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.

others, so, realistically speaking,

"But?"

everyone

in my direction, my lips

no one said 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

an edge over all the other people their age participating in

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

think

heard that the winners from each respective age range will get

right, there's that

my head towards Hein, I

I told you that there's a way to cure

"You don't mean…?"

my eyes locked

prices for the tournament is in fact

didn't recall it wrong, one

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

to motivate Hein into joining the tournament and even

let the world see

"You're…not joking, right?"

sounded rather weak. Completely different from his usual deep and

a lot

before patting him

already signed a contract, why would I lie to

"I se—"

Click— Click—

that we heard a clicking sound coming from the side. When we turned our heads,

this is the opportunity that I promised you. It's

I will take

resolute looked appeared on Hein's face

spent over a year with you guys, I had almost forgotten my one true

out an aura of

like he's made up

was tying him

what I

I'm glad

Bang—

body

"Ow."

my head, I slowly looked up. It appeared that

"Hey, is everything okay?"

no response. Waylan stood motionless in the middle

what in

looked in the direction of where he

"Ah…"

out a strange noise, as my

the opposite side of the street, far into the

wasn't the reason

"…they're here."

***

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

energetic voice rang

look

wow, look

phone, she snapped photos

she took enough pictures, Emma

I saying

to say before, Emma's brows knit,

"Ah, right!"

she turned to look at Amanda

expect me to hold back. I'll show you how

"I'm not fighting."

Melissa took her glasses out and replaced them with

Melissa and muttered out loud, "Those don't really fit

do the job,

Emma's direction, Melissa

I can no

took a while for Emma to get her comment. Once she did, she shot a glare in

that you can

Is someone

"You…"

"Please stop."

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