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 best

Plus.

eyes,

be the hunted when we can just

"h..huh?"

what if they

said that they were supposed

***

same

completed her day's work, the

quietly driving through the busy streets of

"Au.."

her

She was tired.

the day working and

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

we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

and looking at

till we get

"We're already here."

with

the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out of

stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her right

the past, wherever she walked, she

and walked towards the

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

familiar figure, the care lady

It's

"Mhm."

at the care

Amanda got along with

both comfortable making small talk with each

bring you

walked into the building, exchanging

haven't seen you last week. Busy

I've only managed to fit a bit of

wonderful. Nola will be quite excited to see

she would instantly brighten up and throw herself in

become a common occurrence

looked as though they

don't know your exact age, you don't look older than twenty. Working so much

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared on Amanda's

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

about her father's absence have slowly started

check, but she knew

push herself even harder

why she couldn't

cleared up her schedule today and decided to surprise

"We're here."

Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young

wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the

is here for

Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and looked at the

has Nola

a smile, the

came to pick her

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

He came to pick Nola up not too long ago. On the day

but she had to cancel a week

that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice

could have made Nola so much

I may ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he must be an employee? I'm

"I see."

to the care lady's words, the edges

had no idea who the individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't care who he

back to Nola, who was