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

Plus.

my eyes,

we can just as well be

"h..huh?"

what if they could

they were supposed to be the only

***

same time, Ashton

day's work, the sky was already

quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda

"Au.."

found that her eyelids were becoming

She was tired.

working and working out, Amanda was utterly

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

we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

right cheek, Amanda tried to wake herself up. Right now, she

her head and looking at

till we get

"We're already here."

with a

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

towards Amanda's side

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got

in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her

she walked, she attracted the gazes of

and walked towards the building entrance

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

at

frequent visitor, Amanda got

both comfortable making small talk with each other at this

you

the building, exchanging

haven't seen you last week.

to fit a

be quite excited to

she would instantly brighten up and throw herself in her

a

the scene of the two ladies together looked as though they came straight out of a

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

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared on Amanda's

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

about her father's absence have

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

push

why she couldn't pick up Nola last

guilty about this hence why she cleared up her schedule today and

"We're here."

building, the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young

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

is here for

head, the moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

back, Amanda lifted her head

has Nola

a

her up last time,

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

up not too long ago. On the day that you

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

gentleman came,

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice filled with

have made

I may ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

be in his forties or something? He seemed to be someone who

"I see."

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

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

back to Nola, who was in her arms,