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

yes, it's human technology and it helps us project an image of objects through the

"Stop, you're confusing him"

to delve into the topic of holographic technology, I rolled

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

Silug, Kevin rubbed his nose in

got too

got too caught up and almost rambled about his

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

about that, have you found

his watch, Kevin pointed

a

Kevin's words, leaning in, I looked in the

this out, although it looks like there 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

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

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

pointed towards a certain section of the castle

If not for the fact that Kevin pointed it out for me, I would've never been able to

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

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

that I noticed

to dispose the trash and unnecessary items. Although I wasn't able to figure out how many guards are present in that

glanced at Kevin

suggesting we sneak from

"Yeah..."

couple of seconds, nodding my head, I

reasonable, when should we

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

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

aback, my

"A day?"

a

the doubt on my face, Kevin

the less the chances

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 to go

the corner of his

that the castle is the last place we

second and fully looking at me, Kevin

short skimming and we can go in a

to go stay there for long, Kevin estimated that eight

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 could lead to situations where they could get

speak, with my brows knit even tighter, after a while, my brows eventually loosened as I

right, do

about it for a while, I knew that Kevin was

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 chance that it might not be enough time given that something

I decided

ended up wasting a

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

Haste made waste.

far, resolutely looking at

your time and get a proper read on the

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

looked towards the distance. Towards a certain part of

"...soon"

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

who was guarding it and who was leaving it, Kevin was able to come

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