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

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

laughed at my compliment, prompting a

a child at

a genius and acted mature at

a simple praise and he

up; we're

arrived at

***

At the same time.

so far from

of branches, revealing the figures

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

Their hair.

instead of being pure gold, though faint, had a mix

spread from that elve's

we do? Should

golden-haired

can't go

because of

"Correct."

were starting

occurred between each bordered lengthened and the general rank

the three races, this was a sign that the demons were

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

...at least for now.

we do now?

"Mhm."

turned

or later. We

***

we neared Henolur, the massive stone gates of the city that were attached to the

statues depicting dwarves holding onto massive

imposing presence, made me, who standing below

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

It was massive.

an earthy and sulfur-like scent invaded

"Uek!"

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

get used to

was the capital

also the only city that existed in the human

that lived on the earth's surface,

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

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

smell probably originated from the

front is the best way

as he tapped on

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

prejudice against humanity had died down a

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

form, there was no real need for them

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

not like

on Smallsnake as he smacked the

spent so much money on those

"That's right."

my dimensional space were multiple different ores that I had repurchased in the human

so that

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

trade with them, we wouldn't be

gate, I looked back and warned the

behind me.

"Okay."

their heads in unison, prompting me to smile in

"Great."

right below the massive gate, I spotted a group of small burly creatures holding onto large metallic barrels standing

'Are those guns?'

wondered as I stared at

sure looked