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, I

should we be the hunted when we

"h..huh?"

if they

were supposed

***

same

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

of a black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at the ever-changing scenery

"Au.."

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

She was tired.

working and working

minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened his mouth and

miss, we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

right cheek, Amanda tried to wake herself

looking at Maxwell,

long till we

"We're already here."

replied with

soon stopped in front of a

towards Amanda's side and

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out of the

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

the past, wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes of the

towards the building entrance where a

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

familiar figure, the care lady gently

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

at

a frequent visitor, Amanda got along with her quite

making small talk with each other at this

bring you to

the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries with

seen you last

fit a bit of

will be quite excited to

would instantly brighten up

a common occurrence

ladies together looked as though they came

you don't look older

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on

less; however, Amanda couldn't afford to take it

her father's absence have slowly started

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

such, she was forced to push herself even harder

also why she couldn't pick up

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

"We're here."

particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair and deep blue eyes was patiently

and wearing a white and

someone is here for

Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as she ran up to her

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

see

"Um!"

lifted her head and looked at the

Nola

at the two with a smile, the

came to pick her up last time, she has been a

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

Nola up not too long

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

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice filled with

could have made Nola so much

may ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he must be an employee? I'm not

"I see."

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

the individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't care who he

to Nola, who was