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,

"But?"

everyone

in my direction, my

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

my group had an edge over all the other people their age participating

against demons and the like, but who could proudly say they had

think

the winners from each respective age range

right, there's that

head towards Hein, I grabbed his

told you that there's

"You don't mean…?"

eyes locked onto

for the tournament is in fact the elixir that can cure your father of his

were many prices granted to the top winner of the tournament, and if I didn't recall it wrong, one of them was the

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

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

let the world see just how talented

"You're…not joking, right?"

rather weak. Completely different

must care a lot

thought with a smile before patting

a contract, why

"I se—"

Click— Click—

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

promised you. It's up to you whether you will grasp

I will take

looked appeared on Hein's face as his fists

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

as the air around him changed. He gave out an aura of a

made

Hein resolved the one knot that was tying him down, his family, his growth

I was waiting

glad

Bang—

speech, my body crashed against something

"Ow."

head, I slowly looked up. It appeared

"Hey, is everything okay?"

motionless in the middle of

what in

I looked in the direction of where he was staring

"Ah…"

I let out a strange noise, as

the opposite side of the street,

the

"…they're here."

***

other during the tournament, I'm going to

energetic voice rang

the city, once she got a close look at the place,

look at

her phone, she snapped photos of the

pictures, Emma put her

was I

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

"Ah, right!"

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

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

"I'm not fighting."

Melissa took her glasses

looked at Melissa and muttered out loud,

the job, it doesn't

her head and staring in Emma's

yup, I can no longer

comment. Once

that you can still

talking? Is

"You…"

"Please stop."

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