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.

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that they were supposed to be the only ones

***

the same time, Ashton

her day's work, the sky

the busy streets

"Au.."

her eyelids were becoming heavier with

She was tired.

working

car for ten minutes, her

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

right cheek, Amanda tried to wake herself up. Right now, she

head and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till we get

"We're already here."

with

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

Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely opened

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out

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

she walked, she attracted the gazes of the

promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care lady gently

It's

"Mhm."

at

Amanda got along with her

comfortable making small talk with each

you to

lady soon walked into the building, exchanging

seen you last week. Busy with

only managed to fit a

be quite excited

brighten up and throw herself in

scene had become a common occurrence at

the two ladies together looked as though they came straight

age, you don't look older than twenty. Working so much at your

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared on Amanda's

however, Amanda couldn't afford to take

father's absence have slowly started

to keep those rumours in check, but she knew that

such, she was forced to push herself

why she couldn't

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

at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece

someone is here for

spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as

"Sister!"

"Nola."

Soon Nola jumped into her arms and hooked her arms

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

head and looked at

has Nola

two with a smile,

pick her up last time, she

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

Nola up not too

Amanda was supposed to pick Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel a week prior due to an emergency

gentleman came, Nola seemed

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice filled

made Nola so much

may ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

words, the

she had no idea who the individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't care who

to Nola, who was in her arms, Amanda