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.

so, realistically speaking, we

"But?"

everyone is

my direction, my

go. Do your thing. In fact,

there was one thing my group had an edge over all the other people

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

think

the winners from each respective age range will get quite a

right, there's

head towards Hein,

I told you that there's a way

"You don't mean…?"

my eyes locked onto Hein's, I

for the tournament is in fact the elixir that can cure

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

of them giving 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

the world

"You're…not joking, right?"

different from his usual deep and confident

care a lot about

smile before patting him on the

a contract, why would

"I se—"

Click— Click—

sound coming from the side. When we turned our heads, we saw Leopold with his hand on his mouth, trying to

you. It's up to you whether

will

appeared on Hein's face as his fists clenched

you guys, I had almost forgotten my one true goal, and that was to save

an aura of a man who was about to

like he's made up

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

I was waiting

I'm glad that

Bang—

my body crashed against

"Ow."

I slowly looked up. It appeared that I had bumped

"Hey, is everything okay?"

was met with no response. Waylan stood motionless in the

in the

in

"Ah…"

that I let out a strange noise, as my face

the opposite side of the street,

the reason for

"…they're here."

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

energetic voice

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

look at

out her phone, she snapped photos

she took enough pictures, Emma put her

I saying

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

"Ah, right!"

her right fist on the palm of her left hand, she turned to look at

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

"I'm not fighting."

a scornful look, Melissa took her glasses out and

at Melissa and muttered out loud,

they do the job,

in Emma's direction, Melissa repeatedly nodded

I can no

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

obvious that you can still

Is

"You…"

"Please stop."

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