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.

situation prudently was the

Plus.

my eyes, I

hunted when we can

"h..huh?"

if they could track

supposed to be the only ones

***

the same time,

day's work, the

a black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at the ever-changing scenery outside

"Au.."

found that her eyelids were becoming heavier with each passing

She was tired.

the day working and working out,

driving the car for ten minutes, her

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

tried to wake herself up. Right

and looking at Maxwell,

till we

"We're already here."

replied with a

of a familiar building that Amanda

towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out

in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding

wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes of the nearby

towards the building entrance where a relatively older

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care lady gently

It's you

"Mhm."

at

frequent visitor, Amanda got along

were both comfortable making small talk with each

you

walked into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries with

haven't seen you last

fit a bit

be quite

Nola, she would instantly brighten up and

scene had become a

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

you don't

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on

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

her father's absence have slowly started circulating

rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't have much time left at

to push

also why she couldn't pick up Nola

she cleared up her schedule today and

"We're here."

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

at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and

someone is here for

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

Amanda extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms and hooked her arms

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

back, Amanda lifted her head and looked at the care

has Nola

at the two with a smile, the

actually, ever since that gentleman came to pick her

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

yes. He came to pick Nola up not too

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

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled with

made

may ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he must be an employee? I'm not

"I see."

lady's words, the edges

she had no idea who the individual was, as long

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