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

Like a chicken being strangled, Shiz, who had wanted to refuse, immediately shut his mouth and slowly retreated back to Lucia with an unwilling look on his face.

Seeing this scene, a thin man with short shaved hair who was leading the men surrounding Lucia licked his lips and withdrew his gaze from Lucia's plump breasts.

"Oh~oh, I didn't expect the Priestess to be so kind to her slaves. As long as the Priestess is willing to pay something, I will be happy to let you leave here in one piece, okay?"

Lucia frowned at the evil gaze that seemed to be licking her body.

"Three gold coins will do."

Lucia pulled three gold coins from her pocket and threw them in front of the man with disgust—they were about five meters apart.

When he heard the word "three gold coins", the thin man's eyebrows jumped noticeably. Three gold coins were obviously beyond his expectation. He didn't care at all about throwing away the gold coins, which obviously expressed disgust. He raised his head to his subordinates and asked them to pick up the three gold coins and weigh them to confirm the weight.

Although this thin man rarely touched gold coins, he was very clear about their exact weight. The gold coin thrown by Lucia was indeed real. He grinned and took a step forward. The only exit of the alley was where he was standing. The priestess and her slaves in front of him had no way to escape - unless they were high-level magic casters who could use "fly", but if they were at that level, he would definitely have died here long ago. There was no room for negotiation.

"Three gold coins? You think you can get rid of me with just three gold coins?"

Although the thin man never expected to get three gold coins, since the other party could easily take out three gold coins, it meant that there must be room for exploitation, and he certainly would not miss this opportunity.

Lucia smacked her lips in surprise. Things were just as she had imagined. The other party would definitely not limit themselves to three gold coins. However, she only had two gold coins and some other scattered coins left in her pocket. If she handed them all over, her future life would be difficult.

"It's only two silver coins. If it's more, I'll choose to use magic."

Taking out the magic wand as if threatening, Lucia threw two more silver coins in front of the thin man. The crisp sound of the silver coins hitting the ground echoed in the alley.

But this time, the thin man no longer focused on the silver coins. Instead, he looked at the silver scepter in Lucia's hand. His cloudy eyes were full of greed. He frowned and made an embarrassed expression.

"Two silver coins won't do... If you, Miss Priestess, give me the staff in your hand, I can guarantee that you will leave here safely, and I will never do anything to cause you trouble again."

"Don't push your luck."

Realizing that the other party was trying to take her staff, Lucia's tone was filled with anger for the first time. If she had to say what kind of people she hated the most, besides those who hurt others as clearly stated in the scriptures, it would be those who wanted to take away her staff that she used to cast healing magic.

"Oh my, this is a bit awkward."

The thin man shook his head and took a step forward with the rest of his men, all with lewd smiles on their faces. It was obvious that they were about to take action. If they were not mistaken, Lucia and Shiz would definitely suffer a tragic fate next.

The negotiations broke down, and Lucia immediately began to chant the few offensive magic spells she had learned, but the thugs would definitely not give Lucia time to chant.

"Tsk."

The thin man in the lead spat toward the roadside, and with a fierce look on his face, he reached out to grab Lucia's wrist that was holding the staff. Since there was less than two meters between the two of them, if Lucia was allowed to continue like this, her chant would definitely be interrupted.

"I won't let you hurt Lucia-sama!"

Another thin figure rushed out from beside Lucia, and rammed the thin man with its shoulder. Shiz, who had been standing nearby, finally couldn't help but help.

Although he successfully knocked the man off course, he also stumbled and fell to the ground due to his unstable posture.

When the thin man found himself being pushed away by a slave, anger instantly filled his face.

"A mere slave actually fought back?"

boom.

“Guuuu!”

There was a muffled sound of flesh contact, and the thin man mercilessly kicked Heath, who was already lying on the ground, in the abdomen. Heath immediately let out a muffled groan, and after seeing this scene, the other thugs gathered around Heath and started punching and kicking him.

"Lucia-sama, hurry up!"

“Shitz!”

Lucia, who took in this scene, immediately stopped chanting. Given her chanting speed and Hiss's weak body that had not yet recovered, Hiss might die from his injuries after she released the attack magic. However, her shouting did not make the thugs stop kicking and beating Hiss. Instead, they intensified their efforts and began to look for objects around them that could be used to beat him.

[No, if this continues, Shizu will definitely die.]

A hint of fear emerged in Lucia's heart, and then gradually turned into anxiety and spread throughout her body. However, she had no way to drive away these thugs now. If she had practiced a lot of holy attack magic like other priests, it would be fine, but she focused her energy on healing magic and couldn't even chant the most basic attack magic like "Light Arrow" smoothly.

Hit him with the staff? The staff was strong, but even if it hit the back of the head correctly, after one successful strike, the remaining people would restrain him. That would put both of them in danger, and escape was not an option. First, there were walls all around, and there was no other way to go except where the thugs were in front. Second, he would never abandon Shiz and run away alone.

So should I just watch Xiz being beaten to death by the thugs?

When this question arose, the answer came to her mind immediately. Lucia poured her strength into her right hand holding the divine staff without hesitation, and smashed it viciously from top to bottom on the back of the head of one of the thugs. Even in the Church of Enstanit, which loved all creatures equally, there was a group that was not favored. The holy scriptures recorded such a race that deserved divine punishment - people who committed violence against others.

“—Ugh!”

The thug who was hit fell down, but just as a look of joy appeared on Lucia's face, things turned out as Lucia had originally thought. Others turned their attention to herself.

"Hehe, Miss Priestess, you were the one who started it, so don't blame me!"

A sturdy man with a face full of flesh grinned evilly and stretched out his arms, which were as thick as Lucia's calves, towards Lucia, trying to strangle her neck with his hairy arms. However, just as he was about to touch Lucia, who had no time to dodge, he was grabbed by another hand that suddenly appeared - the hand was so small that it seemed like it would break with a slight squeeze.

but it is not the truth.

“Wha-what?!”

As if being firmly clamped by a pair of pliers, the strong man found that he could not move his hand forward at all, and he could not even retract it. The terrifying force made him sweat unconsciously on his face.

At the same time, a voice with almost no emotion sounded.

"If you want to use violence against others, then be prepared to be treated violently by others."

Click.

The sound of bones breaking rang in the man's ears, and then, an explosive pain came from his wrist.

“Ugh!”

Of course, Shen Gan's help was just the beginning, and the evidence was the childish voice that sounded afterwards.

"'Holy Pestle Strike'!"

Chapter 20 Rescue

A golden light brighter than the sunlight filled the alley. When all the thugs subconsciously closed their eyes, a huge impact came upon their abdomens. Then, like being hit by an ogre with full power, the sound of flesh hitting the wall rang out one after another.

“Guuuu!”

Except for the strong man who was stopped by Shengang, the rest of the people, without exception, collapsed at the foot of the wall without any ability to fight back. Of course, this was the result that Ella did not use the Fire Arrow. The Fire Arrow was too powerful and was not suitable for use against humans.

As for the thug that was stopped by Fukagami, not only was his wrist that was grabbing Lucia broken, but his other three limbs were also twisted in all directions at strange angles. It seems that those thugs who were defeated by Ella's "Holy Pestle" may have to thank Ella afterwards.

Although it was pitiful to see the burly man curled up on the ground, howling in pain, Ella abandoned her sympathetic thoughts of using healing magic when she thought of what he had done to the girl lying on the ground. She simply used a "stun bullet" to make him unconscious, temporarily sparing him the pain of the broken bones.

Seeing this scene, Shen Gan sighed in annoyance.

"Haaa—he used a stun grenade to knock him unconscious. Where did this kindhearted person come from, Senpai? He deserves this, doesn't he? He must have done something similar to others before."

"Well, let the guards handle those things."

It's true that villains need to be punished, but I don't have a habit of abusing people.

Switching the Heavenly Punishment Pestle from both hands to her right hand, Ella walked up to Fukagan and the still stunned Lucia.

"Lucia, are you okay?"

“Eh, is that Miss Elelaya? I-I’m fine…Ah! Shizu!”

After being called by Ella, Lucia was stunned for a moment, then immediately looked at the black-haired girl who was lying on the ground with only a weak rise and fall. The girl had just been fed life-restoring potion by Lotte.

The worried look on Lucia's face prompted Ella to explain immediately.

"She should be fine. Although her injuries are serious, she should recover soon after taking the magic potion."

"Is it, is it a precious magic potion... Thank you, Miss Elelaya."

After hearing that it was a magic potion, Lucia breathed a sigh of relief, bowed deeply to Ella, and then moved step by step to Shiz with the help of the magic wand. What happened just now made Lucia's legs a little weak. If she hadn't used the magic wand, she might have sat down on the ground now.

At the same time, Lotte also came to Ella.

"Ms. Ella, what should we do with those people?"

Those people were of course the thugs. Due to the huge level gap between the two sides, no one could escape the sweep of the "Holy Pestle" and all of them fainted against the wall.

"Tying him up... No, that's too much trouble. Better tell the patrolling soldiers later and let them take care of it. He won't wake up for a while anyway."

"Okay, do we need to wait for Miss Lucia to join us next?"

Ella scratched her cheek in distress.

Although he had originally planned to leave after dealing with Lucia's problem, it now seemed that he could not just leave Lucia alone. The slave picked up by Lucia was only level 5, not as high as Lucia's own level. He did not look like a guard at all. He should be a slave rescued by Lucia.

Thinking about it this way, if Lucia happened to pass by the Hikarit Church like himself, then it would be fine for them to travel together on the rest of the journey. Rather than letting Lucia get killed in some unknown corner, he would rather take Lucia with him, even though he might be annoyed by endless questions.

Ella nodded.

"Well, let's wait for Lucia. I also have something to ask Lucia."

When the two finished their conversation, Lucia on the other side also helped Shitz, who was cured by the low-level magic potion, to stand up. The reason why magic potions are expensive is not only because their production is small, but also because their effect time is much faster than that of ordinary medicines. So it is not surprising that Shitz could stand up immediately. It is worth mentioning that the magic potion Shitz drank was one of the first batch of low-level magic potions made by Ella. Now Ella can use ordinary materials to make intermediate magic potions.

"How's Shizu feeling?"

"Lucia-sama, where are those people from earlier?"

The black-haired girl obviously hadn't reacted yet and just kept looking around, so Ella was able to see her face clearly.

——It really can't be said to be good-looking. The left half of her face is covered with traces of ulcers. It is black and uneven, which can easily remind people of the face of the undead. Her black hair is dull and lifeless like dead grass. Although traces of combing can be seen, long-term malnutrition will not change due to temporary generous treatment. In addition, her skin looks too dry, yellow and thin. The exposed fingers are just bones connected to the skin. Not to mention that she does not have the healthy color of a normal person, even the "flesh" that can support the skin is not visible. If this girl was left in the middle of the night, no one would question her even if she was mistaken for an undead.

Trying hard not to show fear or sympathy—either of these emotions would be rude to show at this moment, Ella turned her gaze to Lucia. Lucia seemed unconcerned and offered her shoulder to Shizu in response.

"They've all been dealt with by Miss Elelaya."

Hearing this, Shitz showed an expression of obvious relief, and then, as if he had run out of strength, he hung most of his body on Lucia - compared to Lucia, Shitz was obviously much thinner - but he seemed to remember something, and immediately pulled himself together, struggling to get away from Lucia.

“I’m so sorry for being so rude to Lucia-sama…”

Judging from the way Shiz bowed his head in apology, he must be concerned about being close to his master as a slave. If he was a slave for entertainment, leaning on the shoulder like this would be natural, and it would even be a reward from the master. But Shiz was not that type of person no matter how you looked at it, so it was normal for him to care about the distance between master and servant, just like Lotte at the beginning.

Lucia frowned at Shizu's words.

"I told you not to say such things again, didn't I? Forget it, we'll talk about this later. Right now, Miss Elelaya is the most important thing."

"Ms. Elelaya?"

"It's this blonde demon lady, she's the current one—"

"Ah—hello, I'm Elelaya from the Demon Tribe, and these are my companions, Lotte and Fukagan, from the Human and Dragon Tribes respectively."

Ella interrupted Lucia's attempt to introduce the identity of the Demon King in time and introduced Luty and Fukagan to Shitz. Although few people in the territory of the Hikarit Church had a sense of race, the title of the Demon Queen would make people think that she was a terrible person no matter how you looked at it. In order not to leave such an impression in Shitz's mind, this was something she had to do.

Following Ella's introduction, Lotte and Fukagami stood beside Ella one after another. As if seeing something dazzling, Shiz opened his mouth slightly and murmured softly.

"pretty……"

In Shiz's opinion, Lucia is the most beautiful person in the world. Of course, this is not flattery from a servant's perspective, but Lucia herself does have such ability. In fact, people can often be seen pursuing Lucia in the church. Her kind heart, delicate doll-like appearance, and hardworking personality are all attractive.

Therefore, when Shiz opened his eyes and saw Lucia's concerned expression before he was about to starve to death, he couldn't help but feel that Lucia was an angel sent by God to greet him, an existence as dazzling as the sun.

Shiz had never seen jewelry or anything else, so he could only describe it as the sun. But the appearance of Ella and the other two pushed Shiz's cognitive limits. Since he had already described Lucia as the sun, what metaphor could he use to describe something even more dazzling than the sun? For a moment, Shiz couldn't help but fall into this dilemma. Then, Shiz felt his ugliness in front of this group of people, like a grain of dust clinging to a gem, useless except for tarnishing its owner, a completely disgusting and unpleasant existence.

So Hitz immediately reached out to cover the half of his face with scars, and spoke timidly in a tone of inferiority.

"I, I am Miss Lucia's slave..."

"It's my assistant."

Lucia corrected her with a serious look on her face. However, even though Lucia said she was an assistant, the sight of the two of them standing side by side only gave Ella the feeling of sisters. Lucia was in her early twenties and was about the same height as Iris, with her swollen chest. No matter how you looked at her, she was definitely the older sister. In comparison, Hiss, who was about the same height as Lotte, only gave people the impression of a younger sister.

"Well, let's talk outside first. It's really hard to talk here."

Pointing at the thugs lying around, Ella stretched out her hand and made a gesture of invitation.

Lucia also realized this and nodded in agreement with Ella.

"Um."

Chapter 21 The Girls in the Carriage

With the help of the "Terrain Search", the group quickly arrived at the carriage. However, Shitz seemed to be exhausted halfway through the journey, so Lotte suggested that she help Shitz back to the carriage. The latter's physical strength was too poor. Lucia had picked up Shitz only a month ago, and Shitz had not yet fully recovered.

Because of the sudden appearance of two more people, the originally spacious carriage seemed a little crowded. Although Shiz said in the middle of the journey that he just needed to follow behind the carriage, Ella would certainly not allow such a thing to happen. Therefore, Shiz could only stay timidly in the corner of the carriage near the door. The way he sat, which only occupied a small corner of the seat, made people think that Shiz was afraid of dirtying the seat.

This is something you can only get used to slowly over time.

Helplessly spreading her hands in her heart, Ella, who had already sat down, looked at Lucia opposite her. The latter was staring at Iris with a burning gaze that emitted light from her eyes.

"I didn't expect to see you here, Princess-sama. Is Elelaya really a god?"

"God or something... please spare me the title of God."