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

Plus.

my eyes, I

the hunted when we can

"h..huh?"

they

supposed to be the only ones

***

the same time,

time Amanda had completed her day's

through the busy streets

"Au.."

couple of times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier with

She was tired.

the day working and working out, Amanda was utterly

ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell,

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

Amanda tried to wake herself up. Right now, she

her head and looking

long till we

"We're already here."

with

in front of a familiar

Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out of

Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her right hand, Amanda walked towards the

the past, wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes

stares and walked towards the building entrance where

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the care

It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at the

a frequent visitor, Amanda got

making small talk with each other at

bring you to

the building,

you last

to fit a bit of free time

wonderful. Nola will be quite excited to

visited Nola, she would instantly brighten

scene had become a common occurrence at

looked as though they came straight out of

after yourself. Although I don't know your exact age, you don't look older than twenty. Working

"...I hope so."

smile appeared

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

father's absence have slowly started circulating the

in check, but she knew that she didn't

she was forced to push herself

why she couldn't pick up Nola

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

"We're here."

Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair and deep blue eyes was patiently

classroom entrance and wearing a white and

is here

Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as she ran

"Sister!"

"Nola."

jumped into her arms

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

her head and looked

Nola been

at the two with a smile, the care lady

since that gentleman came to pick her up last time, she has been a

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

Nola up not too long

on that day, but she had to

say, ever since that gentleman came, Nola seemed

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice filled with

could have made Nola

ask, how did

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

who worked for Nola's parents.

"I see."

the care lady's words, the

individual was, as long as Nola was

her attention back to Nola, who was