*Genesis 6187 March 8th at 10:51 AM, Morabi City Underground Tower 3rd Floor

Since the underground tower is not like a maze where the environment changes every few floors, no matter where you go, it is a monotonous place consisting of corridors, small rooms and halls, and it is generally dark - you can only barely see that there is someone opposite you, but you have no idea what they look like.

After entering the third floor, Ella began to look for the path that the adventurers had to pass through. Although if it were just some skeletons and zombies below level 5, they could be defeated no matter what, but they would inevitably be hit by stray bullets in the process. Therefore, if possible, it would be better to choose a place that could limit the undead from rushing up and ambush them.

"Lotte, is this all that's needed?"

"Well, Miss Angelini, these are all that is needed."

"It feels like I'm in the basement of that Marquis of Ser-something's house."

While piling huge rocks that required two arms to lift into a shelter half a person's height, Angeline looked up and made a reminiscent expression - rocks were everywhere in the underground tower, and if you were not careful, you would trip over them if you walked.

Angie's words made Luty smile.

"The soldiers back then were quite powerful, weren't they? If you put them against the undead that Ms. Ella described, they'd be crushed to pieces with just a few charges."

"Yeah, but Lotte finally took care of it. Come to think of it, the thing Lotte pulled out at that time seemed to have destroyed the entire underground."

"That's a forbidden item~"

Luti leaned in front of Angeline and gestured to silence her, asking her to stop talking. Of course, this wasn't to keep Angeline a secret from the others, but no one could be sure there wasn't surveillance magic in the underground tower. If someone overheard it, it could lead to disaster. After all, items equivalent to fifth-tier magic were already strategic weapons, and even Ella had only given her three.

While this secret conversation was going on here, Ella on the other side also added the "solidification" magic to the stone barrier. "Solidification" is a skill that can make two separate objects become a whole, which is just right for use here.

In order to confirm whether the stones were glued together, Ella poked the bunker with the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment - there was no problem, the stones showed no signs of shaking.

"Lotte, don't we need to place more trigger traps?"

He raised his head and asked Lotte on the other side.

"Hmm? That's not necessary. If we set a trigger trap, the adventurers ahead will step on it first."

"is that so……"

"Senior, if other magic casters saw you using your staff like this, they would cry."

There was a hint of speechlessness in Shen Gan's tone. Although Ella had not explained to everyone what level of weapon the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment was until now, it was clear from the performance that the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment was at least on the same level as the Hela used by Lotte, that is, an artifact-level magic weapon. Hitting the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment without any care like this really felt like a waste of God's gift.

Following Fukagan's words, Ella turned to look at the other priest present—and sure enough, Lucia was looking at the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment with a worried expression.

"Ahahaha... I didn't realize it. The staff is very strong, don't worry."

“Haa ...

She felt like Fukagan's sigh was like, "Is this guy an idiot?", but continuing to pester her might only lead to a sad answer, so Ella decided to change the topic to the adventurers.

In the 『Terrain Search』, those adventurers were rushing towards him at an extremely fast speed—or to be more precise, running away.

"Get ready! The adventurers will be arriving soon, in about three minutes. Lucia and Shizu will stay at the back, while Angelica and Fuka will greet them. The rest of you will stay in the bunker and provide magical support."

"Yes, yes."

After waving to Ella, Angeline jumped to the other side with one hand supporting herself on a half-person-high shelter, followed by Shen Gan. As for Iris and Camisia, they leaned against the wall as if they didn't want to participate in such a battle. Although two hundred undead was a terrifying number, it was not a problem for the four people who were preparing for a battle. Moreover, there was no reason for Camisia to appear in an adventure like this that could be used to train Ella.

The princess cannot live in swaddling clothes forever. This is the result of the discussion between Camisia and Dean. As long as it is a battle that will not hurt Ella, it is better not to participate too much if possible. Of course, the scope of "injury" is entirely determined by Camisia, so in fact, a battle that can make Camisia leave can be equated with playing.

"coming!"

Following Ella's reminder, two adventurers appeared at the end of the corridor facing the bunker - about twenty meters away. According to the "Terrain Search", they were a dragon and an elf respectively. On the other side of the corner, invisible to the naked eye, there was a team of about twenty people running wildly. It seemed that no one had been swallowed by the undead during this period. The number of light spots was the same as the number Ella saw at the beginning. In addition, the undead were hanging about ten meters behind them.

The two leading adventurers spotted Angelica and Shen Gan standing in front of the shelter. Instead of stopping, they ran and shouted at them.

"If you don't want to die, run!"

"There are undead behind us!"

Just like that, the two of them bypassed Angelica and Shen Gan without any hesitation, jumped over the cover, and hurriedly ran to the other end.

Seeing the two people running away in a hurry with terrified expressions on their faces, Iris, who was leaning against the wall, waved with one hand folded across her chest.

"Ah~ah, what a disaster."

"Little Ella, the second group is here!"

"Yeah! Got it!"

Shortly after the two adventurers ran past, another group of about twenty adventurers came into Ella's sight.

Everyone had a look of fear on their faces. The people in the front were almost crawling as they fled, while the people behind - mostly magic casters who were lacking in physical strength - could only use magic to slow down the speed of the undead in an attempt to buy time for themselves. At this time, everyone no longer cared about the mutual vigilance among the adventurers, and just wanted to escape from this damn underground tower as soon as possible.

Perhaps because they saw Ella hiding behind the cover, some kind-hearted adventurers also shouted.

"There are undead creatures behind us! Run!"

Of course, there were also people who were desperate to escape, and they shouted at Angelica and Shen Gan who were blocking their way in a vicious tone.

"Get out of my way!"

"Tsk."

If possible, Ella wanted to trip the other person here, but considering that the other party was forced to do so, she gave up the idea and stepped aside to make way.

pat, pat.

Then, there was the sound of wet shoes stepping on the ground, and there was also the sound of insect monsters crawling. If I was not mistaken, those should be zombies and skeletons.

“Ouch!”

"Solu!"

"Don't worry about me, just go ahead!"

"How is that possible, eh!"

In the field of vision, a magic caster who had fallen behind fell to the ground due to exhaustion. Perhaps because of their companions, another adventurer running beside him stopped and tried to pull him up, but also tripped over an unknown object and fell. In addition, two other people who looked like children also fell to the ground - unlike the previous two, these two children seemed to have been injured a long time ago.

"Help! Help my sister!"

"Leave me alone, Nayi!"

Although they said so, both of them had actually fallen to the ground. The one who looked like the younger sister could only helplessly shout to the people around her, but those adventurers couldn't even take care of themselves, let alone them, who were porters whose status was only slightly better than that of slaves - a kind of hard labor specifically for carrying monster corpses for adventurers.

"I don't have a bad habit of watching others die...Angelina!"

"Well, leave it to me~"

As she spoke, Angeline rushed towards the four people lying on the ground with a giant scythe. The undead skeletons had already walked behind them. If they were not rescued in time, they would see blood spurting out in the next second.

"[Giant Scythe Slash]!"

Clang—click.

The former was the crisp sound of the scythe hitting the iron sword, while the latter was the sound of a skull falling to the ground. Perhaps because it was unreal, when the target was an undead creature, Ella did not feel any discomfort such as nausea.

After jumping in front of the adventurers and beheading the undead, Angeline immediately turned around and shouted at the four people lying on the ground.

"Hurry up and get behind those rocks over there!"

"Noble-sir? Are you alright?"

The male adventurer who wanted to save his companion raised his head and looked at Angeline with concern. Judging from his words, he was probably a person with a very good character.

"I'm fine, you guys go ahead."

“Thank you!”

After saying this, the male adventurer immediately helped the magic caster up and limped towards Ella. However, there was still another problem that had not been solved - the two porters were unable to stand up due to leg injuries. Even for Angelini, it would be very difficult to fight the undead while retreating with the two of them. Therefore, Angelini could only choose to reduce the number of undead as much as possible before the reinforcements arrived.

"Xiao Fukan, I'll leave these two children to you!"

"learn."

Since the entire passage was less than five meters long, and with Angeline using a giant scythe as a weapon, it was inconvenient for Shen Gan to launch an attack, so he just stayed nearby with his presence concealed to prevent the undead from attacking from the side when Angeline was negligent.

Coming to the side of the sisters lying on the ground, Fukagami bent down.

"Excuse me."

“Eh?!”

"Ahhhh!"

Before the sisters could react, Shen Gan held them under his arms and jumped towards Ella. Although Shen Gan himself was not tall, he had no problem compared to the two malnourished girls. It was just that Shen Gan's speed was too fast, causing the two sisters to scream in fear.

At the same time, Angelica, who was fighting the skeleton alone, also encountered some troubles.

"Giant Scythe Slash—Oops!"

A green light flashed on the golden-pink scythe, but at this moment a rusty sword suddenly appeared in the lower right corner - the undead could still attack even if they were cut into two pieces. This was the most difficult point when dealing with the undead.

「Tsk, is it all I can do now? With Ella-chan’s 『Iron Wall Strengthen』, it shouldn’t be a problem, right?」

An orange-red tail flame flashed across the corner of my vision.

Armor-piercing bullet

As if struck by some gigantic monster, the orange-red light, carrying an irresistible momentum, knocked down a straight line of skeletons. The sound of countless bones breaking rang out one after another, and even created a vacuum zone in the passage where there were no undead. Luty, who had been monitoring the battlefield from a distance, helped Angelini solve the problem.

"As expected, with so many skeletons, even Angelini would have a hard time dealing with them alone... 'Mass Wind Binding Technique'."

In order to create an output environment for Angelini, Ella stood up and cast a "Group Wind Binding Technique" to restrict the movement of the skeletons behind her. However, due to the huge level difference between the two sides, the Wind Binding Technique that was originally intended to slow down the opponent turned out to be a restriction that made the opponent unable to move at all. The undead could only stay in place and tremble slightly. Although it was unexpected, it did not do any harm. So after sticking out her tongue, Ella turned her attention to some adventurers who had previously run through the cover.

After discovering that Ella and the others wanted to stop the undead, some of these adventurers took the initiative to stay and prepare to fight with Ella. However, they now just stood behind the cover stupidly, not even noticing that their weapons had fallen to the ground.

“Wow… that’s amazing…”

"Who on earth is that elf who was able to wipe out three skeletons with one strike? Is this the strength of a White Iron-rank adventurer?"

Of course, the term "white iron" here is not derogatory. Although white iron is the lowest level in the general adventurer level, there are wood-level adventurers in the underground tower who are one level lower than white iron - 70% of the adventurers in the underground tower are wood-level, so even if they are white iron-level, they must look up to them.

"Compared to the Elf-sama, I think that dragon lady over there is more powerful. Did you see that? Even 'Gaze of the Wind' couldn't match that speed just now, right?"

"Yeah, I think so too."

"Isn't that maid over there even more formidable!? She not only supported the elf-sama from such a distance in an emergency, but also wiped out so many undead with a single strike. With a maid like that, there's absolutely no need to worry about support, right? Bringing a maid into the underground tower is a bit of a travesty, though."

【ha? 】

Ella, who was standing not far away, couldn't help but show a puzzled expression. She couldn't understand why people said maid costumes were a bad taste. They should look very good.

"That's right. Actually, what kind of noble is this person, summoning a maid to a dangerous place like the underground tower..."

"Hey, hey, are you even listening to me? That maid is obviously very powerful, so she's acting this way. She doesn't need to take the undead seriously, so she's wearing a maid outfit and looking down on them."

The male adventurer stared at his companion with a serious expression, but this made Ella feel a little unnatural. She had made Lotte wear a maid uniform simply because it looked good, and she didn't mean to show any contempt. Besides, the maid uniform itself was made of special fibers and had defensive properties that were no less than magic armor, so there was nothing wrong with using it in battle.

"...Didn't you guys notice? The healing sister just now is the most powerful one, right?"

A plump female adventurer quietly pointed at Ella, and following the gaze of the female magic caster, the other adventurers also set their sights on Ella not far away.

"Don't bring this up with me, you bastard! I'm still in the middle of a fight, don't distract me!"

But unfortunately, these adventurers could not hear Ella's inner voice. Recalling Ella's previous magic, the adventurers all fell silent without exception. After a long time, one of them spoke hesitantly - it was a voice as if afraid of something, mixed with hesitation and disbelief.

“…What was that just now…?”

"I heard it called 'Mass Wind Binding Technique'?"

"How could 'Mass Wind Binding' have that kind of effect? ​​It must be the high-level spatial magic 'Space Confinement'."

"That's a rare spell you can only learn at level 40, right!?"

"Sir, you probably didn't want to shock us too much, so you deliberately mentioned low-level magic like Wind Binding. You're such a kind-hearted person... even though you look so young."

For a moment, everyone looked at Ella as if they were looking at something dazzling.

Chapter 27 The Porter Sisters

Even with her back to the group of adventurers, Ella could still feel the burning gazes behind her. Although she knew that the other party had no ill intentions, she still had a feeling that she could not accept it. Not to mention that she now presented herself as an old man with such a young appearance, even if she were an old man of Dean's age, she probably would not accept the worship with peace of mind. After all, the magic she had just cast was indeed the "Group Wind Binding Technique", not the so-called high-level space magic "Space Confinement".

Since Shen Gan returned to the battlefield after sending the two sisters to the shelter, and with the assistance of Luty, Angelica was destroying the skeletons with a crushing momentum. Not only did they not retreat, but they were also moving forward - every swing of the scythe would take away at least three undead, and if magic was used, this number would be doubled.

One of the adventurers made a swallowing sound.

"This...this is definitely an Iron-rank adventurer, right? That healer—no, the magic caster is level 40. They must be the legendary Crimson-rank adventurer group... If I remember correctly, there's only one Crimson-rank group active in the Hikalite Church, right?"

Considering that continuing to let the adventurers misunderstand might make the situation irreversible - and that the misunderstanding would only become more and more troublesome if it wasn't resolved soon, Ella turned around and focused her attention on the seven adventurers behind the cover.

"She's looking over here!"

"He must be looking at me!"

"How could that be? Look at me, your sister, who is also a magic caster."

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