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

"Wait, were you asking me to erase you?"

"Yes, I've lived in this sea of ​​​​magma for who knows how long. Even if I return to the underground, there is no point. It would be better to let me choose my life again. As an inanimate object, I can no longer find any other way to die at this level."

After decisively agreeing to Ella, the Lava Lord's vicissitudes of life voice seemed to begin to recall the past.

Ella didn't know what to say. While the Lava Lord was a non-living monster, theoretically, she could cast offensive magic against it. But even so, could she really do it? On her way to the Sacred Academy, she couldn't even bring herself to kill a mammalian beast, let alone a sentient being she was now conversing with.

The matter was so absurd that Ella was completely unable to think further, and could only barely squeeze out a seemingly irrelevant sentence.

"Do you believe in reincarnation?"

"If I had to name the person in the world who believes most in reincarnation... no, the living being, it would probably be me... Hehe, the reason is so ridiculous that I'd better keep it a secret."

The tone that was not at all a joke made Ella feel extremely heavy in her heart. She could only stand there in a daze and couldn't speak.

"Hmm... This request shouldn't be difficult... Your current mana reserves are at a level I've never seen before. I can do it once I reach the deepest level. Please."

"What if I say I can't do it?"

"Given your current level, do I think you're joking? No one can reach this level without battling monsters. For me, just treat it as crushing an ant on the side of the road. All of this is my own will. As the Lava Lord, I've lived for far too long."

After saying this, the Lava Lord accelerated and swam towards the bottom of the portal. All obstacles were blown away at this moment.

Taking a deep breath, Ella sat back on the stone chair.

Do you want to agree? This was entirely the Lava Lord's voluntary act, and killing a non-living being like the Lava Lord wasn't a difficult task for him. But what was this unacceptable feeling in his heart? He was certain it wasn't a fear of blood.

Should I choose to disagree? While that was my true thought, would that mean the Lava Lord would be stuck underground for who knows how long? This feeling of loneliness was something I could never imagine—perhaps... the unbearable feeling I felt was simply sympathy for this loneliness. If I hadn't met Lotte, and had been adventuring alone in this other world, would I be feeling the same loneliness now, even among people?

After an unknown amount of time, Ella still hadn't made a choice. The silence, so deep that it seemed as if water was about to drip out, continued until the Lava Lord spoke again.

"Can you tell me your story?"

There was a hint of wanting to ease the awkwardness in his voice.

"Mine? My story isn't as complicated as you imagined, huh?"

"It's okay, you just need to tell me... This is probably the first time I've heard news from the outside world in all these years."

As if letting out a sigh of emotion, the magma around the Lava Lord suddenly became chaotic.

Is this what you call a farewell? However, using one's own adventure story as a eulogy is too much of a bad taste. Well, at least it's better than being forced to think and make a choice in silence. Ella cleared her throat and began her narration.

"Hmm—I won't go into the story of my upbringing, let's just start with my adventurous life..."

……

"So, now you don't want to become popular even though your rank has been exposed, but you also want to find a way to get rid of that person called Iris?"

"Yes."

Ella nodded.

Just now, Ella recounted the story from the time she came to the other world until she met the Lava Lord. Of course, she omitted the fact that her level was actually the maximum, and only told the Lava Lord that her strength was extremely exaggerated.

"Hmm—have you ever heard of a 'séance'?"

"A seance? What is that?"

Ella was certain that she had never heard of a skill called "Summoning Spirits" in "F.Wing". This was probably something unique to that other world, just like the spells that had to be chanted when casting magic in that other world.

The Lava Lord then added.

"I can't remember the details, but I remember that necromancy is a type of magic that allows a person to unleash extremely powerful abilities in a short period of time. All you have to do, Ella, is create the effect of a necromancy when you cast the spell, then unleash your true strength, and then attribute this displayed strength to the influence of the necromancy, right?"

"That might make sense, but even with the necromancy, the real me can't threaten Iris with offensive magic."

If it can't produce a deterrent effect, even using necromancy is meaningless. Ultimately, the problem to be solved is to become able to use offensive magic. And this is absolutely necessary. Based on the information we have so far, it is almost certain that the 999th level of the Seal of Original Sin in the "F.Wing" exists in this world, and there are as many as seven of them. Therefore, mastering offensive magic is essential.

As Ella silently recorded this matter in the schedule in her mind, the Lava Lord's swimming body suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?"

"If you just want a deterrent effect, then you can just use me as a test subject. I'm not a living being, right? So, Ella, you should be able to use offensive magic on me. That way, I can fulfill my wish, and you can use it to escape, right? It's a little awkward for me to say this, but there aren't many people in this world who can defeat me, you know? Using me as a deterrent would be perfect, right?"

Back to this very troublesome problem, Ella couldn't help but scratch her long, silky golden hair used for camouflage, and the Lava Lord did not urge her, remaining motionless in the sea of ​​lava.

Although there seemed to be nothing wrong with the Lava Lord's proposal - he could fulfill the death wish, and he could use this to get out of trouble, but there was always a trace of irritation in his heart.

Although she knew that sighing would make happiness slip away, Ella still couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"You, do you really think so? You want to start your next life?"

"Yeah, I'm tired of this long day."

Still no hesitation in answering.

Ella stood up and slowly walked to the orange-red transparent wall that separated her from the sea of ​​​​lava. Looking at the red magma flowing outside, she exhaled as if to throw away all her previous hesitations, and then turned to the direction of the Lava Lord's head.

"Hmm—alright, then let's get ready and get started."

Chapter 56: The Flower of the Other Shore of the Sanzu River

*Genesis 6186, April 27, 4:47 PM, Lava Trail outside the Holy Academy

Gazing at the slowly flowing lava sea, Ai Si stood on the lava plank road, lost in thought. What had once been a few shallow pits in the rock face had now been blasted into a cavern by the magic he and his companions had used. Although he had previously yelled at Iris to rescue Lady Elelaya, a sense of powerlessness rose in him as he faced the bottomless sea of ​​lava across from him.

There was only one solution I could think of—to use the "One-Strike Secret Treasure" to flatten the lava sea and force the Lava Lord to reveal himself. But could I really accomplish this with my own magic power alone? And even if I could, with the "One-Strike Secret Treasure" inactive, would I still be able to defeat the Lava Lord and rescue Lady Elelaya?

Even if all the demons present attacked together regardless of sacrifice, it would not change the outcome in the slightest.

"asshole."

He smashed his fist against the wall with all his might. The blow, imbued with the destructive magic unique to the demons, caused the entire cave to tremble. Then, as if realizing something, Ai Si suddenly turned and looked at Lotte standing behind him.

"Did Lady Elelaya give you any powerful items before?"

"—There are several magical consumables equivalent to fifth-tier magic."

After a moment's hesitation, Lotte decided to tell the demon in front of her the truth. From what she had seen along the way, it seemed that Ella was the next Demon King of the Demon Tribe, and the demon in front of her, named Aisi, was the commander responsible for bringing Ella back to the Demon Tribe.

Ruti's words were like nectar, instantly relaxing Ai Si's frown.

"That's enough. A magical consumable equivalent to fifth-tier magic... You're truly the Demon Queen. After I use the 'Secret Treasure of One Strike' to level this lava ocean, when the Lava Lord emerges, use the item Lady Elelaya has given you to attack him. That's the only way to save Lady Elelaya, understand? I hope Lady Elelaya can hold on a little longer."

"Miss Ella, there's no problem at the moment."

Luti placed Hela upright beside her, and then pointed at the faintly visible blue collar around her neck. This collar symbolized her slave status. If the collar of a slave was broken, it meant that her master was dead.

The fact that the collar still existed did prove that Ella was still alive, but the appearance of the collar also meant another problem—if Lotte had not actively disobeyed Ella's orders, then it meant that Ella was now extremely far away from Lotte, so far that she was close to the distance where the collar could be activated.

"Slaves... huh? Whether it's for Lady Elelaya or for you and the demons, we need to speed up."

"We can start anytime."

After receiving the response, Ai Si nodded to Luti and the other demon companions around him, then took out the secret treasure of Yiji, gathered the magic power in his hand, and prepared to inject it.

"Wait, do you want everyone to die together?!"

A voice sounded in the distance, and then in the blink of an eye, Iris appeared in front of everyone. She used the gorgeous staff in her hand to lightly tap on Ai Si's hand that was holding up the "Secret Treasure of One Strike", interrupting the injection of magic power.

"With the magic power of your demon clan, are you sure you can control it accurately? Leave this matter to me."

"Iris, you—"

Ignoring Ai Si's actions, Iris directly snatched the secret treasure from Yi Shi.

"I hope I can still catch up, ▽◆●,◇○◆——『Concentrate Your Mind』."

After chanting the magic to assist in controlling magic power, Iris began to inject magic power into the secret treasure of Yiji.

……

"That magic called summoning, is it really just a pair of wings made of ice crystals?"

"Yes, that's what the 'Arrogant' guy said."

While watching the various monsters rapidly retreating around her, Ella confirmed the final matters with the Lava Lord.

“Really? We’re almost at the surface… Lotte, Iris, and the others are waiting on the lava path…”

Although they had only been together for less than a day, his tone towards the Lava Lord had become somewhat complicated, as if he was bidding farewell to an old friend.

The Lava Lord's voice sounded completely different from Ella's. It didn't sound like the tone of someone near death at all, and he sounded relaxed.

"Don't worry about it at all. This is my own choice, right?"

“Ahh…”

Not knowing what to say, Ella could only remain silent with her back against the Lava Lord.

"It's almost here, get ready."

As if to dispel the depressing atmosphere, the Lava Lord began to urge Ella to act.

Ella took a look at the terrain search. Since the initial state of the terrain search could only be a bird's-eye view, she could not understand the distance between herself and Iris in this situation, so she switched the terrain search mode to a vertical cross-section view very early.

——About ten seconds left.

"Well, shall I begin? I'll try to choose the fastest-acting attack magic to alleviate your pain."

"Well, even if that's the case, as an inanimate monster I can't feel any pain. I just hope you can avoid using sharp-tipped magic like Ice Cone, if possible."

"Tsk, you really do have a fear of cutting-edge things, don't you?"

"Hahahaha, maybe this is the aftereffects of the past."

There was no longer the dull atmosphere from before. The childish voice of a girl and the mature voice of a man mixed together and burst into laughter.

Glancing at the terrain search again, Ella reached out and wiped her eyes.

"Let's get started then. If it's ice crystal wings—I think I can do it with multiple magics. I just don't know if my brain can handle the load... Well, we can only try."

『Bending of Light』

"Scattered"

——Three seconds.

Water Element

Condensation

——Two seconds.

Crystallization

『Floating Technique』

——One second.

"Eternal Time and Form Maintenance"

"Puff—hum—"

The moment the Lava Lord leaped out of the magma in his fish-like form, Ella was also ejected from the Lava Lord's body. Its wings, formed of ice crystals with a wingspan of at least two meters, looked particularly dazzling under the reflection of the red lava.

Floating slightly above the Lava Lord, Ella raised a hand.

"Goodbye, Lava Lord, 'Absolute Zero'—"

The moment Ella said the name of the skill, in the blink of an eye, a green flower grew out of the lava sea, filling the entire cave. The petals that reached up just happened to wrap up the Lava Lord.

As the flowers appeared, a sea of ​​lava, studded with ice crystals, emerged. The once blazing red magma was now frozen into an ice field by "absolute zero." The flowers, radiating from the ice crystals, became even more vibrant and lifelike, as if they had always existed there.

——May the flowers on the other side of the Sanzu River guide your soul.

After silently reciting the skill name in her mind, Ella closed her eyes.

However... the petals of the ice crystals did not crush the Lava Lord as imagined, but instead gave the feeling of being unable to cast attack skills, with no feedback of a successful magic release at all.

Is this—a sign of failure? No, only here, must it succeed.

Concentration of Mind

"One heart and one thought"

She mentally chanted, "For both the Lava Lord and herself, this attack magic must be successfully unleashed." Focusing her mind on the icy petals, Ella channeled the maximum magical power she had ever possessed since arriving in this other world.

"Full Force"

The petals of the ice crystals began to creak like rusty machinery, slowly pressing towards the center. Although the surroundings had turned into a cold ice world, beads of sweat continued to drip down from Ella's head.

Giving a final hint to her subconscious, Ella shouted out loud.