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

Plus.

eyes, I

be the hunted when we can just as

"h..huh?"

they could track my

supposed

***

the same time,

time Amanda had completed her day's work,

busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at the ever-changing scenery outside of

"Au.."

of times, Amanda found that her

She was tired.

working

minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

cheek, Amanda tried to wake herself

looking

long till

"We're already here."

with a

stopped in front of a familiar building that

of the car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the door

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of the

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

she walked, she

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

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at

got along

talk with each

bring you to

the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

seen you last week. Busy

managed to fit a bit of

wonderful. Nola will be quite excited to see

Amanda visited Nola, she would instantly brighten up

had become a common occurrence at

looked as though they came straight out of a

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 is not

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared on

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

about her father's absence have

she knew that she

forced to push herself

also why she couldn't pick

she cleared up her schedule today and decided to surprise her

"We're here."

care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a

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

someone is here for

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

jumped into

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

her head and looked at the

has Nola been

at the two with a

actually, ever since that gentleman came to pick her up last time, she has been

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

He came to pick Nola up not too

Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel a

since that gentleman came, Nola seemed to

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice filled with

who could have made

may ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

or something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he

"I see."

words, the edges of Amanda's lips curled

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

attention back to Nola, who was in her arms,