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

Plus.

my eyes,

should we be the hunted when we can just

"h..huh?"

they could track my

said that they were supposed to be the

***

same time,

had completed her day's work, the sky was already beginning

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

"Au.."

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

She was tired.

day working and working out, Amanda was utterly

for ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell,

we're

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

her head and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till we

"We're already here."

with a

faded, the car soon stopped in front of a familiar building

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Maxwell, Amanda got

was neatly tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small black handbag in her right hand, Amanda

wherever she walked, she attracted

and walked towards

the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

figure, the care lady

It's

"Mhm."

smiled at

visitor, Amanda got

talk

you to

the building, exchanging subtle pleasantries

last week. Busy

to fit a bit

Nola will be quite

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

had become a common occurrence

the scene of the two ladies together looked

know your exact age, you

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on

however, Amanda couldn't afford to take it easy with her responsibilities

about her father's absence have slowly started circulating

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

such, she was forced to push herself even harder

couldn't pick up Nola

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

"We're here."

the care lady and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where a young girl with

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

someone is here for

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

"Sister!"

"Nola."

jumped into her arms

"Sister!"

to see

"Um!"

Amanda lifted her head and

Nola been

two with a smile, the care lady

since that gentleman came to pick her up

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

pick Nola up not too long ago.

Amanda was supposed to pick Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel a week prior due to

that gentleman came,

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

asked. Her voice

made Nola so much more

how did

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

in his forties or something? He seemed to be someone who worked for Nola's

"I see."

the care lady's words, the edges of

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

attention back to Nola, who was in her