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

The person lurking in the middle spoke, and after everyone around him nodded, he continued speaking in a voice whose gender could not be distinguished.

"Once the target arrives, we'll use Smokescreen magic to disrupt their vision and panic them. Then we'll move in to restrict their movements—try not to harm them. This is a toy that Elise-sama needs, so we can't make any mistakes. Do you understand?"

After confirming that no one had any objections, the man dressed as a thief continued.

"Lady Iris will appear and stop us just when we're about to succeed. You must cooperate with her and demonstrate her strength. Got it?"

""""yes.""""

Perhaps a barrier had been set up beforehand to control the sound, so even though they answered in unison, the sound didn't leak out at all.

"Then, be ready for combat and wait for your target to arrive."

Chapter 21 Seven Seconds

*创世纪6186年4月24日 下午19：23分 至圣学院学院区

"It's not enough to live like this."

Not long after Lotte and Ella walked out of the portal, Ella complained while fixing her golden hair that had been messed up by a customer touching her head in the pastry shop.

Today was an important day for Lotte and I, for no other reason than that we had already spent all our savings. Even though the dormitory we were staying in was a free one allocated to everyone in the academy, we still had to pay for our daily expenses such as food and drink. Even though the salary we earned from working in the pastry shop was not small, it was just enough to pay off the debt we owed to the academy.

"Ah, that's enough. I don't want to eat Angel Crystals for dinner anymore."

Angel Crystal was the first source of wealth he had obtained when he first arrived in Ryan Town. Although one could be sold for a platinum coin, which was equivalent to a hundred gold coins, he had heard from Jayne that this kind of fruit was almost impossible to obtain. In order to avoid attracting attention and revealing that he was from another world, he could not sell it casually and had to use it himself.

"It was weird at first, but now I've gotten used to eating Angel Crystals for dinner... How can you just casually eat something so valuable..."

Looking back at Lotte who was carrying a portable dimensional backpack in one hand - this backpack was also her spare one, and the reason she changed to this one was just to cater to the style of the legendary academy - she couldn't help rolling her eyes.

"That thing is delicious, but won't you get tired of eating this Lotte every day?"

"Eh? I think just having dinner would be great."

Ruthie's serious look made her at a loss for words. She opened her mouth but swallowed her words back.

"Anyway! We need to find a side job."

"sideline?"

Hmm? Are the words in the two worlds different? Lotte looked puzzled.

"Yeah—it's like looking for another job after finishing a part-time job."

"But weren't the jobs back then all those… erotic… erotic things…?"

Perhaps because she was imagining that scene, Lotte's face turned a little red.

"Uh, no, that's the only thing that won't work."

"Miss Ella, have you noticed that I'm not good at this anymore?"

“Hmm? Well, sort of…”

I turned my head away from Lotte awkwardly. The real reason for not going was that I simply couldn't accept the idea of ​​drinking next to a man... This physical and psychological resistance was simply insurmountable. Plus, when I recalled the inherent plot of this kind of shop that I had seen in the R18 comics, I felt goosebumps all over my body.

"Actually... you don't have to worry about me—"

"Alright, alright, we'll think of other solutions later. Let's go home first."

As if embarrassed, Ella shouted to cover up what Lotte hadn't finished saying, and walked a little faster.

However, after taking only a few steps, the scenery in front of him changed. The road that was originally surrounded by weeds as tall as a person was instantly filled with thick smoke. He immediately turned around, only to find that the road behind him had also disappeared.

——This is a trap set deliberately by someone.

Unlike when I first came to the other world, I can now adapt to this kind of emergency. Although my theoretical grades are completely failing, I can get an above-average level in practical classes by controlling my strength. A big part of the reason is that I have made good use of all the strategies I got in the game in the past. In addition, as a healer, the first thing the practical class teacher trained me was my ability to save my life. So now when faced with this situation, I am no longer panicked to the point of forgetting to use my skills.

Seven Seconds

This is the peak of human confusion after losing vision. Trained individuals, when their vision is blocked, enter a state of alert, ready to defend against a sudden attack. Whether to stop and meet the attack, or temporarily retreat and adjust their stance, all require a decision within these seven seconds.

If you rush in before seven seconds, the opponent will be too alert. If you rush in after seven seconds, the opponent will have calmed down and have enough time to deal with the attack.

This was one of the pieces of knowledge he had gained. Judging from the current situation, the other party should have been well prepared and was planning to ambush anyone passing by. Although his purpose was still unclear, he should also know this knowledge that he would learn in the first month of entering the academy. Therefore, he only needed to be ready to fight back at the seventh second.

7...6...5...

I wasn't wearing the 'Miracle of Healing' that would grant me immunity to negative statuses below my level, so I couldn't tell if I was under the spell of an illusion or a barrier that simply obscured my vision. It was also difficult to use the corresponding dispel magic, but I was certain that the hunter would appear soon.

He took out the "Pestle of Heavenly Punishment" that was as tall as himself and tapped it lightly on the ground.

4……3……2……1……0。

"'Wild Goose Falls'."

"'Mighty Light'."

Just as he was counting down to zero in his mind, the hunter in the smoke and he simultaneously cast the skill he had prepared for a long time.

"boom--!"

With Ella as the center, a beam of light with a radius of two meters and a height of four meters rushed out. As if it was forcibly pressed by extremely dense matter, the soil around the beam of light began to continuously turn over and disintegrate. At the same time, the attack that she had expected also arrived.

“Sizzle—”

A sound like nails scratching a blackboard that he had only heard on Earth was heard. The sharp and piercing sound of metal friction made people feel as if they could not resist the invasion even if they covered their ears.

However, this sound only lasted for two seconds, and then the beam of light he cast slowly dissipated, replaced by the disappearance of the surrounding smoke and the black arrow that fell less than two meters in front of him.

"Is it a physical barrier..."

"Da, da, da."

Familiar footsteps were heard from behind, but these footsteps seemed unusually loud on the quiet road.

As she expected, Loti also entered the barrier. Loti seemed a little flustered at this time, but Hela in the dimensional backpack was ready to launch at any time.

"Miss Ella? Are you okay?!"

"No, it's just that the story doesn't end here."

I kept a close eye on the nearby brush. Even though the fog had been dispelled by the "Awesomeness" magic, the dense grass still made my vision extremely poor. The awe-inspiring magic had also created a shallow, yet massive, dent in the surrounding dirt. Standing within it, I couldn't help but feel like I was in the middle of a bull's-eye.

However, even after being alert for more than ten seconds, the other party still did not move.

"Lotte, switch to thermal mode and observe the surroundings. I'll be on guard."

Lotte didn't say anything, just nodded. Hela, who was holding the anti-material rifle, had the blue lines on her face gradually turned red. She focused one eye on the scope and began to examine her surroundings.

Deathly silence...

Slowly move the muzzle to find the target, and when the muzzle moves to a place on the right side, stop and do not move.

Ella, who was always paying attention to the changes, smiled at this moment, not knowing whether it was a smile of a little devil or a smile of distress.

"Switch to 'Magic-Destruction' mode, allowing the use of 'Fire Direct Attack'."

"Yes, Miss Ella."

Following Luti's answer, the red lines on Hela's gun flashed, and a red bullet the size of a finger rushed towards the place where the muzzle had stopped before.

Chapter 22 Perhaps a thief's calling is acting

"[Flame Direct Strike]."

A red light bullet traced a trajectory of the same color from the muzzle and rushed towards the bushes. This skill was the first destructive magic that Ella taught Lotte. The reason for this was that unlike ordinary magic that would spread indiscriminately in all directions without control, the "Flame Direct Strike" cast by Hela could only be effective on targets in a straight line while maintaining maximum power. This way, the situation of setting the jungle on fire due to magic and incurring more debt could be avoided to the greatest extent.

Money is important in any world, huh.

The light bullet left a burnt round hole in the dense bushes and hit the target accurately. However, the reality was not as he had imagined. The person who ambushed him would not jump out immediately. Instead, he made a "hiss" sound like ice meeting fire and then stopped reacting.

"That's really tenacious."

"Ms. Ella, what should we do next?"

Ella frowned. If this continued, she would have no choice but to level the place first and then pull the other party out. However, if she did that, there would definitely be a lot of trouble waiting for her. It seemed too much to let Loti use lethal magic directly without understanding the other party's purpose. Even at the moment, it seemed that the other party was definitely not planning a good thing.

“If that’s the case—”

“No chant?! What the hell is this—”

"Number Five, you talk too much."

"Yes."

Just as he was about to make his next move, his attacker revealed his true identity, though his tone sounded startled. Regarding the issue of not being able to chant, he managed to pretend to chant magic, while Lotte used Hela's special ability to avoid the need for chanting.

Seeing five people dressed as thieves jump out of the bushes about ten meters away from her defenselessly and surround herself and Lotte, Ella gripped the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment tightly. The tone of the other party who was still able to chat in such a battle state did not seem like they were pretending to be calm. If she said that they were weak, she probably wouldn't even believe it - this might be the first real battle in the true sense of the word since she came to this other world. Subconsciously, she assumed the fighting posture she had used in "F.Wing" and prepared to fight.

However, the other party did not have the killer temperament that one had imagined, who would attack without saying a word. Instead, he was like the villain in the story who died because of his talkativeness.

"You, a healer, can't defeat us. Just surrender and come with us."

——No, no, is there such a killer who would ask me to surrender right away...Shouldn't he first say a threatening line like "This knife is coated with poison"!

The person standing in the middle of these people, who should be the leader, began to shout at him. The mask he wore only revealed his eyes, making it impossible to see his specific physical features. Moreover, he could not tell whether he was a man or a woman just by listening to his voice. This should be the same kind of mask that he first used in the Ryan Town Casino.

Perhaps noticing that Ella was motionless, another thief nearby spoke up.

"Don't worry, if you just come with us we won't hurt you."

——No, no, no, how can you ask someone to surrender by first saying that you will hurt them?

"You guys are—? I don't think I know you guys, do I?"

"Hehehe, are you finally scared?"

"We are messengers serving the almighty Queen."

"A chosen one like you should weep bitterly for your good fortune to be worthy of the Queen's grace."

The other three who hadn't spoken spoke one after another without a break, as if they had communicated their lines in advance, perhaps to make a summary statement. The one who seemed to be the leader at the beginning delivered the final blow.

"That's it. Put down your weapons and follow us."

——No, no, no, what’s with this awesome reading that looks like acting? Are these five people really not third-rate actors?

Regardless of whether I answered or not, the other party kept talking to himself... Enough, I'm a little tired, there's no room for complaints about this hip-hop clown anymore, I'll clean it up first and then ask one by one.

"****——'Mighty Light'."

He alternated his legs and raised the staff above his head to cast the magic again. Without any hesitation, a golden beam of light shot up into the sky and the earth began to tremble. Then he pointed the staff at the five people dressed as killers, and the golden light rushed directly towards them.

"Hey, hey! What the hell is this?! Wasn't it supposed to be a healer? How come he's the same as the church's executive officer?!"

"It's this big... I'll die!"

"Don't worry about that for now! Get out of the way!!!"

There seemed to be sounds of discussion coming from the other side, but due to the vibration caused by the flying majesty, it was impossible to hear what the other party was saying.

"You don't even feel the danger of this level of pressure? Meeting this kind of opponent in my first real battle... I'm feeling the painstaking effort to clear dungeons in the game all over again."

It's not as trivial as the words say, but it really reminds me of the exhilarating pleasure of battle.

"In that case, we need to prepare well. Lotte, leave the rest to me. I'll use the remaining magic power to deal with any emergency."

"Yes."

As Ella said, Lotte has gone from being exhausted after just one spell to still having enough mana left even after firing two in a row.

"****—'Low-level Light Attribute Enhancement', huh? You're not actively attacking but dispersing? Interesting, so you're not a clown, but someone truly capable. Then try this, ****—'Low-level Large Sealing Formation'."

While the five people were still dodging, Ella pressed her staff into the ground, and then a palm-sized golden barrier condensed above her head. The barrier slowly grew larger and moved vertically downward. By the time it passed through the end of her long golden hair, it had a radius of nearly 2 meters. Gradually, countless unrecognizable runes began to appear around her, connecting into the shape of a chain surrounding her. Finally, the magic circle touched the ground. At this moment, the originally small magic circle instantly extended to a radius of 50 meters as if it was catalyzed.

"Buzz——"

A buzzing sound, almost inaudible but as if originating directly from the mind, was heard. The next moment, a strong light caused everyone to close their eyes.

“Boom boom boom boom—”

“What the hell is this?!”

"This is the first time I've seen it! Why can't you move?"

"This... is this a second-level magic that only high priests can use?"

"No, that's impossible! He's only level 17, how could he possibly be using second-tier magic?!"