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,

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

my compliment, prompting a smile to appear on

he's a child at

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

and he became

pack up;

arrived at the dwarven

***

At the same time.

so far from where they

thick canopy of

and stunning faces. However, there

Their hair.

elve's hair instead of being

regal aura spread

we do? Should

golden-haired

we can't go any

because of the

"Correct."

demons were starting to

occurred between each bordered lengthened and the general rank of each force

races, this was a sign

such, the two elves that had been spying on the humans for the past week could

...at least for now.

we do now? Should we

"Mhm."

elf turned around

leave sooner or later. We might meet

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

were at least several statues depicting dwarves holding onto massive axes

who standing below them,

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

It was massive.

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

"Uek!"

I wasn't the only that didn't like

get used

the capital of

also the only city that existed

other races that lived on

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

coming from the earth's centre, the dwarves

probably originated from the natural gasses found

going through the front is the

asked as he tapped on my

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

three races prejudice

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

ring form, there was no real need for

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

not like

dawned on Smallsnake as he smacked the palm of

that's why you spent so much money on those

"That's right."

were multiple different ores that I had repurchased in the

reason I bought them was so that

they went through each day to craft an artifact,

we came to trade

gate, I looked back and warned the

follow closely behind me. Let me do

"Okay."

their heads in unison, prompting

"Great."

I spotted a group of small burly

'Are those guns?'

stared at the barrels in the

sure looked like