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

"Stop, you're confusing him"

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

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

Kevin rubbed his nose

I got too

up and

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

about that, have you found

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

take a look

in the

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

before me, after a minute, not seeing it, I glanced at Kevin and

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

to the right, Kevin pointed towards a certain section of the castle where a small wooden door

grand the castle was relative to the door, If not for the fact that Kevin pointed

fact that there was such a place odd...in the

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 the

looks 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 care about is their

I glanced at Kevin and

are you suggesting we sneak from

"Yeah..."

couple of

reasonable, when should

moment, Kevin glanced at the castle before him for a

that I've figured out about that area I'll try to get even more info on it so that we can create a more appropriate plan...so

aback, my brows knit

"A day?"

a bit

on my face,

thorough we are the less the chances of

and seeing the time, my face crumped up a

a day surveilling the castle we'll only have eight

at me from the corner of his eyes, Kevin nodded his

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

for a second and fully looking at

short skimming and we can go in a couple of hours, but the chances of

for

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

Kevin speak, with my brows knit even tighter, after a

you're right, do

thinking about it for a while,

eight hours was indeed enough time to accomplish everything, considering the fact that we were going to be moving slowly and carefully around the enormous castle, there was a small

the ups and down, I decided

ended up

getting caught whilst infiltrating the castle, I

Haste made waste.

thus far, resolutely looking at Kevin, I nodded my

time and get a proper read on the

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

looked towards the distance. Towards a certain part of the

"...soon"

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

situation through looking at the times in which the door was used and who was guarding it and who was leaving it,

plan I