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 way

Plus.

my eyes,

should we be the hunted when we can just as well be

"h..huh?"

if they could track my

that they were supposed to

***

the same

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

the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda

"Au.."

that her

She was tired.

the day working and working out, Amanda was

ten minutes, her

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

her right cheek, Amanda tried to wake herself up. Right now, she couldn't afford to look

her head and looking at

long till we

"We're already here."

with a

the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building

driver seat, Maxwell moved towards

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out

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

she attracted

and walked towards the building entrance where

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the care

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at the care

Amanda got along with her quite

both comfortable making small talk with each other at this

bring you to

soon walked into the

you last week. Busy with

I've only managed to fit a bit

Nola will be quite excited

instantly brighten up and throw herself in

a

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

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

"...I hope so."

appeared on Amanda's

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

about her father's absence have

in check, but she knew

push herself even

also why she couldn't pick

hence why she cleared up her schedule today and decided

"We're here."

the corridors of the building, the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where

entrance and wearing a

is

head, the moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as she ran up to

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

back, Amanda lifted her head and looked at the

has Nola

the two with a smile,

pick her up last time, she has been a lot more

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

He came to pick Nola up not too long ago. On the day that you

Amanda was supposed to pick Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel a week prior due to an emergency

gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become a lot more

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice filled

could have made Nola so

how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

words, the edges

who the individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't care who he

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