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.

the situation prudently was the

Plus.

my eyes,

should we be the hunted when we can just as well be the

"h..huh?"

if they could track my

said that they were supposed to be the only

***

same time,

her day's work, the sky was

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

"Au.."

her eyelids were becoming heavier with each passing

She was tired.

most of the day working and working out,

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

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

to wake herself

her head and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

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

towards Amanda's side and suavely opened the door

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out of the

cyan-coloured blouse that was neatly tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her

past, wherever she walked, she

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

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care lady

It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at the care

visitor, Amanda got along with

making small talk with each other

you to

walked into the

you last week. Busy with

managed to fit a

be quite excited

Amanda visited Nola, she would instantly brighten up and throw herself in

scene had become a common occurrence

the two ladies together looked as though they

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

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on Amanda's

also wanted to work less; however, Amanda couldn't afford to take it

about her father's absence have slowly started circulating the

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

to push herself even harder

why she couldn't pick up Nola

hence why she cleared up her schedule today and decided to surprise her by showing up

"We're here."

Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair and deep

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

someone is here for

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

into

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

back, Amanda lifted her head

Nola

at the two with a smile, the

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

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

yes. He came to pick Nola up not too long ago. On the day that

that day, but she had to cancel a

have to say, ever since that gentleman came,

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice

who could have made Nola so much more

how did

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

words, the

idea who the individual was, as long

was in her arms, Amanda patted her