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

Plus.

eyes,

should we be the hunted when we can just as well

"h..huh?"

what if they could track my

they were supposed to be

***

the same

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

busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda

"Au.."

times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming

She was tired.

of the day working and working out,

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

we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

her head and looking

till

"We're already here."

with

soon stopped in front of a

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got

stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her right hand, Amanda

walked, she attracted the gazes of

walked towards the building entrance

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

smiled at

frequent visitor, Amanda got along

both comfortable making small talk with each other at

bring you

lady soon walked into the building, exchanging

haven't seen you last week.

I've only managed to fit a bit

Nola will be quite

instantly brighten up and throw herself in her

become a common

the scene of the two ladies together looked as though they

to look after yourself. Although I don't know your exact age, you don't look

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on Amanda's

couldn't afford

absence have slowly started

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

to push herself even harder

couldn't pick

her schedule today and decided to

"We're here."

the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black

and wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the young girl

is here

moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

lifted her head and

has Nola been

a smile,

since that gentleman came to pick her up last time, she has been

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

pick Nola up not too long ago. On the

that day, but she had

to say, ever since that gentleman came, Nola seemed

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her

who could have made

ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

lady's words, the edges

was, as long as Nola was happy,

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