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

Plus.

eyes, I

the hunted when we can just as

"h..huh?"

what if they could track my

that they were supposed to be the

***

the same time, Ashton

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

the busy streets of

"Au.."

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

She was tired.

of the day working and working out,

minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

to wake herself up. Right now, she

and looking at Maxwell,

till we

"We're already here."

replied with

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

the car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out of

tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a

she attracted the gazes of the

to this, she promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the care

It's you

"Mhm."

at the care

a frequent visitor, Amanda got

small talk with each other

bring you to

the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries with

last week.

to fit a

Nola will be quite excited to see

would instantly brighten up and throw herself in her

become a common

together looked as though they came straight out of a

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

"...I hope so."

tired smile appeared

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

about her father's absence have slowly started

but she

she was forced to push herself even harder than ever

couldn't pick

she cleared up her schedule

"We're here."

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

entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece dress,

someone is here

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

see

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and looked

Nola been

a smile,

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

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

up not too long ago. On the day

she had to cancel a week

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

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice

have made Nola

I may ask, how did

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

to be in his forties or something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he

"I see."

lady's words, the edges of

individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't

attention back to Nola, who was in her arms, Amanda patted her