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.

prudently was the best way to

Plus.

my eyes, I

be the hunted when we can just as well be

"h..huh?"

they

that they were supposed to

***

same time, Ashton

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 the

"Au.."

a couple of times, Amanda found that her

She was tired.

of the day working and

the car for ten minutes, her assistant,

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

her head and looking at

till

"We're already here."

replied with

faded, the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building

towards Amanda's side and suavely

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got out of the

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

wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes of the nearby

towards the building entrance where a relatively older

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

familiar figure, the care lady gently

It's

"Mhm."

smiled at the care

Amanda got along

small talk with

bring you

soon walked into the

you last

fit

be quite excited

visited Nola, she would instantly brighten up and throw herself

had become a common occurrence at

looked as though they came

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

"...I hope so."

smile appeared

however, Amanda couldn't afford to take it

absence have slowly started

was able to keep those rumours in check, but she knew that she didn't have much time

was forced to push herself even harder than ever

she couldn't pick up Nola

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

"We're here."

a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair

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

is

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

Amanda extended her hands. Soon Nola jumped into

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

back, Amanda lifted her head and

has Nola been

two with a

came to pick her up last

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

pick Nola up not too long ago. On the

that day, but she had

ever since that gentleman came, Nola seemed to

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice filled

have made Nola

may ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

words, the edges

individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't care who he

who was in