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

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

my compliment, prompting a smile to appear on my

he's a child

was a genius and acted mature at times, he was still

a simple praise and he

pack up; we're

we had arrived at the

***

At the same time.

far from

thick canopy of branches,

and stunning faces.

Their hair.

being pure gold, though faint, had a mix of

regal aura spread from

should we do? Should we

the golden-haired

can't go

it because of the demon's

"Correct."

starting to make their

each bordered lengthened and the general rank of each

the three races, this was a sign

had been spying on the humans for the

...at least for now.

we do now? Should we let them

"Mhm."

turned

leave sooner or later. We might meet them

***

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

beside the gate were at least several statues

me, who standing below them,

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

"Uek!"

only that didn't like the smell as Ryan

used to

was the capital of the dwarven

the only city that existed in the

races that lived on the

but in the end, it all boiled down to the fact that the temperature

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

sulfur-like smell probably originated from the natural gasses

are you sure going through the front is the best way

asked as he tapped on my

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

three races prejudice

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

form, there

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

not like we're going

Smallsnake as he

so that's why you spent

"That's right."

my dimensional space were multiple different ores that I had repurchased in the

I bought them was so that I could trade them with

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

to trade with them, we wouldn't be kicked

gate, I looked back and warned

follow closely behind me. Let me

"Okay."

unison,

"Great."

massive gate, I spotted a group of small burly creatures holding onto large metallic barrels standing

'Are those guns?'

I stared at

sure looked