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.

was the best

Plus.

my eyes, I

we can just as well be the

"h..huh?"

what if they

they were supposed

***

the same

had completed her day's work, the sky

quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at the ever-changing scenery outside of the

"Au.."

of times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier with each passing

She was tired.

most of the day working and working out,

car for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell,

miss, we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

herself up. Right now, she

head and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till we

"We're already here."

replied with a

his words faded, the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building that Amanda

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got

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

she attracted the gazes of the nearby

ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where a relatively

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

at the

frequent visitor, Amanda got along with

were both comfortable making small talk with each

you

walked into the

seen you last week. Busy with

only managed to fit a bit of free time

will be quite excited

would instantly brighten up and throw

scene had become a common

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

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

"...I hope so."

appeared on Amanda's

work less; however, Amanda couldn't afford to

have slowly started circulating

in check, but she knew that

to push herself even harder than

also why she couldn't pick up Nola last

this hence why she cleared up her schedule today and

"We're here."

a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair and deep blue

a white and

is

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

Amanda extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

Nola back, Amanda lifted her head

Nola been

a smile, the

came to pick her up last time, she has

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

not too long ago. On the day that

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

have to say, ever since that gentleman came,

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her

made Nola so much

how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

who worked for Nola's parents. So

"I see."

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

the individual was, as long as Nola

attention back to Nola, who was in