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

Plus.

my eyes, I

we can just as well be

"h..huh?"

they could track my

they were supposed to be the only ones

***

the same time,

day's work,

inside of a black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked

"Au.."

Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier with each

She was tired.

most of the day working

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

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

wake herself

her head and looking

till we get

"We're already here."

replied with a

his words faded, the car soon stopped in front of a familiar

Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out of

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

past, wherever she walked, she attracted the

this, she promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the

It's you

"Mhm."

at the

visitor, Amanda got along with

were both comfortable making small talk

bring you to

lady soon walked into the building, exchanging subtle

haven't seen you last

I've only managed to fit a bit of

wonderful. Nola will be

brighten up and throw herself in her

scene had become a common occurrence at

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

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

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared

wanted to work less; however, Amanda couldn't afford to take it easy with her responsibilities increasing

father's absence have

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

push

also why she couldn't pick up

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

"We're here."

the corridors of the building, the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair and deep blue eyes

fingers at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the young girl looked extremely

is here for

spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as

"Sister!"

"Nola."

extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and

Nola

a smile, the care lady

since that gentleman came to pick her up

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

to pick Nola up not too long

she had to cancel a week

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her

have made Nola so much

I may ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

care lady's words, the edges of

had no idea who the individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't care who he

to Nola, who was in her