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

"That's just common sense. I didn't want to admit it at first, but after hearing the reason, I realized it was unavoidable during the chaos of war. I heard everything you said, Ella-chan, and Ester... the Queen."

When Angeline mentioned calling her Esther, she hesitated for a moment. Perhaps she hadn't accepted Esther yet, Ella thought. She completely understood this situation. Even if someone accepted it rationally, they would still cling to their own opinions emotionally. If someone addressed them directly as "Mom" or "Dad" without any sense of distance in such a situation, it would seem strange, leading people to suspect they were plotting something.

But thinking about it, the title is indeed a big problem. Should I call Esther "Mother" or "Father"? Normally, Hildy is the queen, so Hildy should be called "Father." That would make Esther the Queen Mother. But Hildy was the one who actually gave birth to Angelina. Hmm... I'm completely confused.

Like a tangled ball of yarn, Ella felt like she couldn't untie it at all.

“So I don’t hate them.”

"Although I can't experience what Angelina feels, if Angelina needs help, you can always tell me."

"It's not that serious yet. After all, I'm a carefree, good-for-nothing elf. Hey~."

Angeline blinked one eye and playfully stuck out her tongue. Combined with her already cute face, brown ponytails, and pointed ears on both sides of her head, Ella instantly felt as if her heart was pierced by an arrow.

"Angelina is really cute."

"Yeah, yeah, that's right. And becoming the royal family of the elves isn't a bad thing. At least it won't be a burden to little Ella. And as I said before, it will be easier to find a way to restore her vitality."

"Restoring vitality? What is that?"

Ella tilted her head in confusion and looked at Angelini. Angelini rarely showed an unhappy expression. She put the half-eaten dessert on the plate beside her and sat upright to look at Ella.

"Don't you remember, little Ella? Back in the Kingdom of Kumheim, little Ella suddenly became very powerful and even used long-distance teleportation magic. That kind of thing would drain your life force. I'm not entirely sure, but I've heard of such forbidden secrets among the elves in the past."

"The method I use doesn't consume vitality. Angeline misunderstood. I explained this to her a long time ago, but she still remembers it."

"Don't lie to me, little Ella. Since you're using it for me, I have an obligation to help you recover."

Angeline picked up the sweets she had eaten before and gave off an air of not wanting to hear Ella's explanation anymore.

Ella gave a wry smile.

"If Anjie doesn't believe me, I can demonstrate it right now."

Since there was no need to hide it, Ella directly turned into the appearance of a loli god, but Angeline was not moved at all. She just raised her head and glanced at Ella as if she was looking at an idiot.

"Do you think I'm stupid, Ella? This is a dream world."

"It can be done in the real world, too."

"That will consume my vitality again, right? Judging from Ella-chan's appearance, each transformation shouldn't consume much, but it's still consumed. I'll definitely find a way to compensate."

Having said that, Angelini stood up from the sofa with a serious expression, her blue eyes filled with an unyielding will.

"Ah, Ella-senpai, Angeline-senpai, good evening."

As usual, Fukada, with her asymmetrical brown ponytails, walked towards the tea table with the xylophone on her back. She first leaned the xylophone against the side of the sofa, then lifted up her hair that was floating in front of her, and sat down on the armrest of the sofa where Ella was.

"Where's Kuro-senpai?"

Shen Gan asked Ella, but the latter's attention was attracted by Angeline's actions - Angeline was silently lip-speaking, "We'll talk about compensation after we arrive in the Elf Territory."

By the time everyone arrived and the tea party ended, it was already six in the morning, close to dawn.

Chapter 44: The Crisis of Impending Collapse

* February 3, 6188, 15:02 PM, Malbrune Hamel area

Since the southern part of the Goblin Kingdom near the Elf Territory had been completely destroyed by the Fire Goblins, Ella had to give up her idea of ​​sightseeing - no one wanted to see a city full of charred corpses and ruined buildings - and went directly with Ester through the underground passage to the Elf Territory on the surface.

After more than half a month of travel, Ella and her group finally arrived at Hamil Territory, a territory directly under the jurisdiction of Queen Hilti in the Elf Territory.

It is worth mentioning that before leaving, the Goblin King gave Ella a weapon called the Bow of Oppel as a reward for helping the Goblin Kingdom resist Baphomet. According to the Goblin King, the Bow of Oppel was a weapon used by the previous king. Because the bow was too long, it was not suitable for the short goblins, so no other goblin has been able to fully draw the bow in the past six hundred years. Although Ella stated that she was a healer and might not need a bow and arrow, the Goblin King still let Ella accept it, on the grounds that he hoped Ella could find a suitable owner for the Bow of Oppel.

Ella felt embarrassed to accept such a precious item, so in return, she gave the Goblin King a large amount of light stones needed by the Goblins as a gift for exchanges between the two countries.

Looking up at the bare scenery outside the car window and the World Tree that reached so high into the sky that even the top of the tree could not be seen, Ella couldn't help but sigh.

"Although the World Tree is just as I imagined, isn't the surrounding area a little too desolate? Aren't elves a race close to nature? Why are there so many exposed rocks?"

Even soil was rarely seen, with large chunks of dark red rock exposed. Although the World Tree in the distance was very majestic, with a height that might have broken through the atmosphere and a vast area occupying nearly half of the Hamil Territory, it also looked unhealthy. It had thick branches that covered most of the sky, but few leaves were visible. The bare appearance reminded Ella of dead branches with withered leaves in winter, and its huge size made people feel a little more desolate, as if a serious accident had occurred here.

Iris, who was also looking outside, frowned.

"It's a completely different World Tree. The World Tree I saw in Eden before wasn't like this."

Eden is the name of the floating island of the Gods and Humans. In other words, the World Tree at that time was so lush that even the Gods and Humans from neighboring countries could see it.

Angelica, who had seen this scene, simply climbed out of the window and onto the roof of the car, her tone filled with worry.

"It's said that this place used to be a forest..."

"Isn't there a complete absence of forests now? Only a few shrubs at most. Even the World Tree, the pride of the elves, has become like this. I don't remember it clearly, but during the Demon God era, the World Tree of the elves covered the entire territory."

"I think it's related to the civil unrest Miss Esther mentioned. Queen Hilde's brother recklessly used the power of the World Tree, causing it to lose a lot of its power. That's the reason."

Ruthie, who was driving the carriage outside, said that the wind and sand became very strong after entering the elf territory - although it was still a season of heavy snow outside, the elf tribe could be described as hot - so Ruthie had to wear a veil.

As for the reason why the elves had become like this, it was very simple. As Ruthie said, the original elves did live in a primeval forest environment with many trees. But ever since Hilti's brother desperately used the power of the World Tree to resist Hilti's army, the World Tree's barrier has weakened. As a result, the fire elves who had been suppressed underground by the World Tree for many years took this opportunity to attack the barrier. Further changes caused lava to erupt, the surface temperature to rise, and volcanic ash to cover the sky and block the sunlight. In just less than a year, it caused the extinction of a large number of species. Coupled with the need for wood and land in years of war, the original primeval forest gradually became what it is now.

If Hildy had not asked Esther to use the strongest attack at the last moment to break the barrier of the World Tree, break into the World Tree and behead her brother, the fire fairy would have broken through the surface long ago and destroyed the World Tree to the point where it was unusable. What Ella would have seen would have been a scene of lava everywhere and no life.

"If Esther were here, I could ask her directly."

"That man didn't even care about his own daughter. He only came to see Senior Angelina once in the past two weeks. Don't even think about asking questions."

Shen Gan curled his lips and continued with what Mitis said. For more than half a month, Ester had not been with Angelini at all, using the excuse of needing to suppress the fire fairy. Even when she first left the underground world, she only solemnly apologized to Angelini and begged her not to hate her. Then she left Ella and her group and flew to the elven capital, looking very busy.

Iris sighed as she gazed at the World Tree.

"That can't be helped, right? As the royal family of the elves, they naturally have to be responsible for their people. Fuka-chan has also seen fire elves. When creatures like that gather in large numbers, ordinary soldiers can't handle them easily. And with the Bafomel—come to think of it, I remember Aira-chan saying there were more than one Bafomel. Could there be more of those monsters?"

"They seemed to have mentioned 'number seven'. There should have been at least seven. The artificial puppets eliminated three of them, so there should be at least four left."

In addition, it must be said that the horn of Bafmet is a material that is even rarer than the dragon's bones. Especially the horn of Bafmet, which has reached the realm beyond heroes, is only slightly inferior to the crystal of God that Ella knows in terms of magic conduction efficiency and hardness. After being roasted at high temperature and then quenched with the formulated ultra-low temperature magic liquid, it can also obtain a special metal with astonishing ductility. It even makes Ella feel that as long as she is more serious, she can make the artificial puppet into the size of a human. For example, in the non-combat state, it follows you in the form of a human, and in the combat state, it becomes an artificial puppet in the form of a spider.

Of course, this idea is difficult to realize under the current circumstances. It is not because of insufficient technology, but simply because of the scarcity of materials. A Baphomet only has two horns. Even if one horn is the size of a three-story building, it is a fantasy to use the six Baphomet horns in hand to make an artificial puppet - unless there are a few more.

Although Baphroditus is a species, if you search for it, you should be able to find many. However, you need to have a qualified level, meaning at least individuals at the heroic level. There shouldn't be many such Baphroditus. And I don't want to ask the demons for help. It would be much better if I could just buy Baphroditus' horns on the market.

It may sound cruel, but Bafromel is a monster that hates humans. Ella doesn't think there is anything wrong with it. When she saw Bafromel tearing apart the goblin city, Ella had already labeled this species as brutal.

[However, besides purchasing, you might be able to capture them yourself. Next time you encounter a remaining Baphomet from the Fire Fairies, you might be able to try using attack magic.]

It feels like a generalization to directly deny a species, but what is certain is that the Bafu Extinction on the side of the fire goblins are not good people. If they are not restrained, they will slaughter the goblins and elves underground, and may even bring lava to the surface.

Although it might not be possible to kill the animal directly with attack magic and then pull off its horns brutally, it should be possible to quietly cut off the horns near the root while the animal isn't paying attention. As long as the nerves aren't damaged, it would just make Baphomet uglier, but he wouldn't feel any pain. Of course, Ella was just making this analogy based on her experience from seeing on TV that cows don't feel pain after having their horns sawed off.

After making the decision in her mind to let them go if Baphomet surrendered, and to cut off their horns and tie them up and leave them to Ester and Hildy if they didn't surrender, Ella turned her gaze out the window again. Angeline, who was lying on the carriage, had her head hanging by the window with a bored expression.

"What will Angelina do after meeting Queen Hilde? Miss Esther said she won't have a grand welcome, but her address and attitude..."

"Hmm? No problem. In public, just use 'Father' and 'Mother' as your address. That's what Mom said."

"Mom...Mom?"

Ella's expression became strange. Angeline's ability to accept was completely beyond her expectations.

Noticing the surprise on Ella's face, Angelica raised her eyebrows angrily.

"Don't look at me like this, I'm also a flesh-and-blood elf. How can I not be happy when I suddenly have a family?"

"But isn't it a bit too quick to accept it?"

"More than half a month is already a long time."

"But...compared to this, I have another question for Angelini, uh no, I should call you Princess Angelini now."

Camisia looked hesitant, as if she wanted to say something.

"Eh? Teacher Camisia, please don't use honorifics! It feels weird, and I don't want to inherit the throne either."

"Is that so... Actually, I was wondering, does the term 'Mom' refer to Queen Hilde or the Water Spirit Ester?"

For a moment, everyone's attention was focused on Angelini, and everyone was curious about this question.

Feeling uncomfortable with everyone's gaze, Angelina subconsciously stretched out her hands to block her body.

"Auntie, since you haven't asked me to, I'm going to call both of you 'Mom'."

"Huh, that's totally expected. But Angeline-chan's background has finally been solved. I used to be surprised that Angeline-chan could use Berserk as an elf. Now it seems that it was affected by the Mark of Original Sin or her orc bloodline."

"And the fact that you're not afraid of poison is also true."

I still remember that even after being bitten by a poisonous snake, Angelini was completely fine. One of the characteristics of orcs is that they are not afraid of poison.

Boom boom boom boom.

Suddenly, without any warning, the ground began to shake, and the mountains in the distance roared as if they were about to collapse. The horses went crazy with fear, and the people in the carriage were also shaken.

"What's wrong!"

"Your Majesty, look at the World Tree!"

Berg's shouts were heard outside, and Ella and her group flew out of the carriage one after another.

One could see the sky in the distance rapidly turning red, while the World Tree emitted a corresponding blue light. The two sides were fighting against each other as if they were fighting for territory, and the tremors of the earth intensified. After about three minutes, the doomsday scene ended with the victory of the World Tree. The blue light drove out the red and enveloped the sky, but anyone could see that the light shield, which was so thin that it seemed as if it would shatter with the next impact, could not hold out for much longer.

"Is that the barrier of the World Tree..."

Looking up at the crumbling light shield, Ella's purple eyes were filled with worry.

"They probably can't hold out for much longer. No wonder Esther didn't even care about Angelina-chan. It seems the elves are on the verge of collapse."

The elves did not originally exist on the continent. The elves were born because of the sudden arrival of the World Tree - "The World Tree descended among the ancient volcanic groups, and transformed all nearby creatures into a pointed-eared race close to nature." This is recorded in historical documents. The volcanic groups in ancient times did not disappear, but were suppressed underground by the World Tree. Therefore, if the World Tree's barrier disappeared, the entire elf race would be engulfed in flames again.

"It won't break..."

No one believed Angeline's words. Everyone could only look up at the astonishingly huge ancient world tree with worried eyes.

Chapter 45 Hildy Malbrune

The Elf Queen, Hilde Malbrune, who had just walked out of the World Tree, wiped the sweat from her forehead. If it weren't for the fact that the king's weakness made her subordinates feel uneasy, she would probably hold on to the World Tree and walk down the spiral staircase step by step with great difficulty. Originally, she only needed to wave her hand and the vines of the World Tree would act as a ladder, taking people in and out of the World Tree freely. But since the power of the World Tree weakened, all the vines died, and she had to use the wooden ladder built next to the World Tree. The distance of a hundred meters from the ground made her dizzy.

Noticing Hilti's pale face, Esther, who had been waiting on the ground for a long time, hurried forward a few steps and supported Hilti, who was slightly taller than her. The new Prime Minister of the Elf Kingdom, Kiru, who was waiting nearby, also immediately handed over a clean handkerchief.

In stark contrast to Esther's gentle personality, Hildy is decisive but not good at expressing her emotions. Her long golden hair matches the traditional elves' attire perfectly, along with her tall figure and well-proportioned face. Although her skin is slightly pale due to frailty, her every move still exudes the aura of someone in a high position.

Of course, Kiru only has respect for the queen who overthrew tyranny, and no other emotions are mixed in. It is precisely because of this that Hilti values ​​Kiru that she appointed him as prime minister.

Esther took the towel from Kiru and wiped the sweat from her forehead while supporting Hildy.

"Are you okay?"

Esther's appearance meant that there were only trustworthy confidants here. Hildy immediately relaxed, revealing her feminine and delicate side. She put away her toughness as she slowly walked down the stairs, and hung half of her body on Esther as if she had run out of strength.

"...not optimistic."

"I told you to leave it to me, why are you so stubborn?"

"Ester is my last trump card. I can't let you waste your magic power on such a trivial matter..."

"This is no longer a trivial matter!"

Looking at Hildy's pale face, gasping for breath, Ester frowned. Only the royal family of the elves could control the World Tree, but controlling the World Tree required not only royal blood but also an insatiable supply of magic power. Hildy's current level, less than level 40, was simply not enough to meet the World Tree's demands. As for Ester, although she had received Hildy's blood during her body reshaping, possessing the bloodline of the elven royal family and even being recognized by most of the elven nobles for suppressing the rebellion, she could not interfere in this matter—the only task that could not be entrusted to her was controlling the World Tree.

One reason was to avoid laying the seeds of trouble in the future. The World Tree was the lifeline of the elves and could only be controlled by the royal family. If the Seal of Original Sin stepped on and successfully controlled it, it would shake what the people had always believed in - only the royal family could control the World Tree. Once this belief was destroyed, rebellion would follow. If Hildi had not had royal blood, no matter how capable she was, she would not have been able to gain the support of the elves.

Secondly, for the sake of territory security, once Hildi is unable to resist the invasion of the fire elves through the World Tree, Ister, who is level 73, will become the key to turning the tide. The entrance to the volcano is just below the World Tree. Once the Gate of Fire is opened, Ister will use the most grand eighth-level magic to welcome the minions from hell. Therefore, of course, you cannot use up your magic power at will, and you must always keep it in the best condition.

Otherwise, Esther would have disguised herself as Hildy and endured the endless and greedy demands of the World Tree on Hildy's behalf.

With the support of Esther, the current Elf Queen Hilti slowly moved to the shade of a nearby tree. Originally, there were many tree houses made of huge vines here, but now only fruit trees with sparse leaves were left.

"If only I were a higher level."

"It's not your fault. Even if Hildy tried her best to reach the Beyond Hero Realm, it would have the same effect. She would just hold on for a little longer."

Ester, who was kneeling beside Hildy, comforted her.

"Even my magic power can't satisfy the World Tree, let alone Hilde."

After Hildi took over the throne, Esther secretly entered the World Tree with Hildi and tried to control it, but the result was the same as Hildi's. Her magic power was drained out in just a few minutes, and she was unable to explore the magic limit of the World Tree at all. It was as if her magic power was like a stone thrown into the sea. No, it was even worse than a stone. It disappeared without even a splash of water.

"I think the World Tree relies on the magic power within the earth's veins. Our magic power is just a drop in the bucket for it."

"But why can we only control it after we inject magic power into it?"

"Perhaps it's to check his bloodline, or perhaps he needs so much magic power that he has to ask us for it. Didn't Hildy check it out at the Royal Library? The World Tree in the past didn't drain people's magic power like it does now."