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

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

prompting

he's a child

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

a simple praise and

pack up;

we had arrived at

***

At the same time.

far from

seeped past the thick canopy of branches, revealing

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

Their hair.

the elve's hair instead of being

almost regal aura spread from that elve's

we do?

golden-haired elf

we can't go

it because of

"Correct."

were starting to make

occurred between each bordered lengthened and

the three races, this was a sign that

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

...at least for now.

do now?

"Mhm."

silvered-haired elf turned

bound to leave sooner or later. We might meet them again

***

massive stone gates of the city that were attached to the

were at least several statues depicting dwarves holding onto massive

imposing presence, made me, who standing below them, feel

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

It was massive.

and sulfur-like scent invaded

"Uek!"

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

get used to

capital of the dwarven

only city that existed

on the earth's surface,

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

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

the natural gasses

sure going through the front is the best way

he tapped on my right

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

the three races prejudice against humanity had

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

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

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

not like we're going

Smallsnake as he smacked the palm of his

that's why you spent so much money on

"That's right."

dimensional space were multiple different ores that

that I could trade them with

to

came to trade with

gate, I looked back and warned

follow closely behind me. Let me do the

"Okay."

heads in unison,

"Great."

a group of small burly

'Are those guns?'

stared at the

looked