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.

was the best way to

Plus.

eyes, I

should we be the hunted when we can just as well be

"h..huh?"

what if they could track

said that they were supposed to be the only

***

the same

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

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

"Au.."

times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier

She was tired.

most of the day working and working

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

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

head and looking at Maxwell,

till we

"We're already here."

replied with a

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

the car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of

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

past, wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes of

stares and walked towards the building entrance where a

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care lady

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

smiled at the

visitor, Amanda got along

comfortable making small talk with each other at

bring you to

care lady soon walked into the building, exchanging

last

only managed to fit a bit

be

Amanda visited Nola, she would instantly brighten up

a common occurrence

ladies together looked

exact age, you don't look

"...I hope so."

appeared

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

father's absence have

keep those rumours in check, but she knew that

such, she was forced to push herself even harder than ever

why she couldn't pick up Nola

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 where a young girl with glossy black hair and deep

the classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the young girl looked extremely

someone is here

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

jumped into her arms and

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

head and

Nola

with a smile, the care lady

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

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

not too long ago.

to pick Nola up on that day, but she had

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice filled

made Nola so much

may ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

to be in his forties or something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he must be an employee? I'm not

"I see."

care lady's words, the edges of

who the individual was, as long

who was in her arms,