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"

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

I'm not wrong, 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 a

blue line on the map stopping until

from there go hike up until an oddly bent tree can be found. The cave of the dungeon should be right

got it,

of more times, I nodded

"You've figured things out?"

able to

"Alright..."

...

this is the

"Yep"

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

already started to set

bars from my dimensional space I handed one to Kevin and opened another one for

"Here"

"Thanks"

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

is this the

"Munch...munch...Yep"

I had written 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

Whenever I went in the wrong direction I would always just shout 'Wrong direction' and with me seeing this in the book, I

off to

"Alright, let's go"

we spent

nodded his head and stood

"Okay"

two of us walked

Kevin's overwhelming abilities, he 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

was planning on doing anything. In reality, there

in my hand, I couldn't help but

wasting time-fighting monsters when you can just skip

...

road. There were eight paths to choose from

should we

pointed

"The fifth one"

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

Moreover...

"Stop"

"huh?"

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

you turn left, two-horned sheep will

downwards, towards

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

me off midsentence, Kevin couldn't

wait, what are you talking

brow, I

you what will happen and what you should be doing to quickly resolve the upcoming

how you know all of this...moreover, what are you

head, I glanced at Kevin in

"I'm reading?"

can you read when there's nothing in

"huh?"

Kevin in confusion, I waved the red book in