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

we are actually headed in the right direction, and all we needed to do is walk for a couple of more kilometers until we find

blue line on the map

all the way until we find the largest tributary and from there go hike up until an oddly bent tree can be found. The cave of the

got

of more times, I nodded my head

"You've figured things out?"

be able to arrive there in about half

"Alright..."

...

this is the

"Yep"

tree, Kevin and I sat down on the

to set and night

of energy bars from my dimensional space I handed one to

"Here"

"Thanks"

took big bites out of it. Looking at the cave hidden behind the tree, he

this

"Munch...munch...Yep"

the instructions that I had written in my novel, I was quickly able to find the right location. Moreover, now that

'Wrong direction' and with me seeing this

to you future

"Alright, let's go"

for ten minutes whilst recuperating some of the energy we spent hiking

pants, Kevin nodded

"Okay"

us walked through

at the back. With Kevin's overwhelming abilities, he should be able to take care of any monster that showed up before us, and I, with my sword

was if I was planning on doing anything. In reality, there

my hand, I

point of wasting time-fighting monsters when

...

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

should

pointed

"The fifth one"

I was confident with my answer as from the

Moreover...

"Stop"

"huh?"

my hand on Kevin's shoulder to stop him, ignoring the confusion in his face, I placed my finger

turn left, two-horned sheep

slightly and glancing downwards, towards my

one male and one female sheep, the female sheep will wait 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 the

couldn't help

wait, what are

brow, I nonchalantly

happen and what you

part, what I don't get is how you

glanced at Kevin in

"I'm reading?"

read when there's nothing in

"huh?"

at Kevin in confusion, I waved the red book in