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.

eyes away from the

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

my compliment, prompting a smile to

guess he's a child at

and acted mature at times, he was still a kid

and he became

up; we're

had arrived at the dwarven

***

At the same time.

not so far from where

the thick canopy of branches, revealing the figures of two

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

Their hair.

hair instead of being pure gold, though faint, had a mix of

aura spread

should we do? Should we

the golden-haired

we can't

of the demon's

"Correct."

starting

occurred between each bordered lengthened and the general rank of each

races, this was a sign that the demons were preparing

on the humans for the

...at least for now.

we do now? Should we let

"Mhm."

elf turned around and

leave sooner or later. We might

***

massive stone gates of the city that were attached to the side of the rocky mountains soon appeared

several statues depicting

presence, made me, who standing below them,

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

It was massive.

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

"Uek!"

like the smell as

used

was the capital

was also the only city that existed in the

on the earth's surface, dwarves lived

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

coming from the earth's centre, the dwarves

from the

front is the best way to

asked as he tapped

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

prejudice against humanity had died down

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

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

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

it's not like we're

of realization dawned on Smallsnake as

spent

"That's right."

ores that I had repurchased in

reason I bought them was so that I could

to craft an artifact, ores were

trade with them,

enormous gate, I looked back and warned the

follow closely behind me. Let me

"Okay."

in unison,

"Great."

spotted a group of small burly creatures holding onto large

'Are those guns?'

as I stared at the barrels in the dwarves

sure looked