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 best way to go

Plus.

my eyes,

hunted when we can just as

"h..huh?"

they

were supposed to be the

***

the same time,

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

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

"Au.."

times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming

She was tired.

most of the day working and working out,

for ten minutes, her assistant,

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

Amanda tried to wake herself up. Right now, she

head and looking

till

"We're already here."

with a

in front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen

out of the car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of

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

wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes

stares and walked towards the building entrance

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care lady

It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at the

got along with her quite

comfortable making small talk with each other at this

you to

the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

last week.

to fit a

Nola will be quite excited

Nola, she would instantly brighten up and

become a common occurrence

two ladies together looked as though they came straight out

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

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared

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

absence have slowly started circulating

but she knew that she didn't have much time left

she was forced to push

also why she couldn't pick up Nola last

felt guilty about this hence why she cleared up her schedule today and decided to surprise her by showing up

"We're here."

before a particular classroom

fingers at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and

is here

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

lifted her head and looked

Nola been

at the two with a smile,

came to pick her up last

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

not too long ago. On the

she had

came, Nola seemed

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice

who could have made Nola so

I may ask, how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing

"I see."

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

who the individual was, as long as

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