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.

my eyes, I

the hunted when we can just

"h..huh?"

they could track

said that they were supposed to be the only

***

same

day's work,

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

"Au.."

found that her eyelids were

She was tired.

day working and working out, Amanda

for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened his mouth and

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

tried to wake herself up. Right now, she couldn't afford to look

looking at Maxwell,

long till we get

"We're already here."

with a

words faded, the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building

towards Amanda's side and suavely

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out of the

cyan-coloured blouse that was neatly tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto

she attracted the

towards the building entrance where a

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care lady gently

It's you

"Mhm."

at the care

frequent visitor, Amanda got along with her

were both comfortable making small talk

bring you

care lady soon walked into the building, exchanging

haven't seen you last week. Busy

managed to fit

be

would instantly brighten up and throw herself in her

scene had become a

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

exact age, you don't look older than twenty. Working so much at your age is not

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on Amanda's

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

father's absence have

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

was forced to push

also why she couldn't

about this hence why she cleared up her schedule today and decided to surprise her

"We're here."

a particular classroom where a

at the classroom entrance and wearing a

is here for

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

jumped into her arms

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

lifted her head and looked

has Nola

at the two with a smile,

to pick her up last time, she

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

to pick Nola up not too long ago. On the

pick Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel a week prior due to

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice

who could have made

ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he must be an employee? I'm

"I see."

the

as long as Nola was

attention back to Nola, who was in