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 to

Plus.

eyes, I

hunted when we can just as well be

"h..huh?"

what if they could

said that they were supposed to

***

the same time,

completed her day's work, the sky was already

busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at the

"Au.."

couple of times, Amanda found that her

She was tired.

the day working and working out, Amanda

her assistant, Maxwell, opened his

we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

onto her right cheek, Amanda tried to wake herself

head and looking

long till we get

"We're already here."

with a

front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen multiple times

driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out of

that was neatly tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small

she walked, she attracted the gazes of the

and walked towards the building entrance where a relatively

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care

It's

"Mhm."

at the

a frequent visitor, Amanda got along with

small talk with each

bring you to

the building, exchanging

you last week.

managed to fit a bit

be quite excited

Nola, she would instantly brighten up

become a common occurrence at

ladies together looked as though

look after yourself. Although I don't know your exact age, you don't look older

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on Amanda's

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

have slowly started

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

such, she was forced to push herself

why she couldn't pick up Nola last

her schedule today and decided to

"We're here."

corridors of the building, the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair and deep blue eyes was patiently

entrance and wearing a

someone is

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and

Nola

two with a smile, the

that gentleman came to pick her up

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

to pick Nola up not too long ago. On

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

say, ever since that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice filled with

made Nola so much

I may ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

or something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's

"I see."

to the care lady's words, the edges of

long as Nola was happy, so didn't

to Nola, who was in her arms, Amanda