The Author's POV

"Wow."

Standing on top of a hill, my mouth opened in amazement. The scenery I've only seen in movies and paintings was currently presented before me.

It was a lot more mesmerizing than I had ever imagined.

I could barely take my eyes away from the sight.

The mountain range revealed nature clearer than anywhere I had ever seen before.

The slight chill in the air was enough to give me a gentle shiver but not enough to find the need to cover up.

Staring into the distance, the gentle breeze coming down from the mountains tickled the trees, making their leaves shake and sway as though they were laughing.

"Is that where we're supposed to go."

Leopold asked as he pointed at the mountain range in the distance.

"It is indeed the place."

Giving a small nod, I replied.

"That over there is Henolur, the dwarven capital, and our destination."

Traversing a thousand kilometres over these past few months, we were finally close to reaching our destination.

Just like usual, we encountered a few beasts during our journey, but in general, nothing out of the norm that would result in our trip being delayed occurred.

The only noticeable delay in our journey was the Monolith incident, but it was now over.

"Huaam, I guess we can finally have a proper night sleep."

Leopold yawned and packed up the camping equipment beside him.

Turning my head, I wryly smiled.

"...not so sure about that."

"What?"

"It'll depend on our luck."

Although Henolur was generally safe and did not block humans from entering the place, that didn't mean that it was completely safe.

It was best to stay alert at all times.

"...seriously? And here I wanted to finally rest."

"Tell me about it."

Constantly watching our backs due to the threat of beasts, apart from Ryan, almost everyone here was running low on sleep.

"Ren!"

"Yes?"

Holding onto a small tablet, Ryan suddenly ran up to me.

"I've found it. I've found the entrance of the place."

"That fast?"

Because the mountain range was massive, finding the exact location of Henolur was a lot harder than originally anticipated.

Fortunately, I had Ryan with me, who could use his drones and equipment to look for the place.

Shoving the tablet in front of my face, Ryan excitedly pinched the screen and pointed towards a specific area in the mountains.

"Yes, check over here. Doesn't this look like a statue?"

"It sure does."

Because the drone was so high up in the sky, to avoid the dwarves detection, I wasn't able to see too much.

However, from what I could make out, by the side of one of the mountain ranges in the distance, there seemed to be some sort of artificial monument.

Sort of like a statue.

my eyes away from the tablet, I patted Ryan's

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

compliment, prompting

he's a child

acted mature at times, he was

and he became

pack up;

had arrived at the

***

At the same time.

not so far from

canopy of branches, revealing the

and stunning

Their hair.

the two, one of the elve's hair instead of being pure

regal aura spread

do? Should we

golden-haired

we can't go

because of

"Correct."

demons were starting to make their

occurred between each bordered lengthened and the general rank of each force were

this was a sign that the demons were preparing

been spying on the humans for

...at least for now.

what should we do now? Should we let

"Mhm."

elf turned around and

later. We might meet them again

***

the city that were attached to the side of the rocky mountains soon appeared in my

several statues depicting dwarves holding onto massive

made me, who standing below them,

was looking at the scenery from the drone, it was only now that I was

It was massive.

the gates of Henolur, an earthy and sulfur-like scent invaded my nostrils, prompting my brows to

"Uek!"

the only that didn't like the smell as Ryan

used

was the capital of the dwarven

was also the only city that existed

other races that lived on the earth's surface, dwarves lived

the end, it all boiled down to the fact that the temperature was the hottest nearer

the earth's centre, the dwarves were able to smelt the ores faster and more

the natural gasses found in

the front is the

tapped

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

said before, the three races prejudice against humanity

their places wasn't out of the question, plus, we

back in her ring form, there

much the strongest of the group, and even

it's not like we're

look of realization dawned on Smallsnake as he smacked the palm of

you spent so

"That's right."

different ores that I had

I bought them was so that I could trade

the crazy amount of metal that they went through each day to craft an

came to trade with them, we wouldn't be kicked

gate, I looked

follow closely behind me. Let me

"Okay."

unison, prompting me to smile in

"Great."

right below the massive gate, I spotted a group of

'Are those guns?'

wondered as I stared at the

looked