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.

situation prudently was the best way to

Plus.

my eyes, I

the hunted when we can just

"h..huh?"

if they could track

were supposed to be

***

same

her day's work,

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

"Au.."

that her eyelids were becoming heavier

She was tired.

working and working out, Amanda

the car for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell,

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

head and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till

"We're already here."

with a

soon stopped in front of a

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out of the

in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her right hand, Amanda walked towards the building in

wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes of

she promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where a relatively older

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the care

It's you

"Mhm."

at the

a frequent visitor, Amanda got along with

small talk with each

you to

into the building, exchanging subtle

you last week. Busy with

I've only managed to fit a bit of free time

Nola will be quite excited

visited Nola, she would instantly brighten up and throw

had become a common occurrence

the scene of the two ladies together looked as though they came straight

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

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared on Amanda's

also wanted to work less; however, Amanda couldn't

absence have slowly started

able to keep those rumours in check, but she knew that she

to push herself

couldn't

guilty about this hence why she cleared up her schedule today and decided to surprise her by showing up

"We're here."

corridors of the building, the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where

at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the young girl looked extremely

is

complexion instantly

"Sister!"

"Nola."

Amanda extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her

"Sister!"

see

"Um!"

lifted her head and looked

Nola

a

gentleman came to pick her up last

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

pick Nola up not too

supposed to pick Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel a week prior due to an emergency board

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice

made Nola so

ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

looked to be in his forties or something? He seemed to be someone who worked

"I see."

the edges of Amanda's

who the individual was, as long as Nola

who was in her