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 Ryan's

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

prompting a smile to

a child at

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

a simple praise and he

pack up; we're

had arrived at

***

At the same time.

not so far

the thick canopy of branches, revealing the figures

with fair skin, pointy ears, and stunning faces. However, there

Their hair.

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

spread from that elve's

we do?

golden-haired

we can't

of the

"Correct."

demons were starting

occurred between each bordered lengthened and

this was a sign that the demons were preparing for

two elves that had been spying on the humans for the past week could no

...at least for now.

should we do now? Should

"Mhm."

silvered-haired elf turned

bound to leave sooner or later. We might meet them

***

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

were at least several statues depicting

made me, who standing below them, feel

when I was looking at the scenery from the drone, it was only now that I was close that I truly understood

It was massive.

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

"Uek!"

wasn't the only that didn't like

get used

was the capital of

was also the only city that existed in the human

other races that lived on the earth's surface,

down

centre, the dwarves were

smell probably originated from the natural

you sure going through the front is the best way

he tapped on

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

three races prejudice against humanity had died

to their places wasn't out of the

ring form, there was no

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

not like we're

look of realization dawned on Smallsnake as he smacked the palm

you spent so much money

"That's right."

were multiple different ores that I

I bought them was so that I could trade

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

long as we came to trade with them, we wouldn't be kicked

enormous gate, I looked back and warned the

follow closely behind me. Let me do

"Okay."

heads in unison, prompting me to

"Great."

I spotted a group of small burly creatures holding onto

'Are those guns?'

at the barrels in the

sure looked like