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.

from the

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

at my compliment, prompting a

he's a child at

was a genius and acted mature at

a simple praise and he became

up; we're

we had arrived at

***

At the same time.

not so far from where

the thick canopy of branches, revealing the

with fair skin, pointy ears, and stunning faces. However,

Their hair.

one of the elve's hair instead of being pure gold, though faint, had

regal aura spread from that

we do? Should we

the golden-haired

can't go any

it because of

"Correct."

were starting to

each bordered lengthened and the general

this was a sign that the demons were preparing for

such, the two elves that had been spying on the humans for the past week could no longer

...at least for now.

do now? Should we

"Mhm."

elf turned

leave sooner or later. We might meet them again in

***

Henolur, the massive stone gates of the city that were attached to the side of the rocky mountains

the gate were at least several statues depicting dwarves holding onto massive axes

who standing below them,

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

It was massive.

the gates of Henolur, an earthy and sulfur-like scent invaded

"Uek!"

only that didn't like the smell as Ryan

used to

capital of the

the only city that existed

races that lived on

for this, but in the end, it all boiled down to

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

originated from the natural gasses found

through the front is the best way to

asked as he tapped on

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

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

wasn't out of the question, plus, we weren't particularly strong

was now back in her ring form, there was no real need for them to be too

the strongest of the group, and even then, I

like

look of realization dawned on Smallsnake as he smacked the

why you spent so much money on those

"That's right."

multiple different ores that I had repurchased in the

reason I bought them was so that I could trade them with the

to

long as we came to trade with them, we wouldn't

gate, I looked back and warned

follow closely behind me. Let me do

"Okay."

their heads in unison,

"Great."

of small

'Are those guns?'

wondered as I stared at the barrels in the

looked like