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

"Ella, what should we do next? Try to find a way out?"

Angeline came closer to Ella, her sapphire eyes filled with the desire to fight.

The one who answered was Iris, who had just released the "Eye of Investigation".

"Don't be impatient. These jungle spiders seem to have other purposes. The soldiers were only tied up, not killed."

"Eh? Isn't the Jungle Spider a very ferocious monster?"

Blinking, Angelini put down the sickle and continued to ask.

"I think these jungle spiders are controlled by something. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to act in groups. Given their current behavior... If they're coming, we should refrain from showing hostility unless they attack us."

"Um."

Compared to Ella's calm reaction, Lekrik on the other side responded in a completely opposite way.

"Hurry, get the shield tower back there! Prepare the kerosene, don't be stingy with your mana, and always look for an opportunity to break through!"

"yes!"

Unlike his previous performance, Leklik took over the task of leading the team and began to command the team to respond - this was a compulsory course given to Leklik by the Marquis of Ars, to command his family to respond to the encirclement in an emergency.

But the prerequisite for responding is to have enough time. The original distance between the Jungle Demon Spider and Leklik's team was less than 100 meters. By the time Leklik reacted, the distance was less than 70 meters.

"Ah! They're getting closer!"

"stop--"

Chi.

Unable to control his fear, the soldier shot the ignited arrow. However, the arrow shot in an emergency had no accuracy at all, and the distance was less than fifty meters. In the end, it weakly pierced the jungle spider.

The jungle spider, which had been advancing with a clattering sound, stopped for a moment. After noticing the arrow in front of it, it sneered harshly, and then its swollen confidence made it accelerate suddenly. It was a speed that could not be matched even by a horse running at full speed. In short, this situation made the soldiers present feel despair and there was no hope at all. Even the possibility of breaking through became very slim.

With a face so gloomy that it seemed like water might drip out, the highest-ranking leader drew his sword from his waist and shouted to Lekrik behind him.

"Master Lekrik, please leave first! I'll leave your family in my care!"

It was as if something was ignited. The other soldiers came to their senses after being stunned for a moment, and took out their best weapons and prepared to fight to the death. As the leaders of the Marquis of Ars's territory, they would receive a considerable amount of salary every year, which was a level that would definitely not let their families suffer from hunger and cold.

If they lost their pillars, their families would have to find other ways out. Given the status of women in the Kingdom of Paris, it was hard to imagine what level of excessive treatment they would face. In addition, the only son of Marquis of Ars, Lecrick, also died in this battle. The furious Marquis of Ars might vent his anger on the families of these guards. So instead of accepting death without any resistance, it is better to fight to the death to fight for Lecrick's life. In this way, Lecrick would definitely treat their families well because of their deaths in battle.

Although human beings are cowardly, mean-spirited and selfish, they often burst into the purest power when they think of their loved ones.

Awakened by the leader's roar, Leklik swallowed his saliva.

Of course he understood why the leader shouted like that, and he also knew what would happen to the families of these people if he died here. Leklik was not an incompetent son of those low-ranking nobles, but this situation really did not allow him to have the idea of ​​"being able to escape", just like a butterfly that could not escape no matter how hard it struggled after falling into a spider web. Now he was facing at least two hundred of them, a terrifying number that could dye the entire hillside black.

The earth began to tremble. Wherever the jungle spiders passed, only bare, ugly empty spaces were left. The terrifying and nauseating clicking sounds made by the arthropods stepping on the ground pierced his eardrums. Trying his best to control his weak legs and make them move, Leklik got back on the horse.

Even though it was the middle of winter, sweat from nervousness and fear kept dripping down his handsome face. He slowly opened his mouth and tried to speak, but his dry throat could only make a weak groan of "ah ah". Finally, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva to moisten his throat, and then gave the order.

"Shoot, shoot!"

Leklik's words made the leader, who had already shot several arrows, turn around and shout anxiously.

"Lord Lekrik!"

"I'll let Miss Ella handle the task of delivering the message. I can't abandon the honor of the Marquis of Ars here!"

As he spoke, Lekrik mustered up his courage and stretched the orichalcum-grade longbow in his hand to the full moon. Normally, Lekrik's strength would not be enough to accomplish this task, but in the face of fear, humans can always do things that they cannot do under normal circumstances.

The bowstring made an unpleasant squeaking sound, and then Lekrik released the string, and a magic arrow with a sharp blade attached drew a perfect parabola, hitting the jungle spider in the front with a sharp sound of wind.

flutter.

Unlike ordinary arrows that were extremely difficult to penetrate the shell of the jungle spider, the arrows with magic attached penetrated the shell very easily. However, because Lekrik was too nervous, he did not hit the vital part to kill it directly, but only managed to hit one of its many long legs, temporarily restricting its movement.

"feasible!"

This scene was of course seen by all the soldiers. The sight of the magic arrows tearing through the jungle spiders' shells like tearing through paper made their eyes light up. They even began to imagine that if Lekrik had enough arrows, he might be able to get rid of all these jungle spiders by himself.

"Don't let your guard down! Buy time for Master Lekrik!"

"yes!"

Just as Lekrik's actions inspired the soldiers, the soldiers' excitement was also transmitted to Lekrik. Lekrik took a deep breath to calm himself, took out the second magic arrow from the quiver and put it on the string, and endured the soreness in his muscles to pull the bowstring to its full length.

But this time, the Jungle Spider didn't give Lekrik time to react. To be more precise, the two sides had already approached a distance where bows and arrows could no longer be used—within ten meters, at which point the Jungle Demon Spider could activate its innate magic of "pouncing."

Like a landslide, countless black shadows covered the sky. At least five jungle spiders launched a "pounce" on Lekrik and his group. It is certain that if they pressed on Lekrik and his group, Lekrik would be turned into a meat patty in an instant without any waiting process.

Giving up on using the bow and arrow, Lekrik drew the sword from his waist in an emergency, ready to give the jungle spider a final blow before he died. If he could buy enough time, Ella would also have enough time to escape and convey the news to his father.

With the belief that he would die, Lekrik pinpointed the moment when the jungle spider fell, poured strength into his hands, and prepared to swing the sword upwards.

"Go to hell!"

"stop--"

Time stopped in an instant - of course this is just an expression. To be precise, the jungle spiders stopped moving forward - a mature male voice resounded throughout the battlefield. With just one sentence, all the jungle spiders stopped. Even the jungle spider that was about to fall on Lekrik supported itself with its legs and did not fall on Lekrik.

With the sound of flapping wings, a muscular monster descended in front of Leklik, whose eyes were bloodshot.

Without making any hostile gestures, this monster with an eagle head, a lion body and a wingspan of at least five meters scanned the crowd and focused its sights on one point. Under the intense gaze of Leklik and the soldiers, it walked towards the target step by step, and finally stopped in front of one person. Without any hesitation, it slowly lowered its head and prostrated itself at Ella's feet.

"You are finally here, God-sama."

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*I seem to have forgotten to mention yesterday that the illustrations have been updated. It is in the last chapter of the setting volume.

Chapter 45: Lord God?

"God? Ella-chan, what's going on?"

Grabbing Ella's collar as she turned around and prepared to slip away, Iris looked at the griffin lying in front of her.

Judging from the griffin's actions just now, the "Lord God" was definitely referring to Ella. If his detection magic hadn't been disrupted by the counter-detection magic, this griffin's level would have reached 37, surpassing his own. Even though griffins were rare monsters, few could reach this level. To have this griffin so willingly and loyally surrendered, if it hadn't been tamed since childhood, then he had done something that effectively gave it a second life.

Being pulled back by Iris, Ella could only shift her gaze left and right—no matter how she looked at it, she looked guilty.

"Wow, little Ella, this griffin is actually calling you God-sama."

“Eh… uh… ah… I, I know!”

It was the first time that I felt that Angelina's naivety was so hateful. She was completely forcing a beginner like me onto the ten-meter diving platform.

The reason why the Griffin recognized him must be the same as the Deep Sea Lord, distinguishing by smell, but the problem is what to do after that. The reason why the Griffin called himself Lord God was because he initially helped half of the forest complete the evolution process unintentionally, but that was purely unintentional, an event that could not be more unexpected.

It was a huge mistake not to change the Griffin's name.

This is the strongest thought in Ella's mind right now.

"But now that it's already happened, there's nothing we can do. I should think of ways to remedy the situation... That being said, how can I explain it? Are the monsters in the forest calling me God because a simple healing spell caused them to evolve? If I tell anyone about this, they'll probably think I'm crazy, right? And there are so many unrelated people here..."

Ella glanced at Lekrik and the others who were struggling to crawl out from under the jungle spider. Although they were covered in dust and their clothes were tattered, they did not suffer any serious external injuries.

Now I can only find a random excuse to get by. I hope Iris won't ask any more questions...

Under everyone's gaze, Ella opened her mouth, organized her words, and then stammered to explain.

"Actually... this is the Griffin I helped a long time ago... I, I'm called that for some reason..."

Saying this can give an explanation to everyone, and at the same time it can fool the griffin. Generally speaking, it is not a lie, hmm.

After hearing Ella's words, the griffin raised its head, and a hint of excitement appeared in its deep black eyes.

"How, how can you say it's help? God is the one who gave me a second life!"

"Second life?"

I could clearly feel the doubt in Iris's voice. If I wasn't trying hard not to look at Iris, I would probably see a pair of green eyes with strong questioning colors.

The answer came from the griffin, still crawling on the ground.

"The God helped the forest monsters without asking for anything in return. Only a God could do such a thing."

"Yeah, that's it, that's it!"

Ella's eyes lit up at the griffin's words.

[Giving a vague answer at a time like this is truly a wise beast, a truly excellent job.]

However, this answer still could not satisfy Iris.

"Huh? That's it?"

"I was beside Miss Ella at that time, and it was just as Griffinmon said."

To smooth things over, Lotte took back Hela, who was already filled with magic power, and walked over to Ella to explain.

"Really? Then let Ella-chan go for now."

Elise curled her lips in dissatisfaction and sighed.

「Thanks so much, Lotte...」

In a gesture that wouldn't arouse suspicion, Ella tilted her head slightly and gave Lotte a grateful look. Lotte closed one eye and gave him a playful smile in return.

After the crisis was over, it was time to deal with the battlefield. Judging from the fact that the Griffin could now command the Jungle Spiders at will, the ruler must still be the Griffin. Therefore, the soldiers were not eaten immediately by the Jungle Spiders before, which must have been due to the Griffin's orders. After all, he had once instructed that if humans did not actively attack monsters, monsters should not attack humans either.

Clearing her throat, Ella turned her attention to the griffin.

"Um...get up first."

"Yes."

The Griffin slowly stood up, its sturdy body covered with brown hair looked extremely majestic. It was certain that if a beauty pageant were to be held among monsters, the Griffin's name would definitely appear on the list.

In fact, since most griffins are quite intelligent, not only are they powerful but they can also walk in the air. In addition, they are rare, making them the dream mount of many knights on the continent. Even warriors above level 40 and in the quasi-hero realm find it difficult to own one. If a noble can tame a level 30 griffin, telling others about it will definitely be something that will make those around him envious.

But being here made me feel very awkward, because I had no idea what to do next. Although the Griffin would not refuse if I just said, "Thank you for your hard work. Please put those soldiers down. I want to go back to the town," from my point of view, it was a bit too much. It must be a surprise for the Griffin to be able to come to the forest again. After all, the Griffin had said before I left that he would show me a brand new forest, but I turned around and walked away without even looking at it. No one would feel good about it.

Even if the other party is a monster, as long as they have intelligence and emotions and can communicate with each other, it will be difficult to regard them as just a monster after getting along for a period of time. After all, the difference between humans and monsters is only the presence or absence of intelligence and emotions. Once monsters have these two things, there is no difference between them and humans.

Finally, he crawled out from under the jungle spider and limped towards Ella, panting.

"Ms. Ella, what's going on?"

"This is... a friend of God?"

"A monster that can talk?!"

Leklik was frightened by the griffin's ability to speak human language and took a few steps back. It was common knowledge that other monsters, except for adult dragons, could not speak. In Leklik's view, the griffin's behavior was as terrifying as making a stone suddenly speak.

"Haha—I don't feel anything strange at all. Could it be that you've been affected by all the strange things Senpai has done, so you've lost all sense of it..."

Sighing to himself, Fukagami muttered to himself, and this was what almost everyone present was thinking - no one felt surprised at all.

In order to avoid making the situation too awkward, Ella chose a topic that would not touch upon taboos.

"Were these jungle spiders arranged by the griffin?"

"Yes, I heard from my subordinates that a large number of people who looked like soldiers had entered the forest, so I specially deployed the Jungle Spiders as a response."

As he spoke, the griffin turned its head, opened its bird's beak and cried out. Then, like a clockwork puppet, the originally motionless jungle spiders suddenly began to form several rows at an extremely fast speed. The precise movements made the soldiers brought by Lekrik open their mouths in amazement.

"How... is this possible?"

"Am I dreaming? A solitary jungle spider is actually obeying the orders of other monsters and forming a square formation?"

"This kind of speed is difficult even for the Empire's army..."

"No, compared to this, the girl the young master brought is a scarier monster—a scarier person."

When the last soldier was about to say the word "monster", he was slapped hard by the soldier behind him. After realizing his mistake, he immediately changed his words.

Of course, even if Ella heard it, she wouldn't care. At most, she would just complain in her heart. She had heard such discussions so many times that her ears were callused, not to mention that the soldier's voice was not heard.

Let out a small breath.

"So it's a Griffin... Honestly, I thought something bad had happened to you."

"Thank you for your concern, God. After you left, I began to gradually bring the entire forest under my control so that I could welcome you when you arrived. Now, all the monsters in the coastal forest are under my—no, your control."

"Eh? Wait, if I remember correctly, the entire coastal forest occupies a quarter of the area of ​​the Kingdom of Barris, right?"

Chapter 46: A New Coastal Forest