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

If possible, it would of course be better to let the other party propose the conditions first. In this way, if the conditions proposed by the other party are within your bottom line, you will naturally be the winner in the negotiation. If the conditions proposed by the other party exceed your bottom line, you can also use the statement of tolerance limit to negotiate at a level above the bottom line, and ultimately keep the price within the range prepared in advance.

But it was obvious that the other party did not have such good intentions, and the maid who served as the negotiation agent spoke.

"We saw the magic cannons mounted on the sluice walls when we came here. Your Majesty, with those magic cannons, we can repel even a giant dragon, right?"

[You're clearly in control of the situation, yet you're still pretending like this!]

Fios had the urge to bang his fist on the table, but he forced himself to calm down and adjust his breathing with movements that were difficult for others to notice.

"Yes, under normal circumstances, even if we encounter such a situation, it wouldn't be a big problem. However, due to some problems that occurred within the dragon clan, we are currently very short of magic cores that power the magic cannon, so..."

Interrupting Fios' words, Camisia's voice, full of queenly majesty, rang out from beneath her golden eyes.

"Princess, there is no need to agree to your request. This is simply out of sympathy. Fios, this is not something you should say as the king of your race."

With a long sigh in his heart, Fios finally lost the initiative.

"Hmm—indeed, so I have specially prepared some gifts for this. If Lady Elelaya can save the branch island of Brorickz and the other eleven islands during this disaster, our dragon clan will exempt the demon clan from all tariffs for three years and give them the two water stone mines in the western part of our territory."

This was of course the result of being castrated by Fios. If he put forward the bottom line of what he could bear right from the start, then the subsequent dialogue would only develop in a direction that was disadvantageous to him. So naturally, the other party would definitely add conditions on this basis - it was nothing more than increasing the duration of tariff reductions and exemptions and the number of water and stone veins ceded. However, if they asked for the arrangement of garrisons, then he would have to cross the bottom line immediately. Garrisons were the only option that had to be avoided at all costs.

But the opponent once again played a card that he did not expect, no, a card that he would never have thought of.

Ella widened her purple eyes and placed the teacup on the table.

"No need, huh? As for me, I can do it without paying."

"No, no price?!"

This time, Fios finally couldn't help himself, and his inner thoughts were written on his face - an expression of shock mixed with fear.

He never expected that the Demon Queen would do such a thing. She would not charge any price at this time, which means that she would leave the issue for discussion later. As for the time of this "renegotiation", it is very likely that the Dragon Clan has to rely entirely on the power of the Demon Clan for defense. At that time, no matter what conditions the other party puts forward, he will have no choice but to accept them.

Fios's brain began to work rapidly. If he couldn't impress the Demon Queen with enough benefits now, the situation afterwards would be too unpredictable, which made him feel so scared that he couldn't control himself and slammed his hands on the table.

"No, Lady Elelaya, we offer ten years of tariff reductions. We can increase the number of waterstone veins to five, and adding two more lightstone veins is no problem."

Although it sounds like a lot, the entire ocean is almost the dragon clan's territory, so it is not unacceptable.

With an embarrassed look, Ella leaned back in her chair, stretched out her index finger, and placed it on the slightly bulging side of her face. However, this appearance, which would make anyone fall in love with it because of its cuteness when seeing it for the first time, made Fios feel like he was being targeted by a devil.

"Hmm... That's not what I meant. I'm only helping His Majesty Phoos in my personal capacity, and only until tonight. We'll be leaving for the Sacred Academy tomorrow."

"W-What?"

After noticing the trembling sound coming out of his throat, Fios immediately regretted his previous behavior.

Calm down, calm down. This can't possibly be the other party's intention. This personal name must include the Executioner, Camisia. In other words, let Camisia use her power beyond the heroic realm today to show the Dragon Clan how much help the Demon Clan can bring to them, and then use this to increase their leverage. The time limit means that if they can't come up with better conditions by tomorrow, they won't help... What a greedy move! If I weren't on the opposite side, I would definitely applaud this idea.

Fios picked up the tea on the table and drank it all in one gulp, temporarily relieving his tension.

In short, as long as we can come up with conditions that satisfy the Demon Queen before tomorrow, from this point of view, the situation is not hopeless. We should now follow the other party's thinking and make the Demon Queen feel that she has really given up the help of the demons. At that time, the Demon Queen will definitely lower her demands and negotiate again. The last chance will be tomorrow morning.

With a sigh of feigned regret, Phoas stood up.

"Is that so... If this is Lady Elelaya's answer, then we have no choice but to agree. Tomorrow morning at six o'clock, when the day and night beast tides change, I will have my men open the floodgates. Then, Lady Elelaya will be able to leave Dragon Island."

"Well, thank you very much, Your Majesty Phoos."

"Then I will take my leave and prepare for the next layout of Dragon Island."

After saluting Ella with both hands clasped, Fios walked out of the courtyard quickly with his personal guards.

Chapter 83: The Light of Hope in the Stack

*创世纪6187年1月8日 下午13：31分 龙岛本岛『赫尔卡尔』

After seeing Fios off, Ella sat back in her chair, letting out a long breath as if an unbearable burden had been lifted. If it were winter, it would probably have condensed into white mist.

It wasn't that he didn't want to agree to Fios's request, but once it involved other demon soldiers, he couldn't make a decision on his own. If Fios had gone directly to Camisia to discuss it, he wouldn't have felt anything. But if it were him, he'd subconsciously wonder, with so many conditions, how many troops would he be expected to send? Then, thinking of the sacrifices that come with war, he realized that making a decision felt like forcing someone to do something.

That's why I offered help in my personal capacity. Although I can't act as a turret and use offensive magic, I can still heal injuries and use magic shields to help resist attacks.

After collecting the tea sets that were not taken away from the table, Loti prepared to have the innkeeper return them to Fuos later. As she bent down to collect them, she tilted her head to look at Ella.

"Is it okay to send His Majesty Phoos away like this? Miss Ella won't say later that she helped out out of guilt, right?"

"Even I can't help sometimes. This is beyond the scope of casual assistance. And even if they don't come to us, couldn't they go to the Holy Academy or other countries on the border of the territory, such as the Papal States in the north and the Bruzia Empire in the northwest? Speaking of which, Fuos just offered such generous conditions, which was completely unexpected."

He took out a handkerchief from the storage and wiped the sweat from his forehead. The weather on Dragon Island was really unbearable. Not only himself, but even Fios just now was sweating profusely. It seemed that even if he reached the realm of heroes, the necessary physiological reactions would still exist, although it was rare to see Camisia sweating.

"Princess, what are you going to do next? If I leave you alone to fight the sea beast, you'll definitely be laughed at by Dean when you return. As a guard, I can't tolerate that."

"Yes, I hope Miss Ella can include us next time."

"Ahahaha...reflect, reflect. Lotte aside, Camisia only needs to take action when necessary. Showing off your strength in front of the dragon soldiers will be seen as bragging."

Lotte, who frowned and looked a little unhappy, responded with a wry smile.

In fact, there was another reason why he didn't let Camisia take action, and that was the issue of experience distribution. If experience was gained by hunting monsters, the experience would be evenly distributed to all those who participated in the monster hunting. Not only that, the conversion rate of experience would also change with the level.

For example, if Ella, Lotte, and Camisia work together to kill a level 10 monster, the normal average experience value distributed to each person is 30. Then Ella and Lotte, who are level 18, will gain experience in the range of 20-28, while Camisia will only gain less than 1. Not only that, if Ella simply casts auxiliary magic without causing damage to the monster, Ella will not be counted in the final calculation of experience. Before the monster dies, Ella must pick up the monster and place it in front of Ella, allowing Ella to cause at least 1 point of damage with a knife or stone for it to be counted.

Therefore, if Camisia were to participate, the experience points that would eventually reach Lotte would be reduced by at least half, and Camisia herself would not be able to improve, which would not benefit anyone. As for me, I would only need to be responsible for defense and adding enhanced magic. Anyway, the experience points would be reset to zero as soon as I switched characters, so it would be better not to have any experience points. In such a chaotic battlefield, Lotte would not make the ridiculous suggestion that I should make the final blow.

Placing her right hand on her left chest, Camisia bowed, her dreamy white dress and the crimson twintails swaying behind her.

"Yes, I understand."

"Ahhhhh, are you going to miss such a fun thing?"

"Iris—"

"...Senior, you're always nosy as always."

"That's right. I'm the vanguard of the squad, but you didn't even take me with you. Ella-chan is really too much."

Not only Iris, but also Shen Gan and Angelica came to the backyard from the hotel corridor. They looked like they had heard the conversation just now. They must have been using intelligence-type "sniffing" magic to monitor them before.

In the past, it was always Camisia or Iris who took the initiative to use it, but today, because of the sudden incident with Fuos, Camisia did not have time to deploy the isolation and detection magic props, and Fuos thought that with the cautious character of the Demon Queen, she would definitely carry a permanent isolation and detection magic prop with her, so the content of the conversation was naturally overheard by Iris who discovered Ella's movements upstairs.

Standing up from the chair, Ella opened her mouth slightly, looking a little surprised.

"Did you hear everything?"

"Yes, all of them."

Shen Gan nodded, confirming what Ella said, and then asked the next question. It was hard to tell from his tone whether he agreed or disagreed.

"Where's Senpai? When are we leaving?"

"As for me, I'm planning to go to the southern sluice wall with Camisia and Lotte. Fukagan, are you coming too? It would be troublesome if Fios saw us, wouldn't it? He doesn't seem to have noticed you yet."

Ella couldn't help but think of the night when Fuos was playing Entalosphiel and he proposed in a crazy state to take Shen Gan as his maid. If someone told Fuos now that he could provide the Deep Sea Lord, but the price was Shen Gan, Shen Gan would definitely face the risk of being captured by the dragon clan. Even if Fuos had been waiting for Shen Gan to appear, Ella didn't dare to deny it.

"Haaa... Even if he found out, he wouldn't dare do anything. If he knew I was with Senpai, he'd be too happy to even think about it."

Fuos was commented on by Shen Gan in a mocking tone. Although he felt that it was not good to continue like this, it was also Fuos's own fault and he could not say anything to comfort him.

"We'll talk later. That Dragon King just moved to the western branch island in a hurry. He must have left the main island to Ella-chan, right? I have to show my strength. I'm treating this as the first battle of the 'Branch of Disaster'."

Iris, who had changed into a night magic robe, waved her hand casually, looking as if she was saying something very easy.

But from the intelligence currently available, sea beasts with a level of over 30 have appeared. Considering the toughness of the monsters' bodies and the fact that their innate magic does not require chanting, even Iris, who is already at level 34, will have a lot of trouble dealing with them. In addition, there are also several other sea beasts interfering, so it is not as easy as said.

——It would be great if there was a vanguard class suitable for being a shield warrior in the team.

Ella thought so and shook her head.

"Don't be careless, Elise. If things don't work out, you can retreat to the back and rest. We'll be leaving tomorrow anyway. If we're going to fight, Tina and the little maid can stay at the inn."

"Okay, Ms. Ella, I'll tell Ms. Tina and Ms. Tila."

After everything was explained, everyone returned to the room, changed into combat equipment, and headed to the southern sluice wall.

Chapter 84: Summoning Flames in the Name of Collision

Perhaps they had already been told by Fuos, so when Ella gave her name, the soldier in light armor immediately told the others to remove the barricades and let everyone pass through the military area and climb the city wall.

The thirty-meter-high city wall is unusually wide, at least ten meters wide on either side.

Looking down from above, even with the jagged walls on both sides that reached up to the chest of a normal man, an indescribable sense of fear still rose from the bottom of her heart. If she was using the "Wings of Hermes", it would be fine, but this kind of uncontrollable height is not what Ella is good at - just like when Lotte took her down from a high place with a parachute in the Holy Academy. What's more, there are countless sea beasts below waiting to eat her after she lands.

"Leave this area of ​​the city wall to us."

"But...we only have ordinary city defense crossbows in this area. Does the noble know how to use them?"

"No, but I am a third-level magic caster, ――『Spear of Magic』."

The third-level attack magic "Spear of Magic" cast by Iris shot into the water at an extremely fast speed, stirring up a huge wave. The sound of the explosion mixed with countless torn sea beast corpses floating on the sea surface.

Seeing this scene, the soldier in charge of leading the way let out an "Ah, Ah" cry of shock, respectfully saluted Iris, and immediately ran back to his original post.

"Hey! Load your crossbows! The 'Lance Trout' is coming!"

"yes!"

“Ouch!”

"Someone, carry him down to the temple for treatment!"

The sound of waves mixed with the roar of soldiers filled the surroundings, but because the attack magic cast by Iris earlier had cleared out most of the sea beasts, it seemed much quieter here.

Leaning against the city wall with a sickle in one hand, Angelica's face, which was originally full of anticipation, gradually dimmed. After a while, she shouted in an extremely dissatisfied voice.

"Isn't this nothing?"

"Hmm? What happened to Miss Angelini? — 『Lightning Direct』."

While responding to Angelini, Hela activated her attack magic. Lotte, half leaning against the jagged wall, asked Angelini a question with a look of complete confusion.

"You're asking what's wrong... Fuka-chan and I have absolutely nothing to do! We've been completely taken care of by Lotte-chan and Iris-senpai."

"Well, it would be very troublesome for me if you dragged me in here without my permission, Angeline-senpai."

As if taking an after-dinner stroll, Fukagami slashed through the air with his magically enhanced palm, slicing in half a meter-long sea beast called a "Lance Trout" that could dart out of the water at the speed of an arrow.

"That's it! Fuka-chan is even faster than me. I don't even stand a chance!"

"Wouldn't it be better to just stay like Ella-chan? --Hmm? So you're off to help treat the wounded somewhere else now? Never mind, with Camisia here, nothing should be a problem. Where's Lotte-chan?"

"As for me... Miss Ella didn't ask Miss Camisia for help because she probably wanted me to level up quickly so I wouldn't disappoint Miss Ella."

Everyone present, including Iris, was eagerly hunting for this rare opportunity to level up. Normally, it was rare to encounter such a densely populated hunting ground with high-level monsters. Even in a maze, monsters would flee as soon as they sensed they were outmatched. Unlike the sea beast before them, it charged fearlessly, seemingly controlled by someone.

"If it's really not possible, Angeline-senpai, please go back to the inn and look after Tina and the maid. Although we've already asked Lucia-senpai for help, there's no need to worry about danger, but it would still be better to have someone familiar to take care of safety."

Facing Shen Gan's words, Angelica curled her lips in anger. Finally, after realizing that there was really no room for her to play, she said "too much", pouted her lips, and walked down the city wall with the scythe.

……

A sluice gate two kilometers from Elise.

"Thank you very much, Demon Lady. If it weren't for your healing magic, our entire team would have been killed."

A soldier, his body covered in blood and his armor torn, bowed deeply to Ella.

"No need to thank me, Captain. I probably still have things to do. I'm only here to help you, as requested by His Majesty Phoebus."

Because there was no place for her to be useful on Iris's side, Ella, accompanied by Camisia, came to the front wall that was the most severely damaged. The place she was previously assigned to was the safer side, and on the front, there would be large-scale casualties every once in a while.

Although the city was protected by a wall that was thirty meters high and dozens of meters thick, the soldiers were powerless against various magics and sea monsters such as "flying fish" and "lion trout" because they did not have enough magic power to open a defensive barrier.

Not only do you have to use small magic cannons that consume less magic power to clear the monsters in the water, you also have to be careful not to let too many sea beasts gather at the gate of the sluice gate and break through the sluice gate. At the same time, you have to be vigilant against attacks from the air - water magic is relatively easy to resist, but if it is earth magic or wind magic, the former will cause blunt damage, while the latter may cause lacerations, not to mention that most sea beasts will launch self-sacrificing attacks.

It would be fine if they were warriors or magic casters above level 20, but for these soldiers whose average level was around level 10, they had to rely on numbers to barely defend.

If Ella hadn't arrived just in time, the squad would have been riddled with shards by dozens of "spear trout" that flew up from the water. Although some soldiers suffered serious penetrating wounds, they were eventually healed by Ella's healing magic, which was so obvious that the rapidly wriggling granulations could be seen.

When Ella mentioned that they still had a mission to accomplish, the male soldier immediately showed a bad expression. After hurriedly saluting Ella, he quickly ran down the city wall to let the next group of soldiers take their positions.

Ding--

The sound of metal colliding was heard, and Ella immediately turned around and found that what appeared behind her was a black parasol protruding outward.

"Princess, this is a battlefield where we cannot let our guard down."

"Yes, yes... Thank you, Camisia."

"I'm just doing my job."