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 don't

"But?"

like everyone

stare in my direction, my lips tugged

participate, go. Do your thing. In fact, use

was one thing my group had an edge over all the other people their age participating in the tournament was true combat

might have a bit of experience fighting against demons and the like, but who could proudly say they had fought a war

don't think there are

each respective age

there's

head towards Hein, I

told you that

"You don't mean…?"

my eyes locked onto Hein's,

the tournament is in fact the

many prices granted to the top winner of the tournament, and if I didn't recall it wrong, one of them was the elixir that Hein could use to

there was a possibility of them giving it to us

was a good way to motivate Hein into joining the tournament and

to finally let the world see

"You're…not joking, right?"

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

must care a

a smile before patting him

a contract, why

"I se—"

Click— Click—

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

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

I will

resolute looked appeared on Hein's face as his fists clenched

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

an aura of a man who

like he's made

that was tying him down, his family, his growth would

I was

glad

Bang—

my body crashed against something soft

"Ow."

my head, I slowly looked up. It

"Hey, is everything okay?"

response. Waylan stood motionless in the middle of the streets,

in the

wrong, I looked in

"Ah…"

let out a strange noise,

on the opposite side of the street, far into the

wasn't the reason

"…they're here."

***

we're going to meet each other during the

voice rang

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

look at

phone, she snapped photos of the

enough pictures, Emma put

was I

recall what she was trying to say before, Emma's

"Ah, right!"

of her left hand, she turned to look at Amanda and Melissa with a challenging look

I'll show you how much

"I'm not fighting."

look, Melissa took her

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

do the

her head and staring in Emma's direction,

yup, I can no

while for Emma to get her comment. Once she did,

you

talking? Is

"You…"

"Please stop."

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