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 way to go

Plus.

my eyes, I

be the hunted when we can just as well be the

"h..huh?"

what if they could track my

were supposed to

***

the same

her day's work, the sky was already beginning

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

"Au.."

of times, Amanda found that her eyelids

She was tired.

day working and working out, Amanda was utterly

minutes, her

miss, we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

wake herself

her head and looking

till we get

"We're already here."

with a

his words faded, the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen

seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of the

skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her right hand, Amanda walked towards

past, wherever she walked, she

promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where a relatively older lady was

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

at

Amanda got along

talk with

you

walked into the

haven't seen you last

managed to fit a bit of free

be quite

visited Nola, she would instantly brighten

had become a common occurrence at

scene of the two ladies together looked

your exact age, you

"...I hope so."

appeared

less; however, Amanda couldn't afford to

her father's absence have slowly started circulating the

she was able to keep those rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't have much time left at her

to push herself even harder than ever

was also why she couldn't pick

up her

"We're here."

the corridors of the building, the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with

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

someone is

the moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as she ran up

"Sister!"

"Nola."

jumped into her arms and hooked her arms around

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

Nola back, Amanda lifted her head and looked at

Nola

at the two with a smile, the

pick her up last time, she has been a lot more

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

He came to pick Nola up not too long ago. On the day that

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

that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled

have made Nola so

I may ask, how did

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

to be someone who worked

"I see."

care lady's words, the edges of

who the individual was, as long

Nola, who was in