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

Plus.

my eyes, I

when we can

"h..huh?"

what if they could track

that they were supposed to be the only ones

***

the same time,

Amanda had completed her day's work, the sky

busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly

"Au.."

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

She was tired.

spent most of the day working and working out,

car for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

wake herself up. Right now, she couldn't

looking

long till we

"We're already here."

replied with

front of a familiar building that Amanda

the car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of the

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

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

towards the building entrance where a relatively older lady

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care

It's

"Mhm."

smiled at

frequent visitor, Amanda got along with her quite

small talk with each

you to

into the building, exchanging subtle

last

only managed to fit a bit of free time

Nola will be quite

instantly brighten up and throw herself in her

scene had become a

two ladies together looked as though they came straight out of a

try to look after yourself. Although I don't know your exact age, you don't look older than twenty. Working so much at your age

"...I hope so."

appeared

she also wanted to work less; however, Amanda couldn't afford

her father's absence have slowly started circulating the

rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't have much time left at her

to push

she couldn't pick

cleared up her schedule today

"We're here."

of the building, the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular

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

is here

her complexion instantly became brighter as she ran up to her

"Sister!"

"Nola."

Soon Nola jumped into her arms and hooked her arms around

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

back, Amanda lifted her head and looked at the care

has Nola

the two with a smile, the care

ever since that gentleman came to pick her up last

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

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

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

that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become a

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice

have made Nola so much

ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

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

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

was in her arms, Amanda patted