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 best way to

Plus.

eyes,

the hunted when we can just as

"h..huh?"

they could track

were supposed to be

***

the same time, Ashton

her day's work, the sky was already beginning

streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked

"Au.."

that her eyelids were becoming heavier with each passing

She was tired.

the day working and working out, Amanda

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

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

herself up. Right now,

looking at Maxwell, Amanda

till

"We're already here."

replied with a

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

of the car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the door for

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out of the

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

past, wherever she walked, she

ignored the stares and walked towards the

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care lady

It's

"Mhm."

smiled at the

got along with her

making small talk

you to

into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

you last week.

only managed to fit a bit of free time

will be quite

she would instantly brighten

become a

ladies together looked as though they came straight

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

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared

less; however, Amanda couldn't

have

she was able to keep those rumours in check, but she knew

such, she was forced to push

also why she couldn't pick up Nola last

hence why she cleared up her schedule

"We're here."

soon arrived before a particular classroom

her fingers at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the

is here for

instantly became brighter as she ran up to her and

"Sister!"

"Nola."

hands. Soon Nola jumped into

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

head and looked at the care

Nola been

a smile, the

her up last time, she has been a lot

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

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

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

came, Nola seemed to have

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice filled

who could have made Nola so much

how did

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

the care lady's words, the edges of Amanda's lips

individual was, as long as

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