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 best way to

Plus.

my eyes,

when we can just as well

"h..huh?"

what if they could track

supposed to be the only

***

same time,

time Amanda had completed her day's

a black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at

"Au.."

a couple of times, Amanda found that her eyelids

She was tired.

the day working and working out, Amanda

the car for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

her head and looking

long till

"We're already here."

with a

stopped in front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen

moved towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the door for

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out of the

looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her right

wherever she walked, she

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

the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care lady gently

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

smiled at the care

visitor, Amanda got

talk with each other at this

bring you

the building,

last week. Busy

to fit a bit

will be quite

Nola, she would instantly brighten up and throw herself in

had become a

two ladies together looked as though they came

you don't look

"...I hope so."

smile appeared

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

her father's absence have slowly started circulating the

rumours in check, but she knew that

to push herself

was also why she couldn't pick up

felt guilty about this hence why she cleared up her schedule today

"We're here."

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

wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the young

is here

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms and hooked

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

lifted her head and looked at

Nola been

with a smile,

actually, ever since that gentleman came to pick her

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

too long ago. On the day that you were

Amanda was supposed to pick Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel a

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled

have made Nola so much more

ask, how did

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

his forties or something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's

"I see."

words, the

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

was in her arms, Amanda