The Author's POV

"There's nothing here."

Smallsnake shouted as he stabbed the head of one of the wolves on the ground.

"I've also got nothing."

"Nothing here too."

Disappointment flashed Ava and Hein's faces as they also found nothing on the corpses of the wolves.

"Nothing on my side as well."

Leopold also added.

"..."

Looking at them from a distance, sitting on a rock and leaning forward, I fell in thought.

With over thirty wolves dying at my hands, everyone was now trying to see if they could find a core.

The process was relatively slow and tedious; however, the rewards more than made up for it as each core was precious.

Unfortunately, lady luck was not on our side as no one found anything.

This was a given, though.

The chances of finding a core were the same as winning the lottery. Miniscule.

"Huaam."

When I struggled to hold my yawn back, someone sat down next to me and tapped on my shoulder.

"What do we do now?"

Without the need to look back, I could tell who it was by his voice.

It was Smallsnake.

Still sitting on the rock, I turned my head and looked up at smallsnake.

His expression was severe, and with his hand on his chin, he had a pensive look on his face.

"If the chip has indeed started tracking our moves, we should probably not waste time here."

Smallsnake suddenly turned his head and looked at me.

"I think we should stop wasting time over here, and we should get going. According to my estimates, if they send someone to track you, within a week or month, they'll soon catch up to us."

Listening to Smallsnake and patting my pants, I silently stood up.

Scratching the side of my neck and staring towards the direction of where Dromeda city was, my brows furrowed tightly.

"You're not necessarily wrong."

"...Yes, that's why I'm suggesting for us to immediately go right now. The more distance we cover, the harder it is for them to find us."

Closing my eyes slightly, for the next few seconds, I didn't speak.

Then, opening my mouth, I said.

"We proceed at our own pace."

"What?!"

His eyes widened. Standing up, he walked to me.

"Did you hear what I just said?"

"...I heard what you said loud and clear."

"Then why did you say that we should go at our own pace?"

"Haa.."

Without answering Smallsnake, I brushed my hair to the side and let out a troubled sigh.

What Smallsnake said wasn't necessarily wrong.

Now that the tracking device was on, the Monolith and possibly even the Union would start hunting me.

On a good note, we weren't in the human domain, which made it harder for them to track me down directly.

Even then, it would only delay their search by at most a couple of weeks to a couple of months.

Still.

Putting my sword back into my dimensional space, I turned my head and looked towards the distance.

"We're going to continue going at our own pace."

My current goal was to travel to the dwarven domain.

The road was a treacherous one. One that was riddled with dangers.

Not only did I have to watch out for dangerous beasts, but I also had to watch out for demons.

Although not exactly close, the demon domain was not that far.

was the best

Plus.

eyes,

the hunted when we can just

"h..huh?"

if they could

they were supposed to be

***

same time, Ashton

had completed her day's work,

a black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton

"Au.."

of times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier with

She was tired.

working and working out,

for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened

miss, we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

onto her right cheek, Amanda tried to wake herself up. Right now, she couldn't afford to look

her head and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till we

"We're already here."

replied with

of a familiar building that Amanda had seen multiple

out of the car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out of

stunning. Holding onto a small

she walked, she

promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the

It's you

"Mhm."

at

Amanda got along with

were both comfortable making small talk

bring you to

walked into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

you last week. Busy with

to fit

Nola will be quite excited to

she would instantly brighten up and throw

a common occurrence at

looked as though they came straight out of a

to look after yourself. Although I don't know your exact age, you don't

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on

Amanda couldn't afford to take it easy with her responsibilities increasing each

about her father's absence have

was able to keep those rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't have much time left at

she was forced to push

was also why she couldn't pick up

hence why she cleared up her schedule

"We're here."

and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where

with her fingers at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the

someone is here

her complexion instantly became brighter as she ran up to her and called

"Sister!"

"Nola."

extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms and hooked her arms around

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

her head

Nola

the two with a smile,

came to pick her up last time, she has

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

not too long

to pick Nola up on that day, but she had

gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled with

who could have made Nola so

ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he must be an employee?

"I see."

lady's words, the edges

no idea who the individual was, as long as Nola was

to Nola, who was in