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 way to

Plus.

eyes,

the hunted when we can just as well be the

"h..huh?"

if they could

were supposed

***

same time,

had completed her day's work, the sky was

of a black car that was quietly driving through the busy streets of Ashton city, Amanda calmly looked

"Au.."

couple of times, Amanda found that her eyelids were becoming heavier with each passing

She was tired.

day working and

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

we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

and looking at Maxwell,

till

"We're already here."

replied with a

words faded, the car soon stopped in front of

out of the car's driver seat, Maxwell moved towards Amanda's side

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out of

tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a

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

she promptly ignored the stares and walked towards the building entrance where

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care lady gently

Amanda. It's

"Mhm."

smiled at the

Amanda got along with

making small talk with each other at this

bring you to

lady soon walked into the

last week. Busy with

to fit

will be quite excited

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

scene had become a common occurrence at the

looked as

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

"...I hope so."

smile appeared

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

father's absence have

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

such, she was forced to push herself even

she couldn't pick

up her schedule today and

"We're here."

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

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

someone is

little head, the moment Nola spotted Amanda, her complexion instantly became brighter as she ran up

"Sister!"

"Nola."

jumped into

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and

Nola

a smile,

her up last time, she has been a

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

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

supposed to pick Nola up on that day, but she

say, ever since that gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice filled with

made Nola so

ask, how did he look

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

who worked for Nola's

"I see."

lady's words, the

who the individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't care who

Nola, who was in her arms, Amanda