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

Pretending to yawn, Iris picked up the Crescent Dew beside her and left the room.

“Hey, hey…”

The only person left in the room was Wadong, who was deep in thought looking at the academy map.

Chapter 56: How to deal with Iris

The Holy College, northern outer circle, forest.

"Angeline, left, round dance!"

"Got it! 'Round Dance Slash'!"

“Uh—”

The ogre's thick branch collided head-on with Angeline's scythe, and was cut into two pieces and fell to the ground. At the same time, because Round Dance was a range attack skill, the arrow from the goblin archer on the right was also knocked to the ground.

"Fireball, launch."

boom--

The Ogre, bewildered by the loss of his weapon, was struck by Lotte's long-range magic. His massive body, enveloped in flames, roared angrily and twisted its body as it charged towards Angeline, who had knocked down her weapon. However—

"'Collapse'."

The ogre, wrapped in flames, fell into an underground pit. Although it struggled, its bloated body completely restricted its movements.

"Angelini, the goblin on the right is in your care!"

"no problem!"

After several rounds of attack and defense like this, Ella's team finally eliminated all the monsters and began to clean up the battlefield.

Angeline used the back of her sickle to hit the ogre, most of whose body was buried in the soil. The ogre had been knocked unconscious by Angeline's stick because he thought the ogre was too noisy and kept screaming.

"Little Ella, what should we do with this ogre?"

Glancing at the ogre, who was stuck in the pit she had created with her "collapse" magic and unable to move, Ella waved her hand.

"Just leave it there. It has a magic core, but collecting the quest items for the test is more important this time."

"That's just Ella being too kind again."

"Stop making so much noise. I'm a healer after all, so this is normal."

Ella tried to make excuses for herself.

The real reason, of course, couldn't be because she was a healer, but rather simply because she couldn't stand the shedding of blood—at least, not in front of her eyes. Because of this, all the battles thus far had been played with caution. At least since the morning assessment began, Ella's team hadn't encountered a single situation where they had needed to use healing.

While Angeline and Ella were chatting casually, Lotte also returned to the battlefield from a distance with Hela.

"It can't be helped. Miss Ella is just such a kind person. It's only natural that she couldn't use offensive magic after being trained by Miss Camisia in the Demon Territory. Well, that's part of Miss Ella's charm."

After hearing what Lotte said, Angeline spread her hands without comment, then turned her gaze to Ella.

"So, did you find the quest item, little Ella?"

"Yes, it's under the tree behind Angelini."

"I'll go look for it right now. With Ella's searching abilities, this test is ridiculously easy. Those teams consisting of only one class are having a tough time."

Angelique said this, taking the small shovel from Lotte, walked to the tree Ella pointed to, and started digging.

It is now the sixth hour since the assessment began and it is already afternoon.

During this period, Ella had collected five magic cores of various levels used as quest items by relying on the search capabilities of the terrain search. Although she had wondered whether someone would use their own magic cores to make up the number, Ella later discovered that the magic cores used as quest items seemed to have been specially processed and could not be placed in storage items. Therefore, if they used magic cores as disguises, it would probably be considered cheating in the end. However, the restriction of not being able to place them in storage items did not seem to apply to her own "warehouse".

As for how he found it, he used the "Eye of Exploration" to get away with it. Although in theory the "Eye of Exploration" can indeed play the same role, it is at least not as convenient as terrain retrieval.

Therefore, the current assessment method that requires searching everywhere for mission items may be the worst situation for teams that are all warriors or all attack-attribute magic casters. Without characters like healers who can use auxiliary magic, they can only rely on plundering magic cores from other teams to complete the mission.

After all, the assessment rules don't state that you can't snatch mission items from each other.

"Got it! It's a mid-level mithril magic core."

Angelica shouted happily after digging out the magic core from under the tree.

"It seems like the harvest this time was pretty good."

After taking the magic core from Angelini, Ella looked up at the sky.

"It's getting late, it would be better to find a place to camp early."

"Okay, Miss Ella, then, should we camp in the outer circle or go back to the inner circle?"

"The inner circle... while there's no monster threat, there are definitely many students who share this sentiment. We might be attacked at night, so we'll just stay in the outer circle and take turns keeping watch."

"Ah~ah, it would be nice if we could go back to the mansion."

"Ms. Angelica, the rules specifically state that we can't return to the residential area, right?"

"I understand."

Angeline covered her ears with her hands, pretending to be fed up. Then, as if she remembered something, she frowned and put on a serious expression.

"What's wrong?"

Because Angelina rarely showed this kind of expression, Ella was a little confused.

"By the way, Ella-chan, have you figured out how to deal with Iris-senpai? If we can't defeat Iris-senpai, we'll fail no matter what."

"Hmm...right now, I can only think of Lotte and I holding Iris back, while Angelique takes all the quest items and rushes to the finish line. Anyway, as long as one person in the team makes it, we can complete the quest, so..."

"It's good to have a solution."

Before Ella could finish her words, Angeline patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

But Ruthie discovered a loophole in the plan and said it uncertainly.

"But Iris-sama, you're probably thinking that Aila-san will give all the quest items to Angeline-san, right? Then Angeline-san will become the target of all attacks... I'm confident in Angeline-san's speed, but..."

"Hmm—honestly, I don't have the confidence to break through Iris-senpai's magic."

After taking over Lotte's words, Angeline's blue eyes dimmed as she fell into deep thought. She had seen Iris chanting magic during training before. That kind of wide-area annihilation magic was indeed not something she could match with her speed, even if Ella cast the acceleration magic.

"Then why not try an alliance? While the rules limit a team to five people, there's nothing about teams not being able to form alliances with each other, right?"

"Alliance is a good idea, but Iris won't be able to stop the other teams, right? It's hard to find allies without a common goal."

Ella sighed deeply, and the breath she exhaled condensed into white mist and floated away in the cold winter air.

"How about using quest items as bait? There were a lot of single-class teams in the arena before, right? Without the aid of the 'Eye of Exploration' spell, they'd definitely run into problems with quest items. If we offered to split the quest items equally if we defeated Her Highness Iris, there would surely be teams willing to agree—no one would want to stay back for tutoring during the holidays just because they failed a test, right?"

Chapter 57 The Beginning of the Offense and Counterattack

*创世纪6186年12月15日晚 19:49分 至圣学院北部

Looking at the girl setting up camp in the dense forest not far away, Oak let out a sigh of relief. At the same time, in order to prevent the condensed white mist from being noticed, Oak covered his mouth with his hand and then closed the bushes he had pulled apart.

Oak's team was composed entirely of civilian magic casters, and they were a special branch of magic casters - summoning magic casters. Because the army was always welcoming this kind of magic casters, Oak didn't have to worry about his future at all. He just needed to concentrate on practicing magic. Of course, the other members of the team also thought so, which led to the current embarrassing situation.

——No one has learned the auxiliary "Exploration Eye".

Therefore, in the current situation where they needed to collect quest items, they had no other options. Searching the entire Sacred Academy for quest items without the aid of the "Eye of Exploration" magic was as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

Even if someone thought of using summoning magic to summon spiritual monsters such as the "Evil Eye" to search, it would be useless because if the level is not high enough, the summoner can only communicate with the summoned monster in a simple way. To let the monster do such delicate work, it must be at least level 30 or above. Unfortunately, the highest level in the team is only level 21.

After working all day, trying to act on the assumption that "wherever there are high-level monsters guarding them, there must be quest items," all he got was the result of using up his precious magic potion.

Thinking of this, Oak smacked his lips heavily.

"Tsk, if there's a magic potion that can restore mana, we'll have a sure win this time. It's ridiculous that Karan didn't come with us."

Oak felt relieved after pulling apart the bushes again to confirm that the two students who had become his prey had not discovered him.

These two girls have become the targets of his group's strategy. Of course, it's not a strategy in the sense of men and women, but it means hunting bosses in the maze - love between men and women has no appeal to him, and these stupid behaviors that are purely for reproduction are things he will not touch.

So faced with the dilemma of having to attend cram school even though it was Christmas, the teammates came up with a new idea.

Defeat other teams and snatch the magic cores from them. Even if it means stripping them of their clothes and searching them piece by piece, it's fine as long as you can pass this assessment. After all, the rules don't say you can't attack each other.

After wandering around the outer circle for a long time, Oak finally chose a team consisting of a healer and a scythe warrior. This was the result of his choice after confirming that every action of theirs was very purposeful. If the opponent did not have enough magic cores, it would seem that the gain would not be worth the loss. After all, attacking girls was already on the edge of his own principles. Although they had to take off their clothes and search them piece by piece, that was left to the female members of the team.

Therefore, in the process of following the target, he met Karan's team. Karan was a very famous playboy among the second-year students. Although he looked down on him in this regard, he still respected his excellent ability as a shield warrior. In order to ensure that he could capture the two girls with 100% certainty, he extended an olive branch to Karan.

But Karan just took a look at the target and decisively refused.

"He's a genius healer among the second-year students. If Oak wants to go, go by yourself. Just be careful not to get beaten back, okay?"

Karan said this and smiled, which made him feel sick, and then he waved goodbye and left.

"Tsk, the only one capable of attacking is that scythe warrior. While that blond healer's support abilities are indeed excellent, they're nothing compared to the five of us magic casters."

Muttering something that seemed to comfort himself, Oak fell into deep thought again.

When Karan was leaving at the end, he said "watch out for the distance". Knowing Karan, he would never make jokes in such a situation, so he must have discovered or known the composition of the other team in advance.

Does "pay attention to the distance" mean that there are actually more than two people in their team?

Thinking about it this way, it is indeed suspicious. How could there be a team with only two people in this kind of assessment? Even if they wanted to form a team, they would have to barely have five people. And considering the healer's reputation as a "genius", he must have made a lot of friends in his daily life. There is no way that there are only two people in the team.

But the fact is right in front of us. I have been following them since the afternoon, and only two of them are active.

Could it be that another team was separated to collect in two directions?

There's no denying the possibility...

So now is the best time to attack. If we wait until they meet up with other teammates, the possibility of successful hunting will be reduced, which is a result I don’t want to see.

Thinking about it this way, Oak couldn't help but feel that he couldn't wait any longer, so he waved to his teammates hiding in the bushes behind him.

"Let's get ready."

……

*创世纪6186年12月15日下午 16：:14分 至圣学院北部

"No one would want to receive tutoring during the holidays, right?"

Luty suggested forming an alliance with other teams to deal with Iris.

"If that's the case...it's certainly possible, but wouldn't it be difficult to find another team at this point in time? And if I can't demonstrate my strength, I won't have the confidence to negotiate..."

"Wouldn't Ella's 'Eye of Exploration' be enough to find it? In the latter case, we'd just have to fight them, right? On the final day of the trials, the single-class teams would undoubtedly attack the others due to a lack of magic cores. If we could defeat them then, wouldn't that be a good opportunity to extract the terms for negotiation?"

"Hmm? It seems possible, but I didn't expect Angelina to have such an idea."

“Hey hey hey…”

Being praised by Ella, Angelique smiled a little embarrassedly.

"It's still early in the last day, so we should find a suitable place to set up camp. Um—no, it looks like someone is already looking for us."

Five light spots appeared on the terrain search that had never been closed, and their direction of movement was exactly in their direction.

Realizing that she was about to enter a battle, Lotte immediately took out Hela and began to inject magic power into it, while looking around to search for the enemy.

"Miss Ella, is someone planning to attack?"

"Probably not. Judging from the current distance, they probably haven't seen us yet."

"Do we need to prepare for battle?"

"Let's try it as Angeline says. We'll talk about setting up camp later. From now on, Angeline and I will handle the battle. Lotte will wait at a distance and wait for them to attack. Although their level is similar to ours, with Lotte's ranged attacks, they won't be a problem."

"Okay, Miss Ella."

Without questioning, Lotte nodded, handed the dimensional backpack to Ella, and then ran quickly into the distance of the jungle.

Ella glanced at the terrain search. The group of people should have noticed her by now and started to gather towards her.

Unconsciously, Ella smiled mischievously.

"Wow, little Ella can make that expression too! How scary."

"Eh? Really? Let's not talk about that for now. Next, it's your turn to perform, Angelica."

"Yes, yes~ It's Ella-chan, don't let the cat out of the bag."