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

Plus.

eyes,

we be the hunted when we

"h..huh?"

what if they could

they were supposed

***

same time,

her day's work, the sky was already beginning to

that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at the

"Au.."

her eyelids were becoming heavier with each

She was tired.

most of the day working

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

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

tried to wake herself up. Right

head and looking at

till we

"We're already here."

replied with

car soon stopped in front of

driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the door

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out

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

she walked, she attracted the gazes

stares and walked towards the building entrance

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care lady

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

at the care

visitor, Amanda got along

making small talk with each

you

the

last week.

managed to fit

Nola will be quite excited

instantly brighten up and throw herself in

a common occurrence at the

of the two ladies together looked as though

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 your age is not

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared

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

her father's absence have slowly

but she knew that

such, she was forced to push herself

why she couldn't

cleared up her

"We're here."

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

at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece

is here

instantly became brighter as she ran up to

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

her head and looked at the

has Nola

at the two with a smile, the

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

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

to pick Nola up not too long ago. On the day

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

that gentleman came, Nola seemed

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled

have made Nola so

I may ask, how did

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

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

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

back to Nola, who was in