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

Plus.

eyes, I

hunted when we can just as well be

"h..huh?"

they could track my

were supposed to be

***

the same time,

the time Amanda had completed her day's work, the sky

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

"Au.."

her eyelids were

She was tired.

working and working out, Amanda was

the car for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened his mouth and reminded

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

her head and looking

long till we

"We're already here."

replied with a

faded, the car soon stopped in front of a familiar

towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the door for

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out

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

past, wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes of the

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

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care lady gently

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

smiled at the care

Amanda got along with her quite

were both comfortable making small talk with each other at

bring you

lady soon walked into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries with

last week. Busy

fit a bit of free

will be quite

she would instantly brighten up and throw herself

had become a common occurrence at the

looked as

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

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

father's absence have

check, but she

such, she was forced to push herself even

she couldn't pick up Nola

cleared up her schedule today and

"We're here."

lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair and deep blue eyes was patiently waiting

and wearing a

someone is here for

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

back, Amanda lifted her head and looked at the care

has Nola

with a

ever since that gentleman came to pick her

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

up not too long

pick Nola up on that day, but she

gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become a lot more

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice filled

who could have made Nola so much

I may ask, how did

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

words, the edges of

she had no idea who the individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so

back to Nola, who was in