The Author's POV

Chapter 381

"Say, demons are not going to suddenly show up out of nowhere and attack us, right?"

Walking through the city, a rough voice sounded next to me. It was Leopold.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, just that…"

Leopold looked around and lowered his voice.

"I'm kinda tired of dealing with demons, and I was wondering if another situation similar to Henlour might happen."

Oh, it was about that. I nodded.

"Not sure, to be honest. But unlike the dwarves, elves are much better at detecting demons since they are super sensitive to mana, so there's a chance that no such thing will happen."

"…what do you mean?"

"Just like I said, elves are much more sensitive to demonic energy. Therefore, it is a lot easier for them to spot demons. In fact, didn't you notice the barrier before?"

Squinting, Leopold looked behind him.

"The one at the bridge?"

"Yeah, that alone should stop most of the demons."

Had Angelica not worn the special bracelet, she would've easily been found out. Even if she had turned into a ring form there was a chance for her to get spotted.

During The Conference, in the novel, it was because of this that no demons managed to interfere. That being said, never say never.

"That's reassuring."

Leopold finally relaxed and took a deep breath of the fresh air.

Then, his footsteps suddenly halted as he brought his hands closer to his face. A clicking sound repeatedly rang in the air.

Click— Click—

"What are you doing?"

"Ah, shit."

With an embarrassed look, Leopold lowered his hands and scratched the back of his head.

"I was trying to have a smoke, but I forgot we can't do that here."

"…."

Seriously?

Before coming here, I remember expressively reminding Leopold that he couldn't smoke lest he wanted to piss off the elves. I even took away his cigarettes in order to make sure he didn't. He was just that addicted.

Plus, with how nature oriented the elves were, any form of littering or smoking was a big no-no.

"Right, sorry."

Putting the lighter away, Leopold's face scrunched up a little.

Staring at him, I shook my head.

'He's already suffering withdrawal symptoms.'

The last time he smoked was not that long ago, maybe half a day? Just how addicted was he?

Shaking my head, I followed the rest of the group around the city.

Ignoring Leopold's progressively worsening face, we continued our tour of the city.

Most of the city was accessible to us apart from a few places, like the enormous building that stood in the middle of the lake.

Apparently, that place was where the elders held important discussions, and since we were not that important, we could not go there. That was probably where Douglas went.

"I wonder if we're going to be participating in the tournament…" Hein murmured from the side. It was audible enough for everyone present to hear.

"You want to participate?" Ava curiously lifted her head. "From what I've heard, we don't really need to participate."

"We don't," I replied with a nod.

proven our qualifications to the others, so, realistically speaking, we don't

"But?"

like everyone

my direction,

one said we couldn't. I mean, if you guys want to participate, go. Do your thing. In

an edge over all the

the like, but who could proudly say

don't think

from each respective age

there's

my head towards Hein, I

you that there's a way to cure your

"You don't mean…?"

eyes locked onto

the tournament is in fact the

the tournament, and if I didn't recall it wrong, one of them was the

them giving it to us if we just asked, but that

to motivate Hein

finally let the world

"You're…not joking, right?"

voice sounded rather weak. Completely different from his usual deep and confident

care a lot about

thought with a smile before patting

contract, why

"I se—"

Click— Click—

turned our heads, we saw Leopold

promised you. It's up to you whether you

will

appeared on Hein's face as his fists

guys, I had almost forgotten my one true goal, and

air around him changed. He gave out an aura of

he's made up

Hein resolved the one knot that was tying him down, his

was what I

I'm glad

Bang—

through my speech, my body crashed

"Ow."

head, I slowly looked up. It appeared that I had bumped against

"Hey, is everything okay?"

in the middle of the streets,

what in

I looked in the direction

"Ah…"

that I let out

street, far

wasn't the reason

"…they're here."

***

to meet each other during the tournament, I'm going to go all out

energetic voice

got a close look at the place, Emma couldn't hide her

look

she snapped

pictures, Emma put her phone

I saying

what she was trying to say before, Emma's

"Ah, right!"

her right fist on the palm of her left hand, she turned to look at Amanda and Melissa with a challenging

meet each other in the tournament, don't expect me to hold back. I'll show you how much stronger I've gotten during the time we've

"I'm not fighting."

her

muttered out loud, "Those don't really fit

they do the job, it doesn't really

and staring in Emma's

I can no

Emma to get her comment.

you can still

talking? Is

"You…"

"Please stop."

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