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.

prudently was the best

Plus.

my eyes, I

when we can

"h..huh?"

they could

they were supposed to be the only

***

the same time,

her day's work, the sky was already beginning

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

"Au.."

times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier

She was tired.

spent most of the day working and working out,

for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened his

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

Amanda tried to wake herself up. Right now, she couldn't afford

looking at

long till we

"We're already here."

replied with

front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen multiple

car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the door for

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of the

a cyan-coloured blouse that was neatly tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag

past, wherever she walked, she attracted

walked towards the building entrance where a relatively older lady

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the

It's

"Mhm."

at

frequent visitor, Amanda got along

comfortable making small talk with each

bring you to

into the building, exchanging

you last

to fit a

be

Nola, she would instantly brighten up and throw herself in

had become a common occurrence at the

of the two ladies together looked as though they came

yourself. Although I don't know your exact age, you don't look older than twenty. Working so much

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on

to work less; however, Amanda couldn't afford to take it easy with her responsibilities

have slowly

check, but she knew that she didn't have much time left

to push herself even

she couldn't pick up

felt guilty about this hence why she cleared up her schedule

"We're here."

the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair and deep blue eyes was

wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the young

is here for

little head, the moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became

"Sister!"

"Nola."

hands. Soon Nola jumped into

"Sister!"

see

"Um!"

lifted her head and looked at

Nola been

at the two with a smile, the

pick her up

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

too long ago. On the day that

she had to cancel a week prior due to an emergency board

since that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become a lot

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled

could have made Nola so

ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

to be in his forties or something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he must be an employee? I'm not sure,

"I see."

to the care lady's words, the edges of Amanda's lips curled

as long as Nola was happy, so didn't

back to Nola, who was in her arms,