Alex made his way back up the dungeon with no hurry. He arrived at where Xichen had been confined and found a middle-aged man standing outside the door.
"Your people still have a chance, Xichen. All I have to do is become an Extolite in half a year. Then I will marry your daughter, and the remainder of the Sunwardens that have run away will have to accept me as their rightful chief. Then I—"
The man paused when he heard footsteps and turned around to look at Alex.
"Did you not understand my father's command?" the man shouted. "No one is allowed to come to this section of the dungeon."
Alex gave a stern look, but said nothing. He continued stepping toward the prison cell and arrived right in front of it. He looked inside and saw the wounded Xichen looking out toward the cell, her eyes slowly widening when she saw him.
She tried to call for him, but her hoarse voice could not make any sound.
