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.

the situation prudently was the best way to go about

Plus.

eyes,

should we be the hunted when we can just as well

"h..huh?"

they

were supposed to be the only ones

***

same

time Amanda had completed her day's

a black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked

"Au.."

times, Amanda found that her eyelids

She was tired.

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

driving the car for ten minutes, her

miss, we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

looking at Maxwell, Amanda

till

"We're already here."

replied with

in front of a

towards Amanda's side and suavely opened

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of the

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

she walked, she

to this, she promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where a

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

familiar figure, the

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

at the

visitor, Amanda got

were both comfortable making small talk with each other at

bring you to

care lady soon walked into the building, exchanging

seen you last week. Busy with

I've only managed to fit a bit of free time

Nola will be

Amanda visited Nola, she would instantly brighten up and throw herself

become a common occurrence at

looked as though they

exact age, you

"...I hope so."

appeared on

to work less; however, Amanda couldn't

her father's absence have slowly

those rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't have much time left at her

such, she was forced to push herself even harder

why she couldn't pick up Nola

up her schedule today and

"We're here."

a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair and

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

someone is

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

back, Amanda lifted her head and

Nola

with a smile, the care lady

to pick her up last time, she has been a

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

up not too

up on that day, but she had to cancel

came, Nola seemed to have become

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled with

who could have made Nola so

ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

to be someone who worked for Nola's parents.

"I see."

lady's words, the edges

the individual was, as long as

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