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.

prudently was the best way

Plus.

my eyes, I

when we can

"h..huh?"

what if they could

supposed to be the only

***

the same time,

completed her day's work, the sky

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

"Au.."

found that her eyelids

She was tired.

of the day working and working out, Amanda was utterly

minutes, her assistant,

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

tried to wake herself up. Right

head and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till

"We're already here."

replied with a

the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out

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

she attracted the gazes of the

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

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care lady

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

smiled at the

visitor, Amanda got

small talk with each other at

bring you to

lady soon walked into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

you last week. Busy with

fit a bit of free time

be quite excited

visited Nola, she would instantly brighten up and throw herself

had become a common occurrence at the

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

age, you don't look older than

"...I hope so."

appeared

possible, she also wanted to work less; however, Amanda couldn't afford to take it easy with her responsibilities

have slowly started circulating the

rumours in check, but she knew

push herself even

was also why she couldn't

up her schedule

"We're here."

particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black

classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue

someone is here

Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as she

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

head

Nola

with a smile, the care lady

that gentleman came to pick her up last time, she

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

Nola up not too long ago. On the

she

say, ever since that gentleman came, Nola seemed

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her

could have made Nola so much

may ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents.

"I see."

the edges of Amanda's

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

her attention back to Nola, who was in her arms, Amanda