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?"

his head, Kevin

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

"Stop, you're confusing him"

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

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

his nose in

got

and

a tech junky, I didn't think too

matter, forget about that, have

displayed on his watch,

take a look at

words, leaning in, I looked in the

look at the map close enough you can see that there is another

of the castle before me, after a minute, not seeing it, I glanced at Kevin and asked

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

the right, Kevin pointed towards a certain section of the

fact that Kevin pointed it out for me, I would've

was such a place odd...in the end, I didn't dwell too

really was something off about that place, with the red book in my hand, I didn't have to worry about our safety too

noticed

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 what we should truly care about is their

glanced at

so are you suggesting we sneak

"Yeah..."

a couple of seconds, nodding my head,

sounds reasonable, when

on his chin as he pondered for a moment, Kevin glanced at the

I'll try to get even more info on it so that we can create

my brows

"A day?"

that a bit too

doubt on my

more thorough we are the

watch and seeing the time, my face crumped up a

a bit too long, if we spend a day surveilling the castle we'll only have eight hours before we are forced

the corner of his eyes, Kevin nodded his

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

and fully

and we

there for

few things, staying there more than eight hours wouldn't really be the best

with my brows knit even tighter, after a while,

you're right, do your

thinking about it for a while,

around the enormous castle, there was a

and down, I decided to go along with Kevin's

ended up wasting a

of getting caught whilst infiltrating the castle,

Haste made waste.

at Kevin, I nodded

your time and get a proper read on

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

his lips, Kevin looked towards the distance.

"...soon"

Kevin spent a whole day scanning the perimeter of the castle as he got a

through looking 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

I couldn't help but scratch