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 patted Ryan's

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

pridefully laughed at my compliment, prompting a smile to

guess he's a

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

praise and

pack up; we're

we had arrived at

***

At the same time.

so far from

the thick canopy of branches, revealing the figures of two

pointy ears, and stunning faces. However,

Their hair.

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

spread from that elve's

should we do? Should we

the golden-haired elf

can't

of the demon's

"Correct."

starting to make their

bordered lengthened and the

was a sign that the demons were preparing for

been spying on the humans for the past week could no longer continue

...at least for now.

do now? Should we let them

"Mhm."

turned around

leave sooner or later. We

***

massive stone gates of the city that were attached to the side of the rocky mountains soon

beside the gate were at least several statues depicting dwarves

made me, who standing below them,

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

It was massive.

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

"Uek!"

the only that didn't like the smell as

get used to

the capital of

also the only city that existed

other races that lived on

reasons for this, but in the end, it all boiled down to the fact that the temperature was the hottest nearer to the earth

the dwarves were able to smelt the ores faster and more

sulfur-like smell probably originated from the

sure going through the front is the best way

as he tapped on my

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

the three races prejudice against humanity had

of the question, plus, we weren't particularly strong

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

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

it's not like we're going

as

you spent so much

"That's right."

space were multiple different ores that I had repurchased in

bought them was so that I could

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

as we came to trade

looked

closely behind me. Let me do

"Okay."

in unison,

"Great."

a group of small burly creatures holding onto

'Are those guns?'

wondered as I stared at the barrels in

sure looked like