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

"No, no... Master Dean, you are too kind. No matter what, you cannot compare me with a sage like you. Everything I do is for the Demon King."

The worker's words made Dean smile even wider, and he subconsciously stroked his gray beard.

"Hehe, is that so? Then let's present the grandest fireworks display for His Majesty here."

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"Lord Camisia, is martial law really unnecessary? How can we allow His Majesty to be with ordinary civilians? What if something goes wrong..."

Facing the anxious Knights of the Royal Guard, Camisia, who was standing on a higher point on the hillside and overlooking the seawall, waved her hand.

"Don't worry. Given His Majesty's personality, if we were to drive ordinary people away to make room just for Him, it would only distract Him from quietly appreciating the tide. He prefers the life of an ordinary person."

"Well... since Lady Camisia says so, yes, I will order everything to proceed according to the standards of previous years, but—"

Having said that, the knight, holding his metal helmet under his armpit, timidly turned his gaze away as if he was hesitant about something.

Noticing something strange about the knight, Camisia raised an eyebrow and turned to face him.

"how?"

"No...it's just that I think you might...I'm just suggesting that, nothing more. Perhaps you should go to His Majesty. Please leave everything here to me."

"Wow."

Camisia hummed with interest, but then waved her hand helplessly.

"No, I appreciate your kindness, but I've already discussed with Dean that I won't leave my post until the festival reaches its climax—"

Camisia's words made the soldier look worried and disappointed. Perhaps noticing this, Camisia smiled and continued to add.

"—So the second half of the festival is up to you."

"Ah, yes, yes! I will do my best!"

"By the way, were those fireworks Dean prepared as well? I heard Dean had been up all night preparing for this festival, but I never imagined he'd come up with something like this."

Looking at the giant octopus-like creature slowly rising from the sea level - at least nearly a hundred meters high - Camisia frowned slightly. As far as she knew, it was a monster called the Deep Sea Octopus, which moved between the deep sea and the shallow sea and possessed incredible strength and magic.

"This size, it must be over level 50. Even for me, it would be difficult to deal with it without attracting other people's attention."

"Could it be some kind of firework? Master Camisia, it seems to be about to float to the surface of the sea. It must be a gift prepared by Master Dean."

"No, I feel like something's a little strange. I'd better ask beforehand, 'Message', Dean—"

"Camisia—"

When Camisia tore open the scroll and used "Message" to connect with Dean, the same "Message" magic came from Dean's side.

After a brief pause, Camisia chose to speak first.

"Is that octopus something you prepared?"

Both sides asked the same question, and the scene fell silent again. After a moment, Dean's old voice came from the other end.

"...You take the initiative, or do I?"

"Wait a minute—Mao, how long until the first wave?"

Without responding to Dean immediately, Camisia chose to understand the situation first.

"Ten minutes left, and twelve minutes until the third wave of the fireworks display begins."

Maou's female voice, which sounded like a mechanical voice, reached Camisia's ears.

"Got it. Thank you."

"Do you need my help in delaying the arrival of the tide?"

"It seems like you've already understood the situation."

"Yes, but I don't have the extra mana to drive the octopus away. The best I can do is delay the arrival of the tide."

"Ah, no need. Maou just needs to make the tide bigger."

After saying this, Camisia severed her connection with Maou and focused her serious gaze on the deep-sea octopus that was staring at the seawall with its tiny eyes.

"Dean, we only have less than ten minutes. It looks like that guy is trying to float to shore."

"I can resolve this with magic in ten minutes, but it might disrupt the festival."

Although Camisia could deploy the defensive barrier on the seawall to prevent the magic from affecting the people, what she should pay more attention to now is not letting the people know that this is actually an unexpected monster that she and her group are trying to eliminate. Otherwise, it will definitely cause panic and ruin the rare festival.

After a moment's silence, Camisia took out the Sword of Disorder from the black ribbon that bound her red twintails.

"In that case, let's go together. Let's lure that guy to the back of the island first, and then we can slowly finish him off."

"Well, that's all I can do."

"Lord Camisia, please take us with you."

As soon as Dean finished speaking, Linglan and others came to Camisia. Among them were not only Tifarian, Nanako and Grace, but also Iris, Fukagan, Mitis and Ruthie.

Scanning the crowd, Camisia showed a look of great surprise.

"Forget about Linglan, but why are you all here too, Lord Ruthie? Where's the princess?"

In Camisia's opinion, now should be the time for Lotte and her group and Ella to enjoy the festival, and they definitely shouldn't be here.

Ruthie looked away somewhat embarrassedly.

"We were together just now, but there were too many people on the road from the square to the seawall... and we got separated from Miss Ella."

"We agreed to meet at the East Ward's seawall, but it's way too big and there are so many people, so I decided to ask Camisia, and then I ran into Linglan and Lotte-chan on the way."

Iris sighed helplessly. With the crowds of people on the seawall as dense as an ant colony, it would take several hours to search for Ella even with detection magic.

Camisia subconsciously glanced at the seawall. Just as Iris said, since it was approaching the time for the fireworks display, the people who had originally gathered on the city streets began to move towards the seawall. The crowd was so crowded that it made people frown.

"Even I don't know where the princess is right now—I'd love to go with you to find her, but I simply don't have the time right now. I can't leave the deep-sea octopus alone."

"Deep-sea octopus? Is that the one? I thought it was just a sideshow. Since we can't find Ella-chan, let's deal with that guy together with Camisia."

"Yes, I am also with Her Highness Iris."

"I'm going too."

Seeing Luti and Shengan nodding together, Mitis immediately turned into a gloomy expression.

"If I say I can't go, wouldn't that be too much of a stretch... I really wanted to find Ella, but damn, Eve got there first."

"Eve? I don't think there's anything to worry about. Ella looks at Eve like she's a younger sister or daughter."

Tifarian shrugged. If it was someone else who was with Ella, Tifarian might have worried about Lotte, but as for Eve, Tifarian thought it was completely fine. Although Eve's expressionless face made it impossible for her to judge her feelings towards Ella, at least Ella had no intention of taking the next step.

"Well then, everyone, let's get started."

As if she had just received a message from Dean, Camisia took out several teleportation scrolls from the ribbon tied around her hair.

"The target is the island one kilometer away. After Dean and I lure that guy to the shore, we'll attack together. Remember, except for the final killing blow, don't use overly eye-catching magic."

"Okay, Miss Camisia."

After taking Hela out of the dimensional backpack, Lotte smiled and nodded.

"Then—[Teleport]."

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"Dean, what's going on?"

After using the teleportation scroll to move everyone to an uninhabited island, Camisia flew into the air and asked Dean, who had been waiting there for a long time,

"That guy's level should be between fifty-five and sixty. Even if I hit him with Dark Corrosion, only less than a meter of flesh would be corroded. His physical strength is probably on par with a giant dragon."

"Tsk, it's just the kind of monster that needs time to be defeated."

Nothing could be worse than this. According to Camisia's original idea, she had to spend the second half of the festival with Ella no matter what. But with this octopus monster in front of her, she might not be able to leave the island until the festival ended.

Camisia frowned, showing an impatient expression.

"We can't waste time here... Let's lure it to the island below, reduce its magic power, and then use our maximum power to destroy it. Is that okay?"

"Maximum magic? If people on shore see it, won't it ruin the festival?"

"The light of magic will be obscured by fireworks, so if you cast it at the right time, it won't be discovered."

Camisia's words made Dean silent for a moment, and then he looked at the people staying on the island.

"Lord Ruti and the princess of the God-man tribe are there, right? Why aren't they with Your Majesty?"

"I got separated from the princess along the way—so you should understand why I chose such a hasty plan, right?"

“…Is that so?”

Even Dean, who didn't often hang out with the others, knew that most people on the island wanted to spend the festival with Ella. Camisia was probably in a hurry so that she could get others to Ella as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Dean immediately revealed the confident smile that is unique to old men who want to bring young people together, and kept stroking his beard.

"Ah, in that case, I'll give it my all. Now that things have come to this, I kind of understand Maou's feelings."

"Mao? What happened to her?"

"Although Mao never said it himself, she must have treated Your Majesty as her own daughter."

flutter.

At the moment when Dean was not paying attention, Camisia turned the Sword of Disorder in her hand into a giant parasol with a diameter of more than five meters, blocking Dean in front of her.

The powerful oncoming water pressure even made Camisia take a step back in the air—this was an attack from the deep-sea octopus.

"We'll talk about those things later. For now, let's focus on fighting."

"Well, it's been a while since I last fought, so I'll use this thing to practice."

"I took it with the first blow—"

Facing the deep-sea octopus that was constantly swinging its huge tentacles and staring at her with hatred, Camisia transformed her parasol into the shape of a knight's lance, infused the Sword of Disorder with magic power, causing its surface to begin to flash with unstable blue-purple light, and then threw it at the deep-sea octopus's head without hesitation.

"Throwing Technique: Star Scatter"

Like a meteor streaking across the night sky—no, a cannonball would be a more accurate description. Carrying with it an unparalleled momentum and a violent force that could have pushed the sea surface down by a meter, the flying knight's lance, accompanied by a sonic boom, fiercely pierced the giant octopus's head. After a brief second, it pierced through from the lower side.

"hiss--"

The deep-sea octopus reacted immediately, like a venomous snake whose tail had been cut off, thrashing desperately in the water, its giant tentacles, over fifty meters long, waving in the air non-stop. Even the reefs on the seashore were instantly smashed into pieces after being touched by its tentacles.

"Wow, it seems to be working."

Camisia curled the corners of her mouth slightly, raised one hand, and recalled the flying Sword of Disorder. As long as the Sword of Disorder made by the Demon King exceeds a certain distance from the user and is actively summoned by the user, it will return to the user by itself after consuming a certain amount of magic power.

While increasing the flight altitude, Dean shrugged helplessly.

"Luckily, we're on the back side of the island, so no one on shore can see us. Otherwise, this alone would have given us away—it's coming."

"We've been waiting for it to come over! Now's the time to lure it to the island!"

"Before that, let me deliver one more blow—Fimbulwinter."

Chapter 78: Chain Chanting, Silence Field

"Ugh, isn't this almost finished?"

Looking at the deep-sea octopus that crashed heavily on the beach with a layer of ice condensed on its surface, Mitis shrank his neck timidly. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Mitis would have thought that this deep-sea octopus had just returned from the cold winter in the far north.

"No, it's just the surface of the body that's frozen. No real damage has been done. The tentacles of the deep-sea octopus absorb magic and vitality. Be careful not to get caught by it."

Camisia, following closely behind the Deep Sea Octopus, landed in front of everyone.

"With its size, it won't die immediately even if it takes a fifth-level spell head-on. First, cut off all its tentacles, then concentrate your firepower to kill it in one go. Dean and I will suppress it, and the rest will be up to you."

"Well, this is a good opportunity to test out the results of my training in the labyrinth. Even though I only reached level 30 a few days ago, I have no problem with flying magic for now."

Tifarian gripped the golden rapier at her waist. As an adventurer, it was natural for her to yearn to challenge the strong.

In addition, due to the high-intensity training in the maze, everyone except Ella has reached level 30.

"That guy is coming!"

"Fukan, Tifarian, and Nanako-chan will be in charge of holding them back. Mitis-chan will find a chance to cut off the tentacles, and Lotte-chan and I will provide remote support."

"no problem."

Taking out a white parasol with sharp blades, Mitis answered while spreading her wings and flying into the air.