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.

the situation prudently was the best way to go about

Plus.

my eyes,

when we can just as well

"h..huh?"

what if they could track

were supposed to be the

***

the same time,

time Amanda had completed her day's work, the sky was already

busy streets of

"Au.."

her eyelids were becoming heavier with each passing

She was tired.

most of the day working

driving the car for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell,

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till

"We're already here."

with a

front of a familiar building that Amanda

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out of

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

the past, wherever she walked, she

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

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

at

got along with her quite

small talk with each

bring you

walked into the building,

you last week. Busy with

to fit

Nola will be

brighten up and throw herself

become a common

together looked as though they came

don't know your exact age, you

"...I hope so."

smile appeared

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

absence have slowly started circulating

able to keep those rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't

push herself even harder than ever

also why she couldn't pick up Nola last

why she cleared up her schedule today and decided to surprise her

"We're here."

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

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

is here for

her little head, the moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as she ran up to her and called

"Sister!"

"Nola."

down, Amanda extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms and

"Sister!"

see

"Um!"

Nola back, Amanda lifted her head

has Nola been

two with a smile,

since that gentleman came to pick her up last time, she has been a lot more

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

pick Nola up not too long ago. On the

but she had to cancel

since that gentleman came, Nola seemed to

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice

made

may ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he

"I see."

the care lady's words, the

was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't care who

her attention back to Nola, who was