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 tablet, I patted

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

pridefully laughed at my compliment, prompting a smile

a child

acted mature at times,

simple praise and

pack up; we're

we had arrived at the dwarven

***

At the same time.

far

seeped past the thick canopy of branches, revealing the figures of

pointy ears, and stunning faces. However, there was a difference between

Their hair.

instead of being pure gold, though

aura spread from

do? Should we

golden-haired

we can't go

because of

"Correct."

demons were starting to make their

bordered lengthened and the general rank

races, this was a sign

had been spying on the humans for the past week could

...at least for now.

do now? Should we let them

"Mhm."

elf turned around and

bound to leave sooner or later. We might meet

***

were attached to the side of the rocky mountains soon appeared in my

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

presence, made me, who standing below

was looking at the scenery from the drone, it was only

It was massive.

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

"Uek!"

wasn't the only that didn't like the smell as Ryan grimaced and

used

capital of

only city that existed

the other races that lived on the earth's

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

the tremendous heat coming from the earth's centre, the dwarves were able to smelt the ores faster and more

from the

you sure going through the front

asked as he tapped

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

said before, the three races prejudice against humanity had died

their places wasn't out of the question, plus,

form, there was no real need for them to

much the strongest of the group, and even

it's not like

Smallsnake as he smacked the palm of

you spent so much money on

"That's right."

were multiple different ores that I had repurchased

reason I bought them was so that I

they went through each day to craft an artifact, ores were definitely

trade

gate, I looked back

follow closely behind me.

"Okay."

nodded their heads in unison, prompting me to smile

"Great."

gate, I spotted a group of small burly

'Are those guns?'

wondered as I stared at the

sure looked