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,

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

my compliment, prompting

he's a child

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

and he became

up;

arrived at

***

At the same time.

so far from where they

seeped past the thick canopy of branches, revealing the figures of

elves shared similar features, with fair skin, pointy ears, and stunning faces. However, there was a difference between the

Their hair.

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

aura spread

do?

the golden-haired elf

can't go any

of the

"Correct."

demons were starting to make their

usual skirmishes that occurred between each bordered lengthened and the general rank of each

was a sign that the demons were

such, the two elves that had been spying on the humans for

...at least for now.

we do now? Should we let them

"Mhm."

turned around

We might meet them again

***

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

several statues depicting dwarves holding onto massive axes and

me, who standing below them,

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

It was massive.

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

"Uek!"

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

get used

the capital of

it was also the only

lived on the earth's surface, dwarves lived

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

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

from the natural gasses found in

are you sure going through the front is the best way to

as he tapped on

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

three races prejudice against humanity had

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

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

pretty much the strongest of the group,

not like we're going

dawned on Smallsnake as he smacked the

you spent

"That's right."

dimensional space were multiple different ores that I

bought them was so that I could trade

amount of metal that they went through each day to

to trade with

I looked

me. Let me do the

"Okay."

their heads in unison, prompting me to smile

"Great."

group of small burly creatures holding onto large metallic barrels

'Are those guns?'

as I stared at the barrels

sure looked like