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

"Is this all we can do... Lotte, I'm sorry, I have to stand in front of you again."

He couldn't help but feel a warm feeling in his heart when he recalled the time when Zarco attacked him in Ryan Town, when he had taken the initiative to block it, and Lotte was scolding him and crying. He took out a pendant that blocked mental magic from the storage and put it around Lotte's neck. He leaned his face close to Lotte's ear, whispering a word of advice to her, who was still in a trance.

"I'll take care of this and be back soon, don't worry."

Then he took a look at the location of the Lava Lord on the terrain search - he was almost there.

"Then... let's begin!"

After murmuring softly, Ella simply gave up on continuing the magic battle, bent down to lower her center of gravity, and rushed directly towards Iris who was chanting magic.

""accelerate"."

The originally slow speed instantly increased to a higher level, and seeing this scene, Iris chanted even faster.

It's not enough, it needs to be faster, but if it goes any faster, people will definitely doubt my true strength. To be honest, the current speed has already exceeded the limit of the surface level.

At the speed at which the Lava Lord moves, it will take about three seconds for him to reach the cave entrance.

Before that, he had to exchange positions with Iris. At the very least, he had to surpass Iris and encounter the Lava Lord first.

There was a clattering sound as her feet stepped on the cave, and Iris's magic could already reveal the outlines of blue and purple dots.

——Two seconds left, now only a few steps away from Iris.

The lightness brought by the acceleration magic made Ella feel as if she could fly with just a little effort. The smoothness she had felt in "F.Wing" before seemed to have returned to her body. She subconsciously exerted force on her feet and leaped directly into the air.

——In one second, the scorching heat of the Lava Lord could already be felt in the cave.

"◆△△●——『Lightning Direct Strike』."

Iris finished her magic chant, and a blue-purple electric light pierced through the air and arrived in front of her.

"Can we make it..."

From the corner of his eyes, he could already see the crimson light of the Lava Lord reflected on the inner wall of the cave, but if he just let Iris's magic hit him without any resistance, he would definitely fall to the ground due to loss of inertia.

Use the magic shield again to block in front of you. At this time, you just need to use the impact of the explosion to push yourself away.

——Finally, the Lava Lord appeared in the cave, his body made entirely of magma charging forward with the momentum to melt everyone.

"Bang."

Iris's magic shattered the magic shield, and the impact of the explosion caused Ella's body, which was originally suspended in the air, to fly directly towards the entrance of the cave.

This is the moment! Ella shouted in her heart, and the light in her eyes seemed to say "Success!"

『High-level Exorcism』

The Lava Lord, who was originally rushing towards Iris, paused for a moment, and then his shapeless body turned directly into a hand, grabbed Ella who was flying towards the cave entrance, and quickly took her away. As if he had lost interest in other people, the Lava Lord no longer cared about the people who were still staying in the cave, and quickly retreated in the direction he came from.

It was dead silent, even the sound of breathing became noise.

It was a long while before anyone spoke.

"Miss...Ella?"

Because of the influence of the pendant that Ella gave her when she left, Lotte woke up from her trance, but the first scene she saw after waking up was that Ella was blown away by Iris's magic and then caught by a giant hand made of lava.

"Ella-chan...was captured by the Lava Lord?"

"Asshole, what are you doing?"

Standing behind Iris, Aisi, a demon, spoke for the first time. Ever since he promised Iris, his mind had been in a hazy state. He did not come back to his senses until he saw the future of the demons and Lady Elelaya was captured by the lava beast.

After muttering, Iris was the first person to decide the next step. She decisively tore off her mask and black smock, and said something to Ai Si without any hesitation.

"I'm going to the academy right now to report this. The only ones who can rescue Ella from the Lava Lord right now are the academy's forces. Aisi, you'd better come along."

"Are you a fool? Lady Elelaya, can you wait until the academy's law enforcement team arrives?"

No longer caring about Iris's identity as the princess of the gods, Ai Si, like Iris, grabbed off her disguise and yelled at her with red eyes. Iris was sure that if Ai Si was not rational enough, she would definitely rush up to fight with her, because no matter how she looked at it, the scene just now was like she used magic to blast Ella in front of the Lava Lord.

Suppressing the guilt in her heart, Iris changed her identity to that of a princess of the God-man tribe and talked to Ai Si.

"Are you going to take this group of your demons to die?"

"As long as we can rescue the Demon Queen, Elelaya-sama, no one will complain even if all the demons are sacrificed. This is something that you, the gods, can never compare to us, the demons. And, there's also this—"

Ai Si's low tone revealed a sense of determination. He took out a black wooden box from his arms. Just from the magical fluctuations emanating from the box, Iris could conclude that this must be an artifact-level item like the "New Moon Dew" staff she used - the "Secret Treasure of One Strike".

He glanced at Ai Si with a complicated look.

"Do you know what the consequences of doing this are?"

"I only know that now is the best time to go. If you want to find help, then go ahead. Hey, maid over there, you and Iris should go to the Sacred Academy to explain."

Ai Si turned around and walked towards the ground that had become scorching hot after being passed through by the Lava Lord, leading his fellow demons who had also come back to their senses for some reason.

The hard boots made a crackling sound as they stepped on the ground that had become soft due to the high temperature, but this did not affect the demons' progress. The footsteps gradually became faster and left the deepest part of the cave with chaotic echoes.

After glancing at Iris, Lotte followed directly behind the demons—choosing to be with them.

Grabbing Lotte's shoulder as she passed by, Iris' voice began to tremble. Her unintentional action had put Ella in danger of death, and she could not bear such an outcome no matter what.

"You'll die if you go, Lotte. You alone can't defeat the Lava Lord, even with the Demon Tribe's special items. And there's a good chance that Ella will die the moment the Lava Lord grabs her..."

"Don't stop me."

Without looking at Iris who was trying to persuade her, Luty frowned impatiently.

However, Iris did not loosen her grip on Ruthie's hand, but instead held it even tighter.

"I told you not to stop me."

"but--"

Click.

At an extremely fast speed, Luti took out a metal bullet from somewhere under her skirt and loaded it into Hela, then took a step back and pressed Hela against Iris's forehead.

This was given to Ruti by Ella during their training. It is one of the few pieces of magical technology that can switch Hela to physical mode. When Ella gave it to Ruti, she specifically reminded her that any one of them is as powerful as a fifth-level magic and cannot be used casually.

This was the first time that Luti had filled Hela with this metal herself.

"If you want to stop me, then fight here."

After a moment of silence, Iris looked at Lotte with the same complicated eyes she used to look at Ai Si. When she met Lotte's determined eyes without any confusion, she sighed as if admitting defeat and loosened her hands that were holding Lotte's shoulders.

"Well, I'll be sensible for once today—I hope you, the God-man tribe, won't worry about me."

Taking Hela back and ignoring Iris, Lotte walked directly towards the lava ocean.

Chapter 54: The Lava Lord's Request

*Genesis 6186, April 27, 4:11 PM, the lava sea outside the Holy Academy

Although Ella could see the red liquid flowing in the lava sea and various monsters swimming around, there was no heat coming from her body. No, she didn't even feel warm. It was just like being indoors.

"Wow, so the Lava Lord doesn't have any heat in his body..."

Like a child lying on the glass window of an aquarium, Ella remained standing, lying on an orange-red transparent wall that looked like the membrane inside a living organism.

After being captured by the Lava Lord just now, Ella, who had been prepared for battle, did not encounter the tragic scene she had imagined. Instead, she came to a hall that looked like an underwater submarine - it was no exaggeration to call it a hall. Except for the orange-red transparent walls that symbolized high temperature, the interior layout was completely like a stone chamber, and even things that looked like tables and chairs were neatly placed here.

It would be better if there were some fruit here.

Ella looked around again and could only feel that she was inside the Lava Lord, and that the Lava Lord was taking her and swimming rapidly towards the portal connecting the underground lava and the lava sea.

"There's been no movement at all until now..."

Sitting down on the stone chair, the cold feeling went straight up her tailbone to her brain, making Ella jump up uncontrollably.

“Hiss—I’m clearly inside the Lava Lord, why is it so cold here!?”

Giving up the idea of ​​sitting on the chair, Ella stood up again and lay on the membrane-like wall as before, watching the various monsters swimming outside that could only survive in lava.

I just hope Lotte doesn't do anything impulsive.

After storing the camouflage, which had become somewhat tattered due to the previous battle, with the "Miracle of Healing", Ella kicked the transparent wall in front of her a few times with impatience.

"Hey, hey, what the hell are you doing?"

As before, there was no response. According to the setting in "F.Wing," all Lava Lords should be intelligent monsters capable of conversation. Although Ella wanted to use her 999-level Strength to kick the thing with all her might, her fear of the massive object prevented her from doing so. Of course, she was confident that if a fight truly broke out, she would have no reason to lose.

When she first arrived here, the first thing Ella did was to check the level of the Lava Lord. It was not the level that only existed in high-level copies as she had imagined. It was only level 53. For Ella, such a monster was just a monster that could be solved by casting a spell - provided that she could cast attack magic.

However, if you just rely on your feelings, you should be able to use attack magic. After all, the Lava Lord is not a living creature and has no fixed shape. As long as you don't subconsciously regard the Lava Lord as a living creature, there will be no problem.

"If you ignore me, I'll really attack you know? 'Ice Cone'."

An ice cone emitting a chill appeared in Ella's hand. As if it was really threatening her, she pressed the tip of the ice cone against the diaphragm-like wall.

In an instant, the Lava Lord began to flip rapidly like a fish out of water, and the turbulent currents caused the monsters around the Lava Lord to flee in all directions.

"Hey, hey, you're really scared of this, quiet down, quiet down!"

While Ella was trying to stabilize her body, which was about to fall due to the Lava Lord's movement, she recovered the ice cone. After a while, the "submarine" Ella was riding on returned to silence.

He let out a light breath and frowned.

——How could such a huge creature be afraid of something like this? Oh no… If this thing is this cute, I won’t be able to kill it.

He coughed a few times deliberately, and just when Ella was about to speak, the other party interrupted her.

"Are you... the one brought by that guy... the Mark of Original Sin?"

A masculine voice full of vicissitudes of life, with a tone of reminiscence, echoed in the stone chamber. It seemed that he was thinking about how to organize his words, and he paused for a while after each word.

Mark of original sin?

Hearing something that concerned her, Ella's nerves, which had been relaxed, instantly tensed up.

"What is your relationship with the Mark of Sin?"

"I... smell the scent of the Mark of Original Sin... from you... Your ability... should be able to do that..."

The weathered male voice seemed to be in a deep state of reminiscence, and the pauses in his speech were enough to make Ella fall into a deep sleep.

Me? The smell of the Mark of Original Sin? Should I be able to do this? I have no idea what you're talking about.

"Hey, could you please organize your words and speak them completely? I'll choose a corresponding countermeasure based on the importance of your words. Your innate ability should be able to sense my strength, right?"

"..."

There was no response. Although Ella really wanted to understand the connection between herself and the Seal of Original Sin, she had no way to deal with such inanimate objects.

If the other party is a living thing, I can even choose to explore its memory through memory recall. However, for non-living things, there is no brain at all. It should be said that I don’t even understand the principle of why it acts in a biological state, let alone explore its memory.

Even if one uses strong means to force the other party, since one is not familiar with their personality, doing so is likely to have the opposite effect. If one can use a gentle approach and try not to fight, this is also a habit that Ella developed in "F.Wing".

After smacking her lips, Ella took out a cushion-like object from the storage and placed it on the stone chair. Then she sat on it and began to fiddle with the terrain search to check the situation of Lotte, Iris and others on the surface.

——There was nothing unusual. The demons were leading a group of people from the depths of the cave towards the lava path. The light spots representing Iris and Lotte were leaning against each other, as if they were having a conversation.

Fortunately, Lotte didn't act impulsively... otherwise I really don't know what expression I should use to face it.

Just when Ella breathed a sigh of relief, the Lava Lord's voice sounded again, but it was different from last time. Although the tone was slow this time, it did not have the feeling of thinking while speaking. The previous silence should be to organize his words.

"How many years have passed... I can't remember exactly. When I was young, I ran here through an underground portal, but when I realized it, I couldn't go back through the portal. Then I met Pride, the Mark of Original Sin, here. After chatting with Pride, he told me that he would send me back after completing his mission. But then they fought with the One God, and the end result was that I never saw them again. I also stayed in this small lava ocean for who knows how many years - until just now, I was drawn here by a strange feeling, and then I met you, who carries the aura of Original Sin."

The deep voice seemed to transcend time, reaching Ella's ears with a hint of sadness.

"Arrogance"? Wait, isn't the Mark of Original Sin an item? Why does it sound like it possesses intelligence? Although I was deeply curious, even if I asked, the Lava Lord would surely say he didn't know. Such a question would be like asking why the Lava Lord was called the Lava Lord. And if it was about the Mark of Original Sin before the Demon God War, even if I knew about it, it wouldn't help me at all right now.

He stood up and knocked on the wall of the stone chamber.

"So you want me to send you back to the other side of the underground portal?"

Sending the Lava Lord back to the underground world was a piece of cake for Ella, and it wouldn't cause any trouble at all. The problem lay in what to do next. If Iris called on the academy to rescue her, how would she explain the Lava Lord's sudden disappearance? She couldn't just say the Lava Lord had run away on his own, could she?

Unlike his previous slow thinking rhythm, the Lava Lord's tone this time was very decisive, as if it had been prepared for a long time.

"No, I hope—you can kill me."

Chapter 55: Ways to Escape from Difficulties

"Um?"

Ella didn't react to what the Lava Lord said for a moment. She carefully recalled the Lava Lord's words in her mind. It took her several minutes to come back to her senses and confirm it in an incredulous tone.