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.

the tablet, I

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

laughed at my compliment, prompting a

guess he's a child at

acted mature at times, he

simple praise and he

up; we're

we had arrived at the

***

At the same time.

not so far

past the thick canopy of branches, revealing the

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

Their hair.

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

spread from that

we do? Should we

the golden-haired elf

we can't

because of

"Correct."

starting to

usual skirmishes that occurred between each bordered lengthened and the general rank of

a sign that the

had been spying on the humans

...at least for now.

now? Should

"Mhm."

elf turned

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

***

gates of the city that were attached to the side of

least several statues depicting dwarves

presence, made me, who standing

was only now that I was close that

It was massive.

sulfur-like scent invaded my nostrils, prompting my

"Uek!"

wasn't the only that didn't like the

used to

the capital of the

it was also the only city that existed in the human

lived on the earth's surface,

it all boiled down to the fact that the temperature was the hottest

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

originated from the natural gasses found in

you sure going through the front is the best way to

asked as he tapped on my

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

said before, the three races prejudice

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

from Angelica, who was now back in her ring form, there was no

much the strongest of the group,

it's not like we're going

realization dawned on Smallsnake as he smacked

spent so much

"That's right."

space were multiple different ores that I

bought them was so that I could trade them

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

to trade with them, we wouldn't be kicked

enormous gate, I looked back

behind me. Let

"Okay."

in unison, prompting me to

"Great."

massive gate, I spotted a group of small burly creatures

'Are those guns?'

I stared at the barrels in

looked like