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.

was the best way to

Plus.

eyes, I

we be the hunted when we can just

"h..huh?"

they could

they were supposed to be

***

the same time,

completed her day's work, the

was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked

"Au.."

a couple of times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming

She was tired.

spent most of the day working and working out, Amanda was utterly

her assistant, Maxwell, opened

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

tried to wake herself up. Right now, she couldn't afford to

looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till

"We're already here."

replied with

stopped in front of a familiar building that Amanda

towards Amanda's side and suavely

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got

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

walked, she

promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where a

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care lady

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

at the care

got along with her quite

comfortable making small talk with each other

you to

care lady soon walked into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries with

haven't seen you last week. Busy

to fit a bit of free

Nola will be quite excited to

brighten up and throw herself in

a common occurrence

two ladies together looked as

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

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared on

couldn't afford to take it

her father's absence have slowly started

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

push

she couldn't pick

she cleared up her schedule today

"We're here."

arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair

classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the young

someone is

little head, the moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as

"Sister!"

"Nola."

down, Amanda extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

head and looked at

Nola

the two with a smile, the care

ever since that gentleman came to pick her up last time, she has been a lot more

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

too long ago. On the day that you were

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

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 voice

have made

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

"I see."

lady's words, the

the individual was, as long

who was in her