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"

a rock. I squinted my eyes and made sure I was still on

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

line on the map stopping until

all the way until we find the largest tributary and from there go hike up until

I've got it, follow

more times, I nodded my head

"You've figured things out?"

if nothing goes wrong, we should be able to arrive

"Alright..."

...

this is the

"Yep"

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

sun had already started to

couple of energy bars from my dimensional space I handed one to Kevin and

"Here"

"Thanks"

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

this the

"Munch...munch...Yep"

in my novel, I was quickly able to find the right location. Moreover, now that Kevin was here, using my book as a reference point, I was able

the book. I had to say, future me was really smart. Whenever I went in the wrong direction I would always just shout 'Wrong direction' and with me seeing this in the book,

to

"Alright, let's go"

of the energy we spent hiking all the

Kevin nodded his head and stood

"Okay"

the two of us walked

at the back. With Kevin's overwhelming abilities, he should be able to take care of any monster

if I was planning on doing anything. In reality, there really shouldn't

the book in my hand, I couldn't help but

point of wasting time-fighting monsters when

...

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

path should we

pointed towards the

"The fifth one"

I was confident with my answer as from the moment we entered the cave, I knew exactly where to

Moreover...

"Stop"

"huh?"

him, ignoring the confusion

as you turn left, two-horned sheep will immediately

towards my

from behind whilst the male sheep will be the one that will attack you first...the safest and most efficient way to get rid of them would be for you to immediately duck down and stab towards

me off midsentence, Kevin couldn't help but look

wait, what are you

my brow, I

what you

is how you know all of this...moreover, what are you doing with

head, I glanced at Kevin

"I'm reading?"

read when there's

"huh?"

waved the red book