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

"How many are there? Thousands? Lotte-chan should have leveled up, right? But with just these Kumi, even if the adventurers can't win, retreating shouldn't be a problem. What exactly caused the adventurers to lose their memories of the castle?"

After hearing what Iris said about the upgrade, Ella checked Lotte's status bar. Her level was still 19, the same as before she came. Her experience points had increased slightly, but that level could be completely attributed to the experience gained from using the "Explosive Bomb" and had nothing to do with Kumi. Considering Kumi's way of survival, even if he was shattered, he could be resurrected by sticking him together with adhesive fluid within a month, so perhaps it would take a month for the experience points to be counted.

Thinking of this, Ella couldn't help but feel a little strange. The Kumi people's bodies were all spherical, and they had no organs like hands and feet that could be used for grasping. How they usually helped their companions to assemble was another mystery.

Arriving at the ruins of the Kumi tribe's "corpses," Lotte retrieved the metal rope hanging from the stairs to her "dimensional skirt" and answered Iris's question.

"It seems their levels haven't increased. That's probably because these Kumi aren't completely dead, so they don't count towards their experience. As for the adventurers' lost memories, maybe it's the slimes? There are many types of slimes, and some might even possess mental magic. These Kumi seemed to have mentioned calling for slimes, so they might be controlling them."

"Does the Kumi tribe also have monster users?"

"Well, Kumi is also a kind of intelligent creature that can use magic. If Miss Ella is interested, we can try to assemble one later."

"...Slime and Kumi combination?"

Shen Gan casually picked up a fragment of Kumi. The fragments varied in color, with red being the predominant color. Although Kumi's body was composed of minerals, its feel and texture were no different from ceramic. Thinking it might be a regional difference, Shen Gan didn't delve into it further.

"...Maybe it's just a coincidence. Using the slime's body as adhesive, I just need to gather the fragments and let the slime attach to them, and I can be resurrected perfectly. That's what I say, but with so many fragments, it's impossible to put them back together. Lotte-senpai should be able to increase several levels in a month."

"Uh, ah, I feel like Fuka-chan said something incredible. If I put these Kumi together, wouldn't it turn into a giant Kumi?"

"Ahahaha, how could that be? It's not an undead creature."

Ella shook her head and waved her hands. She didn't mean to raise a flag. She just felt that the plot in the hot-blooded comics where the two of them merged together when they couldn't win was impossible to appear in reality. Putting aside the feasibility, even if all the broken Kumi were put together, whose will would control the body?

So, that was just Angelica's delusion.

Chapter 68: The Promise between Elise and Lotte

Da da da.

The conversation here came to an end, and the sound of footsteps came from Iris's direction.

"Your Highness, Ella... You... I'm so glad you're okay."

"Hmm... Tina, just call me by my name. If you use a respectful title..."

Although I have become somewhat accustomed to honorifics after becoming the Demon Queen, for some reason, I always feel strange when Tina calls me that. If I think about it carefully, maybe it is because Tina's tone always reminds me of the princess who meets the Prince Charming in the animation, that kind of affectionate and caring tone.

"Adding honorifics is necessary... behavior, that's right."

"Well……"

"Let's chat for a while. Let's get ready first. The slime is coming."

Using wind magic to move the rubble formed by Kumi's "corpse" to the side, Iris breathed a sigh of relief.

The previous staircase has completely collapsed, and the second and first floors are completely broken.

"Is it completely disconnected?... Never mind. Let's use flying magic to take them up one by one. Considering the possibility of the first person to go up being attacked, let's take Fuka-chan up first. Is that ok?"

Iris turned her gaze to Shen Gan. It was not because they had a bad relationship that she was deliberately making things difficult for him at this time, but because Shen Gan was indeed the best candidate among all people. As an assassin, his concealment ability was first-class and it was difficult to be discovered. Even if he did not hide himself, Shen Gan's level was second only to Iris, and he was relatively safe in dealing with attacks.

Feeling annoyed, he sighed and ignored Iris. Shen Gan walked directly to the broken staircase. After jumping several times in the air, he climbed up to the quiet entrance to the second floor and stepped on the ruins of Kumi.

It looks like a skill similar to "Multi-jump", but it is actually a skill that can be learned by warrior professions after level 20. It can create air pedals in the air to achieve the purpose of "Multi-jump". Since it belongs to the melee non-chanting magic system, only warriors can learn it. Although Iris also used it in the lava cave, it was a chanting magic created by Iris.

It is not uncommon for two skills to produce the same effect but belong to different systems.

Inspired by Shen Gan, Angelica and Lotte also climbed to the second floor using their own methods - Angelica used her sickle to gain leverage on the wall to jump to the second floor, while Lotte used a grappling hook directly to climb up.

"In the end, the only ones who need my help are Ella-chan and Tina-chan, right? Well, it's more convenient."

Compared to the simple structure of the first floor with only two staircases, the second floor is much more complicated. Apart from the Kumi corpses piled on the ground, there are five semicircular corridors leading to different places. There are extremely gorgeous reliefs on the ceiling, and there are many statues squatting on the surrounding walls - most of them are half-naked or nearly half-naked women, but they don't make people blush. The reason for this is that the sculptor's skills are really poor, so they look a little hideous.

"The owner of this castle has a truly unique aesthetic—waaaaaaa, is this... a wax figure?"

Angeline quickly pulled her outstretched hand back. Due to the hot climate in Dragon Island, the wax she touched stuck to her hand, making Angeline look disgusted.

She felt nothing for the slippery touch of the Deep Sea Lord, yet she felt a subtle sensation towards paraffin? Angeline was truly a strange creature.

While thinking this, Ella heard a rustling sound beside her ears. Because Angeline was also looking around, Ella immediately confirmed that this was not an illusion and turned her attention to search the terrain.

"Is this... a slime?"

"Did Miss Ella notice anything?"

"Well, the 'Exploration Eye' detected some slimes approaching."

As she spoke, Ella pointed to the middle of the five semicircular corridors.

"Leave the slime to Aira-chan. As long as you hit the core, even an ice ball can be fatal, right? Aira-chan is only level 17 now, which is too unqualified to be the next Demon King."

"Eh? I think it's possible, but isn't the slime controlled by Kumi?"

It's not that he can't use offensive magic, but he can't use it on living creatures. That being said, as long as he doesn't think it's a living creature, or when encountering an emergency, he can occasionally use offensive magic. For example, when the "Black Tide" occurred in the Ankhsir River, he used the "Glorious Holy Flame" to burn the poisonous insects, and when he used the "Holy Pestle" to break the horn of the Nest Lord in the underground maze of the Holy Academy, these were all successful examples.

As for strange creatures like slimes, it always feels like as long as they attack me, I can successfully use attack magic, but if they are just passing by, I may not be able to use attack magic.

"But just now, Lotte killed so many Kumi with just one skill, and it didn't feel like anything at all. Is it too unrealistic? Or maybe she doesn't even consider the Kumi as a living thing..."

There was no point in thinking about things she didn't know. Ella shook her head and drove away the distracting thoughts in her mind.

Just as Ella came to her senses, Lotte took a step forward.

"It's enough for me to be Miss Ella's attack magic, Your Highness Elise."

"Except for a certain idiot, we all know what Lotte-chan is thinking, but overprotection always leads to trouble, right? As a demon queen, if Aira-chan isn't strong enough, there will be all sorts of problems when she rules the demon clan in the future, right? In the long run, it wouldn't be a bad thing for everyone if Aira-chan grew stronger."

A hint of hesitation flashed across Lotte's face, and then she slowly relaxed. Instead of smiling gently as usual, she let out a long breath as if to let out all her troubles.

"Huh... But I'll still take action when necessary."

Of all the people present, he knew best how powerful his master was. Apart from that, only Camisia knew. And it was precisely because Camisia knew Ella's strength that she took Ella out for fun without any scruples. There was no need to improve abilities that had already reached their peak. Although there were some shortcomings in attack, they could be corrected by him and Camisia. This was one of the reasons why he was still practicing Hela's long-range attack skills instead of learning defensive magic.

"sure."

Speaking as if it were a matter of course, Iris narrowed her eyes slightly and stared at Ella with a sly smile.

"Hmm...? As for slimes, as long as they attack, I think I can even use the magic 'Light Arrow', right?"

"Anyway, if Aira-chan can't handle so many of them alone, Lotte-chan and I will help."

"Senior, those slimes are here... but they look a little strange?"

Chapter 69: Out of Control Area

"strangeness?"

Looking in the direction Shen Gan pointed, Ella gripped the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment tightly, ready to cast attack magic at any time.

What came into view was a group of Kumi wrapped in various slimes.

"What's going on? Why are you suddenly attacking me? The control magic is still there."

"Number Seven, how are you doing?"

Kumi, who was wrapped in the slime, shouted to Kumi behind him. The runaway slime only appeared at the front of the team. There was nothing unusual between Kumi and the slime in the middle.

"Nothing unusual, I'll go help you now!"

"please."

“Ugh! I have a problem here too!”

Kumi, known as Number Seven, took a step forward with the slime, and as if crossing a certain limit, the slime, which was originally under control, went berserk, jumped up from the ground, wrapped Number Seven in its body, and became stiff.

“W-What the hell is going on?!”

"I, I don't know. The control magic is still there, so why would it attack me? It's like someone is interfering with us."

It seems that the situation is quite serious, but this is actually a good thing for me. If I want to increase my level, I can easily do it by casting magic at the air. It is also okay if I don't kill the slime. It is also very interesting to watch the other party panic like now.

Ella put down the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment and watched as the Kumi and the others were caught by the slime one after another in their attempts to rescue their companions.

Compared to Ella's amusing mentality, others paid more attention to the reason. Like Ella, Loti put down Hela and looked at Iris.

"Did Your Highness Iris use any mental magic?"

"No, I haven't practiced spiritual magic. Elemental magic is my specialty. But is this due to interference from the barrier? It seems the slime will go out of control if it crosses a certain limit."

"No one would be so foolish as to set up a barrier in their own home to interfere with them, right?"

Speechless at the Kumi's dramatic performance, Fukagami turned slightly to look at Ella.

"Senior, are you using the item given by the previous Demon King again?"

"Eh? There's no way such a tool exists—well, no, even if there was, I would have told you before using it."

He suddenly changed his words mid-sentence. Although he had never seen such an item in person, he had heard of an equipment called "Kiss of Desire" in "F.Wing". Even so, the effect was very different. "Kiss of Desire" was an indiscriminate attack type, which was different from the current situation where it only targeted slimes.

"Come to think of it, the brooch Ella-chan gave me, could it also be an item given by the previous Demon King? This is the first time I've seen a magical weapon of this structure, and there's no record of it before. Where did Ella-chan get it from—"

Facing Iris's whispered thoughts, Ella quickly interrupted.

"Well, let's not talk about that for now. If it wasn't Kumi's barrier, then it must have been someone else. It could have been Kamisia's barrier for safety, but she should have informed us in advance..."

"Hmm? I won't pursue the matter if Ella-chan doesn't want to talk about it."

With an expression that said, "I'll let you go this time," Iris waved her hands slightly as if to drive something away.

Angeline took out some kerosene-soaked firewood from Lotte's dimensional backpack and lit it - she had a feeling that the dress decorated with bows would catch fire, but since she had no objection, there was no need to remind her.

"What is Angelina going to do?"

"Of course we have to deal with the slime. We can't just leave it alone. Let's go through another passage. What if the Kumi here finds a way to catch us? We'll be attacked from both sides."

"Anjeni-chan, wait a minute. This might be Tina-chan's fault. Tina-chan said on the ship that there was another reason for being locked up. If that reason was to make the controlled monsters go berserk, then that would make sense, right?"

Just as Angeline was about to throw the torch at the slime in the distant passage, Iris stared at Tina and made one of her many inferences.

"Eh? Making a controlled monster go berserk? That's certainly possible... Iris has the curse of a princess of the God-man race—the blessing—so it's possible that the royal families of other races would have a similar effect?"

Pulling the back of Angeline's collar as she made a throwing motion, Ella used a stun grenade to extinguish the ignited fire.

Keeping holding Angelique, Ella fell into a brief thought.

I had thought it was a bit harsh before. If Tina, a member of the royal family, was locked in a cage just because she couldn't control the monsters, it would be too much no matter how you look at it. But if Tina's ability was to invalidate the ability to control sea beasts, it would make sense.

The biggest reliance of the underwater people in attacking the dragon clan is to control the sea beasts. If there is a person like Tina who has a permanent range passive and can invalidate the control, she will be a threat to the underwater people no matter where she goes. It is not surprising that she is treated as a dangerous person and dealt with quietly. The reason why she was locked in a birdcage and not taken action may be to consider dealing with rebels who are also underwater people in the future.

But it is safer to verify it before doing so.

"Tina, step back and try."

"Um……"

Tina, who was not quite aware of what was going on, followed Ella's instructions and wanted to take a small step back. However, because she was still holding the corner of Ella's clothes, Ella could only take a step back with her. Although there was an uncovered gap not far behind her, she would not feel fear as long as she did not pay attention to that place.

A surprising situation occurred.

Just as the barrier that caused the slimes to lose control began to move, the slimes that originally wrapped up Kumi immediately let go of their masters and obeyed orders again. However, before the Kumi and others could breathe a sigh of relief, they were put into trouble again because of Ella's next order.

"Tina, come over here and try."

In order to test how many slimes could be disturbed at most, Ella asked Tina to walk five steps forward.

If the effect of this skill is regardless of the number and is permanent, it may be used as a tool by someone with ulterior motives in the future, so it must be made clear.

The fact is, every time Tina takes a step forward, the slime will move away a little, just like the movement of a magic circle, except for one thing that is different from what you imagine.

"It can only cause slimes of level 5 and below to go berserk..."

Only the slimes below level five have lost control. Once the level of the slimes exceeds level five, the Out-of-Control Barrier - as it is temporarily called, the 'Out-of-Control Barrier' will become invalid. However, there are very few slimes above level five in the team that came, so there is no need to worry about causing violence due to numbers. There is no upper limit to the number of 'Out-of-Control Barriers'.

but--

What about the target? Does it affect all non-intelligent creatures or only those that are controlled?

As if she had thought of a solution, Iris took out a sphere covered with hard spikes from the storage. It looked like a curled up hedgehog. The sharpness of the tip made her want to look away unconsciously just by looking at it.

"Let me ask you for now. Even Kumi can feel pain, right? I've only read about it in books before, but never seen it in person, so I want to confirm it."

"Yes, Your Highness, Iris. Although Kumi's exterior is hard and almost insensitive, its interior is a fragile part with very sensitive nerves."

Among the group, only Ruthie was most familiar with Kumi, so it was natural for Ruthie to give the answer.

"Really? That makes it easier."

With one corner of her mouth raised, Iris made an expression that clearly showed that she was about to do something bad. In addition, the thorn ball in her hand was tied with a rope and kept shaking. If Ella had not known that the target of the evil was not her, she would probably choose to run away immediately.