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

"Oh, it's Angelina. Why are you here alone today? Do you want to join my team? We welcome a Sailor Berserker like Angelina! How about you consider what I told you last time? Join our team and let us become Mithril-rank adventurers. In that case, I'd even let Angelina be the captain, right?"

It seems that Angeline is quite popular among adventurers.

"No need, Uncle Brian, I already have a team."

In response to the other party's friendly invitation, Angeline smiled and pointed at Ella and Lotte who were following behind.

Seeing Ella and Lotte, the uncle named Briank stood there in a daze, his mouth wide open, as if he had seen something surprising.

“Ah…ah…”

"How's it going? Pretty impressive, right?"

"Ah... well... three such cute girls suddenly appeared... so surprising..."

It was not until Angeline raised her hand and waved it in front of the stunned uncle that the uncle came to his senses and responded somewhat awkwardly.

"Having a girl like this as a companion, ahh, failed. It seems that Angeline has achieved your first goal, but is it really okay for an adventurer group of only three? Angeline is a warrior, this little blonde girl is a healer, and this one is—hmm? A maid?"

When the uncle saw Lotte wearing a maid uniform, his eyes widened so wide that they seemed to pop out of their sockets.

"Why is the maid here? It's too dangerous! Angelica, how could you be so reckless?"

"No, huh? She's a long-range suppressor, similar to a crossbowman. But she's stronger than a crossbowman in both power and range. She's a bit lower than me, but she's already level 15."

An Jieni walked over to Ruthie and grabbed Ruthie's shoulders and pushed her out as if recommending.

After listening to Angelina's explanation, the uncle scratched his head embarrassedly, with an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"Oh, I see. Sorry, I underestimated this maid. And since she's dressed as a maid, then this blonde healer must be a noble, right?"

The uncle turned his somewhat fearful gaze towards Ella standing behind him, and Ella smiled and nodded in response to the uncle's words.

To some extent, it's not wrong to say that she is a noble, but she is just the Demon King's daughter... although it was forced upon her.

"Thank you for the compliment. This is all thanks to the master."

Lotte bowed slightly and performed a standard aristocratic salute, feeling a little overwhelmed by this etiquette. The uncle quickly stretched out his hands, as if trying to stop Lotte from saluting, but his hands stopped halfway - he lowered his head and saw that his hands were a little dirty from the battle, and he rubbed them in front of him embarrassedly before putting them down.

"The maid is so polite. I, a rough guy, don't know how to respond."

"Well, don't worry about it. Ella-chan and Lotte-chan aren't the type to worry about such things. We're here to hunt thornless brambles. Uncle Brian, do you know of a good spot? I want the biggest one."

"Hmm... that one over there is more suitable, but it's a bit difficult, you know? It should be above level 12. Med's team tried it once before, but failed because their magic caster lacked firepower. They're sulking now with a scowl on their faces."

Perhaps adventurers are born with this kind of character. Uncle Brian pointed at the highest-level fifteenth-level warrior among the people present in the distance and gloated.

Indeed... the warrior now looked troubled.

"Hey, Captain, it's your turn."

An adventurer who was breathing heavily and wearing tattered clothes ran over and called out to Briank. It seemed that he had just finished fighting with the thornless thorns.

"I'll be right there."

Brian turned to the companion who called him, then turned back to Angelique and Lotte and shook the sickle sword in his hand.

"Then I'll be leaving first. Angelique, the maid, and the noble, I wish you good luck."

"Well, we should get going, Brian. See you next time."

Angeline raised her smooth hand and waved it at Brian, then turned around and took Lotte and Ella with her and started walking towards the largest thornless bush that Brian mentioned.

Chapter 22: Angeline's Fighting Style

In front of them was a giant thornless thorn bush that was completely different in size from its peers. It was at least as thick as five people could hug together and about seven people tall, which discouraged adventurers who wanted to attack it.

Angelica walked around other adventurers and came to the largest thornless thorn and swung her sickle twice.

"Wow, this is the first time I've seen something this big. It would be awesome to cut it open with a sickle!"

"Be careful not to get tied up by it, okay? Otherwise, you'll have no choice but to save yourself."

Carefully reminding Angelina who was eager to try, Ella retreated to a position where she could cast auxiliary magic at any time.

Although the Thornless Thorn only has a single binding skill, ordinary melee professions will not lose their combat effectiveness immediately even if they are tied up, but that does not mean there is no danger. If they are not rescued by other companions within a certain period of time, they may really become the toys of the Thornless Thorn and be slowly played with until they suffocate to death.

Angelique was the only melee fighter in his team. Although Lotte had excellent suppression abilities, she was restricted by Hela, and most of her skills focused on penetration and explosion. They weren't very effective in a fight where cutting was the main focus and weakening the opponent's health was crucial. In other words, if Angelique was caught, she would have no choice but to escape on her own.

"Got it, quick, support magic, support magic, how much will the genius healer's support magic improve?"

"Okay, okay. 'Strength Boost', 'Power Blessing', 'Speed ​​Up', 'Perception Boost', is that all right?"

Although he pretended to chant a magic spell while holding the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment, it was cast so quickly that it looked like he had only read the skill name before casting it.

"Hoohoo, it's little Ella after all."

Angeline tried to swing the sickle again, looking quite satisfied with the strengthening magic.

"Hey, hey, did that healer-san just use 'Power Blessing' and 'Perception Enhancement'?"

"You're kidding! You can even use those high-level support skills. You must be at least level 15, right?"

"And with Angelina, the maid's weapon looks pretty powerful too. With that kind of skill, even a team of just three should be able to defeat them, right?"

"But our opponent is that giant thornless thorn. Wouldn't it be too dangerous with only three of us? The armor they're wearing is high-end, but it's not hard armor that can withstand that kind of power... And they all seem to be little girls, right? Are they really okay?"

"Don't worry. Judging from Med's appearance, he should be able to help in a critical moment."

Med is the warrior who is level 15 among all the adventurers present.

"Hmm—if it's Med, maybe he will. He seems to have a serious lolita complex, right? I remember him always saying that lolis are for protection."

The adventurers nearby were discussing Ella and the other two who were still getting ready. It seemed that the outstanding appearance of Ella and the other two had become the focus of the adventurers' discussion.

Without paying attention to those who were talking about her, Angeline adjusted herself to her body that had been enchanted with magic, nodded to Ella and Lotte, and rushed towards the thornless thorn bush not far away that was far away from other similar ones.

"I'll leave the support to you!"

As if possessing intelligence, the thornless thorns, which had been slowly wriggling their stems and leaves, suddenly began to wave violently, and about half of the plant's tentacles rushed towards Angelina in a posture of wrapping her up.

Bending down, Angelini deftly dodged the tentacle attack from below, then swung the sickle with her backhand, cutting off a tentacle that was trying to approach her - as easy as cutting a piece of paper with a knife.

"Is 30% the limit for HP reduction?... This Thornless Bramble is only level 12, but it has 1000 HP..."

Muttering to himself, an attack like the one Angeline had just used only reduced Thornless Thorn's health by 2 points. It seemed that perhaps Lotte should first use the "Explosive Bomb" to significantly deplete its health, and then let Angeline start the fight.

boom.

Orange-red flames spurted out from the muzzle of Hela's gun, accurately hitting a tentacle that was about to attack Angelina's back. The attacked tentacle began to twist wildly like a mollusk.

"Thank you, little Lotte."

She must have some energy left. Angeline, who discovered Lotte's help, dodged the tentacle attack and thanked Lotte in a lively voice.

However, this was the limit of what Lotte could do. Since this was Angeline's first time joining a team operation, Lotte couldn't cooperate with Ella like she usually did, even if she let the bullets attack Angeline at a distance that would be just past her. Before complete trust was established, such attacks would easily distract Angeline's attention.

For some reason, Ella came up with the idea of ​​placing an angel crystal that looked like an apple on Angeline's head and having Lotte shoot it from a distance as a training exercise. However, she felt that this would leave a psychological trauma on Angeline, so it was better to just think about it in her mind.

The attack of the Thornless Vine continued, but it was no longer the tentative attack as before. Instead, all its attention was focused on Angelini. The twisting green vines even made a humming sound as they broke through the air, but Angelini still did not show any expression of hardship.

If there are too many targets, it will find gaps to dodge, and when only a few tentacles are left, it will cut them in half without hesitation. Only when it encounters an attack that is impossible to avoid and is as tight as a wall will it use a melee skill that consumes magic power - a swift movement that reminds people of fish swimming among corals.

"'Round Dance Slash'!"

Because there were so many of them, Angelini, who was almost wrapped into a ball, swung her sickle and cut off the tentacles around her. The tentacles that fell to the ground did not disappear immediately, but continued to struggle and twitch.

Touched by this uncomfortable scene, Ella took a small step back.

"Do these stems and leaves have sensory organs? They seem to feel pain even after being cut off."

"Well, it seems so, Miss Ella."

"There's still a lot of HP...why don't we go help too?"

"But Miss Ella..."

Putting Hela down, Luti said hesitantly.

"It's okay. I'm not going to attack directly. I was just wondering if casting a spell like 'Sharp Blade' on Angelene's weapon would make it end faster. Angelene's magic power is almost at its limit."

As Ella said, Angeline needed to rely on magic potions to replenish her magic power after using the Round Dance Slash about five times, but using expensive magic potions only for this level of subjugation would be too extravagant anyway.

"Um...Okay, but please let me accompany you."

Knowing that she would not be able to win over Lotte on this point, Ella nodded in agreement and walked into the battle circle.

Chapter 23: When Ella gets anxious...

"Angeline! Support magic~"

Ella shouted as she waved the Pestle of Heaven's Punishment in her hand at Angeline who was fighting.

Standing about five meters away from the battle area, although it was within the reach of the thornless vines, there was no danger because the vines were all focused on Angelica.

"Eh? Didn't we already do it once?"

Even while dodging, Angelini was able to have a normal conversation, but because her face was not turned, her voice seemed a little low.

"This time it's the magic of 'Sharp Blade', which can make weapons sharper. This might make fighting easier."

Ella had done an experiment before. The sharp blade she cast could turn even an ordinary branch into something that could easily cut through parchment. So if it was applied to Angeline's weapon, the effect would definitely be more significant.

"Okay, once I'm done cleaning this up, I'll come over here, 'Round Dance Slash'!"

He swung the sickle around his body again, and the white blade of light flew out from the sickle, cutting off all the vines it touched without any hesitation.

After cleaning up this batch of tentacles, Angeline jumped to avoid the stems and leaves on the ground that had not completely lost their vitality, and came to Ella.

Speechless at Angelini's defenseless look, Ella walked around her and looked at the thornless brambles behind her that seemed to have entered a dormant period.

"Angelina, you're so defenseless, aren't you afraid of being caught mid-flight? Thornless thorns don't seem to be unintelligent creatures."

"It's okay, it's okay. Thornless thorns are very low in intelligence and rarely attack people. I remember the last time they attacked was because a passing adventurer had attacked that same thornless thorn. And that thornless thorn seemed to be a large one, over level 10..."

Having said this, Angeline suddenly paused, then turned back stiffly like a rusted machine. If that were the case, this individual seemed to fit the bill perfectly... Perhaps there was a tentacle behind her...

Just as I was thinking about this, the voices of other adventurers came from the side.

"Hey! That guy is coming!"

“Eh? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh?!!!”

"Eh?"

"Ms. Ella!"

Luty's voice came from behind, and Angeline quickly turned around to confirm - it was not her who was caught, but Ella. And from the way Ella's waist was strangled by the vines, it seemed that the vines must have tied Ella from behind while she and her group were not paying attention.

The tentacles tied Ella upside down and pulled her towards the main body, while Ella continued to struggle.

"Angeline! Come and save me!"

"It's too high. If I fall down like this, I'll definitely die!"

Ella was pulled by the vines to a height of about four or five meters from the ground. If Angeline jumped up and cut the vines with a sickle, Ella's head would definitely hit the ground first. If she landed like this without any preparation, the outcome would be obvious just by thinking about it. This is also the reason why Lotte did not launch a sniper attack at the first time.

"Damn it, it's tied so tight."

When the vines tied up Ella, her hands were also wrapped in the vines, so now the only parts of her body that could move were her legs and head, but neither of these two parts would be useful in this situation.

It was visible to the naked eye that the distance to the thornless thorns was getting closer and closer. If she was wrapped into a ball by the vines like Angelica before, there would be no way out.

As if to silence Ella, the thornless bramble extended a thick stem and leaf and tried to wrap around Ella's mouth, but Ella dodged it by tilting her head. At the same time, the vine that had already bound her body began to move behind her and extend towards her legs.

——No, if this goes on, even if I am finally rescued, I will look miserable. Oh, right, magic!

『Strength Enhancement』

Feeling the power filling her body, Ella poured strength into her hands, trying to break free from the vines, but—

It failed because the basic strength value was not enough.

Ok? !

I felt my legs being tied tightly. This time, not only my hands, but also my feet that could still move were tied up by vines.

The panic caused by the restriction of freedom suddenly surged from her heart. Ella took a deep breath and opened her mouth, the only part of her body that could still move, to shout.

"Angeline! Lotte! Put me down now, no matter what!"