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.

prudently was the best way to go about

Plus.

my eyes, I

should we be the hunted when we can just as well

"h..huh?"

what if they could track

were supposed to be the only ones

***

the same

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

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

"Au.."

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

She was tired.

day working and working out, Amanda was

ten minutes, her assistant, Maxwell, opened his

miss, we're almost

"Mhm."

Amanda faintly nodded.

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

and looking at Maxwell, Amanda

long till

"We're already here."

with a

in front of

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

"Youg miss."

"Thank you."

Amanda got out

cyan-coloured blouse that was neatly tucked in between her skinny dark pants, Amanda looked stunning. Holding onto a small

she walked, she attracted the gazes of the nearby

walked towards the building entrance

was the care

"Good Evening."

Amanda greeted.

a familiar figure, the

It's you

"Mhm."

smiled at the

got

small talk with each other at this

bring you to

care lady soon walked into the building, exchanging

haven't seen you last week. Busy

I've only managed to fit a bit

Nola will be quite excited to see

brighten up and throw herself in

a common occurrence at

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

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

"...I hope so."

smile appeared on

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

absence have slowly started circulating

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

to push herself

also why she couldn't pick up

up her schedule today and decided to surprise her by showing

"We're here."

and Amanda soon arrived before a particular classroom where

her fingers at the classroom entrance and wearing a white and blue one-piece dress, the young girl looked extremely

is

Amanda, her complexion instantly became

"Sister!"

"Nola."

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

"Sister!"

see me,

"Um!"

Nola back, Amanda lifted her head and looked at the

has Nola been

two with a

to pick her up last time, she has been a

"Gentleman?"

Amanda titled her head.

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

Amanda was supposed to pick Nola up on that day, but she had to cancel

gentleman came, Nola seemed to have become a lot more

"...Is that so?"

"Yes."

The care lady replied.

Amanda asked. Her voice filled with

could have made Nola

ask, how

"The gentleman?"

"Yes."

someone who worked for Nola's

"I see."

the care lady's words, the edges of

individual was, as long as Nola was happy, so didn't

her attention back to Nola, who was