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

Plus.

eyes, I

we be the hunted when we can

"h..huh?"

if they

supposed

***

same

day's

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

"Au.."

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

She was tired.

most of the day working and working out, Amanda

for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell,

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

her head and looking at Maxwell,

long till we get

"We're already here."

replied with

his words faded, the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen multiple

seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out

Holding onto a small black handbag in her right hand, Amanda walked towards

walked, she attracted the gazes of

to this, she promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where a relatively older

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the care lady gently

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at the care

visitor, Amanda got along

comfortable making small talk with each

bring you to

lady soon walked into the building,

haven't seen you last

managed to fit a bit of

will be quite excited

would instantly brighten up and throw herself

a common occurrence at the

together looked as though they came straight out of a

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

"...I hope so."

appeared on Amanda's

however, Amanda couldn't afford to take it easy with her responsibilities

have slowly

in check, but she knew that she didn't have much time left

push herself

also why she couldn't pick up

cleared up her schedule

"We're here."

care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy

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

is

head, the moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

lifted her head and looked at the

Nola been

a smile, the care lady

ever since that gentleman came to pick her up last time,

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

not too

day, but she had to cancel a week prior

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice filled

who could have made

I may ask, how did

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he must be an employee? I'm not sure,

"I see."

the edges of Amanda's

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

who was in