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 way to go about

Plus.

eyes,

the hunted when we can

"h..huh?"

what if they could

supposed to be the only ones

***

same time,

her day's work, the sky

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

"Au.."

that her eyelids were becoming heavier with each passing

She was tired.

most of the day working and working out, Amanda was utterly

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

miss, we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

and looking at Maxwell,

long till we get

"We're already here."

replied with a

front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen multiple times

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got

a cyan-coloured blouse that was neatly tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small

the past, wherever she walked, she

stares and walked towards the building entrance

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

at the

got

were both comfortable making small talk with

you to

care lady soon walked into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries with

seen you last week.

to fit a bit of free

will be quite

brighten up and throw herself in her

become a common occurrence

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

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

"...I hope so."

appeared

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

her father's absence have

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

to push herself even harder than

she couldn't pick up Nola last

her schedule today and

"We're here."

before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy

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

someone is here for

little head, the moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became

"Sister!"

"Nola."

into her arms and hooked her arms around her

"Sister!"

see

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and looked

has Nola

two with a

pick her up last time, she has been

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

to pick Nola up not too long

she had to

have to say, ever since that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become a lot more

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her

who could have made Nola so much more

I may ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

lady's words, the edges

was, as long

Nola, who was