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

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

at my compliment, prompting a smile

guess he's a child

though Ryan was a genius and acted mature at times, he was still a kid after

and he became

pack up; we're

had arrived at the

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At the same time.

so far

of branches, revealing

similar features, with fair skin, pointy ears, and stunning faces.

Their hair.

the elve's hair instead of being

aura spread from

we do? Should

golden-haired elf

can't go

of

"Correct."

starting to make

lengthened and the general

the three races, this was a sign that the

the humans for

...at least for now.

we do now? Should we

"Mhm."

silvered-haired elf turned

We might

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

were at least several statues depicting dwarves holding onto massive axes

who standing

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

It was massive.

of Henolur, an earthy and sulfur-like scent invaded my nostrils,

"Uek!"

I wasn't the only that didn't like the smell as Ryan grimaced and pinched

get used

capital of

the only city that existed

that lived on the earth's surface, dwarves lived

end, it all boiled down to

the earth's centre, the dwarves

smell probably originated from the natural gasses found in

are you sure going through the front is the

he tapped on my right

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

I've said before, the three races prejudice against humanity had

wasn't out of the question, plus,

there was no real need for them to be too wary of

mean, I was pretty much the strongest of the group, and even then, I was only

it's not like we're going

Smallsnake as he smacked the

why you spent so

"That's right."

different ores that I

I bought them was so that I could

they went through each day to craft an artifact, ores were definitely a valuable and scarce resource

trade with them, we wouldn't

enormous gate, I looked back and

me. Let me do

"Okay."

heads in unison, prompting me to smile in

"Great."

arriving right below the massive gate, I spotted a group of small burly creatures holding onto large metallic barrels standing beside the

'Are those guns?'

I stared at the

looked