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.

was the best way to go about

Plus.

my eyes, I

we can

"h..huh?"

they could

they were supposed to be the only ones

***

same time,

the time Amanda had completed her day's work,

busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda

"Au.."

couple of times, Amanda found that her eyelids were

She was tired.

day working and working

the car for ten minutes, her assistant,

miss, we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

head and looking

long till we

"We're already here."

replied with

his words faded, the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building that Amanda had seen multiple

seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side and suavely

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

got out of the

pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black

in the past, wherever she walked, she attracted the gazes of the nearby

promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance

was the

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

the

Amanda. It's you

"Mhm."

at

got

were both comfortable making small talk with each other at

you to

walked into the building,

you last week. Busy with

managed to fit a bit of free time

wonderful. Nola will be quite excited to see

brighten

had become a common occurrence

the scene of the two ladies together looked as though they came straight out of

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

"...I hope so."

smile appeared

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

have slowly started circulating

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

push herself

was also why she couldn't

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

"We're here."

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

at the classroom entrance and wearing a

is here

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

her hands. Soon Nola jumped into her arms and hooked her

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head

Nola been

a smile, the care

ever since that gentleman came to pick her up last

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

Nola up not too long ago. On the day

Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel

that gentleman came, Nola

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Her

made Nola so much

may ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

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

"I see."

to the care lady's words, the

she had no idea who the individual was, as long

back to Nola, who was in her