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 go about

Plus.

my eyes, I

be the hunted when we

"h..huh?"

they could track my

supposed to be

***

same

her day's work, the sky was already beginning to

inside of a black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda

"Au.."

found that her eyelids were becoming heavier with each

She was tired.

most of the day working and working out, Amanda

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

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

till we get

"We're already here."

replied with

front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen multiple

Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely opened

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got

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

walked, she attracted the gazes of the nearby

walked towards the building entrance where a relatively older

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care

It's you

"Mhm."

at the

frequent visitor, Amanda got along with

both comfortable making small talk with

bring you to

lady soon walked into the building, exchanging subtle

last week. Busy

managed to fit a bit of free time

be quite excited

she would instantly brighten up and throw herself in

become a common

of the two ladies together looked as though they came

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

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on

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

father's absence have slowly started circulating the

was able to keep those rumours in check, but she

she was forced to push herself even harder than ever

also why she couldn't pick up Nola last

felt guilty about this hence why she cleared up her schedule today and decided to surprise

"We're here."

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

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

someone is here for

instantly became brighter as she ran up

"Sister!"

"Nola."

down, Amanda extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

lifted her head and looked

Nola been

two with a smile, the care lady

came to pick her up last time, she

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

yes. He came to pick Nola up not too long ago. On the

pick Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel a

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice filled

who could have made

I may ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

lady's words, the edges of

the individual was, as long as Nola was happy,

to Nola, who was in