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.

my eyes, I

we can just as well be the

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they

that they were supposed

***

same

completed her day's work, the sky was already

driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked at the ever-changing scenery outside of the

"Au.."

times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier

She was tired.

spent most of the day working

ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened his mouth

miss, we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

wake herself up. Right now, she

and looking at

long till

"We're already here."

with

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

driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely opened

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out

her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in

walked, she attracted the

she promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at

Amanda got along

both comfortable making small talk with each

bring you

into the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

last week. Busy with

I've only managed to fit a bit of free

wonderful. Nola will be quite

Nola, she would instantly brighten up and throw

had become a common occurrence at the

together looked as though they

you don't look older than twenty. Working so much at your age is

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on

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

absence have slowly

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

forced to push

why she couldn't pick

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

"We're here."

through the corridors of the building, the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black

a white and blue

someone is

spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly

"Sister!"

"Nola."

hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms

"Sister!"

to see me,

"Um!"

her head and looked at the

Nola

two with a smile,

to pick her up

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

too long ago. On the day

on that day, but she had to cancel a week prior due to an emergency board

gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become a lot

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her

could have made

ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

who worked for Nola's parents. So I'm guessing

"I see."

words, the

idea who the individual was, as long as Nola

her attention back to Nola, who was