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

Plus.

eyes, I

be the hunted when we can just

"h..huh?"

if they could track

were supposed to

***

same time,

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

driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at

"Au.."

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

She was tired.

most of the day working and working out, Amanda was utterly

ten minutes, her assistant,

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till

"We're already here."

with a

stopped in front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen

Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the door

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out

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

she attracted the

towards the building entrance where a relatively older

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care

It's you

"Mhm."

at the care

got

comfortable making small talk with each other at

bring you

walked into the

haven't seen you last

managed to fit a bit of free time

Nola will be quite excited to

she would instantly brighten

become a common occurrence

two ladies together looked as though they came straight out

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

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on

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

her father's absence have slowly started circulating the

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

push herself even harder

couldn't pick up Nola last

her schedule

"We're here."

before a particular classroom where

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

someone is here for

the moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as she ran up to her and called

"Sister!"

"Nola."

Nola jumped into her arms and hooked her arms around her

"Sister!"

see

"Um!"

lifted her head

has Nola

a smile, the care lady

to pick her

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

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

day, but she had to cancel a week prior due to an emergency

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her

could have made

may ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

the edges of Amanda's lips curled

the individual was, as long as Nola

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