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

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

laughed at my compliment, prompting a smile to

guess he's a child

genius and acted mature at times, he was still

praise and

up;

arrived at

***

At the same time.

far from

the thick canopy of branches, revealing

skin, pointy ears, and stunning faces. However, there was a

Their hair.

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

almost regal aura spread from

do? Should

golden-haired

can't go any

of the demon's

"Correct."

starting to make their

bordered lengthened

a sign that the demons were preparing for

the two elves that had been spying on the humans for the past week could

...at least for now.

now? Should we

"Mhm."

turned around and

to leave sooner or later. We might meet them

***

Henolur, the massive stone gates of the city that were attached

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

presence, made me, who standing

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

It was massive.

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

"Uek!"

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

used to

capital

it was also the only city

that lived on the earth's surface, dwarves lived

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

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

originated from the natural gasses found in

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

he tapped on my

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

before, the three races prejudice against humanity had died

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

was now back in her ring form, there was no

much the strongest of the group, and even

not like we're

on Smallsnake as he smacked the palm of his

that's why you spent so much money

"That's right."

dimensional space were multiple different ores that I had

them was so that I could trade

the crazy amount of metal that they went through each day to craft an

came to trade

I looked back and warned

closely behind me. Let me do the

"Okay."

nodded their heads in unison, prompting me to

"Great."

I spotted a group of small burly

'Are those guns?'

I stared at the barrels in the dwarves

sure looked