The Author's POV

Inside of a densely packed forest, two individuals calmly walked through the heavy vegetation. Of the two individuals, one stood at the front looking at a large map made out of paper, whilst behind him, another individual followed him with a confused look on his face.

"Are you sure we're headed in the right direction?"

Scratching my chin, as I looked at the map before me. Tilting the map sideways, with a hint of doubt I responded.

"err...should be?"

Taken aback, Kevin couldn't help but say

"y-ou, don't tell me that we're lost"

"no, well, maybe. But most likely not"

-Smack!

Facepalming, an extended sigh escaped from Kevin's mouth. He was starting to regret his decision...

Not even halfway through the journey and they were already lost. Just what kind of guide was this?

Noticing Kevin's action, I shrugged my shoulders.

In my defense, I didn't have much to work with.

Although I had a general idea of where the dungeon was, well, let's just say that a lot of the important information on how Kevin found the dungeon was skipped in the novel. After all, back then when I was writing this part of the story, I basically directly skipped to the moment Kevin found the dungeon.

...Thus, because of how lazy I was back then, I was currently in a pickle.

Fortunately, I had a few reference points to work with

"A river...a large bent tree and a cave..."

Those were the things I was looking out for.

"Keumm...keumm...can I just ask why you're using a paper map instead of your phone?"

Coughing a couple of times, Kevin glanced at me and asked me something that had been on his mind ever since leaving the small town below.

Looking back at Kevin, brushing my hair to the side I lazily said

"What difference does it make? In the end, with this, I can just save my phone's battery"

Taking out my phone and pointing towards the top right corner, I said

"...Moreover, good luck finding a signal in the middle of nowhere"

Raising his hands in resignation, Kevin said

"Alright, do whatever makes you comfortable. I was just curious as I've never seen anyone use paper maps anymore"

Briefly glancing at Kevin, I shook my head and continued to observe the map.

Fair enough.

I would've used my phone if there was a GPS signal that would directly show me the path I had to go...sadly such a thing didn't exist. So, I just chose to use a map as that was what I used to use back on earth.

...I guess old habits never die.

"Let's see"

placing the map on a rock. I squinted my eyes and made sure

all we needed to do is walk for a couple of more kilometers until

the map slightly, I traced a blue line on the map stopping

there go hike up until an

I've got

with the map a couple of more times, I nodded my head

"You've figured things out?"

we should be able to arrive there in about half

"Alright..."

...

is

"Yep"

of a large bent tree, Kevin and I sat down on the ground and recuperated

to set

dimensional space I

"Here"

"Thanks"

the energy bar, Kevin quickly opened it and took big bites out of

is this the

"Munch...munch...Yep"

down the energy bar in my mouth, I quickly nodded my head. After walking for half a day and following the instructions that I had written in my novel, I was quickly able to find the right location.

just shout 'Wrong direction' and with me seeing this in the book, I was able to discard that path and quickly find the right path

off to you

"Alright, let's go"

of the energy we spent hiking all the way here, standing

pants, Kevin nodded

"Okay"

us walked through the

should be able to take care of any monster that showed up before us, and I, with my sword art, could swiftly deal with the mob-like monsters

In reality, there really shouldn't be much for me to

in my hand, I couldn't

point of wasting time-fighting monsters

...

stopped at a fork road. There were eight paths to choose from and they each looked identical. Turning around, Kevin glanced at me

should

I immediately pointed towards

"The fifth one"

the moment we entered the cave, I knew exactly

Moreover...

"Stop"

"huh?"

five minutes, placing my hand on Kevin's shoulder to stop him, ignoring the confusion in his face, I placed my finger in my mouth and quietly

left, two-horned sheep will immediately

downwards, towards my red

whilst the male sheep will be the one that will attack you first...the safest and most efficient way to get rid of them

couldn't help but look at me

what are

my brow, I

happen and what you should be doing to quickly

how you know

my head, I glanced at

"I'm reading?"

when there's nothing

"huh?"

waved the