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.

my eyes,

be the hunted when we can just as

"h..huh?"

they could track my

were supposed to

***

same time, Ashton

her day's work, the sky was

car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at the ever-changing scenery outside

"Au.."

couple of times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming

She was tired.

day working and working out, Amanda

her assistant,

we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

herself up. Right now, she

her head and looking

long till we get

"We're already here."

with a

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

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out of the

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

in the past, wherever she walked, she

to this, she promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

familiar figure, the care lady

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

at the care

visitor, Amanda got along with her quite

were both comfortable making small talk with each other at this

bring you to

the building, exchanging subtle

haven't seen you last week. Busy with

fit a bit of free

wonderful. Nola will be quite excited

would instantly brighten up and throw

become a common

of the two ladies together looked as though

look after yourself. Although I don't know your exact age, you don't look older than twenty. Working so much

"...I hope so."

appeared on Amanda's

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

absence have slowly started

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

to push

she couldn't pick up Nola

up her schedule today and decided to surprise

"We're here."

the building, the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair and

the classroom entrance and wearing a

is

moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

head and looked

has Nola

with a smile,

ever since that gentleman came to pick her up

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

came to pick Nola up not too long ago. On

up on that day, but she had to

ever since that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become a

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice

who could have made

ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

care lady's words, the edges

idea who the individual was, as long as Nola

to Nola, who was in her arms, Amanda