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, Kevin

an image of objects through the use of infrared

"Stop, you're confusing him"

of holographic technology, I rolled my eyes as I pointed at Silug who seemed to be even more

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

rubbed his nose in

got too

got too caught up and almost rambled

that Kevin was a tech junky, I didn't think too

about

attention back to the holographic image displayed on his watch,

a look

Kevin's words, leaning in, I looked in the direction of where he was pointing

are only three entrances of the castles, if you look at the map close enough you can see that there is another one not so far from

a better look at the holographic image of the castle before me, after

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

the right, Kevin pointed towards

of how grand the castle was relative to the door, If not for the fact that Kevin pointed it out

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

book in my hand, I didn't have to worry

noticed the

of it, this seems to be the exit that the servants of the castle use to dispose the trash and unnecessary items. Although I wasn't 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 what we should truly

I glanced at Kevin

so are you suggesting we

"Yeah..."

thinking for a couple of seconds,

sounds reasonable, when should we

on his chin as he pondered for a moment, Kevin glanced at the castle before him for a couple of seconds before

I'll try to get even more

aback, my brows

"A day?"

a bit

the doubt on my face,

thorough we are the less the chances of

the time, my face crumped up a

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

the corner of his eyes, Kevin nodded his

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

second and fully looking at me, Kevin

if so I can just do a short skimming and we can go in a couple of hours, but the

stay there for long, Kevin estimated that eight hours

eight hours wouldn't really be the best idea since each passing

knit even tighter, after a while, my

you're right,

it for a while, I knew that Kevin

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

ups and down, I decided to go along

ended up wasting a

of getting caught

Haste made waste.

far, resolutely looking at Kevin, I nodded

take your time and get a

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

looked towards the distance. Towards a certain part

"...soon"

spent a whole day scanning the perimeter of

was leaving it, Kevin was able to

plan I couldn't help but scratch my