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,

helps us project an image of

"Stop, you're confusing him"

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

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

his nose in embarrassment as

got

and almost rambled about his

was a tech junky, I didn't think

forget about that, have you

the holographic image displayed on his watch, Kevin pointed towards a certain section of

a

I looked in the direction of

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

I squinted my eyes to get a better look at the holographic image of the castle before me, after a minute, not seeing it, I glanced at Kevin

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

the right, Kevin pointed towards a

for the fact that Kevin pointed it out for me, I would've never been able to

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

that place, with the red book in my hand,

I noticed the door, Kevin

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

glanced at

are you suggesting we sneak

"Yeah..."

of seconds, nodding my head,

sounds reasonable, when

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

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

my brows knit

"A day?"

that a bit

the doubt on my

the less the chances of something

the time, my face

surveilling the castle we'll only

corner of his eyes,

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

fully

skimming and we can go in a

there for long,

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

my brows knit even tighter, after

right,

thinking about it for a while, I

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

the ups and down, I decided to go along with

we ended

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

Haste made waste.

resolutely looking at Kevin, I nodded

your time and get a proper read on

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

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

"...soon"

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

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

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