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.

from the tablet, I patted

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

compliment, prompting a smile to appear

he's a child

and acted mature at times, he was still a kid

a simple praise and he became so

up;

we had arrived at

***

At the same time.

not so far

canopy of branches, revealing the figures

fair skin, pointy ears, and stunning faces. However, there was a

Their hair.

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

almost regal aura spread

do? Should

the golden-haired elf

can't go any

because of the demon's

"Correct."

demons were starting to make their

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

a sign that the

had been spying on the humans for the past week could no

...at least for now.

do now? Should we

"Mhm."

turned around and

leave sooner or later. We might meet them again

***

that were attached to the side of the rocky mountains

were at least several statues depicting

me, who standing below them,

scenery from the drone, it was only now that I was

It was massive.

of Henolur, an earthy and sulfur-like scent invaded

"Uek!"

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

used to

the capital of the dwarven

only

on the earth's surface,

it all boiled down to the

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

from the natural

through the front is the best

asked as he tapped on

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

the three races prejudice against humanity had

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

there was no real need for them to be

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

not like

dawned on Smallsnake as he smacked the

you spent so much money

"That's right."

different ores that I had repurchased in

reason I bought them was so that I could

went through each day to craft an artifact, ores were definitely a valuable and scarce resource to

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

the enormous gate, I looked

closely behind me.

"Okay."

nodded their heads in unison, prompting

"Great."

a group of

'Are those guns?'

as I stared at the

looked like