The Author's POV

Once Hein signed the contract, everything was smooth sailing. Briefing him about the upcoming trip and how it was going to be important in his mission to cure his father, Hein promptly agreed to join me on the trip.

"Alright, let me send you the money. I'll let you handle the rest with your family."

"Mhm."

Transferring 5 million U directly to Hein's account, I stood up and left the shop.

Hein would be leaving on a long trip with me and the others, I didn't want to ruin his farewell with his father and siblings.

Fortunately, with the five million I had given him, they should be able to live very comfortably for the next few years. This was probably why he wasn't so against the idea of coming with me once I explained to him the purpose of the trip.

"Hmm, what time is it?"

Standing underneath the sunlight, turning my wrist slightly, I check the time. 9:30 A.M.

"Hm, so almost two hours have already passed..."

From what I recall, we arrived here by 8 in the morning. This meant that one and a half hours had already passed since I talked to Hein.

Taking out my phone, I texted the others.

[Guys, it's time to come back.]

Now that I had dealt with Hein's recruitment, it was now time to leave.

Walking back to the SUV, leaning on my seat I got some shut-eye. Having driven throughout the whole night, I needed to rest a little.

*

"We're back."

Waking me up from my nap was the sound of Ryan's high-pitched voice. Opening the door of the car, he quickly hopped in.

Following him were Ava, and Smallsnake. Leopold followed suit not long after.

Staring towards the back of the car, I looked left and right before asking.

"Hmm, looks like everyone is here. Where is Angelica?"

"She's there."

Smallsnake pointed towards the back seat. Leaning forward a bit, I finally saw Angelica resting in the back of the car.

"Okay, perfect, now all we have to do is wait for Hein."

Right as my words faded, the door of the shop in the distance opened and Hein came out. Looking closely, I could see that the side of his eyes was red, indicating to me that he had been crying.

Lowering the window, I asked.

"Are you done saying your goodbyes?"

"Mhm"

Lifting his head up, Hein softly nodded his head.

Opening the back door of the car, I gestured for him to get in.

"Great, get in."

Upon entering the car, pointing at Hein, I introduced him to the others.

"Guys, this is Hein, our new recruit."

"Hello."

Hein greeted the others who greeted him back. Smiling, I pointed at the others and briefly introduced them to him.

"Hein, these are the other members. This here is Smallsnake, if you want to know anything, ask this guy and he'll probably know. This over here is Ava, she's a monster ta..."

As I introduced Hein to the other members, before long, a weird look appeared on his face. Blinking a couple of times and alternating my gaze between him and the others, I came to a sudden realization.

Patting him on the shoulder, I let out a small laugh.

"Don't be too quick to judge."

Now that I thought about it, everyone looked pretty unreliable.

Smallsnake was lanky, Leopold looked like a drunkard, Ava looked extremely shy and Ryan was a child.

Skipping Angelica who was a demon, and Silug who I had no idea about what he was doing, the group really looked unreliable.

"Although they don't look reliable, don't look down on them. Everyone here is much scarier than you think."

"...Is that so?"

forced a smile. Completely

and patting him on the shoulder, I urged for him to take

you'll know when the time is right. Now have a seat, we'll

convince him about

realize that he was

"...Okay."

bead before taking a

sat down, moving towards the front of the car and fastening my seat belt, I pressed on the gas pedal

Dromeda city.

***

Tk. Tk.

poured down

on a bench, Kevin quietly sat next to a beautiful girl with short

as the only sound that could be heard was from the

finally, unable to bear with it anymore, Emma suddenly stood up

"Fuck!"

the distance, Emma continued to swear. Seemingly wanting to vent out her

piece of scum! Is this how you repay my father for not kicking you

"..."

sitting on the bench, Kevin took a deep breath

brief idea of what was going

what was going on with Emma as

everything to him. From how her

was trying to get her to drop out of the

"Piece of scum!"

of her frustrations towards the rain, unable to bear it anymore, Kevin finally

you have any idea of

"Hm?"

voice,

are you talking

of this happening because your father

"...Yeah."

the problem would be solved,

long as her dad come back, her uncle would stand no chance. There was a clear difference in power

you have any

"No."

dejectedly shook her

top secret, and so he can't come into contact with me at

secret? Secret enough to not even contact his own

"...Yeah."

staring at the rain that was falling

don't

lips as he suddenly felt

her,

worry, I'll

***

Within an hour's drive from Ironia

the window, Ryan cried out in

"Whaa, that's huge."

"It sure is."

softly said as I

the city was a humungous wall, where stationed every few kilometers at the top of the wall was a beacon that shot a light ray towards the sky that

light rays joined together, a massive barrier that enveloped the whole city was

"Damn."

enveloping the city, I couldn't

and Dromeda city was the fact that Dromeda city

had no choice but to erect massive walls and invest tons of money

barrier around the city was astronomical, and if not

me out of my

aren't we going to take

I

sorry, maybe next

I really wanted to check the places

he leaned

drove the car towards the

any time, I didn't want to risk the

had already wasted too

day now and a massive

the tracking device

only a matter of time before

I didn't enter the city. That was because my priority right now was to leave the place, and not waste any

outsides of the city, I was somewhat stunned to see tens of fully armed soldiers at the city's entrance. They stood at the two sides of the city wall and their

didn't have to wait for long as within a couple of minutes, a soldier appeared by the side

my window, the

want to leave

"Here."

signified that I was a

members to hunt beasts and look for

"Cores?"