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

Elementary Healing Technique

The golden light passed over the adventurers and projected onto the body of the Grim Reaper. The stench of burning filled the air and slowly invaded everyone's nostrils. The Grim Reaper also began to twist its body in a strange posture. Although the undead had no sense of pain, it could still clearly feel the crisis of negative life reduction. It set its sights on Ella and ran towards Ella despite the damage of the "Primary Healing Technique".

"Stop it! Only a noble can deal with this thing!"

"No, it's too fast!"

"It got around me!"

The defense line formed by the adventurers did not have any blocking effect. In a moment, the Grim Reaper came in front of Ella and swung his scythe towards her neck without hesitation.

“That’s a bit troubling…”

"Your Excellency!"

The adventurers couldn't help but cry out in grief when they saw Ella raising the golden Pestle of Heavenly Punishment in both hands, preparing to block the sickle with the staff. In their opinion, the staff, a weapon that would break with the slightest force, was not enough to fight against the sickle. Besides, a healer couldn't gain an advantage in close combat. The outcome was very clear: the staff would break, and Ella, who saved them, would die here.

However, the truth is that those were just the adventurers' imaginations, and the endings were completely reversed.

"'Holy Pestle Strike'!"

A blinding golden light filled the third underground floor, followed by the clashing of metal. When the adventurers regained their vision, all they saw was a broken scythe and the Grim Reaper embedded in the wall. The gray mist surrounding the latter had vanished, and his entire body reeked of burning, twitching slightly. His already tattered cloak was now dotted with sparks.

The only sounds in the entire underground were the sounds of swallowing saliva and the crisp sound of skulls breaking. After a full minute, one of the adventurers finally spoke tremblingly.

"What just happened?"

"I just used some serious holy magic, but it's not dead yet. I'll leave it to you."

Leaning the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment against the wall, Ella waved her numb hands. As before, despite her high numerical defense, the pain was still unavoidable. As for why the Grim Reaper did not die immediately, the reason was very simple. Whether it was "Holy Pestle Strike" or "Ice Ball", the power would be actively weakened before it caused death - the same principle as the inability to use offensive magic on humans.

However, this actually made Ella feel relieved. The power of her own offensive magic was too outrageous. Without this kind of protection, it might cause trouble at some point. For example, when she was helping Lucia in the alley before, if she had sent everyone to another world with a "Holy Pestle Strike", she would probably be labeled the Demon King by the people. Although from a certain perspective, this was not wrong.

Ella's words made the adventurers hesitate, and they all put away their weapons and gathered around Ella.

"My Lord...is this alright? Wouldn't it slow down your leveling if we were to get involved?"

In this world, experience points are distributed evenly among all adventurers participating in the hunt, so as long as the adventurers cause damage to the Grim Reaper, the experience points Ella gains will be greatly reduced. Therefore, this behavior is no different from robbing others' achievements and is despised by adventurers.

In the underground tower, bloody incidents often occur due to fights over other people's experience.

Ella waved her hand casually. It was very easy for her to upgrade, and she had no shortage of this.

"I'm fine. I'll leave this level 15 Shinigami to you guys... That being said, there's nothing much to gain besides experience."

"How could that be? The experience alone is already extremely valuable. Furthermore, there's this giant scythe and the skeleton of the Grim Reaper. These can be processed into excellent weapons and will surely fetch a fortune if left outside."

Perhaps because it involved the adventurers' area of ​​expertise, one of them began to talk incessantly about the value of the Grim Reaper, and the other adventurers nodded in agreement. However, this was a little unacceptable to Ella. Of course, there was no problem in taking the giant scythe, but even the bones had to be taken out... It felt like killing the opponent and then dismembering the body. Even though the Grim Reaper was a humanoid monster, this practice was a bit too bizarre.

"It's a bit stingy to interfere with something that's already been delivered... Let's just let them deal the final blow first, then take it to the ground and deal with it. It's better to forget about this matter, huh."

Nodding inwardly, Ella shared her idea with the adventurers. Without any objections, the adventurers readily agreed to the condition of carrying the Grim Reaper to the ground for disposal. Then came the issue of experience distribution. Since the Grim Reaper's health was running low, the other adventurers could only "participate in the battle" by gently hitting it with stones. Finally, the captain would deliver the finishing blow with a dagger. Furthermore, since the undead didn't have magic cores, there was no process for extracting the magic cores.

"Ella-chan, I'm done here too~"

After the adventurers dealt with the Grim Reaper, Angeline also returned to Ella dragging the giant scythe.

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

"It's okay, it's okay. I haven't fought like this in ages. It would be great if I could level up."

"Don't worry, it should be upgraded soon."

Chapter 29 Beehive

"Don't worry, it should be upgraded soon."

After taking a look at Angeline's experience value with the "low-level appraisal", Ella smiled and replied to Angeline that if she encountered an undead of this scale again, Angeline should be able to reach level 21, the same as Shen Gan.

"Really?! If Ella-chan says so, then I'll definitely be able to level up. It would be great if I could encounter the undead again later."

"We'll wait until we meet that kind of enthusiasm. Angeline, you should go to Lucia to receive cleansing magic. You smell like zombies all over."

Ella pulled the transporter sisters back a small step - her younger sister Nai had woken up earlier - Angelica's blue and white dress was covered with green bloodstains. Although she knew there was nothing she could do about it, she still didn't want Angelica to get close to her.

With full self-awareness and the joy of the upcoming upgrade, Angeline jumped lightly to Lucia's side, ready to receive the "Life Magic Cleansing" that can clean her whole body and clothes without taking off her clothes.

"That's amazing... You actually managed to eliminate so many undead all by yourself."

One of the adventurers exclaimed in admiration, but Ella's attention was focused on them. Before they parted ways, she had one more question she wanted to ask.

Bringing Niyi and Nayi to the front of the adventurer leader, Ella looked up at the mature female magic caster who was perhaps easier to talk to.

"What can I do for you, noble sir?"

"Hmm, I have a question. From here, this should be the fourth floor, right? When you were escaping the undead just now, why did you choose to go deeper underground instead of running above ground?"

No matter what, this road will only lead to the fourth floor and will not lead to anywhere else. If this is the only road available to the adventurers, I would not ask too many questions. But the problem is that the adventurers had clearly passed the road leading to the ground before, but they ignored it and turned to head towards the fourth floor. It was really strange.

As expected, an embarrassed look appeared on the female magic caster's face.

"This... is actually the rule of the city of Semorabi. If we return to the surface, we will lead these undead to the surface. Although there are temple troops stationed there, the act of bringing a large number of monsters to the entrance will be punished by the temple. If it is just a normal level, a large fine will be required. If it causes military casualties or other major losses, the person will be demoted to slavery in the mines or be executed directly."

The female magic caster turned her eyes away in shame. She felt a burning sensation on her face as she said such words to the girl in front of her who was obviously much younger than her but several times her level.

"Rather than being reduced to slavery, wouldn't running underground mean certain death?"

Curiosity made Ella look up and ask again. Being stared at from below by such cute wide eyes, the female adventurer really couldn't bear to say no. After being stunned for a moment, she coughed twice and added.

"Well, that's exactly what would happen if the 'Hive' wasn't there..."

"A beehive? What is that? Is it a place that protects humans?"

"Yes, the Hive is a village where many races coexist. Although the reason is unknown, all undead and monsters will stop when they approach the village. Therefore, it is also used by many adventurers as a transit station in the underground tower."

"Hey, Chia, you'll be treated very harshly there, right? Don't forget to tell the nobles."

"That's right, I don't want to go there a second time."

The other male members raised their hands in fear and added awkwardly, "Looking at their appearance, it seems that they have all been to that village and been 'mistreated'."

The female magic caster immediately turned around and sneered.

"Pfft, it might be excessive for you, but there won't be any problems with the nobles' team, right? They just have special requirements for men."

"Wait, wait? You have special requirements for men? Something extreme?"

Ella couldn't help but take two steps back subconsciously.

In my opinion, the treatment that would make those male adventurers show such fearful expressions must be something related to sex, such as all men entering the village must wear only underwear and crawl like animals, or it is actually a matriarchal society where men live like slaves.

Wait, maybe it's a masochist's paradise? Hmm...it's best not to speculate too much here.

Shaking her head to drive the strange thoughts out of her mind, Ella began to hope that the female magic caster would stop talking, but the facts were always contrary to her wishes. Qia spoke with an excited look with a gleam in her eyes.

"Legend has it that the Beehive was built long ago by a non-living, intelligent monster. He was troubled by his inability to feel warmth or food, as he wasn't a living being. After a long time, he finally developed a potion that could change body structure. However, he discovered that the potion could only temporarily transform men into women, and it had no effect on non-living monsters. So, he gave up his life as a monster, left the potion formula to his subordinates, and left the world on his own."

"The servants who remain in the hive, in order to carry on their master's will, have established a rule that the hive can provide protection to adventurers, but all adventurers must use a certain potion before entering the hive. This is how the servants wish to remember you, sir. However, that potion has no effect on women, so your noble lord, do not worry."

While Qiya was speaking, she did not forget to look at the team leader who was suspected to be her partner, and there was an obvious sign of suppressing a smile in her beautiful eyes.

[I must have done some kind of prank at that time! ]

Ella couldn't help but look at the male leader with sympathy. She had experienced this feeling at first, so she could understand the leader's feelings very well. However, the other party was much luckier than herself, and she was the irreversible type - nothing could change the decision of the Loli God, except the Loli God himself.

Of course, for now, I don’t really want to change back. I don’t want the original partnership to change because of this reason. I am already very satisfied with the current situation.

However, having said that, it would be a shame not to visit this strange village once. Whether it is just for sightseeing or staying there for a night, it is also a very good decision.

After making this decision, Ella turned to look at her companions—none of them seemed to have any objections, and Iris even looked quite interested.

"Can you tell me where the hive is?"

"Of course. It would be my honor to help you, my noble lord."

Looking at Ella with a smile, Qia used her magic wand as a paintbrush and began to draw the detailed location of the beehive on the ground.

Chapter 30: The Changes of the Holy Staff

*Genesis 6187 March 8th at 2:48 PM, Morabi City Underground Tower 3th Floor

"'Round Dance Slash'!"

"Angeline-senpai, if you use magic recklessly like that, it won't be long before your magic power runs out."

"Well, with Ella-chan here, there's no need to worry about running out of magic power."

"...How did you develop this kind of optimism?"

After cooperating with Angelini to kill the last attacking monster, Shen Gan sighed helplessly.

"Even if you can make magic potions, relying on them too much is not a good idea."

"We'll talk about that later."

Angelini lightly hooked up the monster's corpse with a sickle and threw it to Ella behind her. Now everyone was heading towards the "beehive" on the fifth floor. Since Ella said that Angelini was about to be upgraded, the attacking monsters were left to Angelini alone to deal with. The effect was very obvious. Now Angelini's level has reached 21, the same as Shen Gan.

"So, where does this confidence that we won't be separated come from?"

It seemed that he didn't want to get an answer from Angeline, or perhaps he felt that Angeline had never considered this matter at all. Shen Gan sighed again and retreated to Ella's side.

Now Ella is storing the corpses of the monsters that Angeline has killed. These will be Angeline's trophies and will be returned to her in the future. However, according to Angeline herself, she wanted to give all these monsters to Ella as the price for using magic potions, but in fact the expenditure and income are not equal. Of course, Ella has no intention of settling accounts with Angeline - there is no need at all, or she has never thought about it.

After the adventure group "Crimson Akka" told Ella the location of the hive, Ella parted ways with the adventurers. The matter of the Porter Sisters was also handed over to the adventurers. As for completely freeing Nii and Nai from this fate, Ella decided to complete it after leaving the underground tower.

Since monsters of around level 7 have begun to appear starting from the fifth underground floor, the number of adventurers encountered on the road has begun to decrease from here, so Ella has also saved the trouble of negotiating with them - the passages in the underground tower are narrow, and occasionally there will be situations where people pass by each other. At this time, adventurers will often be very vigilant. If they walk towards the other party without saying hello, they may be regarded as people who want to do something bad and be beaten up.

Glancing at the Terrain Search, Ella looked at the walls around her that were covered in spider silk.

"We'll be arriving at the Hive soon, let's get ready."

"Okay, Miss Ella, would you like to change into some simpler clothes?"

Lotte, who was half a step behind Ella, tilted her head and asked. Because Angeline was in charge of the monsters, Lotte had nothing to do along the way. Fortunately, Shiz was asking Lotte questions all the time, so the journey did not seem so boring. Shiz seemed to be very envious of Lotte, and kept asking Lotte about some things a maid needed to pay attention to and etiquette.

[Perhaps she wants to repay Lucia by becoming a maid as good as Lotte.]

The corners of her mouth curled up slightly because of this, and Ella turned her head to look at Lotte.

"Hmm... I'd better change into something simpler. It would be troublesome if I dressed too flashily and caused the Hive Master to misunderstand me."

"Okay, I'll get ready now."

"Let me help too!"

“Shizu—”

"It's okay, Miss Lucia. Wouldn't it be better for the future if Shizu could learn more skills?"

Lucia, who thought Shitz would cause trouble for Ella, tried to stop her, but Lotte suggested supporting Shitz. Just as Shitz admired Lotte, Lotte also sympathized with this human girl who had the same experience as herself.

Lucia paused for a moment after hearing what Lotte said, and finally chose not to interfere. It would not be bad for her if Shitz could learn these things, and if Shitz finally didn't want to stay with her anymore, maybe she could use this as a way out in the future.

"...If Miss Lotte thinks it's okay."

"Compared to that, isn't the pendant Ella-chan is wearing strange? It's been purifying the miasma since a while ago, right?"

"Eh? A pendant?"

Iris took two steps forward to Ella's side and pulled out the wing-shaped golden pendant that Ella had placed in her lapel. This was the Holy Light Staff after its shape had changed. For unknown reasons, it could not be placed in the warehouse or storage items, so Ella could only carry it around her neck.

"Hmm? I thought it was the princess's magic, but now it seems the pendant is acting on its own?"

Camisia's words convinced Ella of Iris's statement, but since she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she couldn't help but ask questions.

"You're purifying the miasma yourself? When did you start?"

Iris made a gesture to Ella not to move, and then took the wing-shaped pendant off Ella's neck. Like the original Holy Light Staff, the pendant emitted a golden light symbolizing resistance, but it was quickly subdued by Iris.

"It was probably from the time Angeline-chan finished dealing with the skeletons. Since then, the miasma has been continuously purified. Let's put that aside. It's been confirmed that there's a lot of miasma in the underground tower, right? The skewers we ate above ground were made from animals contaminated by the miasma. It's not an exaggeration to say that the entire underground tower is the source of the miasma. So if Ella-chan wants to see the effects, you can see it now."

In order to demonstrate the purification process, Iris squatted down and placed the pendant against the corner of the wall. As if a switch was triggered, the pendant began to emit a white mist that was so light that it was almost invisible. The position at the base of the wall gradually changed from black to khaki due to the white mist - the black stuff was the trace of contamination by miasma. The monsters that Angeline killed along the way were also contaminated by miasma.

“Hmm…”

The scene shown by Iris made Ella hum softly. Although there was no magic power to support it, this effect similar to "dispel" magic was displayed in front of her. Ella couldn't help but think of the curse on the Holy Light Staff.

『Low-level item identification』

The fact is that the curse is still in a gray and unusable state, with no signs of being activated, but it is obvious that the "Low-level Item Appraisal" does not state that the Holy Light Staff has the ability to actively purify miasma.