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 tablet, I

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

compliment, prompting

guess he's a child at

a genius and acted mature at

and he became so

up; we're

had arrived at the dwarven

***

At the same time.

far from

past the thick canopy of branches, revealing the figures

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

Their hair.

the two, one of the elve's hair instead of being pure gold,

almost regal aura spread from that elve's

we do? Should

golden-haired

we can't

it because of the demon's

"Correct."

starting to make their

lengthened and

a sign that the demons were

the

...at least for now.

should we do now? Should we let

"Mhm."

elf turned around and

or later. We might meet them again

***

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

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

me, who standing below them, feel

scenery from the drone, it was only now that I was close that I truly understood the sheer size of

It was massive.

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

"Uek!"

I wasn't the only that didn't like the smell

used to

was the capital of the dwarven

was also the only city that existed in

other races that lived on the earth's

reasons for this, but in the end, it all boiled down to the fact that the temperature was the hottest nearer to the

heat coming from the earth's centre, the dwarves

smell probably originated from the natural gasses found

the front is

asked as he tapped

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

three races prejudice against humanity had died down a

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

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

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

like

realization dawned on Smallsnake as he

you spent so much money

"That's right."

my dimensional space were multiple different ores that I had

so that I could trade them

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

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

I looked

follow closely behind me. Let

"Okay."

nodded their heads in unison,

"Great."

gate, I spotted a group of small burly creatures holding onto large

'Are those guns?'

stared at the barrels in the

sure looked