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

Plus.

my eyes,

we can just

"h..huh?"

they could track

said that they were supposed to be the only ones

***

the same time, Ashton

the time Amanda had completed her day's work, the sky was already

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

"Au.."

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

She was tired.

day working

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

we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

onto her right cheek, Amanda tried to wake herself up.

and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till

"We're already here."

replied with

front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen multiple

car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out of the

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

in the past, wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes of the nearby

stares and walked towards the building entrance where a

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care lady

It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at the care

frequent visitor, Amanda got along

both comfortable making small talk with each other at

bring you to

soon walked into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

seen you last week. Busy

to fit a bit of free time

be quite excited to see

Amanda visited Nola, she would instantly brighten up

become a common

the two ladies together looked as though

I don't know your exact age, you don't look older than twenty.

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on Amanda's

Amanda couldn't afford to take it easy with

about her father's absence have slowly

those rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't have much time left

such, she was forced to push herself even harder than ever

was also why she couldn't pick up Nola

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

"We're here."

lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black

a

someone is here

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

into her

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

head

Nola

with a smile, the

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

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

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

day, but she had to

came, Nola seemed to have

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled with

made Nola

I may ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

care lady's words, the edges

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

her attention back to Nola, who was in her arms, Amanda patted