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.

the situation prudently was the best way

Plus.

my eyes,

when we can

"h..huh?"

they could track

supposed to

***

the same time, Ashton

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

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

"Au.."

that her eyelids were becoming heavier with each

She was tired.

of the day working and working

for ten minutes, her

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

Amanda tried to wake herself up.

head and looking at Maxwell,

long till we get

"We're already here."

replied with a

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

towards Amanda's side and suavely opened

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out

tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her right hand, Amanda walked towards the building

wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes

and walked towards the building entrance where a relatively

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the care

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

at

got along with her

comfortable making small talk with each other

bring you

into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries with

last week. Busy

managed to fit a bit of

will be quite excited

would instantly brighten up

scene had become a

ladies together looked as though

know your exact age, you don't look older than twenty.

"...I hope so."

smile appeared

less; however, Amanda couldn't afford

her father's absence have slowly started

she was able to keep those rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't have much

was forced to push herself even harder than

why she couldn't

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

"We're here."

and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom

a white and blue one-piece dress, the young girl looked

is here

Amanda, her complexion instantly

"Sister!"

"Nola."

Nola jumped into

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

her head and looked at the care

has Nola been

two with a smile, the care lady

that gentleman came to pick her up last

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

came to pick Nola up not too long ago. On

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

that gentleman came,

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her

have made Nola so much

ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

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

was, as long

back to Nola, who was in her arms, Amanda