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.

to the others, so, realistically speaking,

"But?"

like everyone is

stare in my direction, my

thing. In fact, use this chance to see how much you guys have

the other people their age participating in the

demons and the like, but who could proudly say they had fought a war against a full-on attack from the demons and

don't think there

the winners from each respective age range will

right, there's

towards Hein, I grabbed his

remember how I told you that there's a

"You don't mean…?"

locked

prices for the tournament is in fact the elixir that can cure your father of

the top winner of the tournament, and if I didn't recall it wrong, one of them was the elixir that Hein

there was a possibility of them giving it to us if we just asked, but that might result in

this was a good way to motivate Hein into joining the

the world see just how talented he

"You're…not joking, right?"

rather weak. Completely different from his usual deep and confident

a lot about his

smile before patting him on

contract, why would I lie to

"I se—"

Click— Click—

coming from the side. When we turned our heads, we saw Leopold with his hand

the opportunity that I promised you. It's up to you whether you will grasp

I will

appeared on Hein's face

had almost forgotten my one

the air around him changed. He gave out an aura of

like he's made

one knot that was tying him down, his family, his growth

I was

glad that

Bang—

speech, my body crashed against something soft

"Ow."

up. It appeared that

"Hey, is everything okay?"

with no response. Waylan stood motionless in

in the

in the direction of where he was

"Ah…"

let out a strange noise,

the street, far into the distance, was

wasn't the reason for

"…they're here."

***

if we're going to meet each other during the tournament, I'm going

energetic voice rang

crossed the bridge with the group and entering the city, once she got a close look at the

wow, look at

she snapped photos of the

she took enough pictures, Emma put

was I

to say before, Emma's brows

"Ah, right!"

left hand, she turned to look at Amanda and

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 not seen each

"I'm not fighting."

took her glasses out

at Melissa and muttered out loud, "Those don't

do the job, it doesn't really

and staring in Emma's direction,

yup, I can no

comment. Once she did, she shot a

you can

Is

"You…"

"Please stop."

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