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.

already proven our qualifications to the others, so, realistically speaking, we

"But?"

everyone is

everyone stare in my

we couldn't. I mean, if you guys want to participate, go. Do your thing. In fact, use this chance to see how much you

my group had an edge over all the other people

fighting against demons and the like, but who could proudly say they had

don't think there

from each respective age range will

right, there's that

Hein,

how I told you that there's

"You don't mean…?"

my eyes locked onto Hein's, I

tournament is in fact the elixir that can cure your

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

how much the dwarves favored us, there was a possibility of them giving it to us if we

way to motivate Hein into joining

the world see just how talented

"You're…not joking, right?"

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

a lot about his

smile before patting him

why would I lie

"I se—"

Click— Click—

we turned our heads, we saw Leopold with his hand on his mouth,

I promised you. It's up to you whether you will grasp it

will take

looked appeared on Hein's face as his

almost forgotten my one true goal, and that was to save

as the air around him changed. He gave out an aura of a man who was about

like he's made

Hein resolved the one knot that was tying him down, his family, his growth would reach a new, unprecedented

I was

I'm glad that

Bang—

through my speech, my body crashed

"Ow."

up. It appeared that I had bumped against

"Hey, is everything okay?"

was met with no response. Waylan stood motionless in the middle

in

something was wrong, I looked in the direction of where he was

"Ah…"

was then that I let out a strange noise, as

the street, far into the distance, was a

wasn't the reason for

"…they're here."

***

was saying, if we're going to meet each other during the tournament,

voice rang

close look at the place, Emma couldn't hide her excitement, curiously looking at everything like a newborn

wow, look at

she snapped photos of the

pictures,

was I

was trying to say

"Ah, right!"

she turned to look at Amanda and Melissa with a challenging look on

tournament, don't expect me to hold back. I'll show you how much stronger I've gotten

"I'm not fighting."

Melissa took her glasses out and replaced them

Emma looked at Melissa and muttered out

they do the job,

and staring in Emma's direction,

I can

to get her comment. Once she did, she shot a glare in

you can still

Is

"You…"

"Please stop."

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