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 best way

Plus.

eyes,

hunted when we can just as

"h..huh?"

if they could

said that they were supposed to be the only ones

***

the same time,

the time Amanda had completed her day's work, the sky was already beginning to

busy streets of Ashton city,

"Au.."

of times, Amanda found that her eyelids

She was tired.

of the day working and working

ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened his mouth and reminded

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

tried to wake herself up.

looking at Maxwell,

till we get

"We're already here."

replied with

faded, the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building

out of the car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the door for

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out of the

pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a

walked, she

and walked towards the building entrance where a

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care

It's

"Mhm."

smiled at

got along with

making small talk with each other

bring you to

the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries with

you last week.

I've only managed to fit a bit of

Nola will be quite excited

brighten up

become a common occurrence

the scene of the two ladies together looked as though they came

I don't know your exact age, you don't look older than twenty. Working so much at your age is

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on Amanda's

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

absence have slowly started

but she knew that she

to push herself even harder

was also why she couldn't pick

cleared up her schedule today and decided to surprise her

"We're here."

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

classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the young

someone is here for

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

into her arms

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

Nola back, Amanda lifted her head and looked

Nola

two with a

came to pick her up last time, she has been a

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

Nola up not too long

up on that day, but she had to cancel a week prior due to an emergency

to say, ever since that gentleman came, Nola

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice filled

have made Nola so much

may ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

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

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

was in her