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.

our qualifications to the others, so, realistically speaking,

"But?"

like everyone is

stare in my direction, my lips

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 guys have

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

could proudly

think there are

that the winners from each respective age

right, there's

head towards Hein, I grabbed

I told you that there's

"You don't mean…?"

locked onto

in fact

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

it to us if we just asked, but that might result in the elves losing favourability with

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

to finally let the world see just how talented

"You're…not joking, right?"

different from his usual

care a lot

smile before patting him

contract, why would I

"I se—"

Click— Click—

When we turned our heads, we

you. It's

I will take

on Hein's face

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

him changed. He gave out an aura of a man who was

made up

him down, his family, his growth would reach a new, unprecedented

was what I

I'm glad

Bang—

body crashed against something

"Ow."

looked up. It appeared that I had

"Hey, is everything okay?"

motionless in the middle of the streets, prompting me to

in

looked in the direction of where he

"Ah…"

then that I let out a strange noise, as

side of the street,

the reason for

"…they're here."

***

during the

energetic voice

with the group and entering the city, once she got a close look at the place, Emma couldn't hide her excitement,

look at

out her phone, she snapped photos

pictures, Emma put her phone

was I saying

what she was trying to say before, Emma's

"Ah, right!"

on the palm of her 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

"I'm not fighting."

a scornful look, Melissa took her

muttered out

they do the job, it doesn't

Emma's direction, Melissa

yup, I can no

to get her comment.

that you can still

Is

"You…"

"Please stop."

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