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 way to

Plus.

eyes, I

the hunted when we can just as well be

"h..huh?"

what if they

said that they were supposed to

***

the same time,

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

through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly

"Au.."

Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier with

She was tired.

the day working and working out, Amanda was utterly

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

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

head and looking

till we get

"We're already here."

replied with

stopped in front of

Maxwell moved towards Amanda's

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out

Holding onto a small black handbag in her right hand, Amanda walked towards

she walked, she attracted the

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

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care lady

It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at the care

frequent visitor, Amanda got along with her quite

were both comfortable making small talk with

bring you to

walked into the building,

you last week. Busy with

only managed to fit a

wonderful. Nola will be

would instantly brighten up and throw

scene had become a common occurrence at

together looked as though they came straight

you don't look older than

"...I hope so."

smile appeared

Amanda couldn't afford to take it easy with

her father's absence have slowly

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

she was forced to push herself even harder than ever

she couldn't

cleared up her schedule today and decided

"We're here."

and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black

her fingers at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the young girl looked

someone is here

moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as she ran up to her and called

"Sister!"

"Nola."

her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

lifted her head and looked at the

has Nola

with a smile, the

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

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

up not too long ago. On

pick Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel

say, ever since that gentleman came, Nola

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice

have made Nola so much

may ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he must be an employee? I'm not sure,

"I see."

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

had no idea who the individual was, as long as Nola

her attention back to Nola, who was in her