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

Plus.

eyes,

the hunted when we can just as well be the

"h..huh?"

they could

supposed to be the

***

same time, Ashton

completed her day's

that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton

"Au.."

Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier

She was tired.

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

her assistant, Maxwell, opened his

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

and looking

long till we get

"We're already here."

replied with

his words faded, the car soon stopped in front of a

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of

looked stunning. Holding onto a

she walked, she

ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where a

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

familiar figure, the care lady

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

smiled at the

a frequent visitor, Amanda got along

were both comfortable making small talk with

you to

care lady soon walked into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

you last week. Busy with

fit

be quite

she would instantly brighten up and

had become a common occurrence at

the two ladies together looked as though they came straight

your exact age, you don't look older

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on

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

have

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

such, she was forced to push herself even harder

she couldn't pick up Nola

her

"We're here."

through the corridors of the building, the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where

at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue

someone is

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms and

"Sister!"

see

"Um!"

her head and looked

has Nola

at the two with a smile,

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

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

He came to pick Nola up not too long ago. On

but she had to cancel a week prior due to an emergency

ever since that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice filled

made Nola

how did he

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing he must be an employee? I'm not

"I see."

the care lady's words, the edges of Amanda's lips

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

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