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?"

smile. Completely unconvinced by my

the shoulder, I urged for him to

the time is right. Now have

was no need for me to convince him about

that he was sitting with a bunch

"...Okay."

bead before taking a

moving towards the front of the car and fastening my seat belt, I pressed

Dromeda city.

***

Tk. Tk.

poured down from

Kevin quietly sat next to a beautiful girl with short auburn hair sat who currently had an extremely dark look

minutes, neither one of them spoke as the only sound that could be heard was from the rain hitting the asphalt

little bit more time, until finally, unable to bear with it anymore, Emma

"Fuck!"

continued to swear. Seemingly wanting to vent out her

scum! Is this how you repay my father for

"..."

the bench, Kevin took a deep

brief idea of

past, he didn't know much about what was going on with Emma as she never

to him. From how her uncle was suppressing her, to all the schemes he was

gotten to the point where he was trying to get her to drop out of the

"Piece of scum!"

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

any idea

"Hm?"

voice, Emma

are you

this happening because

"...Yeah."

came back, the problem would

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

have any way to

"No."

shook

secret, and so he can't

Secret enough to not even contact his own daughter

"...Yeah."

and staring at the rain that was

I don't know

distance, Kevin bit his lips as he suddenly felt a surge

her,

worry, I'll

***

drive from Ironia city, I could already

window, Ryan cried

"Whaa, that's huge."

"It sure is."

I stared

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 joined with different

joined together, a massive

"Damn."

the city, I couldn't

the fact that Dromeda city directly

erect massive walls and invest

city was astronomical, and if not for

me out of my thoughts,

aren't we going to take a quick break

I

maybe

pity, I really wanted to

muttered in disappointment as he leaned back on his

the car towards the other side of the

I didn't want to risk the chance of meeting trouble this

already wasted too much

day now and a massive manhunt for my head would

fact, the manhunt had probably already started, but with the tracking device not working, and my face now healed, their

that it was only a matter

That was because my priority right now was to

tens of fully armed soldiers at the city's entrance. They stood at the two sides of the city wall and their sharp gazes continued to sweep across the passersby

to wait for long as within a couple of minutes, a

window, the soldier

you want to

"Here."

signified that I was a part of

members to hunt beasts and

"Cores?"