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.

situation prudently was the best

Plus.

eyes, I

when we can

"h..huh?"

they

they were supposed to be

***

the same time,

time Amanda had completed her day's work, the

black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city,

"Au.."

of times, Amanda found that her eyelids

She was tired.

spent most of the day working and working out,

her assistant, Maxwell, opened his mouth and reminded

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

to wake herself up. Right now,

her head and looking

long till we get

"We're already here."

with a

his words faded, the car soon stopped in front of a

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out of

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

she walked, she attracted the gazes of

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

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care lady

It's

"Mhm."

at the

a frequent visitor, Amanda got along

making small talk with each

bring you to

care lady soon walked into the building,

haven't seen you last week. Busy with

managed to fit a bit of free

be quite

Nola, she would instantly brighten up and throw herself

had become a common occurrence at the

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

age, you don't

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared on Amanda's

to work less; however, Amanda couldn't afford to

father's absence have slowly started circulating the

to keep those rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't have much

to push herself

couldn't pick up Nola

she cleared up her schedule today and decided to surprise her by

"We're here."

a particular classroom where a young

with her fingers at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and

someone is here

moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter

"Sister!"

"Nola."

down, Amanda extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms and hooked

"Sister!"

see

"Um!"

her head and looked at the

has Nola been

with a

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

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

up not too long ago. On the day that you were

pick Nola up on that day, but she had

that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become a lot more

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled

who could have made Nola so much

I may ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

be in his forties or something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So

"I see."

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

no idea who the individual was, as long as

to Nola, who was in her arms, Amanda patted her