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 best way to

Plus.

my eyes,

hunted when we can just as well

"h..huh?"

if they

that they were supposed to be the only ones

***

the same

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

black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of

"Au.."

times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier with

She was tired.

working and

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

we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

to wake herself up.

her head and looking at Maxwell,

long till we

"We're already here."

with

words faded, the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen multiple

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of the

was neatly tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding

walked, she attracted the gazes of the

and walked towards the building entrance

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the care lady

It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at the

visitor, Amanda got along with

making small talk

you

lady soon walked into the building, exchanging

you last week.

I've only managed to fit a bit of free time

wonderful. Nola will be quite excited to

visited Nola, she would instantly brighten

scene had become a common occurrence at the

ladies together looked as though they came straight out of a

try to look after yourself. Although I don't know your exact age, you don't look older than twenty. Working so much

"...I hope so."

appeared on Amanda's

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

about her father's absence have

to keep those rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't

such, she was forced to push herself

also why she couldn't pick up Nola

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

"We're here."

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

fingers at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and

is here for

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms and hooked her arms

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

Nola back, Amanda lifted her head and looked at the

Nola

at the two with a smile,

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

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

pick Nola up not too long ago. On

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

that gentleman came, Nola seemed to

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice

have made Nola so

I may ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he must be an employee?

"I see."

words, the

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

attention back to Nola, who was in her arms,