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

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

pridefully laughed at my compliment, prompting a smile to appear on my

he's a

acted mature at times, he was still a

simple praise and

pack up; we're

had arrived at

***

At the same time.

not so far from where

seeped past the thick canopy of branches, revealing the

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

Their hair.

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

almost regal aura spread from that elve's

do? Should

golden-haired elf

we can't go any

it because of the

"Correct."

were starting

bordered lengthened and the general rank of each force were

this was a sign that the demons were

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

...at least for now.

what should we do now?

"Mhm."

turned

bound to leave sooner or later. We might meet

***

massive stone gates of the city that were

at least several statues depicting dwarves holding

me, who

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

It was massive.

the gates of Henolur, an earthy and sulfur-like scent invaded my nostrils, prompting

"Uek!"

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

get used

the capital of

fact, it was also the only city that existed

races that lived on

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

centre, the dwarves were able to smelt

probably originated from the natural gasses found in

sure going through the front is the best way to get

tapped on

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

I've said before, the three races prejudice against humanity had

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

in her ring form, there was

pretty much the strongest of the group, and even then,

it's not like

look of realization dawned on Smallsnake as he smacked the palm of

that's why you spent

"That's right."

dimensional space were multiple different ores that I had

bought them was so that I could trade them

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

as we came to trade with them,

I looked

behind me. Let me

"Okay."

heads in unison,

"Great."

a group of small burly

'Are those guns?'

as I stared at the barrels

sure looked