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,

it's human technology and it helps us project an image of objects through the use of infrared sensors

"Stop, you're confusing him"

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

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

rubbed his nose

I got too

got too caught up and almost rambled

a tech junky, I didn't think

about that, have you

image displayed on his watch, Kevin pointed towards

a look at

in the

at the map close enough you can see that there is another one not so

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

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

Kevin pointed towards

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

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

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

that I noticed

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,

head, I glanced at Kevin and

are you suggesting we sneak

"Yeah..."

thinking for a couple of seconds, nodding my head, I

sounds reasonable, when

moment, Kevin glanced

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

my

"A day?"

a bit

the doubt on my

the less the

my watch and seeing the time, my face crumped

spend a day surveilling the castle we'll only have eight hours before we

corner of his eyes, Kevin nodded

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

a second and fully looking at

you think we need more time and if so I can just do a short skimming and we can go in a couple

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

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 could lead to situations where they could get

brows knit even tighter, after a while, my brows eventually

you're right,

for a while, I knew

to 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

I decided to

we ended up wasting a

as we could reduce the chances of getting caught whilst infiltrating the castle, I

Haste made waste.

looking at Kevin, I

your time and get a proper read on

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

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

"...soon"

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

it and who was leaving it, Kevin was able

well, once I heard of his plan I couldn't help but