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

it helps us project 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

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

at Silug, Kevin rubbed his nose in

I got too

and

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

doesn't matter, forget about that,

his watch, Kevin pointed towards a certain section

take a look

in, I looked in the direction

are only three entrances of the castles, if you look at the map close enough you can see that there is

the castle before me, after a minute, not seeing it, I glanced at Kevin and asked him to point it out

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

pointed towards a certain section

If not for the fact that Kevin pointed it

fact that there was such a place odd...in the end, I didn't dwell too deeply into

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

noticed the door,

to figure out how many guards

glanced at Kevin and

you suggesting

"Yeah..."

couple of

sounds reasonable, when should we

chin as he pondered for a moment, Kevin glanced at the castle before

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

my brows knit

"A day?"

that a bit

on

the more thorough we are the

time,

a day surveilling the castle we'll only have eight hours before we are forced to

corner of his eyes,

last place we need to go, I don't

and fully looking at

just do a short skimming and we can go in a couple of

they weren't going to go stay there for long, Kevin

they were only going there to collect a few things, staying there more than eight hours wouldn't really be the best idea since each passing second they spent there

to Kevin speak, with my brows knit even tighter, after a while, my brows eventually loosened

you're right, do

a while, I knew that Kevin was

accomplish everything, considering the fact that we were going to be moving slowly and carefully around the enormous castle, there was a small chance that it might not

I decided to

ended

of getting caught

Haste made waste.

thus far, resolutely looking at Kevin, I

your time and get a

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

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

"...soon"

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

analyzing the situation 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 which he

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