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 go about

Plus.

my eyes,

the hunted when we

"h..huh?"

if they could track

supposed to be the only

***

same time,

the time Amanda had completed her day's work,

inside of a black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly

"Au.."

a couple of times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier with each passing

She was tired.

day working and working out, Amanda

the car for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened his mouth and

miss, we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

looking at Maxwell, Amanda

till we get

"We're already here."

with a

car soon stopped in front of a familiar

Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out of the

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

walked, she attracted the gazes of the

the stares and walked towards the building entrance where

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

smiled at

a frequent visitor, Amanda got along with

making small talk with each other at this

bring you to

care lady soon walked into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

seen you last

I've only managed to fit a bit of free time

be quite excited

instantly brighten

had become a common occurrence at the

together looked as though they came straight out

you don't look older than twenty. Working so much at your age

"...I hope so."

smile appeared

couldn't afford to take

have slowly started

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

to push herself even

couldn't pick up Nola last

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

"We're here."

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

fingers at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue

someone is here

Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly

"Sister!"

"Nola."

jumped into her arms and hooked her arms

"Sister!"

see

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and looked

has Nola been

the two with a

her

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

to pick Nola up not too long ago. On the

up on that day, but she

ever since that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become a lot

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled

could have made Nola

may ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

lady's words, the edges

was, as long as

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