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.

eyes, I

we can just as well be the

"h..huh?"

what if they

they were supposed to

***

same

day's work, the sky was already

busy streets of

"Au.."

times, Amanda found that her eyelids

She was tired.

spent most of the day working and working

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

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

and looking

till we

"We're already here."

replied with a

car soon stopped in front of a

Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out

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

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

towards

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

smiled at the care

visitor, Amanda got along with her quite

both comfortable making small talk with each other at

bring you to

care lady soon walked into the building, exchanging subtle

last week. Busy

only managed to fit a bit

wonderful. Nola will be quite excited to see

Nola, she would instantly brighten

become a common occurrence at the

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

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

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared on Amanda's

however, Amanda couldn't afford to take it easy with her responsibilities increasing each

absence have slowly started circulating the

she knew that she didn't have

was forced to push herself even

couldn't

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

"We're here."

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

entrance and wearing a

is here for

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms and hooked

"Sister!"

see

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and looked

Nola been

the two with a smile,

to pick her up last time, she has

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

He came to pick Nola up not too long ago.

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

gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become a

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her

could have made Nola

how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

forties or something? He seemed to be someone who worked for

"I see."

to the care lady's words, the

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

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