The Author's POV

Staring at Kevin who was busy controlling his drone in the air, I impatiently asked.

"You got something?"

Staring at his watch as he monitored the drone in the sky, Kevin shook his head.

"Nothing yet"

It's been about a couple of hours since Kevin, Silug, and I were waiting outside of the perimeter of the castle.

As Kevin was able to enter the castle through the use of a skill that he had acquired a couple of months prior back in the novel, for obvious reasons, I couldn't replicate the same method he had used to enter the castle.

...If only there was only a secret passage.

*Sigh*

Sighing inwardly, I knew that lamenting at my past decisions was stupid as my past self would've never been able to know that I was going to enter my own novel.

...but I still did it anyway as I needed someone to vent my frustrations against.

In the end, as I didn't know of any secret passage that led to the inside of the castle, we could only scout the castle using Kevin's drone to get a better idea of how to sneak in.

Interlocking my arms together as I stretched my body, I asked.

"How much more time do you need?"

Staring at his watch intently, Kevin shook his head.

"I'm not sure, because I don't want to get caught I'm currently operating the drone at an altitude of four kilometers...it's hard to get a proper read from that height"

Surprised by the information, I asked.

"four kilometers?"

"Yeah, since we aren't sure on who is in the castle, the safest height to surveil would be that"

"I see..."

Kevin's words weren't without merit.

Although Marquess Azeroth wasn't present in the castle, as we still weren't fully aware of who was inside, it was never wrong to take extra precautions.

Moreover, since demons could fly, the chances of the drone getting discovered weren't low despite the fact that it had a cloaking system.

Thus, such a high altitude made sense.

Plus, with how advanced technology was, that height still didn't impede the drone from scanning the castle below.

"Alright, I think I got a general idea of the layout of the castle"

After another ten minutes of surveying the castle, nodding his head, Kevin tapped on his watch as a three-dimensional model of the castle appeared before him.

"Good"

"Khhr...hm?"

Taken aback, Silug who was standing next to Kevin showed a surprised look on his face as he looked at the holographic image that appeared before Kevin.

Pointing towards the castle, he curiously asked as his deep voice resounded across the area.

"What is that?"

Turning towards Silug, speaking in Latrvian, Kevin responded.

"It's called a hologram and one of the castles before us"

Confused, Silug repeated.

"Hulogram?"

head,

human technology and it helps us project an image of objects through the use

"Stop, you're confusing him"

to delve into the topic of holographic technology, I rolled my eyes as I pointed at Silug

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

rubbed his nose in

I got

got too caught up and almost rambled about

I didn't think too much of his behavior and switched

matter, forget about that, have you

attention back to the holographic image displayed on his watch, Kevin pointed towards a certain

take a

I looked in the

only three entrances of the castles, if you look at the map close enough you

look at the holographic image of the castle before me,

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

image and moving it to the right, Kevin pointed towards

door, If not for the fact that Kevin pointed it out

there was such a place odd...in the

about that place, with the red book in my hand, I didn't have

noticed the door,

able to figure out how many guards are present in that place, from the looks of it there are no more than two guards. But it doesn't really matter as

I glanced at Kevin

suggesting we

"Yeah..."

for a couple of seconds, nodding

sounds reasonable, when

moment, Kevin

more info on it so that we can create a more appropriate plan...so maybe a

my

"A day?"

a bit

on my

the less the

time, my face

spend a day surveilling the castle we'll only

corner of his eyes, Kevin nodded his

but since you said that the castle is the last place we need to go, I don't think we'll need to

for a second and fully looking at me, Kevin

think we need more time and if so I can just do a short skimming and we can go in a couple of hours, but the chances of something going wrong might

go stay there for long, Kevin estimated that eight hours should've

hours wouldn't really be the best idea since each passing second they spent there could lead

after a while, my brows eventually loosened as I shook my

you're right, do your

it for a while, I knew that Kevin was

fact that we were going to be moving slowly and carefully around the enormous castle, there was a small chance

ups and down, I decided

if we ended up wasting

could reduce the chances of getting caught whilst infiltrating the castle,

Haste made waste.

resolutely looking at Kevin, I nodded

your time and get a proper read on the

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

finger on his lips, Kevin looked towards the distance. Towards a

"...soon"

spent a whole day scanning the perimeter of the castle as he got a proper read on the

at the times in which the door was used and who was guarding it and who was leaving it, Kevin was able to come up with an appropriate plan on how to infiltrate the castle which he naturally shared with

I heard of his plan I couldn't help but scratch my