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 way to

Plus.

my eyes,

hunted when we can just as well be

"h..huh?"

if they could track

supposed

***

same

her day's work, the sky

of a black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at the ever-changing scenery outside

"Au.."

times, Amanda found that her eyelids were

She was tired.

day working and

car for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened his mouth and reminded

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

her head and looking at Maxwell,

long till

"We're already here."

with a

in front of a

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out of the

Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her right hand, Amanda

the past, wherever she walked, she attracted

walked towards the building entrance

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

at the

Amanda got

comfortable making small talk with each other at this

bring you

into the building, exchanging subtle

you last week. Busy

only managed to fit a bit of

wonderful. Nola will be

would instantly brighten up

scene had become a

ladies together looked as though they came

Although I don't know your exact age, you

"...I hope so."

appeared on Amanda's

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

father's absence have slowly

she knew that she

such, she was forced to push herself even harder than

was also why she couldn't pick up

why she cleared up her schedule today and decided

"We're here."

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

at the classroom entrance and wearing a white

is

spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as she ran up to her and

"Sister!"

"Nola."

Amanda extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and looked at the care

has Nola

two with a smile, the care lady

pick her up last time, she has been a

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

came to pick Nola up not too

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

since that gentleman came,

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice filled with

who could have made

may ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

someone who worked for

"I see."

to the care lady's words, the edges

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

her attention back to Nola, who was in her