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

Then there is the birthday picture drawn by Maho-kun

I never thought that Yomi would receive fan art one day. I was so moved that I shed tears (fake). The Q version of Ella is also very cute!

Next is the greeting picture drawn by Cai Miao_, the artist who is responsible for the character design of this book and possible illustrations in the future.

In addition, the character designs for Camisia, Angelini, and Fukagan will also be prepared at the end of the month, so please stay tuned!

Finally, the titles of the recent chapters all use chess terms, so are there any readers who can guess what term the next title will be?

The promised five chapters have been completed. This chapter is a setting chapter. No word count is required and no charge is made. That’s all.

2018/08/14

Yomi

Chapter 72: Lightning Attack

*At 06:09 AM on December 17, 6186, the Eastern Clock Tower of the Holy Academy

"This is the final one..."

With a hint of anticipation and relief in her voice, Lotte destroyed the last magic circuit.

If the detonating magic power source is silenced, it won't explode whether it's kicked or thrown. Nothing's missing, right? If it's set up by myself, other circuits will be activated at this moment, which is enough to reassure me.

With this in mind, Lotte carefully and meticulously checked for other possible traps—she found no other designs, and there didn't seem to be any flat bombs attached to the back of the lid or inside the box.

When I gently lifted the box, I didn't see the classic device that used a metal wire to pull out the bomb thimble.

"call……"

Ruthie let out a long breath. At this moment, the two hands of the timer pointed to 12 o'clock at the same time and overlapped.

——As expected, there was no explosion.

"Is this... lifted?"

"That's right, Miss Ella."

“Huh…”

As if being held down by a heavy object for a long time and then suddenly released, Ella let out a long sigh. Her body, which had been weakened by tension, tilted to the ground, and was supported by Lotte just as she was about to sit down on the ground.

"Miss Ella, are you okay?"

"No, I'm just too nervous. Lotte should prepare Hela first. With such a long delay, Oak must be impatient."

"OK."

After agreeing, Lotte picked up Hela, chose a suitable location, and opened a small observation hole in the parapet. During this time, Ella barely moved to the bomb made by Iris and put the black box, which had lost its power, into the "warehouse".

Although I really want to confirm what is inside now, it’s okay to confirm it later. Now I must be vigilant against Iris at all times.

——Come to think of it... There has been no response from Angelini since just now. Could it be that Iris has already dealt with the matter with Oak and defeated Angelini when she wasn't paying attention?

The overly quiet town made Ella feel a little uneasy. After catching her breath a few times, she stood up and looked down at the town from the clock tower, trying to find Angeline. Although the sun had risen during this time, the thick fog would not immediately clear, so Ella could only see a small number of surrounding buildings—Angeline was nowhere to be seen on the streets.

Was she really defeated by Iris? No, that was unlikely. Even if the level difference between Angeline and Iris was nearly double, Iris couldn't have defeated Angeline silently, unless it was a trap set in advance.

Terrain Search

I opened the terrain search. Although I couldn't observe Iris at my level, there was no problem if it was just Angeline.

"I hope I don't run too far..."

Praying silently in her heart, Ella began to look for the light spots representing the characters on the map. After just a short while, she found where Angelica was.

"Huh, are you still there? Wait, why is your health decreasing? This direction..."

The light spot representing Angelica was moving towards him from the edge of the town at an extremely fast speed. That speed was definitely the result of Angelica giving up defense and running away with all her might. And running away with all her might meant only one thing.

"Lotte! Iris is here!"

Just as she finished saying this, a rapidly enlarging dot appeared in Ella's field of vision. If she was not mistaken, it was Angelini, but it seemed that Angelini was not escaping of her own will, but was flying in the air uncontrollably.

So he was directly knocked away by magic... No wonder his physical strength dropped so quickly. In fact, his HP didn't drop at all. How did Iris do it?

Thinking of some unrealistic things in her mind, Ella shook her head. It would be terrible if Angelique crashed into the clock tower without any protection. She stretched out her hand and tapped the air lightly with the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment.

"Strong Airflow."

The air, carrying thick fog, spun at an extremely fast speed around Angeline's point of force. Then, Angeline, shouting "Ahhh", crashed into the air cushion created by Ella with wind magic. Her speed gradually decreased, and finally she landed perfectly on the roof of the second floor of the church - actually, it was not perfect, because Angeline landed on the roof face down.

Not dissatisfied with this, Angeline quickly got up from the ground, casually wiped the dust off her face, jumped onto the low parapet of the clock tower and shouted.

"Ella-chan! Oh no! Elise-senpai is here!"

"I know, I know. Has Angeline already fought with Iris?"

There was no point in being anxious, so Ella asked Lotte to be on guard while she got information from Angeline.

Gasping for breath, Angelini used the sickle to support her body.

"No, no, just when I realized what was happening, Iris-senpai used wind magic to blow me up into the sky."

"What's Iris's condition? She should be weakened after the battle with Oak and the others, right?"

If Iris could come here, it meant that the battle on Oak's side was over. Ella didn't think that Iris would ignore them and come directly to her, because there was another risk involved - that is, she might disguise herself and sneak into Oak's team. If she just left it alone, it would not make sense no matter what.

Therefore, after the battle with Oak, even Iris will suffer some magic loss, and the chances of winning on our side will be higher. If we can know Iris's current condition in advance, we can also decide on the response strategy in advance.

But Angelina's answer was beyond Ella's expectations.

"Okay...it seems like there's no damage, but I don't have a handy skill like 'True Vision', so I can only infer from the appearance."

Ding—click.

As Angelini answered, the battle on Lotte's side had already begun. The magic with an orange-red tail flame that spewed out from Hela's pitch-black gun was intercepted before hitting the target, and exploded after hitting the "ice wall".

The broken ice fell from the sky, hitting the street with a crisp sound. At the same time, a figure appeared behind the ice wall dozens of meters away from the clock tower. It was Iris with a sad expression.

"Ah, ah, Lotte-chan, are you really that unwelcome to me?"

"I-Is there really no damage?!"

Compared to Iris's calmness, Ella was completely surprised. Not only was there no wrinkle on Iris's clothes, but even her long pure silver hair was not a bit messy.

Iris put her hand over her lips and explained the reason to Ella without any intention of entering into a battle.

"Of course, huh? That last 'thing' was a bit troublesome and consumed a lot of mana, but I'm not some arrogant villain who thinks, 'It's okay to just go ahead like that.' Even little Ella has magic potions, so I should have some too, right?"

"Tsk."

Ignoring Ella's dissatisfied smacking of lips, Iris continued speaking.

"But I'm wondering why Ella didn't look for that little guy named Fukagan, but instead looked for the magic caster. I heard that Ella was very close to that little guy, and I thought it was a weapon specially prepared for me."

In response to Iris's declaration that she was almost certain to win, Ella responded with a bright expression.

"Hehe, yes, that's my secret weapon. It will strike when you're most relaxed, Iris?"

"Hmm—well, thank you for your advice, Ella-chan."

A thoughtful expression flashed across Iris's face, and then Iris took out a palm-sized piece of paper from the storage bracelet. After burning it with the flame created by magic, a bright yellow shield appeared around Iris's body. After a moment, the shield turned transparent and disappeared.

It should be a permanent magic shield.

After making a preliminary assessment, Ella couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart.

In fact, Shen Gan left after finding Iris's location at dawn, but Ella was not dissatisfied, because such help alone was enough, otherwise there would be no way to carry out the plan now. So the previous statement that Shen Gan was ambushing was just because she wanted to distract Iris during the battle, but she didn't expect Iris to directly use a defensive magic scroll to deal with it, without even giving her room for distraction.

"Then it's time to end the small talk and begin the examination."

With Iris raising her staff as a signal, the battlefield resumed.

"'Blessing of Vitality', Angeline."

"Understood~"

After recovering her strength, Angeline picked up the giant sickle and used repeated jumping between buildings to approach Iris, but before Angeline approached, Iris chose to deal with Lotte first.

"First, Lotte-chan, △△——『Ice Spear』."

Although she was using second-level magic, the chanting process was completed in an instant. However, compared to Iris's chanting, Lotte pulled the trigger faster.

The ice spear collided with the magic cast by Hela, exploding into powder in the air, blocking each other's vision.

Iris frowned somewhat dissatisfied with the result. The reason why she chose to deal with Lotte first was because of Lotte's non-chanting attack. If the result continued to be like this, the battle would become a tug-of-war between her and Lotte - a competition of magic power reserves, or to be more precise, the reserves of magic potions.

Although Iris didn't think she would lose, that wouldn't achieve the original purpose. She had to turn the battle into a situation where only Ella was left to bear the pressure.

"I didn't intend to use this magic..."

Saying this in a soliloquy, Iris held the Crescent Dew horizontally, and while preparing for the next spell, she stared at the smoke that was gradually dissipating in the air. But when the smoke dissipated, Lotte on the clock tower had disappeared, leaving only Lotte hiding on the second floor and Angeline who was attacking her.

"Choosing to distance yourself... But this is exactly what I want. The time it takes to distance yourself is enough to end the battle."

Nodding slightly, Iris turned her attention to Angeline, who was infusing magic into the sickle. Although doing so would consume a lot of magic power, it would be worth it if she could successfully make Ella "do that".

"△△●——『Ice Spear·Kai』."

A green ice spear as thick as an arm and two meters long condensed and appeared beside Iris. Although the only difference between this ice spear and the previous one was that its color was darker, its internal structure was very different. It was an excellent magic to use when blocking others from advancing or counterattacking targets.

"this……"

Through the church window, Ella watched Iris cast the ice spear, and a familiar feeling emerged in her heart.

If I guessed correctly, this should be a kind of magic that Iris used against me in the dream world. If I don't cut off the ice spear in advance, it will be detonated by Iris later, causing huge damage.

And now he is right in a straight line between Angelique and Iris. If Angelique makes the same choice as himself in the dream world and dodges the ice spear, the ice spear will definitely hit the church and then be detonated by Iris, making him, who holds the magic core, lose his combat effectiveness.

Realizing that this was Iris's conspiracy, Ella shouted at Angeline who was using the building for support again.

"Angelina, cut it off!"

"[Giant Scythe Slash]!"

After receiving the order, Angelica swung the sickle without hesitation, cut off the ice spear, and then bounced back to the window of the church.

"You could have rushed to Iris-senpai at that opportunity just now, why did you give it up?"

Although she had great doubts about Ella's instructions, Angeline chose to execute them first and then ask questions - this was the result of long-term cooperation, just like when facing the nest beetles before, Ella asked Angeline and Oak and others to come back, and Angeline came back without hesitation, but Oak and his group hesitated. This is the result that requires long-term running-in.

"That was Iris's plan."

Ella said this in an unmasked voice that Iris could hear, testing Iris's reaction.

"Hmm? I thought it was an accident, but it was intentional? This is the first time I've used this magic in front of others. How did Ella-chan figure it out... I'm getting more and more curious."

Bang—crack.

The sound of shattering shells was heard. Lotte, who was choosing a safe place, used a sniper shot on Iris. Iris, who had no time to react, was hit - to be more precise, the passive defense she had used before was hit. The transparent shield was covered with cracks and shattered like an eggshell, but the sniper shot itself did not cause any damage to Iris.

Iris glanced at Lotte, who looked disappointed because she had missed such a great opportunity.

"This is going to go on forever. So I'm going to need some magic potion after all? △△●——『Ice Lance·Kai』, maxed out."

Summoning five ice spears of special spells in one breath, Iris pointed all of them at Lotte who turned to take shelter, muttering softly.

"Let's get some good sleep first."

"Lotte, don't let the ice spear hit the ground! Magic Shield."

Bang, bang.

Ella summoned a magic shield to neutralize the two ice spears, then shouted to Lotte.

But it was too late. When Loti just heard Ella's cry, the ice spear had already pierced the ground beside Loti.

Chapter 73: Death

--boom!

The ice spear was activated by Iris the moment it landed, and the dust produced by the explosion mixed with gravel rose up on the deserted street.

No, our strengths are totally not on the same level.

Ella couldn't help but have this thought in her mind: the level gap between the two sides was too big, and the team composition was completely unable to suppress Iris. Now there were only two options before her.

The first option is to retreat with Angelini, who is still able to fight, and break through to the end of the assessment, but the possibility of this plan being successful is almost negligible. As for the second option, it is to switch careers like in the dream world and fight back against Iris. Compared with the first option, this option is sure to succeed, but the consequences are difficult to predict.