelty of Kain and the spider gang made some of them mad.
"Should we kill him?" Finally, a riled-up man in the crowd asked.
'Kill who?' But this time, it was Alex's turn to be confused.
"KILL HIM." Suddenly, the crowd spoke aloud drowning the sound of everything. Anger was visible in their eyes.
'Do you mind explaining who the 'him' is?' Alex thought as he looked at the protector.
"They meant Kain. Leader Salwa captured him." As if he understood what Alex meant, the protector explained.
Hearing this lifted Alex's mood greatly.
"That's great. I wanted to tear him from limp to limp myself. But I am willing to share this opportunity with those who have suffered injustice. After all, sharing is caring. But, I also think he is valuable as a witness. You need to extract all the information from him before disposing him."
"That's what we are going to do." The protector agreed.
Salwa just raised her hand at that moment and calmed down the crowd instantly. From just this action, you could see the respect everyone had for her.
"The Divine Butterfly tribe would like to invite you to come to their residence. Would you mind that?" Salwa asked Alex after the crowd calmed down.
"Do I have any other choice?"
"Yes, you can leave whenever you want. We won't prevent you from leaving. You don't have to reveal your face or name. We just simply want to invite you as our guest and exchange information." Salwa suggested calmly.
"Always happy to help. So, where should I live while we share information? As you can see, my arm is broken. I need a healer to tend to it." Alex said cordially.
Quickly, a person was assigned to guide Alex. The protector also tagged along as Alex made his way towards the residence of the Divine Butterfly tribe. Alex quickly realised that they were staying near each other.
But, he didn't know if that was a good thing. If there was someone that could find his identity, it was none other than the primal chaos tribe. Their proximity worried him a little.
Nonetheless, he decided to accept the fact. The reason for his coming to the residence of the Divine Butterfly tribe was to maintain a cordial relationship with the nine major tribes. He didn't want them to hunt him down like an enemy whenever they saw him. That was also the reason why he spent his time reasoning with them.
So, he also decided to befriend the primal chaos tribe in the meantime.
Just as Alex neared his new residence, he had a nagging feeling that he forgot something. That's when he realised that he completely forgot about the street vendor.
'Fuck! I totally forgot to return the kids that I saved.'
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