I was accidentally injured by God and I just want to be an ordinary person

"Hmm... I'll go, Lotte can just stay on the boat."

Ella consciously walked out from behind Shen Gan and came in front of Iris, but was met with a worried look from Lotte.

"Are you really alright, Ms. Ella?"

"It's okay! It's definitely okay! Don't worry, Lotte."

After saying this in a tone of self-deprecation, Ella forced herself to hold back the tears that were about to well up in her eyes, and Iris wrapped the fishing line around her waist.

"Because it's a magical fishing line, there's no feeling of it being tightened. If Ella-chan notices anything, just pull the rope and I'll pull you up immediately. Camisia will also take action immediately, ―『Avoid Water』."

A layer of light blue light shield appeared on Ella, but in fact Ella didn't feel anything. She could still feel the unique salty smell of the sea breeze normally.

Feeling that this magic was a little unreliable, Ella couldn't help but ask further questions.

"Is this okay?"

"Well, that's all right. Now, Aira-chan, do you want to jump down by yourself or should I help you?"

There was an unusual excitement flashing in Iris's green eyes, and Ella couldn't help but take a small step back.

"Well, I'll do it myself."

Turning around and looking at the bottomless sea, Ella took a deep breath.

——Just consider it as a necessary step to find the Seal of Original Sin. You, sea beast, must come out!

then.

“—Ahhhhhh! Iris, you bastard!”

Just like that, with a splash, Ella was pushed into the sea by Iris.

Chapter 27: Eaten?

Although it seemed a bit hateful that Iris deliberately kicked Ella into the water, she actually took good safety measures. At least Ella, who was now sinking in the water, did not feel particularly uncomfortable.

As for breathing, he was given the magic of "water repellency", so he could move freely even in the sea. Apart from a little bit of salty taste in his mouth, there was no big problem. As for the pressure in the sea, he could not feel it because of the "water repellency".

Of course, there are two other issues.

First of all, there are unknown ocean currents in the sea. If you are not careful, you will be washed away. Ella can use magic to create ice cones and shoot them in all directions. If the direction changes in the middle, you will need to use the magic shield as a fulcrum to change the direction of travel - the cruise ship has stopped, so people will not be dragged by the boat.

The second point is the more problematic one.

"You can't see me, you can't see me..."

Now Ella is constantly praying in her heart, hoping that the creatures around her will be more obedient.

Although there are no dangerous monsters like sea dragons or hornfish, small fish like jellyfish with weak venom and covered with spikes are not uncommon. And animals like sea snakes that can make people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts can be spotted swimming around you as long as you pay a little attention.

Of course, this is just one way of saying it. In reality, as long as the exposed skin is not bitten, there is no danger. The defensive properties of the priest uniform "Healing Miracle" itself are enough to resist. To be honest, Ella has always had a question in her mind, what level of defensive performance the "Healing Miracle" can reach - just from some of the situations encountered now, it might be an ability that is much more excessive than the magic shield.

But defense is one thing, and fear is another. Human beings have never stopped being afraid of unknown creatures, not to mention that Ella is not good at dealing with things of these shapes.

Fortunately, these creatures had no intention of attacking Ella. At most, they just ran around Ella and then swam away without interest.

——You don’t think I’m tasty, do you?

For a moment, Ella had this strange thought. Although it was a blessing in disguise, she still felt a strange sense of dissatisfaction.

"But it's really beautiful..."

Now Ella is only more than ten meters away from the water surface. The sunlight penetrates the water and reaches here, showing Ella the blue world where all kinds of creatures roam.

If you focus on the terrain search, you will find that the terrain search is densely packed with various light spots, so that the original terrain cannot be seen clearly. Ella has no choice but to add some blocking words. After removing ordinary creatures without magic power and lower-level monsters, the terrain search becomes relatively clear.

"It would be nice if I could see some coral..."

Ella murmured in a low voice with regret. At her current level, even if she switched the terrain search to a cross-sectional view, she would not be able to see the seabed - perhaps this was a trench.

"But what exactly is that mysterious sea beast..."

After inquiring in detail about the legend, Ella learned that not all crew members who fell into the water would be rescued. Rather, it was a rare thing to be rescued. However, this was understandable. After all, if many people were rescued, no one would be so unfamiliar with each other's true appearance.

—It can't be a tribe, right? Monsters don't get along well with humans. If the entire tribe is like that, it would be too terrifying no matter how you look at it. That would be equivalent to the entire tribe being intelligent creatures...

If they were a group of intelligent creatures, why hadn't they said hello to the dragons for so long? So they must be a unique individual.

"But that brings up another problem..."

Having confirmed that there were no ocean currents nearby, Ella let herself sink and fell into deep thought.

It is worth mentioning that Ella herself also found this experience of slowly falling novel. She curled up with her hands on her knees, letting her long golden hair spread in the water.

"If it were a single individual, why would they rescue the drowning crew for no apparent reason? They would probably ask for some kind of reward, right?"

Ella didn't think the other party would have the idea of ​​"saving them because they couldn't bear to see them die." Not to mention that such an idea is rare even among humans. The most important thing is that if the other party has such an idea, it means that their intelligence has evolved to a very high level, reaching a level beyond that of the griffin.

The evolution of intelligence also means that strength cannot be underestimated, but in fact, among the underwater monsters that Ella knows now, only sea dragons, deep sea lords and the extinct dragon horses are very powerful. But even the sea dragons that belong to the giant dragon category are only at level 40 or 50. They have intelligence but cannot understand human language.

Ella let out a long breath, and a series of bubbles formed by the air in the sea floated to the surface.

"Hmm... no, when I asked them about it earlier, there seemed to be a common thread. I remember that almost all of the people they rescued were girls, right? In that case... could it be that because they possess near-human intelligence, they yearn for beautiful things?"

Although the thought of "H Sea Beast" flashed through her mind for a moment, it was quickly dispelled by Ella - it was just a product of her impure thoughts, and such a thing would definitely not happen in reality.

After all, there are very few injured people among those rescued. Even if there are, after detailed questioning, it can be found out that those wounds were caused by hitting something when the ship sank, and were not caused by bites from sea beasts.

If it were the impure thoughts that flashed through their minds before, those girls would not have been saved at all, but would have been toyed with and then thrown ashore. In fact, no girl has ever said anything about this, and after deliberate verification by someone, it was confirmed that the rescued girls themselves had not encountered such a creepy thing.

"In that case, is it just a coincidence?"

The bubbles produced by speaking floated to the surface of the water again. Looking at the sunlight through the quiet bottom of the water, Ella couldn't help but feel like she had fallen into the corner of the world.

Gulu, Gulu.

Shaking her head, Ella pushed the sudden and inexplicable feeling of loneliness out of her mind.

I'm no longer alone, so this kind of feeling is completely unnecessary. Besides, if I were to end up in a corner of the world, Lotte would definitely find a way to find me. Although I'm touched, I still don't want Lotte to do such a stupid thing...

With a wry smile, Ella brought her thoughts back to where they were before.

If the fact that young girls were always among the people rescued by sea monsters was a coincidence, then this coincidence was too incredible. Such an incident had happened at least a dozen times... after so many coincidences, one should probably admit it was inevitable.

"Ah~ah, there really aren't enough clues. No matter how I think about it, it's just that sea beast's longing for beautiful things..."

In other words, the sea monster has a strange habit of liking beautiful girls - no, it cannot be said to be strange, it should be said that this is a desire shared by most people, but it is more strange when applied to a sea monster.

The terrain search indicated that we were 150 meters above the water. There was little sunlight here, and the water had turned an almost dark, deep blue.

"It's a little scary... It would be better if I could just use up all the magic."

Of course, this is a taboo. If you use light magic, you will definitely become the target of other sea beasts.

"This should be the end. If we continue, Iris and the others won't be able to react. This time, we must have failed."

After stretching her body, Ella reached out to pull the fishing line tied around her waist. They had previously agreed that if she pulled the fishing line, it would mean that she had encountered irresistible danger. Iris would have to retrieve herself immediately, and Camisia would be ready for battle as soon as possible.

If someone looked at Ella from the side at this moment, they would find that Ella now looked like those people who died and sank into the sea, except that she was not completely dead yet and would not float up.

Just as Ella reached out to pull the fishing line, a huge force pushed Ella towards her, and then her vision turned black. The fishing line connecting her and Iris was also broken, leaving only a small piece in her hand.

When Ella finally reacted, she realized that she was being eaten by something.

“You’re kidding… right…”

Chapter 28: Deep Sea Lord

""Light"."

After muttering, Ella quickly regained her composure, cast a series of strengthening spells on herself, and then began to carefully observe the surrounding environment.

There was no sign of an attack for the time being. This was a spacious, hall-like place - apart from the pulsating blood vessels and several meters of neat white teeth visible around, there was nothing else.

From this alone, Ella knew that she was now in the mouth of some monster.

"Uwaaaaah, that's disgusting."

When he slightly lifted his foot, he heard a series of mucus friction sounds, and at the same time, he could see silvery white threads that should be saliva. A faint smell of blood began to penetrate his nose - making him feel nauseous.

But what is curious is that the expected attack did not come. Instead, it was very calm and there was no reaction at all. Even the huge tongue that was stepped on did not move at all.

"I was expecting something to get chewed up or something... but it would be better if nothing happened, 'Terrain Search'."

Opening the terrain search, Ella began to check her current location.

"It's in the mouth, after all. But this round shape feels so familiar. And that tentacle-like thing on the top of the head... can't it really be that?"

Subconsciously, I thought of a fish that was once called "lantern fish" in comics, and its actual scientific name is "anglerfish".

It was as if a certain fragment flashed through her mind, and Ella always felt that she had heard of this kind of fish in this world before.

"There's a lantern-like light on its head, and its body is round, and it's at least ten meters across... Hey, isn't that the weird fish that crashed into Marudo's ship?!"

Finally, Ella pieced the two clues together in her mind and found the fragment that had flashed through her mind before.

Immediately take out the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment from the warehouse and prepare to deal with the imminent danger.

『Select the character as Loli God』

『Change level to 999』

Doing so is not reckless behavior, but a necessary measure for safety reasons.

Previously, after Marudo's merchant ship was hit by this lantern fish, it bore the mark of the erosion of the Seal of Original Sin. At that time, Ella considered only two possibilities. First, the lantern fish itself was eroded by the Seal of Original Sin, so when it collided with Marudo's ship, it brought this erosion to Marudo.

The second possibility is that the lantern fish itself is the incarnation of the mark of original sin. If this is true, then he is now in a very dangerous situation.

『High-level identification』

"Level 40?... Huh—"

She immediately looked at the target's level column. After discovering that it was only level 40, Ella breathed a sigh of relief. A level 40 attack posed no threat to her at the moment.

Continuing to check, Ella discovered something that concerned her greatly.

"Wait, the name is Deep Sea Lord! Is the Deep Sea Lord the Lantern Fish? — And it hasn't attacked me yet, and it's heading towards the shore. So, this should be the legendary mythical sea beast that rescues drowning sailors, right? Could that mythical sea beast be the Deep Sea Lord?"

This series of inferences made Ella open her mouth slightly and make an exaggerated expression.

The fact that the Deep Sea Lord was actually a lantern fish, and the legendary sea beast that could save people, made Ella feel incredible. She had originally imagined the Deep Sea Lord to be a giant-like monster, but she had never imagined it could be a lantern fish, which could be considered adorable in certain situations.

"Corrupted by the Seal of Original Sin... Is the Deep Sea Lord also a victim? Anyway, based on our previous inferences, the Deep Sea Lord must be an intelligent monster. Let's remove the corrosive effects first and then discuss it properly. This act of kindness should have a very good effect. 'Dispel'."

Raising her smooth right arm, a purple halo spread from Ella's hand to the Deep Sea Lord's entire body. Then, the Deep Sea Lord's body began to tremble, and after a moment it suddenly stopped. Like a passenger in the brakes, Ella flew forward due to inertia.

Wings of Hermes

“Huh—it should be alright now. I can try communicating now…”

The terrain search shows that the Deep Sea Lord has stopped, which means that the Deep Sea Lord has noticed that the negative buff on himself has been eliminated. Being able to sense this means that the subsequent communication will become much easier.

Ella shouted as she gently tapped the Deep Sea Lord's fangs with the tip of the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment.

"I've helped you get rid of the bad stuff. Now you want to take me to shore?"

"..."

He responded, but only his own shout echoed in the empty hall.

——Can’t communicate? Hmm… Maybe we haven’t evolved enough. This means we can’t find any clues again. I thought I could find information about the Seal of Original Sin after communicating.

But this is just my own idea. In fact, whether I will get any clues is another matter. Like the ghost I met in Ryan Town, even if I could communicate with it through language, I didn't get any useful information.

Don't demand things that you can't get.

Therefore, Ella had no intention of using magic to evolve the Deep Sea Lord. First, whether effective information could be obtained after the evolution was a problem. Second, the post-evolution processing would also be very troublesome. If the Deep Sea Lord used the enhanced strength after evolution to cause chaos everywhere, it would be a loss.

"Hmm...the sisters were also attacked by a sea beast infected by the Mark of Original Sin. Judging by the description, it doesn't seem like it was a Deep Sea Lord—the appearance of two infected sea beasts in a row is suspicious no matter how you look at it. The possibility of the Mark of Original Sin being in the ocean is probably very high. Ah~ah, if only the terrain search could determine the size of an entire planet at once."

Of course, this is impossible to achieve. We have tried it before. When the area displayed by the terrain search is large enough, the entire image will freeze like a computer crash.

"Let's think about what to do now... Camisia and the others up there must be worried, so we should hurry up."

Although it would be more direct to use "short-distance teleportation" to get to the ship directly, there will be various problems. It's not that I absolutely cannot tell Iris, Fukagan, and Angelica about my strength, but now is not the right time. Besides, even if I do tell them, I only plan to explain it in a vague way like "I'm actually very strong."

—First, use "Short Distance Teleport" to get out of the stomach, then switch back to being a healer and slowly float up—Huh? Wait, it actually moved on its own?

After Ella said that she wanted to go up quickly, the Deep Sea Lord immediately began to speed up and swam towards the water surface.