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 situation prudently was the

Plus.

my eyes, I

when we can just as well be the

"h..huh?"

what if they could

were supposed to be the only

***

same time,

time Amanda had completed her day's work, the sky

driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at the ever-changing scenery outside

"Au.."

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

She was tired.

spent most of the day working and working out, Amanda was

minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

wake herself

and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till

"We're already here."

replied with a

in front of a familiar building that Amanda had

towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the door for

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got

in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her right hand, Amanda walked towards the

past, wherever she walked, she attracted the

stares and walked towards

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

familiar figure, the

It's

"Mhm."

at the care

visitor, Amanda got along with

talk with each other at

bring you

into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries with

seen you last week. Busy with

managed to fit a bit of

will be quite excited to

Amanda visited Nola, she would instantly brighten

a common

together looked

try to look after yourself. Although I don't know your exact age, you don't look older than twenty. Working so

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on Amanda's

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

father's absence have slowly started circulating

was able to keep those rumours in check, but she

such, she was forced to push herself even harder

couldn't pick up Nola last

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

"We're here."

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

her fingers at the classroom entrance and wearing a

someone is here

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

Nola jumped into her

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and looked at

has Nola been

with a smile, the care

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

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

up not too long ago. On the day that you

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

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice filled

have made Nola so much

ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

be in 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

no idea who the individual was, as long

back to Nola, who was in her