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 best

Plus.

eyes, I

be the hunted when we can just as well be

"h..huh?"

if they could track

said that they were supposed to

***

same time, Ashton

had completed her day's work, the

driving through the busy streets of Ashton

"Au.."

that her eyelids were becoming heavier with

She was tired.

most of the day working and working out, Amanda

car for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened his mouth and reminded

we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

herself up.

head and looking at

till we

"We're already here."

with

of a

seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of

in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her right hand, Amanda walked towards the building

wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes of the

she promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the care

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at

Amanda got along with

comfortable making small talk

bring you

soon walked into the building,

last week. Busy with

fit

be quite

brighten up and throw herself in

had become a common occurrence at the

two ladies together looked as though they came straight

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

"...I hope so."

appeared on

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

have slowly started circulating

she was able to keep those rumours in check, but she knew that she

forced to push herself even harder than ever

she couldn't pick up Nola

this hence why she cleared up her schedule today and

"We're here."

building, the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with glossy black hair and deep blue eyes was

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

someone is

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

Nola jumped into her arms and hooked her arms around

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

head and

Nola

the two with a smile, the care

since that gentleman came to pick her up

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

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

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

came, Nola seemed to have

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her voice filled with

could have made Nola so much

ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

be someone who worked for Nola's

"I see."

words, the edges of Amanda's lips

had no idea who the individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't

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