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 go about

Plus.

my eyes,

should we be the hunted when we

"h..huh?"

they

supposed to be the only ones

***

same time,

had completed her day's

streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at the ever-changing

"Au.."

her eyelids

She was tired.

working and working out, Amanda

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

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

head and looking

till we get

"We're already here."

replied with

in front of a

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got

between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black

walked, she attracted

and walked towards

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

smiled at the care

frequent visitor, Amanda got

comfortable making small talk with each other at this

you

lady soon walked into the building,

haven't seen you last week. Busy

only managed to fit a bit of

wonderful. Nola will be quite excited

brighten up and throw

scene had become a common

since the scene of the two ladies together looked

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

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on Amanda's

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

her father's absence have slowly started circulating

check, but she knew that

she was forced to push

why she couldn't pick

this hence why she cleared up her schedule today and

"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

wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the

someone is here for

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

head and looked

has Nola been

at the two with a smile, the care lady

ever since that gentleman came to pick her up last time, she has

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

came to pick Nola up not too long ago. On the day that

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

have to say, ever since that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her

have made Nola

ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

someone who worked for Nola's parents.

"I see."

care lady's words, the edges of Amanda's

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

was in her arms, Amanda patted her