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.

was the best way to go about

Plus.

eyes, I

should we be the hunted when we can just as well be the

"h..huh?"

if they

they were supposed

***

the same time, Ashton

her day's work, the

inside of a black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of

"Au.."

her eyelids were becoming heavier

She was tired.

day working

her assistant, Maxwell, opened his mouth

we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

head and looking

till we

"We're already here."

with a

soon stopped in front of a familiar building that

towards Amanda's side and suavely

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of the

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

wherever she walked, she attracted the

the stares and walked towards the building entrance where a

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care lady

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at the care

frequent visitor, Amanda got along with her

were both comfortable making small talk with each

you to

walked into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

last week. Busy

fit a

Nola will be quite excited

visited Nola, she would instantly brighten up and throw herself in her

had become a common occurrence at the

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

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

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared on Amanda's

Amanda couldn't

absence have slowly started circulating the

those rumours in check, but she

forced to push herself even harder than ever

also why she couldn't

up her schedule today and decided to surprise

"We're here."

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

with her fingers at the classroom entrance and wearing a white

is here for

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

back, Amanda lifted her head and looked

Nola

the two with a smile, the care

her up last

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

not too long ago. On the day that

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

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice

have made Nola so much

ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

to be someone who worked for Nola's

"I see."

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

the individual was, as long as Nola was

back to Nola, who was in her arms,