Chapter 45：Important Figures (2/2)

”Yes, I am alright. Thank you…uh, Elder” he said.

She snickered a little as her eyes turned crescent. A green robes elderly gentleman with long flowing white hair and beard walked up to him and said, ”Disciple, this is the Sect Leader. Please, do not call her an elder. That is disrespectful.”

Alex was shocked. 'The sect leader?' he immediately turned to the lady and saw something he had missed previously due to the morning light. Her robe did not have yellow linings. Her linings were golden.

Bronze linings in the sect belonged to the disciples. Silver linings belonged to the elders. So, accordingly, Gold linings must belong to the sect leader.

He immediately apologized, ”I'm sorry, Sect leader. I only joined the sect a week ago, and know nothing about the important figures in the sect yet.” He bowed down.

”See Great Elder, disciple here wasn't trying to be disrespectful. He just didn't know who we were.” She said looking back at the elderly gentleman.

'Great Elder!! So he is the Great Elder of the sect.' He thought.

”You had enough of your talking, Ma Rong? We need to know what happened here. Let us ask your disciple some questions.” A big, buff man in his 40s with not a single spot of white in his short hair or scruffy beard appeared behind him.

This man was wearing a yellow robe with golden linings as well. 'Sect Leader of the Tiger Sect?' he thought.

”So, is he alright?” the buff man from the Tiger sect spoke.

Ma Rong took one glance over his body and sighed as she said, ”Yeah, he is alright. I would be shocked if he wasn't alright after eating a 'Body Restructuring Pill'. Okay, Disciple, let us ask you some questions.”

Alex simply nodded.

”Tell us, What are you doing here? first of all?” she asked.

”The forest? I took a 3 day leave from the sect to come hunt in the forest.” Alex answered.

”No, not the- What are you doing here in the crater, where an explosion occurred.” She asked.

”Oh. I was nearby when the explosion occurred, so I ran to this place to check what it was. After seeing the parent and child monsters being attacked by a wolf, I came down to protect them. While fighting with the wolf I got injured and nearly died. That's when you found me.” He said.

”Oh,” everyone looked surprised. They all looked at the swift wolf corpse at the side with its limb and head cut off. Ma Rong turned around and asked him.

”So, you defeated the wolf. Then, what happened to the parent and child monsters?” Ma Rong asked. It was a question in everybody's mind.

”Hmm…I don't know where the little kitten went, but the mother cat is right the-” he looked around to see an empty spot in the middle of the crater. The little cat, as well as the corpse of the mother cat, had disappeared from the huge crater.