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

Plus.

eyes, I

the hunted when we can just as well

"h..huh?"

if they could track my

that they were supposed to be the only ones

***

same

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

through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked

"Au.."

Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier with each

She was tired.

working and working out, Amanda was utterly

for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened his mouth and

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

and looking at

long till

"We're already here."

replied with

in front of a familiar building that Amanda had

of the car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out

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

she walked, she attracted the gazes of the nearby

to this, she promptly ignored the stares and walked towards

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

familiar figure, the care lady

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

at

frequent visitor, Amanda got along with

were both comfortable making small talk with

you to

soon walked into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

you last week. Busy

fit a bit of free time

be quite excited to see

brighten

a

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

don't know your exact age, you don't look older than

"...I hope so."

appeared on Amanda's

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

her father's absence have slowly started circulating the

keep those rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't have much

was forced to push herself even harder than

couldn't pick up

hence why she cleared up her schedule today

"We're here."

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

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

someone is here

Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter

"Sister!"

"Nola."

her hands. Soon Nola jumped into

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head

Nola

with a smile, the

to pick her up last time,

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

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

day, but she had to cancel a week

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her

who could have made Nola so much

may ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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."

the care lady's words, the edges

as long as Nola was

her attention back to Nola, who was in