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.

qualifications to the others, so, realistically speaking, we

"But?"

like everyone

stare in my direction, my lips tugged

your thing. In fact, use this chance to see how much you guys have improved over the

all the other people their age

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

don't think

respective

there's that

towards Hein, I

that there's

"You don't mean…?"

my eyes locked onto Hein's,

the tournament is in fact the elixir that can cure your father

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

dwarves favored us, there was a possibility of them giving it to us if we just

was a good way to motivate Hein into joining the

finally let the world see just how talented

"You're…not joking, right?"

Completely different from

care a

with a smile before

signed a contract, why would

"I se—"

Click— Click—

was then that we heard a clicking sound coming from the side. When we turned our heads, we saw Leopold with his hand on his

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

will

resolute looked appeared on Hein's

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

He gave out an aura of a man who was

he's made

one knot that was tying him down, his family, his growth would reach a

was what I was waiting

glad

Bang—

through my speech, my body crashed against something soft and

"Ow."

I slowly looked up. It appeared

"Hey, is everything okay?"

was met with no response. Waylan stood motionless in

in

looked in the direction of where he was staring

"Ah…"

I let out a strange

side of the street, far into the distance,

wasn't the reason

"…they're here."

***

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

voice rang

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

look

she snapped photos of the

she took enough pictures, Emma put her phone

was I

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

"Ah, right!"

left hand, she turned

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

"I'm not fighting."

look, Melissa took her

muttered

as they do the job,

head and staring in Emma's direction, Melissa repeatedly nodded her

can

Emma to get her comment. Once she did, she shot a

you can still

talking? Is someone

"You…"

"Please stop."

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