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

Plus.

my eyes, I

hunted when we can just

"h..huh?"

they could track

supposed to be the only

***

the same time,

had completed her day's work, the sky

busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda

"Au.."

her eyelids were

She was tired.

most of the day working and working out, Amanda

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

miss, we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

herself up. Right now, she couldn't afford

her head and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

till we

"We're already here."

with a

of a familiar building that Amanda had

Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out of the

pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a

she walked, she attracted the gazes

ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where a

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

familiar figure, the

It's

"Mhm."

at the care

a frequent visitor, Amanda got along

talk with each other at

bring you to

into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

last week. Busy

managed to fit a

be quite excited to

visited Nola, she would instantly brighten up and throw herself in

a common

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

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

"...I hope so."

appeared on Amanda's

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

absence have slowly started circulating the

keep those rumours in check, but she knew that she

was forced to push herself even harder

also why she couldn't

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

"We're here."

the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where

the classroom entrance and wearing a white

is here for

instantly became brighter as she ran up to her and called

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

her head and looked at the care

has Nola

the two with a smile, the care

that gentleman came to pick her up last time, she

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

not too long

she had to cancel a week prior

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled with

who could have made Nola so much

ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

care lady's words, the edges of

had no idea who the individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so

Nola, who was in