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 go about

Plus.

eyes,

when we can just as well

"h..huh?"

if they could track my

said that they were supposed to be the

***

the same time,

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

driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda

"Au.."

that her eyelids

She was tired.

of the day working

minutes, her

we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

onto her right cheek, Amanda tried to wake herself up. Right now, she couldn't

her head and looking at

till we get

"We're already here."

with a

in front of a familiar

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out

was neatly tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding

past, wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes

the stares and walked towards the building

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the

It's

"Mhm."

smiled at the

visitor, Amanda got along with

both comfortable making small talk with

you to

lady soon walked into the building,

haven't seen you last week. Busy

fit

Nola will be quite excited

brighten up and throw

had become a common occurrence at the

looked as though they came

I don't know your exact age, you don't look

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared

couldn't afford to take it easy

father's absence have slowly started circulating the

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

was forced to push herself

why she couldn't pick up Nola last

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

"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

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

someone is here

the moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly

"Sister!"

"Nola."

into her arms and hooked

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and looked at the care

Nola

at the two with a smile,

came to pick her up last time, she has

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

Nola up not too long ago. On

was supposed to pick Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her

could have made Nola

may ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

be someone who worked

"I see."

words, the edges

individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't

who was in her arms,