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

"Good job."

"Hehehe."

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

he's a child at

acted mature at times, he was

simple praise and he became so

pack up; we're

we had arrived at the dwarven

***

At the same time.

far from

thick canopy of branches,

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

Their hair.

of being pure gold,

almost regal aura spread from that

should we do? Should

the golden-haired elf

can't

because of the

"Correct."

starting to make their

lengthened and the general

a sign that the demons were preparing for

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

...at least for now.

should we do now? Should we

"Mhm."

turned around

We might

***

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

least several statues depicting dwarves holding onto massive axes and

presence, made me, who standing below them, feel

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

It was massive.

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

"Uek!"

the only that didn't like the smell as

get used to

the capital of the

it was also the only city that existed in

the other races that lived on

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

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

originated from the natural gasses found in the earth

are you sure going through the front is the best

he tapped

Turning around I reassured.

"Yup, don't worry."

three races prejudice

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

Angelica, who was now back in her ring form, there was no real need

pretty much the strongest of the group,

like we're

realization dawned on Smallsnake as he smacked the

why you spent so much money on those

"That's right."

multiple different ores that I had repurchased in the human

reason I bought them was so that I could trade them with the

each day to craft an artifact, ores were definitely a valuable and

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

I looked

closely behind me. Let

"Okay."

unison, prompting me to smile in

"Great."

below the massive gate, I spotted a group of

'Are those guns?'

wondered as I stared at the barrels in

looked like