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

Although the magic core will increase in size as the monster's rank increases, even a scarlet gold-level magic core is only the size of a fist. A slime that is less than level ten can only be considered a lower-level galvanized iron-level creature, roughly the size of a fingernail. It is too dreamy to find and accurately hit it in a dark environment.

If the attacker was Lotte, who was good at delicate operations, Ella would not have questioned it. But if it was Angeline, Ella subconsciously imagined the Western food she made - compared to food made with magic, it would probably make the person who chose it commit suicide.

Very self-aware, Angelini shook her head and nodded.

"Well, I certainly can't hit as accurately as Lotte, but there are still some ways to deal with it. I had experience fighting slimes when I was an adventurer at the Holy Academy. I can just use melee skills with area attacks like 'Storm Dance' to deal with them. For general use, just throw a lit torch at the slime, and it will reveal its magic core."

"Eh... well, it's good to have a solution anyway."

Ella didn't quite believe the latter's method of shining a torch on the slime and causing the slime to automatically expose its weaknesses, so she could only wave her hand to indicate that she had heard it.

The monsters on the terrain search did not move because of their intrusion. They were like they were asleep and did not move.

"Senior, shall we go our separate ways from now on?"

Following Shen Gan's line of sight to the end of the hall, there is a staircase on each side leading to the upper level of the castle. The railings that prevent people from falling have rotted and are hanging in the air, but the main stone staircase shows no signs of damage, so it should be fine to step on it.

"Hmm... Let's not separate. It would be troublesome if we run into danger."

Fukagan sighed as if troubled.

"Haha—you're overthinking this, senpai. Well, if you want to make this decision anyway, then I'll leave it to you."

"I'm thinking from the perspective of a decision-maker. If I can't guarantee safety, I won't be trusted, right?"

"Um... Miss Ella, which way should we go?"

"left."

——Although there is not much difference.

The design of the two staircases is just for aesthetics. In fact, the final destination is the entrance to the second floor of the castle.

Click, click, click.

The crisp sound of hard soles stepping on the steps echoed in the empty hall. The scene without any noise made people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts. In addition, the handrails on the left and right sides of the stairs had lost their function, and the sense of unease increased sharply.

As if to ease the tension, Lotte whispered that since Hela was not suitable for street fighting, she would use a short blade as a weapon instead.

"When you were on the ship, Ms. Tina mentioned that you had lost some of your memories. Have you remembered anything yet? Besides being unable to control the sea beasts and only being able to communicate with them through language, is there another reason for being locked in the birdcage?"

Tina thought silently for a moment, a look of struggle on her face as if she was trying to recall a memory, but she quickly gave up the attempt, lowered her head, and there was a sense of embarrassment in her voice.

"Hmm... I'm losing my memory... I slept too long... I can't remember what I was saying."

Ella showed a surprised expression.

It seems that the reason I was puzzled before as to why Tina still retained her humanity after such a long time was probably because she didn't think at all normally and only did things like eating and sleeping. In that case, the reason she didn't lose her language ability was probably because she could communicate with sea beasts normally.

"Does little Tina only wake up from her deep sleep when she's hungry?"

"It's...they called me..."

"...Isn't this the kind of life you'd like, Senpai? All you do besides sleep is eat."

There seemed to be a sense of speechlessness in Shen Gan's tone, but when he turned around, he found that his face was expressionless.

"Fukan, that's too much!"

"Ah la la, is Fuka-chan wrong?"

"Even I wouldn't sleep all day and do nothing, and eating... since it was sent by sea monsters, it couldn't be fish they caught or algae they stumbled upon, right?"

I inadvertently imagined Tina wearing tattered clothes, squatting in the corner of the birdcage and gnawing on a dead raw fish - it was too pitiful.

Hearing Ella's guess, Tina quickly looked up to explain, and almost fell on the stairs because she stepped on her white dress. Fortunately, Shen Gan behind her pulled her up in time.

"No, that's not it. They... humans, ships, food, that's what they're talking about."

"Did a sea monster attack a human merchant ship and bring in food?"

Iris's questioning tone made Tina lower her head uncomfortably.

“No… I don’t know…”

"Well, Tina wouldn't want to see something like this either. Maybe the food was found near a shipwrecked merchant ship?"

"Is that so? Let's just take it as it is."

Iris waved her hand casually, walked up the last step, and under everyone's surprised gaze, quickly waved the Crescent Dew in front of her.

“—Ice Wall.”

boom.

The crisp sound of broken dishes appeared in the room, followed by Iris's calm voice.

"There's a trap, don't rush up."

Unlike the expected multiple attacks, a muffled sound came from the other side of the ice wall, and a voice that was clearly a man's voice but sounded so sharp that it sounded like a woman's voice.

"Number ninety-nine failed! Number ninety-eight is up."

"Hey, I didn't expect to be discovered. You must use the best glue to put me back together next time."

"Of course~ We are a united Kumi."

"Hey, idiot! Don't reveal our identities!"

"Excuse me, please just fire me out."

"Yes, launch number ninety-eight~!"

After this sentence was finished, there was the sound of a wine bottle cork being opened, and then, as before, the ice wall shook for a moment, and the sound of broken ceramics was heard.

"Ms. Elise, what happened over there?"

Because the stairs were blocked by Iris's ice wall, everyone behind except Ella was unaware of the situation.

From Ella's perspective, what appeared on the terrain search before were two light spots of only level 4 crashing into the ice wall, and then the light spots disappeared, which meant death.

The words "suicide attack" appeared in my mind, but the comedian-like voice that appeared on the other side of the ice wall made it impossible for me to connect the two.

"It's the Kumi. They're using turrets? Attacking us, but the shells are their own?"

Although she was in the middle of a battle, Iris's face showed an expression of not knowing what to say, and even some doubts.

"Since this is an attack, there's no need to show mercy. Your Highness, Iris, please remove the ice wall at the right time. The Kumi people's natural immunity to magic poses too great a threat to you. Please leave it to me."

"Well, since you said that, Lotte-chan, I can't refuse. Five seconds, five seconds."

Watching Lotte take out Hela from the dimensional backpack, Iris shrugged without any nervousness. Judging from the power of the attack just now, Kumi was completely unable to break through her defense.

"Oh! Number 98 failed too! Number 97, come on."

"This is totally beyond our ability to handle, right? Call out the slime quickly."

"Ninety-seven, you're trying to disobey orders~"

"Hey, could you please take a look at the situation?"

"You just want to disobey orders~"

"Tsk, there's really nothing I can do. I'll tell you later. Now go get some rest!"

boom.

After the deep-sounding voice finished speaking, the sound of broken ceramics was heard again, and a light spot disappeared on the terrain search. It seemed that the strange Kumi with the word "yo" at the end of his words was broken by his companions.

"Number ninety-seven smashed number one!"

"Number ninety-seven smashed number one!"

"Number ninety-seven smashed number one!"

"..."

Like countless broken records piled together, the entire second floor kept repeating this sentence. The combined sound of various voices made the stairs Ella was standing on begin to tremble - it must be the countless Kumi gathered together repeating it.

"Everyone, be quiet and call out Slime-kun! Otherwise, I'll turn you into Number One and stick you back together with cheap glue!"

"It's...it's the devil!"

"Hurry up and do it!"

"Yes, yes! Number ninety-seven!"

As the sound of the sphere rolling was heard, Iris covered her ears with her hands and asked Lotte for confirmation.

"Are you ready, Lotte-chan? I'm almost dying of noise."

"Well, start the count. Five, four, three, two, one—"Explosive Bomb"."

Chapter 67: Broken Waves

The physical attack "Explosive Bomb" drew a straight line under Lotte's control, passed through the ice wall removed by Iris, and accurately hit the densely packed Kumi in the entire second-floor hall, which seemed to have no end in sight.

Bang, bang.

There was a sound of breaking dishes one after another, as if someone had overturned a cabinet full of crockery.

Kumi who was directly hit by the explosive bomb, Kumi who was splashed, Kumi who fell from a high altitude because the Kumi under him was broken, the torrent of broken pottery was like triggering a domino effect, and the screams and frightened sounds were woven into a symphony.

“Ah…ah…”

Ella opened her mouth in surprise. No, it should be said that most people at the scene were surprised.

The torrent formed by the porcelain pieces was rushing towards the only two entrances in the entire second-floor hall - the stairs connecting the first and second floors with unstoppable momentum.

She took several steps back, then gradually accelerated her pace, and a look of hesitation appeared on Iris's face.

"Don't just stand there! Go!"

“Yes, yes!”

Without questioning, anyone who saw this scene would subconsciously choose to flee - a porcelain tsunami that shook the entire castle.

Everyone immediately turned around and started running down the stairs.

"Iris, Tina!"

"Got it. 'Floating Technique', 'Flight'."

Tina is the one with the weakest physical strength in the group. Running on such stairs will not only make it difficult for her to catch up with the team, but she may also fall due to her haste.

After giving Tina the levitation technique, Iris used flying magic to take Tina off the ground, while Shen Gan directly used his physical ability to jump down the stairs. Even at a height of three stories, he seemed to be unharmed.

Dust continued to fall from the ceiling, and tiny cracks began to appear on the stairs under my feet. If I were to describe it on an earthquake scale, it would definitely be over level five.

Feeling the vibration behind her getting stronger and stronger, Ella subconsciously looked back.

“Wow!”

A wave of pottery fragments several meters high was less than five steps away from her. She could already feel the stinging sensation of some of the tiny particles hitting her face. She poured strength into her feet, put the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment into storage, and ran down the stairs as fast as she could. If she wasn't worried about the risk of missing steps when crossing multiple steps at once, Ella would even try to escape at a speed of three steps at a time.

Even though she was wearing the "Miracle of Healing," Ella had no irrational desire to use her own body to resist the waves. Rather, anyone who would consider attempting this was either a fearless fanatic or a complete fool.

"Miss Ella, this way!"

His ears caught the sound of Lotte at the bottom of the stairs. He barely moved his eyes while running. Lotte was grabbing the metal rope hanging on the stairs and stretching her hand towards him. Below her, he could see Angeline who was about to jump from the rope to the ground.

If she continued running at this speed, she would definitely be caught up by the torrent. With absolute trust in Lotte, Ella stretched out her hand, closed her eyes, and jumped sideways from the stairs, jumping towards Lotte who was two steps away.

flutter.

The feeling of falling only lasted for a moment before it stopped. The feeling of falling into the warm cushion spread throughout her body. Her outstretched hand was not held. On the contrary, she felt like someone was hugging her waist. It seemed that her outstretched hand was not in a suitable position to be held, so Luty chose a safer method - hugging.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Lotte's relieved expression.

"Ms. Ella, I'm about to jump."

"Um."

Although she was in an airborne position with no traction, Lotte swung upwards in an inexplicable way. Then, her vision began to distort and the surrounding scenery began to spin. She landed safely on the ground and ran to a safe area before standing firm.

Boom boom boom——

After about two seconds, the wave of porcelain pieces finally hit the floor of the first-floor hall, and after a burst of vibration stronger than any previous moment, it stopped moving forward.

"this……"

"Should I say it's spectacular? Or incredible? Even with so many Kumi gathered, the castle didn't collapse."

Slowly landing on the ground with Tina, Iris spoke very casually and waved her hand as if she didn't care at all.