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.

away from the tablet, I patted

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

my compliment, prompting a

he's a child at

mature at times, he was still a kid after

simple praise and he

up;

we had arrived at the

***

At the same time.

not so far

thick canopy of branches, revealing the figures of

fair skin, pointy ears, and stunning faces.

Their hair.

instead of being

spread from

should we do? Should we

the golden-haired

can't go any

it because of the

"Correct."

were starting

lengthened

the three races, this was a sign that the demons were

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

...at least for now.

now? Should we let

"Mhm."

elf turned around

to leave sooner or later. We might meet them again in the

***

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

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

imposing presence, made me, who standing below them,

scenery from the drone, it was only now

It was massive.

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

"Uek!"

like the smell as Ryan grimaced and pinched his

get used

the capital of the dwarven

it was also the only city

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

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

centre, the dwarves were able to smelt the ores faster and

smell probably originated from the natural gasses found in

front is the best way to get

tapped on my right

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

the three races prejudice against humanity had died

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

now back in her ring form, there was no real

the strongest of the group, and even then,

it's not like

Smallsnake as he

spent so much

"That's right."

were multiple different ores that I had repurchased in the

so that I could trade them with

crazy amount of metal that they went through each day to craft an artifact, ores were definitely a valuable and scarce

came to trade with them, we wouldn't

I looked back

behind me. Let me do the

"Okay."

unison, prompting me to smile

"Great."

spotted a group of small burly creatures holding onto

'Are those guns?'

as I stared at the barrels

sure looked